1989: The Year That Made Us

A year of revolution around the world; Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's new policies lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall; a government crackdown follows protests in Beinjing's Tiananmen Square.[National Geographic]

A look at tabloid journalism in the late 1980s. Sensational TV shows focus on sex, scandal and celebrities, instead of politics. TV show hosts Larry King, Connie Chung and Maury Povich comment.[National Geographic]

James Brooks and Peter Guber peel back the curtain on the world of entertainment, revealing how the overnight success of Bart Simpson, Batman and the Little Mermaid turned the old show business model into a new one.[National Geographic]

Chuck D and Arsenio Hall discuss the pop-culture revolution of 1989 that raised the collective social consciousness.[National Geographic]

Filmmaker Kevin Smith and a host of tech insiders examine the dawn of the digital age in 1989, the year the first modern GPS satellites roamed above the earth, the Game Boy appeared, and the World Wide Web debuted.[National Geographic]

From the protests of Tiananmen Square to the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 transformed global politics in profound ways that still resonate today; former Secretary of State James Baker and journalists provide accounts.[National Geographic]