RARE 2006 TV Special. The life and times (from those related to her and that knew her) of Beyonce, Destiny's Child, her friends and family.

Host Harini Bhat tells the story of Rebecca Cox Jackson and Rebecca Perot, two free Black women in the 19th century who were partners in life and upended the religious establishment to create their own spiritual Shaker community.

The cheese landscape is punctuated by myths and legends, only some of which hold any water. Want to know which stories have as many holes in them as Swiss cheese? These are some of the top contenders for cheesiest myth.

Today, chilis are the most widely cultivated spice crop in the world - grown everywhere from their native home in the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. But how and why did chilis evolve this weird, fiery trick in the first place? And why did we learn...

This is the story of how a low-budget Australian film – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – changed the course of history, loudly and proudly bringing a celebration of gay culture to the world that continues to resonate 20 years on.

We’re doing a deep dive into the incredible objects from the National Museum of American History that showcases the rich history of the LGBTQ+ community, from the turn of the 20th century, through the Stonewall Riots in 1969 and beyond.

Wooden furniture is rarely preserved in excavations of Roman sites. An exception is the material from Herculaneum. Usually, these items are not on display, but on the occasion of a new exhibit, we are now able to examine the world of carpentry through...

How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place? When and where did we first domesticate it? And why oh why does it get us high?

In the Life: Episode 603, "Image, Identity & Diversity." Original air date: February 2, 1997.

In this historical documentary, Bettany Hughes gives her top 10 Egyptian treasures and must-see places in Egypt.

Civil War submarine powered by hand cranks and lit by candlelight. What could possibly go wrong? Meet the HL Hunley.

Borscht is a sour soup, made with meat stock, vegetables and seasonings, common in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. In English, the word borscht is most often associated with the soup's variant of Ukrainian origin, made with red beetroots as one of the m...

Miss Piggy made her television debut 50 years ago this week.

Mole negro is one of the most striking and complex moles from the state of Oaxaca. The color and flavor come from nearly incinerating the chilhuacles negros, the native dried chiles used for the base. They’re then rinsed and soaked to revive their flavor...

Claudette Zepeda, chef and amateur Mexican food anthropologist, breaks down pozole, an ancient Mexican hominy soup that dates back to before the colonization of the Aztecs by the Spanish Conquistadors.