Show Me The State

A 1920 Missouri law forced schoolchildren to speak English and punished French speakers.

Show Me the State asks whether Missouri or Texas saved the wine industry after phylloxera ravaged French vineyards in the 1860s.

Barbara Papish was expelled for distributing a paper, and the Supreme Court later said the University of Missouri violated her First Amendment rights.

["Show Me the State: Diamond Billy follows William Preston Hall, the Lancaster, Missouri trader who became the self-styled \"horse king of the world.\"", "Christopher Husted uses Sandra Redding, Bob Klein, Janet Davis, and Lauren Kramer to trace Hall from a first 25-horse shipment to Philadelphia to sales in Hamburg, London, and Cape Town.", "The episode links Hall's horse trade to the Second Boer War, the St.

Show Me the State follows Helen Stevens, the Fulton, Missouri runner nicknamed 'Popeye,' from a dirt-poor farm childhood to two Olympic gold medals.

This episode explores the history and hidden secrets of the Missouri River, including treasure hunting for buried steamboats.

This episode recounts the urban legend of Doc Ante's abandoned abortion clinic in Missouri, as remembered by locals who explored it as teenagers.