Stuff You Missed in History Class
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The Eastland Disaster
28 juni 2017 · 30 min
The Eastland disaster was one of the deadliest maritime disasters in American history. And in this particular case, safety regulations actually made things worse. Lees meer
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Roses Through Time
26 juni 2017 · 39 min
Humans have painted roses, written about them, and assigned them symbolic meaning for centuries. But this much-beloved flower predates mankind, and it's a little difficult to track our early relationship with cultivating it. Lees meer
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A Brief History of Veterinary Medicine
21 juni 2017 · 36 min
Animals and humans have been living together for centuries, but standardized veterinary care developed over a long period of time in many different places. Lees meer
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The Cuyahoga River's Last Fires
19 juni 2017 · 30 min
In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio caught fire, not for the first time, but for the last time. This event is often credited with helping pass the Clean Water Act and inspire the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Lees meer
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The Extinction of the Stephens Island Wren
14 juni 2017 · 35 min
The extinction of one New Zealand bird species is often attributed to a single cat. While feline predation played a significant role in the end of the Stephens Island wren, the story is actually more complex. Lees meer
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William Moulton Marston & the Creation of Wonder Woman
12 juni 2017 · 44 min
Most people know Wonder Woman as an embodiment of truth and justice, but don't know much about the comic's earlier years or its creator. Marston lived an unconventional life, and in many ways, Wonder Woman was an expression of that life. Lees meer
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Louis Riel
7 juni 2017 · 31 min
Riel was labeled both a traitor and a hero in his time. His work as a political leader for the Métis Nation in the Red River Rebellion led to the establishment of Manitoba. His involvement in the North-West Rebellion did not have a positive outcome. Lees meer
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Annette Kellerman
5 juni 2017 · 33 min
Australian Kellerman gets a lot of the credit for developing the women's one-piece bathing suit. But she was also a competitive swimmer, as well as a vaudeville and film star who designed her own mermaid costumes. Lees meer
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Maria Sibylla Merian
31 mei 2017 · 28 min
As a naturalist illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian helped dispel many entomological myths and improved the scientific study of insects and plants, and she did it beautifully. Lees meer
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The Ladies of Llangollen
29 mei 2017 · 32 min
In the late 18th century, Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, also known as the Ladies of Llangollen, abandoned their life in the upper tiers of Irish society and made a home for themselves in Wales. And they became rather famous in the process. Lees meer
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The Scopes Trial
24 mei 2017 · 34 min
The Scopes Trial, aka the Monkey Trial, 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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Hitler’s Early Rise and the Night of the Long Knives
22 mei 2017 · 31 min
Over the course of several days in 1934, Adolf Hitler, who was at the time the Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor, directed an action which eliminated all of his political enemies and enabled him to declare himself Fuhrer. Lees meer
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Copernicus
17 mei 2017 · 31 min
While he's known primarily as the astronomer who promoted the idea of a heliocentric solar system, Copernicus was also a master mathematician and a doctor. He worked for the church his entire life, and wrote a manuscript on devaluation of currency. Lees meer
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Six Impossible Episodes: Soldiers, Snipers and Spies
15 mei 2017 · 33 min
This installment of our impossible episodes series features a set of stories that are all about front-line heroism. Most of them are listener requests. Lees meer
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Horace de Vere Cole and the Dreadnought Hoax
10 mei 2017 · 34 min
Cole was a lifelong prankster, but none of his stunts could compare with his scheme to gain access to the HMS Dreadnought by getting his friends -- including Virginia Woolf -- to pretend they were Abyssinian royalty. Lees meer
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The Philadelphia MOVE Bombing
8 mei 2017 · 36 min
The MOVE organization is often labeled as a black liberation group or a black power group, but it’s more complex than that. After a protracted, contentious relationship with Philadelphia police, MOVE’s home was bombed in 1985. Lees meer
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The Kentucky Derby's First 50 Years
3 mei 2017 · 29 min
Although horse racing in general has been around much longer than the Kentucky Derby, including in the United States, the Derby itself has become the nation's most famous and prestigious horse racing event. Lees meer
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The Cato Street Conspiracy
1 mei 2017 · 28 min
Urbanization and mechanization, and all the downsides they brought with them, had continued in Great Britain in the years since the Luddite Rebellion. In response, a radical group plotted to assassinate the Prime Minister's entire cabinet. Lees meer
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Abbott and Costello, Part 2
26 april 2017 · 38 min
Abbott and Costello made it big in Hollywood during WWII, but the later part of their career together was beset by tragedy, money issues and personal problems that ultimately ended their partnership. Lees meer
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Abbott and Costello, Part 1
24 april 2017 · 29 min
The comedy team of Abbott and Costello created some of the most memorable sketches in history. Their perfectly balanced energy catapulted them from burlesque and vaudeville stages to radio, and eventually Hollywood. Lees meer
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
19 april 2017 · 40 min
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is one of the modern world's most infamous incidents of unethical medical research. The study's researchers told its participants that they were being treated for syphilis, but in reality, they weren't. Lees meer
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Walt Whitman, Poet of Democracy
17 april 2017 · 34 min
Whitman is often touted as the best and most important poet in U.S. history, but he also worked as a teacher and a journalist. And his poetry career didn't start out particularly well. Lees meer
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A Brief History of Foreign Food in the U.S.
