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Competitive eaters descend on Washington, D.C., to battle for a spot to compete in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July Fourth in Coney Island, N.Y. What is the history of such events?

By Michael Cohenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-889584.mp3Murray, KY – As WKMS signed onto air 40 years ago, many…

Fifteen years ago, Hillary and Julie Goodridge married hours after Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage. But less than five years later, they were getting divorced.

Baseball's official historian, John Thorn, sets the record straight on the game's earliest days ... in the 1700s. Yes, that's right, baseball started decades before Abner Doubleday supposedly created the game at Cooperstown — and it only became popular when professional gamblers took an interest.

Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo has teamed up with the Del Sol Quartet and vocal ensemble Volti to explore the struggles of Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island in the early 1900s.

A debate over the statue of Lincoln and a freed slave in Washington, D.C., led two history professors to discover Frederick Douglass' letter, which could sway some opinions on the matter.

Guest host Eric Deggans speaks with Jack Herrera, senior editor at Texas Monthly, about his new podcast White Hats, which dives into the history of the Texas Rangers.

"Ours is not a bloodline, but a text line," say father-daughter author team Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger. Their new book, Jews And Words, explores the significance of text in the Jewish tradition. "For thousands of years, we Jews had nothing but books," Oz says. "They became part of the family life."

Buy this book on Amazon(Your purchase supports WKMS!)Product Description:‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall’ is Kentucky’s motto. Yet the Civil War sharply…

National security experts argue for a smooth transition, which some administrations have accomplished, but any transition between President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden may be rocky.