A chronicle of John F. Kennedy's life, including his youth, ascension into politics, presidency, and his lasting impact on history.
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Series Cast Summary
Peter Coyote | ... |
Self - Narrator
(8 episodes, 2023)
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Julian Zelizer | ... |
Self - CNN Political Analyst
(6 episodes, 2023)
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Conan O'Brien | ... |
Self - Long-Time Board Member, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
(6 episodes, 2023)
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Lawrence Haas | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire'
(6 episodes, 2023)
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Thomas J. Carty | ... |
Self - Author, 'A Catholic in the White House?: Religion, Politics, and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign'
(6 episodes, 2023)
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Chris Matthews | ... |
Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero'
(5 episodes, 2023)
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Steven Watts | ... |
Self - Author, 'JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier'
(5 episodes, 2023)
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Richard Neal | ... |
Self - U.S. Congressman, MA 1st District
(5 episodes, 2023)
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Gillian Sorenson | ... |
Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen
(5 episodes, 2023)
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David Nasaw | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy'
(4 episodes, 2023)
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Hope M. Harrison | ... |
Self - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present'
(4 episodes, 2023)
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John T. Shaw | ... |
Self - Congressional Reporter, Author, 'JFK in the Senate: Pathway to the Presidency'
(4 episodes, 2023)
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Tim Naftali | ... |
Self - CNN Presidential Historian, Co-Author, 'One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964'
(4 episodes, 2023)
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Jeffrey Engel | ... |
Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
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(4 episodes, 2023)
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Andrew Cohen | ... |
Self - Author, 'Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History'
(4 episodes, 2023)
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Sid Davis | ... |
Self - Former White House Correspondent
(4 episodes, 2023)
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Eileen McNamara | ... |
Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
(4 episodes, 2023)
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David M. Kennedy | ... |
Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Kate Andersen Brower | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House'
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Curtis Wilkie | ... |
Self - Former Professor, University of Mississippi, Co-Author, 'The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign'
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Jeff Shesol | ... |
Self - Author, 'Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War'
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Serhii Plokhy | ... |
Self - Author, 'Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis'
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Patricia Sullivan | ... |
Self - Author, 'Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White'
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Jeff Greenfield | ... |
Self - Former Speechwriter, Robert F. Kennedy
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Larry Sabato | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy'
(3 episodes, 2023)
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend | ... |
Self - Niece of John F. Kennedy
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Thurston Clarke | ... |
Self - Author, 'JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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T. Glenn Pait | ... |
Self - Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
(2 episodes, 2023)
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David Pitts | ... |
Self - Author, 'Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Martin W. Sandler | ... |
Self - Editor, The Letters of John F. Kennedy
(2 episodes, 2023)
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J. Randy Taraborrelli | ... |
Self - Author, 'Jackie: Public, Private, Secret'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Charles K. Ross | ... |
Self - Chair, African American Studies, University of Mississippi
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Richard Lipsey | ... |
Self - U.S. Army, Assigned to Military District of Washington during Kennedy Administration
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Thomas Oliphant | ... |
Self - Co-Author, 'The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Jim Rasenberger | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Douglas Brinkley | ... |
Self
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Douglas Elmendorf | ... |
Self - Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Bruce Greenwood | ... |
Self - Actor, John F. Kennedy, Thirteen Days (2000)
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(2 episodes, 2023)
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Bill Carter | ... |
Self - Secret Service
(2 episodes, 2023)
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David Pietrusza | ... |
Self - Author, '1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Martin Sherwin | ... |
Self - Co-Author, 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Jakobi Williams | ... |
Self - Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Aldon Morris | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for Change'
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Billy Field | ... |
Self - Civil Rights Documentary Filmmaker, University of Alabama
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Steven F. Lawson | ... |
Self - Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Stephen Schlesinger | ... |
Self - Son of John F. Kennedy Special Assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Daniel Mulhall | ... |
Self - Former Irish Ambassador to the United States
(1 episode, 2023)
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Scott D. Reich | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Power of Citizenship: Why John F. Kennedy Matters to a New Generation'
(1 episode, 2023)
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John J. Domagalski | ... |
Self - Author, 'Into the Dark Water: The Story of Three Officers and PT-109'
(1 episode, 2023)
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Michael Dobbs | ... |
Self - Author, 'One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War'
(1 episode, 2023)
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Production Companies
- Blackbird Pictures
- Drew Associates (produced in association with)
- RadicalMedia
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- Nimrod Sound (audio post production)
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Taglines | A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. See more » |
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Trivia | Conan O'Brien was born in the same neighborhood as JFK, went to the same university, and like Kennedy is also an Irish-Catholic. See more » |