Inauguration Special! | Interview with Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch

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Sketches in History | The Witness and the Secret

Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story; it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook, where sketches from history come to life!In this episode, Lottie finds two things tucked be ...  Show more

The Witness and the Spy | Hiss, Chambers, and the Rosenbergs

It is August 3, 1948, and a former Communist Party member named Whittaker Chambers walks into a House committee room in Washington, D.C., and says something that no one in the room ever expected to hear. Alger Hiss is a spy. Hiss was not some offhand bureaucrat. He had helped org ...  Show more

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