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episode 1: One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play


In 1955, a team of Black Little Leaguers battled the white establishment in the Deep South.


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 August 31, 2023  57m
 
 

episode 2: One Year: 1955 - The Crockett Craze


How Walt Disney created the first baby-boom phenomenon totally by accident.


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 September 7, 2023  57m
 
 

episode 3: One Year: 1955 - The Weather Girls


In the 1950s, women weathercasters were idolized and lusted over. They were also seen as a major threat.


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 September 14, 2023  45m
 
 

episode 5: One Year: 1955 - The Cutter Incident


In 1955, the polio vaccine was rightly heralded as a miracle. A medical mystery threatened to derail it.


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 September 28, 2023  35m
 
 
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