Episode list

A blind distant runner; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), Speaker of the House; actor Willem Dafoe and director Julien Schnabel (At Eternity's Gate (2018)); King Tut artifacts; the longest nonstop plane ride ever: a 19 hour flight from New York to Singapore; actor Michael Caine (King of Thieves (2018)); open office concept;

The guide that told African-Americans which inns and restaurants that would welcome them during the segregation era; singer Carole King; artist Damien Hirst; filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (Glass (2019)); Saint Pierre and Miqueton; key lime pie;

Homeless college students struggle to succeed; the life and legacy of Carol Channing; singer Marty Stuart; the podcast boom; the new Glenstone museum in Potomac, Maryland;

The program's 40th birthday celebration highlights the show's original reporting on the arts, humanities, entertainment, music, and more; quirky stories; how the show's nature segments are filmed; "The Sun Queen";

The increase in peanut allergies; singer/songwriter Linda Ronstadt; The Waffle House; actor Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born (2018), The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) and The Ranch (2016)); Sesame Street (1969) set visit; Factum Arte, a Madrid-based artisans' workshop; the history of instant replay; sportscasters James Brown, Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowder, Phil Simms, and Nate Burleson discuss the Super Bowl;

The color pink; director Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman (2018)); singer/songwriter Dolly Parton (Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019)); Electric Lady recording studios; a series of short love stories; rubies; singing telegrams;

George Washington's love life; actress Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)); singer Dionne Warwick; searching for Coco De Mar on the Seychelle Islands; the evolution of the color pink; Jim Gaffigan on his addiction to TV news; deaf toddler; author Mary Calvi (book, "Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love"); author Don Winslow;

Aspiring actors use technology to get in front of casting directors; the history of "The Harvey Girls"; actress Angie Dickinson; home stager Meridith Baer (Staged to Perfection (2013)); transforming actors into the characters they play; comic Jim Gaffigan; Oscar predictions;