One Year: 1995

The new season of One Year covers 1995, a year when homegrown terrorists attacked Oklahoma City, America went online, and the Macarena took over nightclubs.

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The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moments that transformed politics, culture, science, religion, and more? And how does the nation’s past shape our present?

The new season of One Year covers 1995, a year when homegrown terrorists attacked Oklahoma City, America went online, and the Macarena took over nightclubs.


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Season 2: Episode 1

The Man Who Didn’t Bomb Oklahoma City

How a Muslim American got blamed for one of the most horrific crimes in American history.
Season 2: Episode 2

Fake Oxford

A group of American teenagers went looking for old-world academic excellence. They got a different kind of education.
Season 2: Episode 3

Dr. GIFT

At a fertility clinic in California, patients entrusted their dreams—and their genetic material—to a doctor who followed no code of ethics but his own.
Season 2: Episode 4

Hitting the Spot

In 1995, an online soap opera revealed the internet’s potential as a venue for creative expression—and a tool for destruction.
Season 2: Episode 5

Ann Arbor’s DNA Dragnet

A controversy over genetic testing ripped a college town apart, and put 160 innocent Black men under suspicion.
Season 2: Episode 6

Hey Macarena!

A musical phenomenon that wormed its way into our brains, and maybe never left.
Season 2: Episode 7

Carolyn’s Diary

The first true online diarist blurred the lines between private and public life—and paid a price for her radical transparency.
Season 2: Episode 8

The Making of One Year: 1995

Josh Levin and Evan Chung discuss the stories behind the second season.