Untold Stories

Episodes and information that are part of our Untold Stories series.

The Untold Story of “The Star Spangled Banner”

You probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs…

Did you read the title of this episode? It’s a doozy! As convoluted as “The Untold Story of the Story…

To say Martin Luther King Jr.’s work has impacted my own anti-racism work is an understatement. His legacy is foundational…

We hear all the time how the episodes in our Untold Stories series are some of everyone’s favorites — and…

When the team here at First Name Basis was doing the research for our recent episode “Alcatraz: An Untold Story…

We need to stop celebrating Columbus Day — immediately. By celebrating Columbus Day, our country has erased the history of…

Alcatraz. What comes to your mind when you hear the name of that little island off the coast of San…

You probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs…

What did you learn about Rosa Parks growing up? You may have learned, like I did, that she was a…

We need to stop celebrating Columbus Day — immediately. The story that we learned about Christopher Columbus could not be…