Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Tracy and Holly talk about family and experiential history with headaches, and the persistent problems in what people do and don't know about them. They then cover their swill-milk episode, and how utterly vile the whole thing is. Learn more ...

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07.23.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Migraines and Milk Tracy and Holly talk about family and experiential history with headaches, and the persistent problems in what people do and don't know about them. They then cover their swill-milk episode, and how utterly vile the whole thing is. Learn more ...
07.21.2021 The Swill Milk Scandal of 1858 In the 1850s, much of the milk supply in New York was anything but appetizing and wholesome – it was often deadly. But efforts to address the problem were blocked by corrupt officials. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
07.19.2021 A History of Migraine Migraine is one of the three most prevalent conditions in the world along with anemia and hearing loss. But in spite of that prevalence, migraine is widely misunderstood, really at every level. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
07.17.2021 SYMHC Classics: Ira Frederick Aldridge This 2017 episode covers one of the first Americans to achieve fame as a Shakespearean actor, and the first black man to do so, becoming a famous figure on the Victorian stage. But Aldridge has largely been excluded from biographies ...
07.16.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Adolf and Hugo It's divisive figures week! Holly and Tracy discuss the difficulty in sorting out the reality of Lorenz's work, because of the polarized view of him within the medical community. Then talk turns to Hugo Gernsback, and the ongoing divide over ...
07.14.2021 Hugo Gernsback Ray Bradbury said Hugo “made us fall in love with the future.” But he’s also been berated as a hack whose proclamations about what does and does not qualify as science fiction have been problematic and limiting from the start. ...
07.12.2021 Adolf Lorenz, the Bloodless Surgeon Lorenz is credited with developing treatments that addressed pediatric orthopedic problems. During his lifetime, he was both celebrated and protested within the medical community. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
07.10.2021 SYMHC Classics: Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions (Pt. 2) Part two of our Fort Shaw classic covers the four months the Fort Shaw Indian School women's basketball team spent at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The team performed mandolin recitals, literary recitations, demonstrations of gymnastics and calisthenics, and ...
07.09.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Vacuum Cleaners and Schomburg Holly and Tracy talk about the localization of copycat companies in the cleaning industry, and Holly shares how her robotic vacuum met its untimely end. The legacy of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg is also discussed in terms of his status as ...
07.07.2021 Arturo Alfonso Schomburg The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has come up in a lot of research for the show. Schomburg the man was an Afro-Puerto Rican activist and collector, who historian and journalist Joel Augustus Rogers nicknamed “the Sherlock Holmes ...
07.05.2021 Vacuum Cleaners Tracking the history of how we clean and why our cleaning needs have shifted also tells the story of human progress in a wider sense. How did we get from natural-fiber brooms to gasoline-powered vacuum cleaners and ultimately to the ...
07.03.2021 SYMHC Classics: Basketball at Shaw Indian School (Pt. 1) This 2017 episode covers the Fort Shaw Indian School , part of a boarding school system designed to make Native American students conform to white culture. In a surprising twist, it also boasted a champion women's basketball team. Learn more ...
07.02.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Dreyfus Affair Tracy and Holly discuss the difficulty of covering the Dreyfus Affair, including the contextual history that needs to be covered for it. They also talk about the familiarity of the events of the affair because of similar events happening today. ...
06.30.2021 The Dreyfus Affair, Part 2 The court-martial and exile of Alfred Dreyfus was such big news that it started to be referred to simply as “The Affair.” And it divided French society and became international news. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
06.28.2021 The Dreyfus Affair, Part 1 Part one contextualizes the Dreyfus Affair by covering the Franco-Prussian War and the founding of the French Third Republic. Then we’ll cover Alfred Dreyfus and the accusation of treason that he faced in 1894. Learn more about your ad-choices at ...
06.26.2021 SYMHC Classics: Harriet Tubman, Part 2 We're continuing our classics with Harriet Tubman's story, which came out in 2016. There was a whole lot more to her life and work than the Underground Railroad. During the U.S. Civil War, she worked as a Union spy, eventually ...
06.25.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Kudzu and Quimby Tracy and Holly talk about their own experiences with and thoughts about kudzu. They also discuss Harriet Quimby's journalism career, her stance on feminism, and that fabulous purple satin jumpsuit. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
06.23.2021 Harriet Quimby Quimby is most well-known for aviation, but journalism was an even bigger part of her life. Before taking up flying, she had managed to carve out a life for herself by merging her love of adventure with her knack for ...
06.21.2021 Kudzu: Maligned Vine Kudzu is a semi-woody, perennial climbing vine in the pea family. How did it get its reputation for being an unkillable menace? And was it really introduced to stop erosion, only to get completely out of hand? Learn more about ...
06.19.2021 SYMHC Classics: Harriet Tubman, Part 1 We're revisiting this 2013 topic in honor of Juneteenth. Most people are familiar with Tubman's involvement with the Underground Railroad, but she was also a spy for the Union during the Civil War, among many other things. Untangling the truth ...
06.18.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Lola and Daphne Tracy and Holly talk about Lola Montez's relationship with the truth and references to her in the show "Dickinson." They also discuss how du Maurier's novel "Rebecca" has often been mischaracterized as a romance. Learn more about your ad-choices at ...
06.16.2021 Daphne du Maurier Daphne du Maurier became famous thanks to her books and the adaptations they inspired, and her life story is just as intriguing as any of her writing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
06.14.2021 Lola Montez Aside from her relationship with King Ludwig I, Lola Montez is one of those figures whose life is hard to pin down. That’s not because of a lack of documentation, but because that documentation repeats the completely fictional backstory she ...
06.13.2021 Introducing: Be Anti Racist with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Presenting a sneak peek of iHeart and Pushkin’s newest show, Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. On Be Antiracist, Dr. Kendi discusses policies and practices that sustain injustice in our society, and how we can dismantle racism to build a ...
