In 1980, Pink Lady and Jeff flopped spectacularly—but was it really that bad?

Inside the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that sparked a First Amendment showdown in Cincinnati.

The sixth season of One Year covers 1990, a year when a controversial art exhibit became a First Amendment battleground, a single dad with a secret identity took on Big Tobacco, and President George H.W. Bush spoke out against his most-hated enemy: broccoli.

The Communist-hunting housewives who spawned a far-right conspiracy theory about an American gulag.

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

The fifth season of One Year covers 1955, a year when a team of 12-year-old Little Leaguers became civil rights pioneers, “weather girls” took the country by storm, and a conspiracy theory about communist brainwashing infected the nation’s politics.

With my scouting days long over, I enlist my dad for one last merit badge.

How a 1942 recording ban changed America forever.

The fourth season of One Year covers 1942, a year when inflation threatened to sink America, disinformation was rampant, and a worker revolt changed music forever.

How the worst school attack in U.S. history was narrowly averted.

The story of the American teachers who competed for an unprecedented prize: a spot aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

The third season of One Year covers 1986, a year when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, the mystery of Al Capone’s vaults got solved, and a sea lion named Herschel caused chaos in Seattle.

In 1995, an online soap opera revealed the internet’s potential as a venue for creative expression—and a tool for destruction.

The second season of One Year covers 1995, a year when homegrown terrorists attacked Oklahoma City, America went online, and the Macarena took over nightclubs.

Medical experts said the cancer drug Laetrile was dangerous quackery. It became a national sensation anyway.

The first season of One Year focuses on 1977, a year when gay rights hung in the balance, Roots dominated the airwaves, and Jesus appeared on a tortilla.

The story of Hagoromo — the brand of Japanese chalk that became an object of worship among mathematicians. And how a brave teacher singlehandedly saved its legacy from being erased.

All his life, Eugene Shoemaker dreamed of stepping foot on the moon. A geologist and planetary scientist known for his work with craters, Gene worked tirelessly in the hopes of becoming an Apollo astronaut so he could explore the lunar surface. But a failed medical test cut his dreams short. Still, his journey didn’t end there. His wife, astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker, tells the story of how Gene was always destined to be the man on the moon.

All his life, Eugene Shoemaker dreamed of stepping foot on the moon. A geologist and planetary scientist known for his work with craters, Gene worked tirelessly in the hopes of becoming an Apollo astronaut so he could explore the lunar surface. But a failed medical test cut his dreams short. Still, his journey didn’t end there. His wife, astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker, tells the story of how Gene was always destined to be the man on the moon.

I investigate a bizarre 1961 teen pop single that never made a dent in the charts. Eddie Hodges’ “Mugmates” claims that the latest teenage craze was ... matching coffee mugs. Instead of carving initials in oak trees, high school couples were supposedly decorating pairs of mugs to show that they were going steady. Was there really a “Mugmates” craze among 1960s teens? And if not, why would somebody want to make it into a craze?