Looking Back, Moving Forward

20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. StoryCorps was there in the aftermath, recording interviews with survivors in the cities where they fled. The stories in this episode— many captured only weeks after the storm— bear witness to one of the worst natural disasters ... Show More

This week: stories from people who dare to do things and go places few others would – from people who helped pave the way to outer space, to divers exploring ocean depths.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK, or email us at podcast@storycorps.org.Learn more about sponsor message ... Show More

35 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act advanced the idea that society should be accessible for everyone. In this episode: Stories about people who had to find their way in a world built for someone else.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK, or email us at podcast@story ... Show More

Gordon Corera welcomes you to The History Podcast, the home of story-driven history series from BBC Radio 4.We’ll take you inside some of the most pivotal events in history, to reveal new perspectives on them. And we’ll explore the reverberations of these events, to understand wh ... Show More

August 14, 2023. The HTW team is ready to talk. In a special episode that wraps up Season 4, Sally asks the people behind the scenes about lessons they've learned from telling hundreds of true stories about the past. It’s a great conversation you’re not going to want to miss.  An ... Show More

History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by HowStuffWorks. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartp ... Show More

L'Histoire est partout, si bien que l'on pourrait faire de l'Histoire économique, sociale, politique, scientifique, militaire, etc..Ce que je vous propose à travers ce podcast Nota Bene, c'est de m'accompagner pour découvrir cette histoire, de l'antiquité à nos jours, à travers d ... Show More

Memory is, when you think about it, a super power. The ability to relive past experiences can help inform and shape our decisions about the present and the future. Yet memory is unfortunately, surprisingly malleable. In today's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into the art of cha ... Show More

The People We Meet, The Lessons We Learn By: Yasmin Mogahed Serenity Podcast: Yasmin talks about what we learn from the people we meet throughout this path of life. She shares some of her own personal stories about important people that she has encountered along her own life jour ... Show More

Join us as we discuss the three short stories of heroes and learn what you can expect this season as we show you the people, places, and events in history that have contributed to the good we see in our world today.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh ... Show More

In this live-streamed show, we discuss “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” (1874), aka Untimely Meditation #2. What is the healthiest way to relate to our history? Nietzsche describes some approaches to history which meet human needs but which can also become oppr ... Show More

Today we’re cracking open the history textbooks and learning from OG podcaster—we’re talking, 2005 OG—Dan Carlin! Dan’s had a long career in broadcasting and his podcast, Hardcore History, combines gripping moments in history with Twilight Zone-style twists only a master storytel ... Show More