What Happened When Buck O’Neil Missed the Hall of Fame by One Vote
On this episode of Our American Stories, in 2021, former Negro Leagues baseball player Buck O'Neil was finally inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, years after being denied by just one vote, a decision that surprised many of his friends and supporters.Bob Kendrick, p ...Show more
Before Billy Graham, There Was Billy Sunday
On this episode of Our American Stories, before he became evangelist Billy Sunday, William Ashley Sunday played professional baseball in the major leagues, known for his speed and energy on the field. In the 1890s, at the height of his athletic career, he walked away from the gam ...Show more
Tami ist ein Freigeist, sie reist seit mehr als fünf Jahren durch die Weltgeschichte. Gerade arbeitet sie am Hafen von Tahiti, als ihr ein großer, blonder Mann auffällt: Richard. Sie verliebt sich sofort in seinen britischen Akzent. Richard und Tami reisen von nun an zusammen, si ...Show more
After their employer abandoned the vessel they was working on, Vikash Mishra and his crew spent nearly three years stuck on a slowly sinking ship off the coast of the UAE. This week on Kerning Cultures: Vikash's ordeal, and how he eventually made it back home to his family in Ind ...Show more
One year on from the toppling of the Colston Statue in Bristol, Descendants asks... how close is each of us to the legacy of Britain's role in slavery? And who does that mean our lives are connected to?Yrsa Daley-Ward narrates seven episodes telling the stories of people whose li ...Show more