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MODERN HISTORY
True Stories
Meet the Electric Guitarist Who Gave Benny Goodman a Jolt
Guitarist Charlie Christian was warming up with fellow musicians, waiting for bandleader Benny Goodman, and a smooth jazz classic was born.
True Stories
The World Needs to Come Together. Here's What It Did in 1963.
The 1963 Skopje earthquake killed hundreds and destroyed Macedonia’s capital, but it came with an unusual silver lining.
True Stories
The Civil Rights Pioneer Who History Forgot
Rev Dr Pauli Murray was a woman ahead of her time … sometimes too far ahead.
True Stories
The Baseball Superstar Who Was on the Front Lines at D-Day
Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was known for his wit and charm, but he was also among the first Americans to confront the Germans at D-Day.
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The Carlos Watson Show
The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
True Stories
How Mohamed Morsi Lost His Grip on Power
Long before his dramatic death in court this week, the Egyptian leader made a critical mistake.
Around the World
This Glass Room With a View Is the Star of a New Film
Spend 90 minutes in the chrome-and-concrete Czech modernist masterpiece, Villa Tugendhat.
True Stories
The Scotsman Who Imported 'Imperial Trout' to Kashmir
Francis James Mitchell was part of an “acclimatization” movement that sent exotic species to distant lands.
True Stories
When the Government Said Marijuana Made You Crazy
As marijuana laws get less restrictive, it’s instructive to go back to the days when weed was considered pure evil.
True Stories
When the Austrian Army Saved the Winter Olympics
No snow? Nothing the Austrian armed forces couldn’t handle at the 1964 Innsbruck Games.
True Stories
Can You Name the Muslim World’s First Secular Democracy?
Hint: It wasn’t Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Turkey.
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The Weekender
OZY Tribe members near and far provide delicious recommendations for your valuable weekend time.
True Stories
When Women Booted Men From the Cheerleading Squad
This season, two male cheerleaders will join the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams rah-rah squad — an innovation that actually returns the sport to its roots.
True Stories
The Time Fidel Castro Hired Joe Louis as a PR Flack
When boxing champ Joe Louis and his PR firm signed a contract to promote tourism to Castro’s Cuba, America’s first Black sports hero was KO’d by the backlash.