This film is only available in North America, Australia, and Europe (except Italy and Switzerland) because of territorial licensing. An ambitious journey through Spain’s most impressive monuments, this is a tale through history, the nation’s torments, beauty, architecture, and human genius. We will visit Madrid, Barcelona, Segovia, and Toledo. * Click the “Save” button below…
Monumental Spain | Documentary
September 30, 2022
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Streaming Series Review: ‘Hostages’: A Balanced View of a Hardline Iranian Regime
September 28, 2022
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TV-MA | 4 episodes | Documentary | Sept. 28, 2022 Jacques Mallet du Pan famously wrote of the French Revolution, “like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.” That is equally true of Iran’s 1979 Revolution. Few Iranians wanted to be ruled by a theocratic regime, but the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini shrewdly exploited the international crisis to shape the new government and…
A City Upon a Hill: How America’s Biblical Values Set It Apart
September 18, 2022
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Commentary I highly recommend watching one of the latest series on EpochTV, entitled “The American Story.” Referencing the original historical documents, the series tells the inspiring and true story of America’s early years, often in contrast to the narratives we hear today. In episode four, “Early Colonies and the Great Awakening,” host Timothy Barton, President…
The Oft-Forgotten Founding Father: How John Jay’s Many Contributions Helped to Safeguard the Foundations of Our Republic
September 16, 2022
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In 1782, John Jay traveled to Paris with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams to discuss peace terms with the British. He, in particular, fought for British recognition of the United States and for all of the land east of the Mississippi, doubling the size of the nation. But doubling the nation was only a fraction…
How a Sea Captain Won a Dramatic Battle in the Revolutionary War and Became the Father of the American Navy
Four ships of the Continental Navy slowly coasted along the eastern seaboard of England. Led by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard, the Alliance, Pallas, and Vengeance moved with the slight south-westerly wind. Jones and his small squadron had been hunting British ships for months with middling success, capturing a few prizes, including the sloop HMS…
The Untold Story of Love and Loss Behind the Beautiful Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s popularity among average Americans of his day is something contemporary poets dream about. An international celebrity, he dispensed pre-signed autographs to the many fans who visited his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hoping to meet the author of “Paul Revere’s Ride” and “The Song of Hiawatha.” His work is famous for his placid…
Steadfast in the Face of Challenges, First Lady Julia Dent Grant Was an Anchor for Our 18th President
September 16, 2022
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Slavery, distance, family animosity, and a war conspired against Julia Dent’s courtship and then marriage to Ulysses S. Grant, but she soldiered on steadfastly. Julia Dent Grant traveled to be with her husband, Ulysses, more than 10,000 miles during the four years of the Civil War—4,000 of those during the first year alone. Carriages, ferries,…
The Story of Nellie Bly, the Brave 19th-Century Journalist Who Went Undercover to Exposes Abuses at an Insane Asylum
In 1887, Nellie Bly boarded the boat with the other patients bound for Blackwell’s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island. Their stay in the filthy cabin was mercifully short, and soon they crossed the East River and disembarked. After an ambulance ride, Bly and the others found themselves ushered into the stone buildings of the…
The Story of Nellie Bly, the Brave 19th-Century Journalist Who Went Undercover to Expose Abuses at an Insane Asylum
In 1887, Nellie Bly boarded the boat with the other patients bound for Blackwell’s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island. Their stay in the filthy cabin was mercifully short, and soon they crossed the East River and disembarked. After an ambulance ride, Bly and the others found themselves ushered into the stone buildings of the…
How American Servicemen Creatively Repurposed Plows to Defeat Germans During the Allowed the Normandy Invasion
By the evening of June 6, 1944, American, Canadian, and British forces had carved a toehold on the beaches of Normandy in northern France—the beginning of the end of Nazi domination of Europe. Yet as the Allied soldiers scrambled up the shingle beach and burst over the cliffs and bluffs overlooking the five landing beaches,…
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