March 24, 2012 • 1h
Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the American Revoluti...Read more
March 24, 2012 • 1h
In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew ...Read more
April 1, 2012 • 1h
What's in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together your family history. For former slaves, choosing a last ...Read more
April 7, 2012 • 1h
What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American familie...Read more
April 14, 2012 • 1h
Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi are of three different faiths, all with complex family histories t...Read more
April 28, 2012 • 1h
Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across every coun...Read more
April 29, 2012 • 1h
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profess...Read more
May 6, 2012 • 1h
The three guests in this episode are all children of first- or second-generation immigrants and share the peculiar burdens of that...Read more
May 13, 2012 • 1h
Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal eff...Read more
May 20, 2012 • 1h
Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own identity very diffe...Read more