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What It Takes® — 228 episodes
Cindy Sherman: Illusions of Identity
Tara VanDerveer: A Vision for Victory
Billie Jean King: Racquet Revolutionary
Jane Goodall In Memoriam: A Dedicated Pursuit
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen: Shivering with Curiosity
Gustavo Dudamel: The Power of Music
BestOf(2024)_Johnny Cash: True To His Own Voice
In Memoriam_James Earl Jones: The Voice of Triumph
In Memoriam_Edna O'Brien: Love, Loss and Literature
Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Willie Mays: For the Love of the Game_In Memoriam
Jeff Koons: Contemporary Art Phenomenon
Best of (Nobel Prize Edition) - Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman: The Vaccine Revolution
Best Of - Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
T.J. Stiles and David Blight: The Epic Life
Best of - Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Invention
Best Of - Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam: Truth Seekers
Best Of - Maya Angelou (Part 2): In the Spirit of Martin
Best Of - Nora Ephron: Unstoppable Wit
Best of - John Irving: A Literary Life
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
Roger Daltrey: Rock Icon
Best of - Milton Friedman: Champion of Capitalism
Best of - Sonia Sotomayor: Power of Words
Mike Wallace and Art Buchwald: Blues Brothers
Best Of - B.B. King: King of the Blues
Best of - David McCullough, Stephen Ambrose and David Herbert Donald: Time Travelers
Best of - Bill Russell: Giant of a Man
Best of - John Hume and David Trimble: A Vision of Peace
Best of - Frank McCourt: Teacher Man
Best of - Steve Jobs and Tony Fadell: Inventing the Future
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman: The Vaccine Revolution
Best of - Lauryn Hill: Family, Faith & Hip-Hop
Best of - Daniel Inouye and Norman Mineta: In Defense of Liberty
Best of - Naomi Judd: Dream Chaser
Andrea Ghez and Donna Strickland: Frontiers of Knowledge
Best of - Edward Teller: Destroyer of Worlds
General C.Q. Brown and Lt. Col. James Harvey: Wings of Freedom
Best of - Coach John Wooden: Character for Life
Best of - Lynsey Addario: Portraits of Love and War
Best of - Andrew Young: My Life, My Destiny
Best of - Rosa Parks and Judge Frank Johnson: Standing Up for Freedom
Tenley Albright: Miracles on Ice
E.O. Wilson, Richard Evans Schultes and Wade Davis: Pl(ants) of the Gods
Best of - Sidney Poitier: Trailblazing Screen Legend
Best of - Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The Power of Faith
Edna O’Brien: Love, Loss and Literature
Best of - Steven Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski: Images of the Imagination
Best of - Stephen Sondheim: Maestro of Broadway
Best of - Carole King and Hal David: More Than Beautiful
Zahi Hawass and Kent Weeks: Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Best of - General Colin Powell: My American Journey
Best of - Johnny Cash: True To His Own Voice
Denton Cooley, Willem Kolff and William DeVries: King of Hearts
Best of - George Lucas: The Force Will Be With You
Christiane Amanpour: Life on the Front Line
Hamid Karzai: Chaos Rules
Best of - James Michener: Master Storyteller
Robert Ballard: Modern-Day Captain Nemo
Nadine Gordimer, Athol Fugard and Elie Wiesel: Messengers of Humanity
Best of - Sir Roger Bannister: The Mile of the Century
Twyla Tharp and Justin Peck: High Priests of Creative Movement
Best of - Mike (Coach K) Krzyzewski: Inspiring Greatness
Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson: The Quest for Humankind
Best of - Bill Russell: Giant of a Man
Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Robert Zemeckis: The Magic of Film
Best Of - Willie Mays: For the Love of the Game
Carol Guzy: Visual Storyteller
Sal Khan: The World's Teacher
Larry Ellison and Ted Turner: Prophets of Innovation
John Mather, Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess: Masters of the Universe
Audra McDonald: Trusting Your Own Power
Best of - August Wilson and Lloyd Richards: The Voice of Genius
Larry King: The King of Talk
Best of - Hank Aaron: Field of Dreams
Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam: Truth Seekers
Best of - Benazir Bhutto: Paying the Ultimate Price
Trevor Nunn: A Love Letter to Theater
Judy Collins: Amazing Grace
Shelby Foote, Arthur Golden and Carol Shields: Literary Pursuits
Wayne Thiebaud and Fritz Scholder: Palette of American Life
Willie Brown: The Political Life
David McCullough, Stephen Ambrose and David Herbert Donald: Time Travelers
Best of - Louise Glück: Revenge Against Circumstance
Sandra Day O’Connor, Erma Bombeck and Hilary Swank: The Power Within
Best of - Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Justice For All
Cal Ripken Jr.: The Iron Man
Joyce Carol Oates and Gore Vidal: Words Become Me
John Hume and David Trimble: A Vision of Peace
Best of - Olivia de Havilland: The Last Belle of Cinema
Pitbull (Armando Christian Pérez): I’m Possible
Best of - John Lewis: The Spirit of History
Ron Howard: Imagine Success
Best of - Maya Angelou: Righteousness and Love
Orhan Pamuk and Carlos Fuentes: The Art of Fiction
Bryan Stevenson and John Hope Franklin: Voices of Conscience
Best of - Coretta Scott King: The Courage to Dream
Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life
Lt. Michael Thornton and Lt. Tommy Norris: Portraits of Valor
Julie Taymor: Creativity on the Edge
