Vegas: The Story of Sin City (2024)
Visiting Las Vegas has become an American rite of passage. It's a town that has platformed major musical artists from the Rat Pack and Elvis Presley to Celine Dion and Adele, making Nevada's largest city an international destination for music and live entertainment. Across four immersive episodes, Vegas: The Story of Sin City showcases the past seventy years of America's cultural maturation through the lens of this unique city, featuring the entertainment acts, the visionary entrepreneurs, the infamous mafia figures, and the colorful political history that put it on the map.
Through interviews with notable entertainers like Paul Anka and Wayne Newton, former showgirls, journalists, and cultural historians, the city's evolution into an entertainment mecca is unspooled, revealing the role Las Vegas played in the most important movements and moments shaping American culture as we know it today.
Recent Episodes
Episode | Name | Airdate |
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S01E04 | The Greatest Show On Earth | März 24, 2024 |
S01E03 | Shuffling the Deck | März 17, 2024 |
S01E02 | The Golden Age | März 3, 2024 |
S01E01 | From Sand to Strip | Feb. 25, 2024 |
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