Buntline wears out his welcome in New York and heads west to St. Louis. He finds a city primed to explode, and he leads another whiskey-fueled riot. He moves to upstate New York in an attempt to quit drinking, but it’s an uphill battle. He marries, divorces or abandons several wives. And in 1861, he feels the pull of the ultimate adventure: war.
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Aug 2020
NED BUNTLINE Ep. 4 | “The Legend of Buffalo Bill”
After the Civil War, Buntline heads west to California in a short-lived effort to support the temperance movement. He makes new friends, and lots of enemies, and meets the scout who becomes the basis for his most successful literary creation. He permanently shapes the image of th ... Show More
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Aug 2020
NED BUNTLINE 5 | Julia Bricklin Interview
Julia Bricklin wrote this series and she is the author of “The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline: A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill.” She discusses several aspects of Buntline’s life, which was often dark but always adventurous. She talks about chapters of ... Show More
25m 14s
Nov 2021
The L.A. Riots | 2. No Justice
In March 1991, the video of the Rodney King beating was national news. The LAPD was under intense scrutiny and many white Americans were seeing a side of policing they’d never seen before.
Just a few days after George Holliday’s tape aired, the residents of South Central, Los Ang ... Show More
49m 38s