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Love 'em or hate 'em, rats are part of our world. NPR's history podcast Throughline dove into the history of rats and found a story that spans thousands of years and touches nearly every continent.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Debra Bruno and Eleanor Mire about how their researches into their ancestors — enslavers and slaves accordingly — has led to their friendship.

When a crowd tried to pull down a statue of a conquistador in Albuquerque recently, someone got shot. We look at who this controversial figure from 400 years ago is and why he inspires violence.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault about her new book My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives.

The Institute for Sexual Research, founded in 1919, pioneered modern gender-affirming health care. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with medical historian Brandy Schillace on this piece of queer history.

Dave Zirin's new biography portrays a black liberation activist with a conservative streak, a man with an alleged history of violence against women and maybe the greatest running back in NFL history.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeremi Suri, professor of public affairs and history at University of Texas at Austin about Henry Kissinger's complicated legacy.

The U.S. Senate is also expected to break a record: At least 19 female senators will serve this term — the most in history.

Click here for the complete audioExplore the mystery surrounding the innovation that made the industrial might of America and the United Kingdom possible…