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Episode 1
God in America: A New Adam (1)
Oct 11, 2010
The first hour of God in America explores the origins of America’s unique religious landscape--how the New World challenged and changed the faiths the first European settlers brought with them. In New Mexico, the spiritual rituals of the Pueblo Indians collided with the Catholic faith of Franciscan missionaries, ending in a bloody revolt. In New England, Puritan leader John Winthrop faced off against religious dissenters from within his own ranks. And a new message of spiritual rebirth from evangelical preachers like George Whitefield swept through the American colonies, upending traditional religious authority and kindling a rebellious spirit that converged with the political upheaval of the American Revolution.
Episode 6
God in America: A New Eden (2)
Oct 11, 2010
Hour two considers the origins of America’s experiment in religious liberty, examining how the unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures such as Thomas Jefferson forged a new concept of religious freedom. In the competitive religious marketplace unleashed by this freedom, upstart denominations raced ahead of traditional faiths and a new wave of religious revivals swept thousands of converts into the evangelical fold and inspired a new gospel of social reform. In a fierce political struggle, Catholic immigrants challenged Protestant domination of public schools and protested the daily classroom practice of reading from the King James Bible.
Episode 7
God in America: A Nation Reborn (3)
Oct 12, 2010
Hour three explores how religion suffused the Civil War. As slavery split the nation in two, Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholders turned to the Bible to support their cause. Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass condemned Christianity for sanctioning slavery. In the White House, Abraham Lincoln struggled to make sense of the war’s carnage and the death of his young son. The president, who previously had put his faith in reason over revelation, embarked on a spiritual journey that transformed his ideas about God and the ultimate meaning of the war.
Episode 8
God in America: A New Light (4)
Oct 12, 2010
During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers. Bohemian immigrant Isaac Mayer Wise embraced change and established Reform Judaism in America while his opponents adhered to Old World traditions. In New York, Presbyterian biblical scholar Charles Briggs sought to wed his evangelical faith with modern biblical scholarship, leading to his trial for heresy. In the 1925 Scopes evolution trial, Christian fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan faced off against freethinker Clarence Darrow in a battle between scientific and religious truth.
Episode 9
God in America: Soul of a Nation (5)
Oct 13, 2010
Hour Five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival that fused faith with patriotism in a Cold War battle with "Godless Communism." As Americans flocked in record numbers to houses of worship, non-believers and religious minorities appealed to the US Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of religious expression in public schools. And civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a modern-day prophet, calling upon the nation to honor both biblical teachings and the founders’ democratic ideals of equal justice.
Episode 10
God in America: Of God and Caesar (6)
Oct 13, 2010
The final hour of God in America brings the series into the present day, exploring the religious and political aspirations of conservative evangelicals’ moral crusade over divisive social issues like abortion and gay marriage. Their embrace of presidential politics would end in disappointment and questions about the mixing of religion and politics. Across America, the religious marketplace expanded as new waves of immigrants from Asia, the Middle East and Latin America made the United States the most religiously diverse nation on earth. In the 2008 presidential election, the re-emergence of a religious voice in the Democratic Party brought the country to a new plateau in its struggle to reconcile faith with politics. God in America closes with reflections on the role of faith in the public life of the country, from the ongoing quest for religious liberty to the enduring idea of America as the "city on a hill" envisioned by the Puritans nearly 400 years ago.
Episode 11
Kind Hearted Woman: Part One
Apr 1, 2013
In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a divorced single mother living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin as she struggles to raise her two children, further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child.
Episode 12
Kind Hearted Woman: Part Two
Apr 2, 2013
In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a divorced single mother living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin as she struggles to raise her two children, further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child.
Episode 637
Stickup Kid
Dec 17, 2014
A FRONTLINE digital exclusive. Frontline explores what happens when a juvenile offender is sent to adult prison.
Episode 669
Mosquito Hunter
Aug 2, 2016
A look at Brazil's efforts to combat mosquito-borne illnesses, most notably Zika fever.
Episode 680
Betting on Trump: Water / Coal / Jobs
Feb 15, 2017
A trio of reports from FRONTLINE, Marketplace and PBS NewsHour on what Donald Trump's promises mean to voters in California's Central Valley (farming and water), West Virginia (coal industry), and Erie, Pennsylvania (jobs)
Episode 681
Big Sky, Big Money
Oct 30, 201253m
In 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision changed the landscape of campaign finance in America. The decision held that political spending is a form of protected speech and let corporations and unions spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns. But to avoid corruption, the court said the money can’t go directly to candidates; it has to go to independent outside groups. What did that mean in reality? The 2012 documentary Big Sky, Big Money, from FRONTLINE and APM’s Marketplace, offered an on-the-ground look. With that year’s election cycle underway, correspondent Kai Ryssdal traveled to Montana, a battleground over campaign finance at the time, and uncovered startling new evidence of outside interest groups’ influence on local campaigns.
