From Dean of Black Twitter, Michael Harriot, comes a Black history podcast like you've never heard before. Using a recipe... more

Without Judy Heumann, it’s hard to see how we would ever have achieved the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Disabled... more

Mary Ellen Pleasant was a Black conductor of the Underground Railroad, and she was on the run. But in 1852,... more

Before Michelle Yeoh’s historic win at the Oscars, there was another Asian actress nominated for the prize. Merle Oberon, the... more

Ons Jabeur plays some of the most exciting tennis out there. But for most of her career, Ons has been... more

Before Darwin and evolution, there was Mary Anning and her mysterious fossils. Mary was a working class girl on the... more

Our host, Takara Small, quizzes two producers on their knowledge of everything from Black pop culture to Black history legends... more

Before open heart surgeries became an everyday thing, the heart was totally and completely off-limits. Operating on a beating heart... more

Joseph Bologne put French classical music on the map, was a favorite of Marie Antoinette, and influenced the kings of... more

James Hemings innovated mac and cheese and brought vanilla ice cream, crème brûlée and french fries to the United States... more

Happy New Year! They Did That will be taking a short break for the rest of this month but will... more

100 years before Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin, there was Elizabeth Jennings. In 1854, Elizabeth refused to leave the streetcar... more

The “Godmother of Rock-n-Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe, contributed to the DNA of rock ‘n’ roll and even inspired the British... more

Happy holidays! As a little gift from us to you, we’ve put together some of our favorite moments from this... more

Those instant noodles that kept you alive in college? Turns out they were invented during World War II to stave... more

Before 1967, "paramedic" wasn't a word and few first responders had training that went beyond basic first aid. That would... more

Surrealist artists Pablo Picasso, Lee Miller, Man Ray and Roland Penrose were so enamored by Ady Fidelin, a Guadeloupan dancer... more

Elijah McCoy revolutionized technology forever—from trains to the factory floor—by allowing steam engines to keep running without frequent manual intervention.... more

One of the earliest cycling champs was a Black man named Marshall "Major" Taylor. By the late 1880s, the bicycle... more

The Patients’ Bill of Rights is something so common you see it in every hospital—and we have a group of... more