Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: The Wreck of the Batavia

This 2014 episode - originally a two-parter - covers a perfect storm of nautical carnage: There's...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: So Much Roman Stuff

Tracy and Holly talk about when children find historically significant items. Tracy also reads...

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Unearthed! Summer 2023, Part 2

Part two of the summer 2023 unearthed finds includes the potpourri/hodgepodge category, as well...

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Unearthed! Summer 2023, Part 1

This installation of literally and figuratively unearthed items includes updates to previous...

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SYMHC Classics: Auguste Escoffier

This 2018 episode covers chef Auguste Escoffier. This one man revolutionized food preparation and...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Frank, Lizzie, and Noodles

Holly and Tracy discuss a collaboration between Frank Duveneck and his friend William Merritt...

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Eponymous Foods: Oops All Noodles

This edition of eponymous food stories involves two noodle dishes, and both of them are classic...

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Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott

Frank Duveneck was lauded as a genius artist in his youth, and when he started teaching, he met...

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Introducing: Womanica

Thinking back to our history classes growing up, we had one question: Where the ladies at? Enter,...

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SYMHC Classics: Great Vowel Shift

This 2016 episode covers the living and evolving nature of language. It shifts and changes;...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Conjecture and Child Actors

Holly talks about the conjecture about the cause of the Mattoon gas scare. Tracy talks about the...

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The Clifton Star Chamber Case and Kidnapped Child Actors

In Early Modern England, there was a rash of abductions of boys, who were being forced to work as...

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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

In 1944, a small town in Illinois was gripped with fear that someone was spraying a toxic gas...

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SYMHC Classics: W.C. Minor

This two-parter from 2012 covers William Chester Minor, whose life was tumultuous. Medical...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: War of the Words

Tracy and Holly discuss the high volume of work produced by both Webster and Worcester, the...

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Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 2

Noah Webster Jr. and Joseph Emerson Worcester were both born in New England, both went to Yale,...

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Introducing: Supreme: The Battle For Roe

Introducing the new audio drama Supreme: The Battle For Roe starring Maya Hawke and William H....

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Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 1

The conflict between Noah Webster and Joseph Emerson Worcester, and their dictionaries came to be...

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SYMHC Classics: Julian Eltinge

This 2018 episode features Julian Eltinge, one of the highest-paid and most famous actors of the...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Square Dancing on a Wire

Holly and Tracy talk about Barbette's identity and speculation about his life. They also share...

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