Stuff You Missed in History Class

Unearthed! Year-end 2024, Part 1

This first installment the end of year 2024 edition of Unearthed! starts with updates, so many...

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SYMHC Classics: Zoë and Theodora

This 2021 episode covers two women rulers of 11th-century Constantinople. Sometimes Zoë ruled...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Accidental Mary Week

Holly talks about Mary Lease's racism, and the barriers to accessing the one biography that...

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Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator, activist, and civil servant who dedicated her entire life to...

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Mary Elizabeth Lease

Mary Elizabeth Lease was a progressive political activist who fought big business, worked on...

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SYMHC Classics: Griffith Jenkins Griffith

This 2021 episode covers G.J. Griffith, who today is associated with the Los Angeles park and the...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Stitching Hangovers

Holly and Tracy talk about sewing machines in their lives. Tracy talks about how she thought...

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A Hodgepodge of Hangover History

Humans probably started fermenting things on purpose by about 10,000 BCE. But when did they start...

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Helen A. Blanchard, Sewing Machine Innovator

A lot of sewing techniques being taught and used today came from the mind of one innovator: Helen...

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SYMHC Classics: F.W. Murnau

This 2019 episode covers F.W. Murnau, most well known for directing the first vampire film. But...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Pumpkin Spice Christmas

Tracy and Holly discuss the seasonal nature of pumpkin spice, and medicinal uses of nutmeg. They...

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Christmas Décor

This episode looks at the early days of Christmas trees, the origin of glass ornaments, and the...

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A History of Nutmeg

Nutmeg is native to the Banda Islands in Indonesia. Once Europeans discovered nutmeg, they had an...

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SYMHC Classics: Madame Blavatsky

This 2020 episode covers the iconic figure of mysticism, Madame Blavatsky. She was the founder of...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Society for Disastrous Accidents

Holly talks about the many, many organizations that Joaquín Torres-García formed. Tracy discusses...

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The SL-1 Reactor Incident

The Stationary Low-Power Plant Number 1 was a small boiling-water reactor built at the National...

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Joaquín Torres-García

Joaquín Torres-García was Uruguayan-born artist who wanted to bring Constructivism and Modernism...

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SYMHC Classics: Demon Core

This 2020 episode covers the sphere of plutonium-gallium alloy that the U.S. made for use in an...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Complicated Ely

Tracy relays how Sarah Winnemucca's story inspired this week's episodes, though they were...

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Ely S. Parker and Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)

While working for the Treasury Department, Ely S. Parker met someone who would become a big part...

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