Stuff You Missed in History Class
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SYMHC Classics: Johann Beringer's Fossils
15 augustus 2020 · 20 min
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? Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Tear Gas and Coxey
14 augustus 2020 · 10 min
Tracy and Holly talk about the use and misuse of tear gas, and then a theory that links L. Frank Baum's work "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" to Coxey's Army. Lees meer
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Coxey’s Army
12 augustus 2020 · 36 min
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. Lees meer
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Tear Gas
10 augustus 2020 · 46 min
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. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: The Kaiser's Chemist -- Fritz Haber
8 augustus 2020 · 23 min
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. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Isabella and Wu Lien-Teh
7 augustus 2020 · 13 min
Holly and Tracy discuss the complexities of Isabella Bird's story, as well as the similarities between the pneumonic plague in Wu Lien-Teh's story and what we're living through in 2020. Lees meer
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Wu Lien-Teh and the Manchurian Plague
5 augustus 2020 · 40 min
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. Lees meer
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Isabella Lucy Bird
3 augustus 2020 · 41 min
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. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Irish Famine, Part 2
1 augustus 2020 · 20 min
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. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Seneca Village and Unearthed!
31 juli 2020 · 12 min
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. Lees meer
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Unearthed! in July 2020
29 juli 2020 · 46 min
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. Lees meer
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Seneca Village
27 juli 2020 · 37 min
Seneca Village was a predominantly black community that built itself from the ground up. But its story is fragmented. Even though it existed at a time when it could have been fairly well-documented, there was a vested interest in erasing it. Lees meer
Holly's Research:
“Seneca Village, New York City.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/seneca-village-new-york-city.htm
Alexander, Leslie M. “African or American?” University of Illinois Press. 2008.
Wall, Diana diZerega, et al. “Seneca Village and Little Africa: Two African American Communities in Antebellum New York City.” Historical Archaeology, vol. 42, no. 1, 2008, pp. 97–107. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25617485.
“Discover Seneca Village: Selected Research Topics and Resources.” Central Park Conservancy. October 2019. https://d17wymyl890hh0.cloudfront.net/new_images/feature_facilities/SenecaVillage_SelectedResearchTopicsandResources_2020_v4.pdf?mtime=20200219091534
Capron, Maddie and Christina Zdanowicz. “A black community was displaced to build Central Park. Now a monument will honor them.” CNN Oct. 22, 2019. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/seneca-village-central-park-monument-trnd/index.html
“The Sale of Manhattan.” The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands. Library of Congress and the National Library of the Netherlands. http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/kb-1/kb-1-2-1.html
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Manhattan.” Encyclopædia Britannica. November 23, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/place/Manhattan-New-York-City
Connoly, Colleen. “The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland.” Smithsonian. Oct. 5, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-native-new-yorkers-can-never-truly-reclaim-their-homeland-180970472/
Cleland, Charles and Bruce R. Greene. “Faith in Paper.” University of Michigan Press. 2011.
Rosenzweig, Roy and Elizabeth Blackmar. “The Park and the People: A History of Central Park.” Cornell University Press. 1992.
Blakinger, Ke…
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SYMHC Classics: Irish Famine, Part 1
25 juli 2020 · 19 min
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. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: COINTELPRO
24 juli 2020 · 14 min
Tracy and Holly talk about this week's two-parter on COINTELPRO, and how they both think about those initiatives. Lees meer
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COINTELPRO, Part 2
22 juli 2020 · 44 min
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. Lees meer
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COINTELPRO, Part 1
20 juli 2020 · 41 min
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. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: The Scopes Trial
18 juli 2020 · 33 min
This 2017 episode covered the Scopes Trial, aka the Monkey Trial, that played out in Dayton, Tennessee in the summer of 1925. It all stemmed from a state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Ignatius and Frank
17 juli 2020 · 11 min
Tracy shares how she landed at the topic of Ignatius Sancho, and she and Holly discuss his writing style. Free Frank's unique story, and how it involves some contradictory situations, is also discussed. Lees meer
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Free Frank McWorter
15 juli 2020 · 35 min
Free Frank McWorter was the first black man in the U.S. to design a town and establish a multi-racial community. He did this despite having been born into slavery. Lees meer
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Ignatius Sancho
13 juli 2020 · 34 min
Ignatius Sancho was the first black Briton known to vote in a parliamentary election – that happened in 1774. He became something of a celebrity in 18th-century London. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Phillis Wheatley
11 juli 2020 · 34 min
This episode travels back to a 2018 episode. Perceptions and interpretations of Phillis Wheatley's life and work have shifted since the 18th century. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Bonsai and Flexner
10 juli 2020 · 12 min
Holly and Tracy talk about the soothing nature of bonsai as well as the places in popular culture it pops up. They also unpack the complex nature of talking about Flexner's legacy. Lees meer
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Abraham Flexner and the Flexner Report
8 juli 2020 · 41 min
The Flexner Report in the early 20th century is often credited with changing the medical field and shaping what medical education looks like today. But this document negatively impacted medicine in the Black community. Lees meer
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A Brief History of Bonsai
6 juli 2020 · 33 min
Bonsai’s origins go all the way back to ancient China, long before Japan became infatuated with the art form. Over time, the western world also became fascinated with bonsai, though there has been plenty of cultural confusion about it along the way. This episode is sponsored by Mazda. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Robert Smalls - From Contraband to Congress
4 juli 2020 · 27 min
The second of our 2016 episodes on Robert Smalls. After his daring and impressive escape from slavery, Smalls was considered to be contraband, which was a term used for formerly enslaved people who joined the Union. But this was the beginning of an impressive career as a free man. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Q&A and the Myth of Irish Slaves