06.12.2021 SYMHC Classics: Marie Taglioni This 2013 episode covers Marie Taglioni, considered THE ballerina of the Romantic era. She's often credited with revolutionizing, restyling and redefining dance, though her father was a significant part of those achievements. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
06.11.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Apicius and Struensee Holly and Tracy compare the Apicius cookbook to cooking today, as well as some confusion over ingredients in the cookbook. They then talk about the life of Struensee, how scholars of medical history interpret the work of the doctor, and ...
06.09.2021 Count Struensee and King Christian VII of Denmark King Christian VII ruled in the 18th century, and during his reign, his physician finagled a surprising amount of power, and basically ruled the country. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
06.07.2021 ‘De re coquinaria’ - the Oldest Cookbook of the Western World “De re Coquinaria,” also referred to as “Apicius,” is a cookbook featuring recipes that may have been collected as early as the first century. Who wrote it is a mystery, but it offers unique insight into the food culture of ...
06.05.2021 SYMHC Classics: The Defenestrations of Prague This 2018 episode covers defenestrations - which just means "to throw out of a window." And there's been a surprising amount of defenestration in Czech history. And almost all of it has been connected religious wars. Learn more about your ...
06.04.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Mrs. Child and Haymarket Holly and Tracy talk about Child's life, the ways in which she was ahead of her time socially, and the questions surrounding her marriage. The Haymarket riot's place in labor history is also covered, with an eye toward how many ...
06.02.2021 The Haymarket Riot The Haymarket Riot, aka the Haymarket Affair or the Haymarket Massacre, is one of the many interconnected events and people and movements that are all integral to defining the basic idea of what a full-time job is in the U.S. ...
05.31.2021 Lydia Maria Child Lydia Maria Child was a writer of children’s literature, historical novels, abolitionist tracts, and poetry. She also wrote literature for children and penned a holiday poem that remains popular today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.29.2021 SYMHC Classics: Tulsa Massacre This 2014 episode covers the devastation of "Black Wall Street," which was a nickname for Greenwood, a vibrant suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was destroyed in a racist attack in 1921. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.28.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Paperclips Tracy and Holly discuss Tracy's research on Operation Paperclip and how recently information about it has been uncovered. After talking about taking some time off, Tracy also shares how she selected the Paperclippers to focus on for Wednesday's episode. Learn ...
05.26.2021 Four Paperclippers Under Operation Paperclip, about 1,600 specialists – most with some involvement with the Nazi party – entered the U.S., and many became citizens. Today, we’re looking at four of these specialists, who were nicknamed Paperclippers. Learn more about your ad-choices ...
05.24.2021 Operation Paperclip Operation Paperclip, also known as Project Paperclip, which was the U.S. effort to bring German scientists to the U.S. after World War II. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.22.2021 SYMHC Classics: How Tulip Mania Worked This 2011 episode is from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina. During the 17th century, the Dutch went nuts for tulips, paying exorbitant amounts for a single bulb. But what exactly triggered this commodity bubble? And what do revisionist historians have ...
05.21.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Paré and Gardens Holly and Tracy talk about Paré's work in context on the timeline, and then a very cool modern gardening project using the book we mentioned this week, "The Feate of Gardening." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.19.2021 A Brief History of Gardening in North America Gardening is a living history that connects us all to people and places through time. This episode covers precolonial North America, Europeans bringing their own gardening ideas to the colonies, and how gardening has developed and shifted since then. Learn ...
05.17.2021 Ambroise Paré Sixteenth-century barber surgeon Paré has been called everything from “the gentle surgeon” to “the father of modern surgery.” He advanced the field of medicine significantly during his 50+ years in practice. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.16.2021 Introducing: Ephemeral Season 2 Hey, SYMHC fans! We know you already love great podcasts, so here's another we think you'll enjoy - Ephemeral season 2. Check out the trailer and see for yourself. About Ephemeral: The best source on our cultural identity is not ...
05.15.2021 SYMHC Classics: Mary Ann Shadd Cary Revisiting our 2016 episode on black Canadian-American Mary Ann Shadd Cary, who became the first woman in North America to publish and edit a newspaper. She advocated against slavery, for better lives for free black people, and for women's rights. ...
05.14.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Ralph McQuarrie Holly and Tracy talk about how they decided to cover the life of Ralph McQuarrie, and discuss the breadth of his awe-inspiring work. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.12.2021 Ralph McQuarrie, Part 2 In our second part of McQuarrie's life story, we cover how Star Wars became Ralph’s most well-known area of work, but also how it led to a lot of iconic visual moments in other films. Learn more about your ad-choices ...
05.10.2021 Ralph McQuarrie, Part 1 McQuarrie is responsible for some of the most recognizable imagery in cinema and culture. In part one, we’ll talk about his early life, his work before Star Wars, and how he started collaborating with George Lucas. Learn more about your ...
05.08.2021 SYMHC Classics: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 This 2016 episode covers a piece of Scottish and English history that's often simultaneously romanticized and oversimplified. It's a great deal more complicated than any one event, and is instead the result of many contributing factors. Learn more about your ...
05.07.2021 Behind the Scenes Minis: Poetry and Birth Control Tracy and Holly discuss their memories of nursery rhymes, and their experiences with women's health care. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.05.2021 The Nelson Pill Hearings In the U.S., the idea that people should know about the risks involved with the drugs that they are taking is tied directly to the complicated and often troubling history of oral contraceptives. Tracy's Research: Gutierrez, Kirsten. “Health experts: Blood ...
05.03.2021 Six Impossible Episodes: Mother Goose A number of English-language poems are generally lumped together as “Mother Goose" poems. But was there an actual Mother Goose? And do any of these poems have historical references in them? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
05.01.2021 SYMHC Classics: The London Match Girls Strike of 1888 This 2016 episode covers the London Match Girls Strike of 1888. This was an important labor rights event, when factory workers protested hazardous and unfair working conditions. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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Stuff You Missed in History Class episodes:

