Croesus of Lydia
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- almost 4 years ago
- 40:02
The story of the ridiculously wealthy Croesus, which was fictionalized in a number of ways, becomes a cautionary tale about pride and hubris, and what really has value in life. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Captain Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World
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- almost 4 years ago
- 43:53
Joshua Slocum was the first person known to sail around the world alone. Unlike lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis, he didn’t always enjoy that solitude – and unlike cyclist Annie Londonderry, he actually made the journey he became famous for. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Delano Grape Strike & Boycott
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- almost 4 years ago
- 47:13
The Delano Grape Strike, which led to an international boycott of table grapes as grape workers in California tried to get better pay, working conditions, and union contracts covering their work. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Elbridge Gerry's Monstrous Salamander
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- almost 4 years ago
- 37:26
This 2018 episode covers Elbridge Gerry, who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Gerrymandering is the drawing of political districts to give a particular party or group an advantage or disadvantage, and it's named after him. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Behind the Scenes Minis: The White House
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- almost 4 years ago
- 14:17
Holly and Tracy talk about how this week's topic shifted from its original plan. They also discuss how slavery in the U.S. capital has been handled in media. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Bracero Program
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- almost 4 years ago
- 36:56
This 2016 episode covers a time in the the 20th century when the U.S. and Mexico had agreements in place allowing, and even encouraging, Mexican nationals to enter the U.S. to perform agricultural work and other labor in the American Southwest. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Nicolas Appert and the Invention of Canning
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- almost 4 years ago
- 44:35
Canning dramatically changed how people around the world have dealt with food. Early canning efforts were kind of stabs in the dark, though – we hadn’t figured out the microbiology component yet. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Symmes’s Theory of Concentric Spheres
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- almost 4 years ago
- 47:18
In 1818, something about the rings of Saturn - we don't know what, exactly - led John Cleves Symmes to conclude that the Earth was hollow. And he spent the rest of his life promoting this strange idea. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Johann Beringer's Fossils
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- almost 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
Coxey’s Army
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- almost 4 years ago
- 43:10
Jacob Sechler Coxey led the first protest march on Washington, D.C. in the 1890s, with a plan to create jobs for the nation's unemployed population with projects that would build the country's infrastructure. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Tear Gas
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- almost 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: The Kaiser's Chemist -- Fritz Haber
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- almost 4 years ago
- 30:00
This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina examines Fritz Haber's mixed legacy. The Nobel-Prize-winning Father of Chemical Warfare was responsible for fertilizers that fed billions, as well as poisonous gasses used during World War I. Tune in to learn more about Fritz's complicated life and work. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Wu Lien-Teh and the Manchurian Plague
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- almost 4 years ago
- 47:36
Wu Lien-Teh was a doctor who’s most well known for his public health work and the pneumonic plague epidemic in the early 20th century. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Isabella Lucy Bird
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- almost 4 years ago
- 45:57
Bird is celebrated as a world traveler, though she didn’t really come into her own as a traveler until she was in her 40s. Her books about her journeys were wildly popular. There are also some pretty big questions about the persona she presented publicly. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Irish Famine, Part 2
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- almost 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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- almost 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
Unearthed! in July 2020
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- almost 4 years ago
- 53:20
This edition of Unearthed! covers episode updates, science and history discoveries, books and letters, and potpourri. And yes, there's (brief) talk about the Verona, Italy floor mosaics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYMHC Classics: Irish Famine, Part 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 26:08
We're revisiting a 2013 two-parter. The history lesson kids often get on the Irish Famine could be summed up as "a blight destroyed the potato crops, and a lot of people starved or moved away." Most kids ask, "Why didn't they eat something else?" Good question. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
COINTELPRO, Part 2
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- about 4 years ago
- 51:34
In part two of this topic, the show looks at some of the specifics of the COINTELPROs that targeted black liberation organizations and the New Left, as well as how these programs were finally exposed to the public. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
COINTELPRO, Part 1
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- about 4 years ago
- 46:00
FBI surveillance of people associated with the civil rights movement has come up on the show many times. Today, we’re going to talk about the history of the FBI, especially as it related to communism and “subversive threats,” and how that fed directly into COINTELPRO. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers