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Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with Steve Inskeep and answers listener questions about the history of the U.S. Border Patrol.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of the State of the Union address.

During the Halloween season—a trip to a cemetery can be part of a spooky adventure. But in one Kansas City cemetery, volunteers work to clean markers and tombstones in order to preserve history.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Ginny Searle of Baseball Prospectus about broadcaster Thom Brennaman using a homophobic slur during a Major League Baseball game and history of such slurs in the league.

Aluminum is the most abundant metal on Earth and used in everything from cars and airplanes to the foil used to wrap Thanksgiving leftovers. But there was a time when it was more valuable than gold.

Mooncakes are known as an Asian pastry, but the cakes have a revolutionary history, and a current role in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Bernice Chan of the South China Morning Post discusses.

A five-part series looks at South Africa's half-century-long struggle for democracy through rare sound recordings — the voices of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, and those who fought with and against him.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Patrick Mason, professor of Mormon history and culture at Utah State University, about the history of Mormon communities in Mexico.

The roots of gospel music are not well-documented. Early recordings were lost. Stories behind the songs weren't written down. A new book recounts the history of the beloved American art form. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Robert Darden, author of People Get Ready!.

Suppose the South had won the Civil War and slavery were still a part of America. Kevin Wilmot's mockumentary Confederate States of America dreams up a world where slaves are bought and sold over the Internet, and the U.S. has a tense relationship with Canada.