SYMHC Classics: Plessy v Ferguson
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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- about 4 years ago
- 30:23
This 2015 episode covers a landmark legal moment. The ruling in this infamous U.S. Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities were equal. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Behind the Scenes Minis: Grand Central and Zoe and Theodora
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- about 4 years ago
- 14:54
Holly and Tracy talk about what a jerk Cornelius Vanderbilt was, trivia about the Grand Central story, and Tracy’s first visit to Grand Central Terminal. Then they discuss the myriad levels of confusion possible regarding names in the story of Zoe and Theodora. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
SYMHC Classics: The Nazi Games and Jesse Owens
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- about 4 years ago
- 27:50
This 2012 episode covers the 1936 Berlin Olympics and African-American sprinter Jesse Owens, as well as the games as Nazi propaganda. More nations than ever participated, and the Olympic torch was used for the first time. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Behind the Scenes Minis: Freedom Summer and Cobb
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- about 4 years ago
- 13:41
Tracy and Holly talk about how young everyone had been during the Mississippi Freedom Summer, voter suppression, and Holly's trick to stop crying when recording. There's also talk of how topics get added to phone lists. and Cobb's violin playing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Behind the Scenes Minis: Lost Cause and the Constitution
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- over 4 years ago
- 14:02
Tracy and Holly discuss the difficulty people may have with Civil War history and how surprisingly exciting Constitutional scholarship can be. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Lost Cause
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- over 4 years ago
- 49:23
The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy was a distortion of the history of the U.S. Civil War that’s still affecting the world today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Maccabean Revolt
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- over 4 years ago
- 31:21
Were revisiting a 2016 episode about the uprising of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire during the Hellenistic period, which is an integral part of the Hanukkah story. After the restoration of Jewish religious freedom, the Maccabees started another revolt to obtain total independence. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Introducing The Ten News - Interview with host Bethany Van Delft
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- over 4 years ago
- 08:32
Stuff You Missed in History Class host Holly Frey interviews The TEN News host Bethany Van Delft. The TEN News is 10 minutes of news and information for curious kids ages 8-12 (and their parents are allowed to listen, too). Each episode looks at what's happening in the world and provides context and reporting on the stories kids want to know more about. Informative and fun, New episodes of The Ten News publish every Tuesday and Thursday. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Behind the Scenes Minis: Thorpe and Poinsett
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- over 4 years ago
- 14:58
Tracy and Holly discuss the issue of final resting places illustrated by Jim Thorpe's story, the pronunciation of poinsettia, and plant toxicity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Behind the Scenes Minis: Cecilia and Maria Anna
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- over 4 years ago
- 16:56
Tracy and Holly talk about the sexism that held back Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin,the desire to see her lecture notes, and stories from their education. Talk then turns to Maria Anna Mozart and the gaps in the record that lead to different interpretations of the Mozart family dynamics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Behind the Scenes Minis: Unearthed! in Autumn 2020
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- over 4 years ago
- 10:24
Tracy and Holly discuss the wealth of unearthed stories that came up this time around, as well as their favorite finds from this batch. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Behind the Scenes Minis: Stoker and
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- over 4 years ago
- 15:32
Holly and Tracy talk about the work and life of Bram Stoker, including a brief talk about his mother. And then talk turns to Tracy's new interview with Kate Landdeck, and the glamour of Jackie Cochran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Madame Blavatsky
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- over 4 years ago
- 57:44
Blavatsky is an iconic figure. She was the founder of the theosophical movement, and lived a life of adventure that’s hard to believe. The impact of her work is undeniable whether you believe her to have been a genuine mystic or a total fraud. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Nina Otero-Warren
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- over 4 years ago
- 49:10
Nina Otero-Warren was from a prominent New Mexico family, and worked in education, politics, and the suffrage movement, focusing largely on Spanish speakers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Paramount Decrees: The Court Cases - Pt. 2
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- over 4 years ago
- 41:25
Once Adolph Zukor combined his production company, Famous Players-Lasky, with Paramount’s distribution company, he had consolidate two aspects of the industry under one business. His next step was obvious: gain control of exhibition of films as well. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Six Impossible Episodes: There’s a Book About That!
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- over 4 years ago
- 42:48
These are episodes that we’d love to do as a full-length episode, and we’ve gotten listener quests for most of them. But there’s a book that’s so central to the subject that the book is really the place to go. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Johann Beringer's Fossils
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- over 4 years ago
- 27:32
This 2013 episode covers Johann Beringer, the University of Wurzburg's chair of natural history and chief physician to the prince bishop in 1725. He was also unpopular, and some of his colleagues sought to discredit him. There are two versions of the story -- but which is true? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Tear Gas
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- over 4 years ago
- 52:31
Tear gasses, or lachrymator agents, are named for the lachrymal glands, which secrete tears. But tears are just one part of it. It was developed for WWI, but of course continues to be used today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Irish Famine, Part 2
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- over 4 years ago
- 27:10
The second episode in our revisit of the Irish Famine covers the mid-1800s, when the poorest people in Ireland ate almost nothing but potatoes, saving other crops for selling. So a blight, plus politics, led to tragedy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Behind the Scenes Minis: Seneca Village and Unearthed!
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- over 4 years ago
- 12:46
Holly and Tracy discuss the week's topics, including their own experiences with Central Park, and a segment of the summer edition of Unearthed! that Tracy cut. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers