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Sixty years ago, tobacco execs entered the ultra-processed food sphere. Now, those execs are moving on – this time to social media. Read More

Across cultures, early spring is a time to let loose and play pranks—but historians can’t agree on who invented the custom of... Read More

If the first April Fools’ Day stunt is lost to history, there have been some memorable pranks over the years, my favorite involving an... Read More

In his remote headquarters, the United Farm Workers leader began to see himself as not just a union leader, but a visionary healer. Read More

On Sunday morning in the UK the hour between 1am and 2am will simply disappear. No witchcraft will have occurred, of course, we will simply... Read More

A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup... Read More

The Unabomber's campaign of violence had baffled investigators for almost two decades. The BBC reported on his arrest 30 years ago, when he... Read More

What did our forebears do during the Nazi era? A subject long shrouded in silence in German families. Now, the US National Archives has made... Read More

In victory, the president invoked a virtue both classical and theological Read More

The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was the first of several major wars fought between the great powers... Read More

As U.S. troops moved to liberate the beautiful city of Manila in 1945, the Japanese embarked on a campaign of destruction and death. Read More

People with learning or physical disabilities occasionally had unique opportunities in Tudor society as ‘natural... Read More

Honoring the start of the year and the change of seasons are practices as old as time. Read More

I did not know that about Cleopatra! Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Before the internet could show you anything in the universe - including stuff it made up - people had few opportunities to have their minds... Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the telephone on its 150th anniversary. Read More

What do bananas have to do with American history? On this week’s episode, how the sweet fruit became an American staple because of one... Read More

Why Gettysburg? What makes one battle capture a lifetime of curiosity? On this episode of Boom Goes the History, we sit down with American... Read More

Book review: "This Land is Your Land." Read More

The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History by Caroline Sharples explores the public fascination with the dictator’s... Read More

The beloved musical is loosely based on a Eurasian schoolteacher’s accounts of her time at King Mongkut’s court. These memoirs... Read More

A journalist tells the improbable tale of a British diplomat who worked to free Ireland – and paid the ultimate price Read More

In victory, the president invoked a virtue both classical and theological Read More

The international system we know today was not inevitable but the product of a handful of decisive choices made by Harry Truman in 1946 Read More

The story of how the U.S. Navy torpedoed the Japanese Shinano carrier, the largest warship in history to be sunk by a submarine. Read More

The grade II listed Tynemouth Watchtower is steeped in history and provides rolling sea views — but seven floors makes carrying the... Read More

The country’s “mother road” started out as a way to get from Point A to Point B but quickly became the host of a culture... Read More

NASA’s Artemis II mission took decades of policymaking, engineering and financial support. Read More

Humanity’s quest to touch the stars began nearly 70 years ago when the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was... Read More

This manuscript’s contents are a centuries-old mystery that still eludes scholars today. But is it really as cryptic as it seems, or... Read More

When analyzing the oldest books of the Bible, scholars have identified the work of various writers and editors. But how did the final version... Read More

These sleek predators were once part of hunting traditions across the ancient world. Read More

200 years on from the deciphering of the most famous piece of rock in the world, what does reading the Rosetta Stone reveal? Read More

Racist terrorism has never been uniquely Southern—or new, writes Jacob Ware. Read More

Ever since I was in high school, Rome has fascinated me... Read More

And how Robert Pirsig got so close to figuring it out Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More