Who was Homer, and what is the meaning of The Odyssey? In this documentary we follow the footsteps of Ulysses, also known by his Greek name Odysseus—a hero as relevant today as he was nearly three thousand years ago, on a journey across some of the most fascinating landscapes and seascapes of the Mediterranean region. With the help of prominent international scholars, we seek to resolve the questions that still surround one of humanity’s greatest literary works and its enigmatic author.
Survivors of Soviet totalitarianism warn that “soft totalitarianism” is emerging in the U.S. Identit...
A lecture series about the basic problems of flight, explained by visual presentation of flow experi...
In the turbulent formative centuries of early Europe, power-hungry family dynasties fought for domin...
From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drak...
Award-winning journalist and author Chris Masters investigates the tumultuous 1920s and 1930s and th...
It all starts on 1830, when young George Stephenson manufactures the first steam engine and the firs...
Throughout the centuries great empires have been erected, whose creators have governed nations, regi...
A series of smart, funny video essays from PBS Digital Studios about their favorite books and why th...
How was everyday life in Ancient Greece? Did it have anything in common with our lives today? With t...
Historian Bettany Hughes has embarked on an epic, personal journey. Inspired by Homer's The Odyssey,...
Discover the lives of nine memorable couples, whose relationships were directly, indirectly or unexp...
In the Eye of the Storm is a six-part documentary series about one of the foremost intellectuals and...
A journey through America that introduces our list of the 100 best-loved books and explores the many...
200 years after the Greek Revolution, this documentary revisits the key moments that led a nation to...
Examining the life and times of Adolf Hitler and following the full arc of his ascent, tyrannical re...