History

Jesus Had Brown Skin

When we really take a moment to step back and think, it’s easy to agree that Jesus had brown skin…

I made my “Untold Story of Thanksgiving” episode to help me — and hopefully you — understand the true, accurate…

To say I’m obsessed with New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho’s novel “The Silence That Binds Us” is an…

When you take the time to understand all the “rules” around race, it becomes so obvious how made-up race and…

If you’ve been around a while, you’ve heard me say it hundreds of times: Race is a social construct. Race…

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…

Can you believe that Halloween is just around the corner? I know some of you super-prepared parents out there are…

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…