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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame about his memoir, "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom."

Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan first saw Best of Youth, which was originally made for Italian television, two years ago at Cannes. He's been waiting to review the movie -- which intertwines one family's story with 40 years of post-war Italian history -- ever since. It was, he says, worth the wait.

Thirty-five years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history by guiding their spacecraft down to the lunar surface. But few outside the control room in Houston knew that the first manned moon landing came perilously close to disaster.

As the fires burn on in Southern California, more than a half-million people have been forced to leave their homes in the largest evacuation in the state's history. Guests and callers discuss what it is like to leave everything behind.

John Barry, the author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, talks about the lessons we can learn from the 1918 Spanish Flu and answers listener questions.

Jason and Brent look at John "Wildcat" McKinney, an early teacher in Lexington, KY, who became a hero and legend for having fought off a ferocious bobcat…

Brent and Jason kick off Season 5 with a first hand account of the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan with guest Jim Woltman. Coming soon in Season 5, we…

In this episode of Old Kentucky Tales, we will hear listener feedback in Old Kentucky Voicemails and the Main Event will take a look at the early schools…

The instrument is featured in some of the biggest songs on the charts, from Future to Drake. Brendan Frederick of the music site Genius, tells us about the history of that sound in hip hop music.

Every year Half Moon Bay, Calif., holds a giant pumpkin contest. The winner weighed 2,363 pounds and is the heaviest pumpkin in the competition's 44-year history.