Who Integrated the NFL?
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. That's a well known piece of history. But who integrated the NFL? Well, it's an amazing story with lots of binge drinking, miraculous comebacks an...
4 Feb 50min
Can the President Tear Down the White House?
Who owns the White House? Is it the American people or the person who lives inside of it — AKA, the president? If the President of the United States of America controls the White House, does ANYONE h...
28 Jan 51min
Abraham Lincoln Before the Presidency: What He Learned as a Lawmaker
Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln spent just one term in Congress. So how did "the best known two-time Senate loser in the country" become one of the greatest presidents in American history?...
21 Jan 28min
Montezuma's Revenge! Debunking the Myth of the Spanish Conquest
For centuries, the story has been told the same way: Montezuma surrendered to Hernán Cortés, and a small band of Spaniards conquered the Aztec Empire. But that story has always seemed a bit ... fishy....
14 Jan 37min
America Loves Trains. Why Can't We Build Them Anymore? Inside NYC's Second Avenue Subway
It takes decades to build a new subway line in the United States. Meanwhile, China is building entire high-speed rail networks in just a few years. So, how did America's once-great love of trains get ...
7 Jan 42min
Can We Add a Fifth Face to Mount Rushmore? The History and Future of the Monument
Could a new president ever be carved into Mount Rushmore? It depends on who you ask. We call up historian Matthew Davis (author of A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore) ...
31 Dec 202548min
Are These Really the Best Movies of the 21st Century? Debating the NYT's Top 100
What is the greatest movie of the 21st century? The New York Times says it's Parasite, but not everyone agrees. We call up Rotten Tomatoes correspondent Mark Ellis to debate the NYT's list of the 100...
24 Dec 202539min
Death by Lightning: What Netflix Got Right (and Wrong) About a Presidential Assassination
Netflix's Death by Lightning is gripping, dramatic and TRUE. Or is it? We call up historian and New York Times bestselling author Alexis Coe for a lightning round fact check of Netflix's new James A....
17 Dec 20251h 5min
