OZY Confidential
Solomon Northup: 12 Years a Slave …
If you’ve read 12 Years a Slave or seen the 2013 Academy Award-winning movie of the same name, you already know how Northup, a freeborn Black man in 19th-century America, was...
… And Then?
Outside the book, a few bread crumbs piece together a fuzzy picture of Northup’s post-slavery life, starting in 1853. He most certainly became a fiery abolitionist speaker,...
The Franklin Expedition: To the Arctic …
When a squabble with fellow administrators prompted Sir John Franklin to leave his post as governor of the Van Diemen’s Land colony in Tasmania in 1843, his spirited wife, Lady...
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The Horror of Being Haunted by Mattress Firm
What do you do when the firm that makes your mattress starts messing with your head? Call incessantly and ask why? Yup!.
How McDonald's and Kanye West Helped Create John Legend
John Legend joins the latest episode of 'The Carlos Watson Show' for a deep dive into his upbringing.
VANISHED: 6 Unsolved and Baffling Disappearances
A lanky stranger in a beach town, with a fake ID and a final departure.
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.
Meet the OZY Genius Who's Making Arts Programs More Accessible
OZY Genius Award winner Grace Fisher caught a rare disease that paralyzed her from the neck down.
Listen to 'Flashback': Your Unintended Consequences
A round-up of the best surprising stories from history submitted by listeners of Flashback.
Listen to 'Flashback': The Hockey Injury That Launched Air Travel
Why the story of human flight begins on a frozen pond in Dayton, Ohio.
It's Always Sunny Inside the Head of Rob McElhenney
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob McElhenney branches out beyond the bar and into a show about gaming.
The Very Ms. C.J. Perry!
From being a ballerina to being a WWE pro wrestler whirlwind, C.
The Food That Built America
The Food that Built America tells the unbelievable true stories behind the industry titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, the Kellogg brothers and Ray Kroc, who revolutionized food, and transformed American life and culture forever in the process.
The Few, the Proud, the Suicidal
If you think joining the military is an easy solution to some of life's problems, you might be totally wrong.
Turning Dining Back Into Eating With Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson, the Swedish-Ethiopian prince of the palate, makes what you put in your mouth? Delightful.