Behind the Scenes Minis: Migraines and Milk

The Swill Milk Scandal of 1858

A History of Migraine

SYMHC Classics: Ira Frederick Aldridge

Behind the Scenes Minis: Adolf and Hugo

Hugo Gernsback

Adolf Lorenz, the Bloodless Surgeon

SYMHC Classics: Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions (Pt. 2)

Behind the Scenes Minis: Vacuum Cleaners and Schomburg

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

Vacuum Cleaners

SYMHC Classics: Basketball at Shaw Indian School (Pt. 1)

Behind the Scenes Minis: Dreyfus Affair

The Dreyfus Affair, Part 2

The Dreyfus Affair, Part 1

SYMHC Classics: Harriet Tubman, Part 2

Behind the Scenes Minis: Kudzu and Quimby

Harriet Quimby

Kudzu: Maligned Vine

SYMHC Classics: Harriet Tubman, Part 1

Behind the Scenes Minis: Lola and Daphne

Daphne du Maurier

Lola Montez

Introducing: Be Anti Racist with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

SYMHC Classics: Marie Taglioni

Behind the Scenes Minis: Apicius and Struensee

Count Struensee and King Christian VII of Denmark

‘De re coquinaria’ - the Oldest Cookbook of the Western World

SYMHC Classics: The Defenestrations of Prague

Behind the Scenes Minis: Mrs. Child and Haymarket

The Haymarket Riot

Lydia Maria Child

SYMHC Classics: Tulsa Massacre

Behind the Scenes Minis: Paperclips

Four Paperclippers

Operation Paperclip

SYMHC Classics: How Tulip Mania Worked

Behind the Scenes Minis: Paré and Gardens

A Brief History of Gardening in North America

Ambroise Paré

Introducing: Ephemeral Season 2

SYMHC Classics: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Behind the Scenes Minis: Ralph McQuarrie

Ralph McQuarrie, Part 2

Ralph McQuarrie, Part 1

SYMHC Classics: The Jacobite Rising of 1745

Behind the Scenes Minis: Poetry and Birth Control

The Nelson Pill Hearings

Six Impossible Episodes: Mother Goose

SYMHC Classics: The London Match Girls Strike of 1888

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