Eighty years after the release of Casablanca, we look back at its refugee actors who played characters much like themselves.

Taking a look back at stories from the past year.

On November 23, 1936, a cello prodigy and a legendary blues artist made recordings that would change music history.

In 1872, almost 50 years before women would get the right to vote, the first woman ran for president of the United States: Victoria Woodhull.

100 years ago, George F. Johnson ran the biggest shoe factory in the world: the Endicott-Johnson Corporation. But Johnson wasn't only known for his shoes - he had an unusual idea about how a boss shou

In October 1968, a peaceful student protest ended up being one of the darkest days in Mexico's history.

A story from our fellow Radiotopia show, Ear Hustle, about how being incarcerated can mess with your senses.

Revisiting interviews by Studs Terkel for his 1974 bestseller, "Working."

In the spring of 1981, two youthful baseball teams met for a standard minor league baseball match. They didn't know they'd be playing the longest game in baseball history.

A story from the Rumble Strip podcast about death, life, and a teenager named Finn Rooney.