Episode 682
Harvest of Fear
Apr 24, 2001
Episode 683
The Long Road to War: A FRONTLINE Special Report
Mar 17, 2003
Episode 684
Bush's War: Part 1
Mar 24, 2008
Episode 685
Kind Hearted Woman: Part One
Apr 1, 2013
Episode 686
Kind Hearted Woman Part 2
Apr 2, 2013
Episode 687
Bigger Than Vegas
Sep 30, 2014
Episode 688
A Daughter's Death
Feb 15, 2011
Episode 689
When Children Testify
May 7, 1991
Episode 690
Waiting for Tearah
Oct 7, 2019
Episode 691
Ebola in Congo
Dec 23, 2019
Episode 692
Tutwiler
May 6, 2020
Episode 693
Betting on Trump: Coal
Feb 15, 2017
Episode 694
Children of ISIS
Air date not announced
Episode 695
Betting on Trump: Jobs
Feb 15, 2017
Episode 696
Inside Yemen
Jul 19, 2017
Episode 697
Stickup Kid
Dec 17, 2014
Episode 698
Betting on Trump: Water
Feb 15, 2017
Episode 699
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court (2020)
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 700
The Mind of a Murderer
Mar 19, 1984
Episode 701
The Mind of a Murderer
Mar 26, 1984
Episode 702
Shootout on Imperial Highway
Jan 22, 1985
Episode 703
Shootout on Imperial Highway Part 2
Jan 29, 1985
Episode 704
Crisis in Central America Pt 1 Yankee Years
Apr 9, 1985
Episode 705
Crisis in Central America Pt 2 Castro's Challenge
Apr 10, 1985
Episode 706
Crisis in Central America Pt 3 Revol. in Nicrgua.
Apr 11, 1985
Episode 707
Crisis in Central America Pt 4 Battle for El Sal.
Apr 12, 1985
Episode 708
Comrades
Jul 1, 1986
Episode 709
Comrades
Jul 8, 1986
Episode 710
Comrades
Jul 15, 1986
Episode 711
Comrades
Jul 22, 1986
Episode 712
Comrades
Jul 29, 1986
Episode 713
Comrades
Aug 5, 1986
Episode 714
Comrades
Aug 12, 1986
Episode 715
Comrades
Aug 19, 1986
Episode 716
Comrades
Aug 26, 1986
Episode 717
Comrades
Sep 2, 1986
Episode 718
Comrades
Sep 9, 1986
Episode 719
Stopping Drugs (1)
Feb 10, 1987
Episode 720
Stopping Drugs (2)
Feb 17, 1987
Episode 721
Apartheid Parts 1-2
Dec 14, 1987
Episode 722
Apartheid Parts 3-4
Dec 15, 1987
Episode 723
Apartheid Part 5
Dec 16, 1987
Episode 724
Decade of Destruction Part 1: Ashes of Forest
Sep 18, 1990
Episode 725
Decade of Destruction Part 2: Killing for Land
Sep 19, 1990
Episode 726
Decade of Destruction Part 3: Mts. of Gold
Sep 20, 1990
Episode 727
Decade of Destruction Part 4: Chico Mendes
Sep 21, 1990
Episode 728
Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts I and II
Jul 20, 1993
Episode 729
Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts III and IV
Jul 21, 1993
Episode 730
Divided Memories Part 1
Apr 4, 1995
Episode 731
Divided Memories Part 2
Apr 11, 1995
Episode 732
The Gulf War (1)
Jan 9, 1996
Episode 733
The Gulf War (1)
Jan 9, 1996
Episode 734
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (1)
Apr 6, 1998
Episode 735
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (2)
Apr 6, 1998
Episode 736
The Farmer's Wife
Sep 21, 1998
Episode 737
The Farmer's Wife
Sep 22, 1998
Episode 738
The Farmer's Wife
Sep 23, 1998
Episode 739
Apocalypse! Parts 1 and 2
Nov 22, 1999
Episode 740
War in Europe (1)
Feb 22, 2000
Episode 741
War in Europe (2)
Feb 29, 2000
Episode 742
Drug Wars (1)
Oct 9, 2000
Episode 743
Drug Wars (2)
Oct 24, 2000
Episode 744
Real Justice (1)
Nov 11, 2000
Episode 745
Real Justice (2)
Nov 18, 2000
Episode 746
Organ Farm (1)
Apr 3, 2001
Episode 747
Organ Farm (2)
Apr 10, 2001
Episode 748
Country Boys: Part 1
Jan 9, 2006
Episode 749
Country Boys: Part 2
Jan 10, 2006
Episode 750
Country Boys: Part 3
Jan 11, 2006
Episode 751
The Age of AIDS: Part 1
May 30, 2006
Episode 752
The Age of AIDS: Part 2
May 31, 2006
Episode 753
News War (1): Secrets, Sources & Spin
Feb 13, 2007
Episode 754
News War (2): Secrets, Sources & Spin
Feb 20, 2007
Episode 755
News War (3): What's Happening To The News
