Celebrities Rally Behind Texas Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

Rodney Reed has spent more than two decades on death row for a 1996 murder, but new evidence has people around the country rallying for his release. Former prosecutor Debbie Hines joins us to discuss the case.

Backyard grilling is an American institution. But have you ever wondered where it came from? You might be surprised to learn that the history of your weekend barbecue twists and turns back through the earliest years of America’s past.

Visitation to National Park Service sites has seen a boom in recent years. For five years in a row, the park service has tallied over 300 million visitors per year. It’s an unprecedented spike, and the reason why this is happening now goes deeper than social media alone. While the threat of COVID-19 will likely change those numbers this year, the park service is still figuring out how to regain the balance between preservation and visitation. Cheddar explains the history of crowding in America’s national parks, and the impacts we are seeing from that today.