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Season 39 Episodes

Starring Dick Van Dyke
S39 E8 Length 1:52:55 Premiere Date 12/12/25

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
S39 E7 Length 1:36:28 Premiere Date 10/14/25

Marcella
S39 E6 Length 1:22:55 Premiere Date 07/11/25

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
S39 E5 Length 1:23:45 Premiere Date 06/27/25

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
S39 E4 Length 1:51:14 Premiere Date 06/20/25

Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse
S39 E3 Length 1:36:59 Premiere Date 04/15/25

LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
S39 E2 Length 1:42:06 Premiere Date 04/01/25

The Disappearance of Miss Scott
S39 E1 Length 1:23:25 Premiere Date 02/21/25

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
Preview Length 02:00 Premiere Date 06/27/25

What sparked Hannah Arendt's ideas behind "The Origins of Totalitarianism"
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 06/27/25

Hannah Arendt’s reflections on being a refugee
Clip Length 01:14 Premiere Date 06/27/25

Why McCarthyism was familiar to Hannah Arendt
Clip Length 02:00 Premiere Date 06/27/25

How Hannah Arendt developed the concept of "the banality of evil"
Clip Length 03:39 Premiere Date 06/27/25

Remembering Jonas Mekas
Clip Length 02:47 Premiere Date 01/23/19

Remembering Carol Channing
Clip Length 01:03 Premiere Date 01/15/19

Remembering Stan Lee
Clip Length 07:17 Premiere Date 11/13/18

Remembering Paula Wayne
Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 11/12/18

Artists Flight Series Promo
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 08/31/18

Remembering Neil Simon
Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 08/28/18

Remembering Anthony Bourdain
Clip Length 00:24 Premiere Date 06/08/18

Against All Odds: Meet the Woman Behind American Masters
Clip Length 05:29 Premiere Date 03/09/18

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