“ONCE A PRESIDENT gets to The White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history,” said Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. From August 8 through 22, THIRTEEN revisits the stories of six 20th century …

After watching our bakers use those ice cream machines for the Showstopper Challenge, I now want one! Here’s the latest on what went down in Episode 5, and how I challenged myself to conquer new recipes.

Here’s a short guide to watching a marathon event: the 2016 Summer Olympics. This year, 28 Olympic sports are represented by more than 10,500 athletes competing in over 300 events over the course of 19 days. Pace yourself, viewers. Olympics …

Last week when I tweeted out the link to my recap of Episode 3, I tagged several of our contestants and they responded, which was fun. In response to what I wrote about the wild garlic in Ian’s bread, Ian said it is out of season now but is great when you can find it. I am definitely going to look for it, and I have a feeling some of you are too! And now on to this week which is all about sweetness and light: Desserts! Yes please!

This guide to NYC ice cream shops will take you around the world in nine scoops during National Ice Cream Month.

It turns out that baking is a full contact sport. Don’t believe me? Make note of all the purple band aids (on the hands of our contestants) that are multiplying week by week. Whether they cut themselves, burned themselves, or were bitten by Paul Hollywood, it is obviously dangerous in that tent!

National borders are the scene of criminal activities, senseless tragedies and government-led transgressions — most famously, that of invasions and war. Here are just a few examples of the trouble with borders throughout time and place.

This week it’s all about that biscuit, ‘bout that biscuit, no treble. Biscuit is British for cookie, (but you already knew that, right?) and this week all three challenges are biscuits or biscuit adjacent.

Ready, set, the new season of The Great British Baking Show is off and running!

Find out why TV’s friendliest competition has attained near cult status in the United States. Season 3 premiere: Sunday, July 3 at 4pm on THIRTEEN.