This week we’re featuring a story from NPR’s Embedded podcast. It’s the first episode in a new series called Buffalo... more

This is the story of a song, “Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down.” It was written by a... more

In the spring of 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings met for a minor league baseball... more

Beauty pageants promote the fantasy of the ideal woman. But for 35 years, one contest in New York City celebrated... more

This week we’re bringing you a story about the 10th Mountain Division, a World War II military experiment to train... more

Sofia Bretl has lived in New York City for the last decade. But she was born and raised in the... more

On Valentine’s Day 2020, Peter Fodera’s heart broke. It stopped working. He collapsed in the middle of teaching a dance... more

In 1921, a man named Harry Pace started the first major Black-owned record company in the United States. He called... more

It’s been 80 years since the release of the Hollywood classic, Casablanca. When the film opened in 1943—just a year... more

One of the questions we often ask ourselves is: How can we produce stories about history that can air alongside... more

November 23, 1936 was a good day for recorded music. Two men, an ocean apart, sat before a microphone and... more

Voting rights was just as hot an issue in 1872 as it is today. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony and... more

100 years ago, George F. Johnson ran the biggest shoe factory in the world. The Endicott-Johnson Corporation in upstate New... more

In October 1968, Mexico City was preparing to host the Olympics - the first Latin American country to do so.... more

This week we’re featuring an episode from our fellow Radiotopia show, Ear Hustle. Ear Hustle is produced inside San Quentin... more

In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country, tape recorder in hand, interviewing... more

In the spring of 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings met for a minor league game... more

This week we’re bringing you a story from independent producer Erica Heilman, who makes the Rumble Strip podcast. The story is... more

In the 1960s, the U.S. was in a tense space race with the Soviet Union - and was losing. The... more

On June 15, 1904, a steamship called the General Slocum left the pier on East Third Street in New York... more

Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Smallpox was around for more than 3,000 years and killed... more

Before the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, abortion was illegal throughout most of the country. But that doesn't... more

You probably don’t know her name, but you definitely know her songs. Rose Marie McCoy would’ve turned 100 years old... more

Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein were both born in New York City and adopted as infants. When they were 35... more

Sofia Bretl has lived in New York City for the last decade. But she was born and raised in the... more

This week, the Senate unanimously passed legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime. It was a historic moment.... more

Nine months before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on... more

Nowadays we’re very accustomed to recording and hearing the sound of our own voices. But in the 1930s many people... more

When we first met Majd Abdulghani, she was a teenager living in Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries... more

A journey back to the very beginning of recorded sound and the strange, random, beautiful things people captured more than... more

A new movie version of West Side Story is hitting theaters this week. The musical, which tells a story of... more

November 23, 1936 was a good day for recorded music. Two men, an ocean apart, sat before a microphone and... more

Every day, we go about our lives doing thousands of routine, mundane tasks. And sometimes, we make mistakes. Human error. It happens... more

In the first half of the 20th century, the disease known as poliomyelitis panicked Americans. Just like COVID today, polio... more

Ever since Texas became a state, the Rio Grande has been the border between the U.S. and Mexico. But rivers... more

Asa Carter and Forrest Carter couldn’t have been more different. But they shared a secret. The Education of Little Tree, by... more

On the 20th anniversary of September 11th, 2001, we’re bringing you a story about the World Trade Center. But it... more

Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Report pointed the finger at structural racism for... more

During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon, called Long Binh... more

This is the story of a song, “Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down.” It was written by a... more

One hundred years ago, in 1921, a man named Harry Pace started the first major Black-owned record company in the... more

Twenty-five years ago, Josh Cutler was a 16-year old living with Tourette’s Syndrome, a brain disorder that often causes physical... more

On May 31, 1921, white mobs attacked a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street.” As... more

This week we continue celebrating Radio Diaries’ 25th anniversary by catching up with Juan from the Teenage Diaries series, which... more

This week marks a very special anniversary for Radio Diaries. It’s been 25 years since we first started giving people... more

One day in 1947, NYC bus driver William Cimillo showed up to his daily bus route, but instead of turning... more

For the past year, most nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been in lockdown. Residents have been kept apart—not... more

Soon after he entered office, President Biden issued an executive order allowing transgender people to serve in the military. It... more

On August 8, 1988 — a date chosen for its numerological power — university students in Burma sparked an uprising... more

One year ago, on Valentine’s Day 2020, Peter Fodera’s heart broke. It stopped working. He collapsed in the middle of... more