3 juli 2020 · 15 min
Holly and Tracy share stories about touring, and the long period of time Tracy has been planning to work on the falsehood of Irish slavery. Lees meer
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Why No One Talks About 'The Irish Slaves'
1 juli 2020 · 40 min
This whole idea of Irish slaves distorts some things that really did happen. So today we’re going to talk about that history, and how it’s being twisted and misused today. Lees meer
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SYMHC: Q & A
29 juni 2020 · 1 uur 10 min
Since the podcast isn't going on tour this year due to the pandemic, we thought it would be fun to have an episode that's something we normally do as part of a live show -- listener questions. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: The Incredible Escape of Robert Smalls
27 juni 2020 · 25 min
This 2016 episode covers Robert Smalls, who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839. He escaped from enslavement during the U.S. Civil War, in a particularly dramatic fashion. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: H.L. Hunley and Gospel Blues
26 juni 2020 · 8 min
Tracy and Holly talk about Tracy's chat with Dr. Rachel Lance, and the legacy of Thomas Dorsey. Lees meer
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Thomas Dorsey and the Birth of Gospel Blues
24 juni 2020 · 31 min
For a long time, Dorsey lived a sort of double life creatively. When he combined the two forms of existing music he played, he created something new, and changed religious music forever. Lees meer
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Interview: Dr. Rachel Lance and the H.L. Hunley
22 juni 2020 · 39 min
Tracy talks with biomedical engineer Dr. Rachel Lance about the cause of the H.L. Hunley disaster and the book that Dr. Lance wrote about the disaster and her research into the case. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: The Sinking of the H.L. Hunley
20 juni 2020 · 31 min
This 2017 episode covers the story of the H.L. Hunley, which really begins with the Union blockade of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Atlanta History Center and James Baldwin
19 juni 2020 · 12 min
Holly and Tracy discuss the nuances of what becomes historically significant in our troubled times, and then the continued relevance of James Baldwin's work. Lees meer
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James Baldwin
17 juni 2020 · 32 min
James Baldwin was a brilliant essayist, one of the chroniclers of the Civil Rights Movement, and a powerful voice against racism. Lees meer
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Interviews: Atlanta History Center and Covid-19
15 juni 2020 · 46 min
Holly chats with Sheffield Hale and Michael Rose of the Atlanta History Center about pandemic from the point of view of a living history institution, and also how the AHC, like many history centers, is documenting Covid-19. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Harlem Hellfighters
13 juni 2020 · 24 min
This 2015 episode covers a black U.S. Army WWI unit that became one of the most decorated of the war. When these soldiers returned home, they were greeted as heroes, but were still targets of segregation, discrimination and oppression. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Public Universal Friend and Wat Tyler
12 juni 2020 · 14 min
Tracy and Holly talk about the unique identity of the Public Universal Friend, as well as whether Wat Tyler's story inspired modern storytellers. Lees meer
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Wat Tyler and the Uprising of 1381
10 juni 2020 · 37 min
There were many transitional events between the the Black Death and the Renaissance; it wasn't a case of a one leading right to the other. One of those transition events was Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, also known as the Uprising of 1381 or the Great Rising. Lees meer
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Public Universal Friend
8 juni 2020 · 37 min
The Public Universal Friend described themself as a genderless spirit sent by God to inhabit the resurrected body of a woman named Jemima Wilkinson. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
6 juni 2020 · 35 min
This 2018 episode connects to a lot of others in our archive. Ida B. Wells-Barnett fought against lynching for decades, at a time when it wasn't common at all for a woman, especially a woman of color, to become such a prominent journalist and a speaker. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Cannery Row & Tumanbay
5 juni 2020 · 18 min
Holly and Tracy talk about the evolution of Monterey's Cannery Row and the history behind the fictional podcast Tumanbay. Their discussion then turns to current events, the death of George Floyd and the protests around the nation. Lees meer
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Interview: Tumanbay's John Scott Dryden
3 juni 2020 · 33 min
First, a brief discussion of current events. Then, in a conversation recorded in mid-May, Holly speaks with the creator of the historical fiction podcast Tumanbay about the ways that researching the Mamluk culture shaped the show. Lees meer
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Cannery Row
1 juni 2020 · 35 min
Monterey's Cannery Row is a busy center of tourism, but the area's history starts with indigenous people. Its association with fishing came from immigrant populations, and its reputation as a cannery exploded as that business was imploding. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Orphan Trains
30 mei 2020 · 29 min
This 2014 episode covers the 250,000 children in the U.S. taken to new families by train from 1854 and 1929, about. Except ... they weren't called "orphan trains" at the time, the children weren't all orphans, and "family" didn't always factor into it. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Home Ec and Practice Babies
29 mei 2020 · 16 min
Tracy and Holly talk about their experiences with home economics in school, and discuss theories about childcare as it relates to practice baby programs. Lees meer
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The Practice Babies
27 mei 2020 · 41 min
Practice babies were live human babies, cared for by college seniors who were temporarily living in home ec practice houses. The babies mostly came from orphanages or child welfare agencies, and were usually adopted after their time in the program. Lees meer
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The Bureau of Home Economics
25 mei 2020 · 41 min
For a time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had a whole bureau of home economics, which was run by and for women, and was a huge part of the response to crises like the Great Depression and World War II. Lees meer
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SYMHC Classics: Phineas Gage
23 mei 2020 · 30 min
A 2013 episode about Phineas Gage, who experienced a catastrophic brain injury and survived - though altered - for more than 11 years. Over time, he became one of the world's most famous case studies in how damage to the brain can affect behavior. Lees meer
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Fritz Duquesne
22 mei 2020 · 12 min
Holly and Tracy ponder the psychology of a lifetime of deception, and discuss the complex nature of the Boers' position in their conflict with Great Britain. Lees meer
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