John Cazale: The Greatest Actor You Don't Know

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How Carole King and Gerry Goffin Wrote "A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1967, Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler approached the songwriting team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin with an idea. He needed a hit for Aretha Franklin and even had a title in mind: "A Natural Woman."After putting their children ...  Show more

The Six Percent: The Woman Who Worked With the Enemy to Save Lives

On this episode of Our American Stories, Laura Margolis arrived in Shanghai to help Jewish refugees who had fled persecution in Europe. Then Pearl Harbor changed everything. With the city under Japanese occupation and some 20,000 Jewish refugees now trapped there, Margolis found ...  Show more

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