Best Of - Jonas Salk: Vanquisher of Polio
Gertrude Elion and Baruch Blumberg: Vaccine Hunters
Best Of - Anthony Fauci: From Aristotle to AIDS
Milton Friedman: Champion of Capitalism
James Allison: Immune to Failure
Daniel Inouye and Norman Mineta: In Defense of Liberty
Buddy Guy: I’ve Got the Blues
Lynn Nottage and Suzan-Lori Parks: Drama Queens
John Lewis: The Spirit of History
Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Tech Titans
Vince Gill: Country Music Icon
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Theatrical Impresario
Martine Rothblatt: Transcending Boundaries
Ian McEwan: Illuminating the Human Condition
Wole Soyinka: The Literary Lion
Jennifer Doudna and Feng Zhang: The Code of Life
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: The Fairytale Diva
Amy Tan: Discovering My Voice
Lord Norman Foster: Building the Future
Toni Morrison and Harold Prince: Immortal Voices
Peter Jackson: Master of Film Fantasy
Sylvia Earle and David Doubilet: The Living Oceans
Hank Aaron: Field of Dreams
Anthony Romero: Guardian of Civil Liberties
Alice Waters: A Love Affair with Food
General David Petraeus: The Perils of Victory
Suzanne Farrell: Ballerina of the Century
A. Scott Berg: Chronicler of The American Century
Jimmy Carter: From Plains to the Presidency
Peter Gabriel: Genesis of a Rock Star
Brendan Sullivan: Standing Up to Power
Susan Butcher: Call of the Wild
Frances Arnold: A Nobel Vision
Michael Caine: An Accent on Life
John Updike: Dreams from My Mother
Chuck Yeager: The Right Stuff
Johnny Mathis: Timeless Voice of Romance
Stephen Sondheim: Maestro of Broadway
Rita Dove and W.S. Merwin: A Gift for Language
Sir Edmund Hillary and Reinhold Messner: King of the Mountain
Lord Martin Rees: The Future of Humanity
Leymah Gbowee: A Call from God
Lynsey Addario: Portraits of Love and War
Norman Schwarzkopf: Duty, Honor, Country
Peyton Manning and Herschel Walker: Preparing to Win
Bernie Taupin: Lyrical Inspiration
Khaled Hosseini, Scott Turow and Charles Krauthammer: Second Lives
Beverly and Dereck Joubert: Spirit of the Wild
Anthony Fauci: From Aristotle to AIDS
Jessye Norman: Living My Life in Song
John Banville: Literary Confessions
Julie Andrews: An Angel on My Shoulder
Andrew Weil: The Healing Power of Nature
Kazuo Ishiguro: Lyrical Tales of Emotion
Demis Hassabis: A.I. Mastermind
Wallace Stegner and N. Scott Momaday: Chroniclers of the American West
Steve Schwarzman: King of Wall Street
Bartlett Sher: A Reason to Sing
Jeremy Irons: Thespian and Provocateur
Dorothy Hamill and Scott Hamilton: The Price of Gold
Sue Grafton: The Alphabet Ends at Y
Maya Lin: The Art of Remembrance
Edward Teller: Destroyer of Worlds
Anthony M. Kennedy: Principles of Freedom
Jimmy Page: Guitar Hero
Itzhak Perlman: The Gift of Music
Ernest J. Gaines: Letters of My Ancestors
Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter: Jazz Invention
Leon Panetta: Decisive Action
James Earl Jones: The Voice of Triumph
General Colin Powell: My American Journey
Barbra Streisand and Pat Conroy: The Way We Were
Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization
Louise Glück: Revenge Against Circumstance
Naomi Judd: Dream Chaser
Rosa Parks and Judge Frank Johnson: Standing Up for Freedom
Robert Langer: Edison of Medicine
Sally Ride and Eileen Collins: Wonder Women
Frank McCourt: Teacher Man
Leslie Wexner: Victoria's Other Secret
Nora Ephron: Unstoppable Wit
Bill Russell: Giant of a Man
Sonia Sotomayor: Power of Words
Sally Field: Embracing Fear
Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley Grandmaster
August Wilson and Lloyd Richards: The Voice of Genius
Chuck Jones: The Fine Art of Laughter
Jane Goodall: A Dedicated Pursuit
Maya Angelou, Part 2: In the Spirit of Martin
Maya Angelou: Righteousness and Love
Albie Sachs: Freedom Fighter
Thomas Keller: Recipe for Success
Doris Kearns Goodwin: Presidential Ambitions
Frank O. Gehry: Building the Inspiring Space
John Irving: A Literary Life
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Justice For All
Wynton Marsalis: Philosopher King of Jazz
Steven Rosenberg: Finding a Cure for Cancer
Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush: The Freedom to Lead
Sir Roger Bannister: The Mile of the Century
Elie Wiesel: A Light in the Darkness
Carole King and Hal David: More Than Beautiful
Olivia de Havilland: The Last Belle of Cinema
Steven Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski: Images of the Imagination
Quincy Jones: The Music Man
Ray Dalio: Maestro of the Markets
Barry Scheck: The Innocence Project
Carol Burnett: Laughter and Reflection
Coach John Wooden: Character for Life
Steve Jobs and Tony Fadell: Inventing the Future
Sidney Poitier: Trailblazing Screen Legend
Lauryn Hill: Family, Faith & Hip-Hop
Andrew Young: My Life, My Destiny
Coretta Scott King: The Courage to Dream
Lee Berger: In the Footsteps of Eve
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The Power of Faith
George Lucas: The Force Will Be With You
William McRaven: A Life of Service
James Michener: Master Storyteller
Mike (Coach K) Krzyzewski: Inspiring Greatness
B.B. King: King of the Blues
Benazir Bhutto: Paying the Ultimate Price
Jonas Salk: Vanquisher of Polio
Oprah Winfrey, Part 2: A Vision for Success
Oprah Winfrey: The Queen of Talk… and Determination
Willie Mays: For the Love of the Game
Johnny Cash: True To His Own Voice
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