Feb 21, 2007
Episode 756
The Mormons (1)
Apr 30, 2007
Episode 757
The Mormons (2)
May 1, 2007
Episode 758
Bush's War, Part 1
Mar 23, 2008
Episode 759
Bush's War, Part 2
Mar 24, 2008
Episode 760
2008-02-05 "A Dangerous Business Revisited
Feb 5, 2008
Episode 761
Money, Power and Wall Street, Parts 1 and 2
Apr 24, 2012
Episode 762
Money, Power and Wall Street, Parts 3 and 4
Apr 25, 2012
Episode 763
2013-04-30 "Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings"
Apr 30, 2013
Episode 764
United States of Secrets (Part One)
May 13, 2014
Episode 765
United States of Secrets (Part Two)
May 20, 2014
Episode 766
My Brother's Bomber (1)
Sep 29, 2015
Episode 767
My Brother's Bomber (2)
Oct 6, 2015
Episode 768
My Brother's Bomber (3)
Oct 13, 2015
Episode 769
3/1/16 (Tu.) 10:00 PM PBS (#3024) Poor Kids (R)
Mar 1, 2016
Episode 770
Yemen Under Siege
May 3, 2016
Episode 771
The Education of Omarina
Sep 13, 2016
Episode 772
Divided States of America
Jan 17, 2017
Episode 773
Divided States of America
Jan 18, 2017
Episode 774
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Feb 20, 2018
Episode 775
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Feb 27, 2018
Episode 776
Our Man in Tehran
Aug 13, 2018
Episode 777
2017-11-22 "Poor Kids"
Nov 22, 2017
Episode 778
Putin's Revenge
Oct 25, 2017
Episode 779
Putin's Revenge
Nov 1, 2017
Episode 780
The Facebook Dilemma (1)
Oct 29, 2018
Episode 781
The Facebook Dilemma (2)
Oct 30, 2018
Episode 782
Targeting Yemen
Jan 22, 2019
Episode 783
Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
Nov 12, 2019
Episode 784
America's Great Divide: Obama to Trump (1)
Jan 13, 2020
Episode 785
America's Great Divide: Obama to Trump (2)
Jan 14, 2020
Episode 786
The Luanda Leaks
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 787
Undocumented in the Pandemic
Aug 11, 2020
Episode 788
COVID in Yemen
Feb 9, 2021
Episode 789
The Virus That Shook the World
Apr 26, 2021
Episode 790
The Virus That Shook the World
Apr 27, 2021
Episode 791
India's Rape Scandal
Jul 20, 2021
Episode 792
Massacre in El Salvador
Nov 9, 2021
Episode 793
The Power of Big Oil - Denial
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 794
The Power of Big Oil - Doubt
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 795
The Power of Big Oil - Delay
May 3, 2022
Episode 796
After Zero Tolerance
Dec 6, 2022
Episode 797
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
Jan 3, 2023
Episode 798
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 799
America and the Taliban
Apr 4, 2023
Episode 800
America and the Taliban
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 801
America and the Taliban
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 802
Tutwiler
Sep 5, 2023
Episode 803
Failure at the Fence
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 804
Remaking the Middle East: The U.S., Israel and Iran (2026 Version)
Mar 10, 2026
Episode 805
Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question (2026 Version)
Mar 31, 2026
In the weeks since the U.S. and Israel began bombarding Iran, President Trump repeatedly justified the strikes by claiming Iran had posed an imminent nuclear threat.But months earlier, in the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes in June 2025, the message coming from Washington, D.C., was that Iran's key nuclear facilities had been "obliterated."Drawing on new reporting, satellite imagery analysis and interviews, FRONTLINE, The Washington Post, Evident Media and Bellingcat investigate the status of Iran's nuclear program amid the second round of U.S.-Israeli military action in less than a year.This updated version of the documentary previously aired on December 16, 2025.