12 april 2017 · 37 min
One of the most diverse things about the U.S. is its food industry. Foodies obsessively seek out the “authentic” flavors of any given culture. But many of the foods brought to the U.S. via immigration were initially viewed with suspicion and disdain. Lees meer
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Three Nuclear Close Calls
10 april 2017 · 29 min
There have been many moments in history when the world came perilously close to a full-scale nuclear war, due to false alarms or miscommunication. One such moment is the only known time that a head of state has activated their nuclear briefcase. Lees meer
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Prospect Park, Part 2
5 april 2017 · 52 min
In our second episode about Brooklyn's 150-year-old public park, we interview three guests, each with a unique knowledge of the park's history and its restoration in the last three decades. Lees meer
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Prospect Park, Part 1
3 april 2017 · 29 min
Brooklyn's massive public green space tells the historical story of its community. From an undeveloped tract of land, the space was developed to become an Olmsted and Vaux masterpiece. Lees meer
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Live From Salt Lake Comic Con FanX: H.P. Lovecraft
29 maart 2017 · 50 min
Writer H.P. Lovecraft created worlds and stories that continue to be influential more than 80 years after his death. His life story is at turns odd, sad, problematic and utterly fascinating. Lees meer
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Aphra Behn, Writer and Spy
27 maart 2017 · 34 min
There's really not a lot concretely known about the life of Aphra Behn, who, in addition to being a spy, was a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator, and the first woman in English literature known to have made her living as a writer. Lees meer
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Mongolian Princess Khutulun
22 maart 2017 · 27 min
Khutulun's story is a little bit cloudy, in part because it’s many hundreds of years old, and in part because accounts of her life involve a combination of propaganda and an outsider’s interpretation of it. Lees meer
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Jules Cotard and the Syndrome Named After Him
20 maart 2017 · 27 min
Jules Cotard was the first psychiatrist to write about the cluster of symptoms that would come to be called “Walking Corpse Syndrome.” But his work was unfinished, and left a great deal of room for debate about it among his colleagues. Lees meer
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The New London School Explosion
15 maart 2017 · 31 min
This was one of the worst disasters in Texas history, the worst school disaster in U.S. history, and it was a horrific tragedy that stemmed from a huge number of small decisions and moments. Lees meer
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The King's Evil and the Royal Touch
13 maart 2017 · 38 min
The practice of the monarch laying on hands to cure sick people lasted from the medieval period all the way to the 18th century in Britain and France. One disease in particular was so often "cured" it came to be known as the King's Evil. Lees meer
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Speaking With Auschwitz Survivor Michael Bornstein
8 maart 2017 · 36 min
Holly interviews Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Bornstein Holinstat about their book "Survivors Club." The book chronicles the story of Michael's family during the Holocaust, and how Michael survived at Auschwitz. Lees meer
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Lady Jane Grey, the Nine-day Queen
6 maart 2017 · 33 min
For a very short time between Edward VI and Mary I, Lady Jane was, at least nominally, Queen of England and Ireland, but whether she had any right to the title is still the subject of dispute. Lees meer
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John Kidwell and the Founding of Hawaii’s Pineapple Industry
27 februari 2017 · 28 min
From his start as an apprentice to a nurseryman in London, John Kidwell would go on to catalyze the establishment of Hawaii’s pineapple industry. His story is tied to the white business-driven Reform Party and its coup over the Hawaiian monarchy. Lees meer
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Interview: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
27 februari 2017 · 42 min
Dr. Gates joins Holly to talk about history's impact on our future, Black History Month, and his upcoming PBS series "Africa's Great Civilizations." Lees meer
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Jamaica's Maroon Wars
22 februari 2017 · 35 min
Maroons are Africans and people of African ancestry who escaped enslavement and established communities in the Caribbean and parts of the Americas. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Jamaica's Maroon communities clashed with British colonial government. Lees meer
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Bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple
20 februari 2017 · 31 min
Rabbi Jacob Rothschild was a vocal activist who spoke out for civil rights despite the danger in doing so. White supremacists bombed The Temple in Atlanta in a direct reaction to Rothschild's work for equality. Lees meer
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Executive Order 9066 & Japanese Internments, Part 2
15 februari 2017 · 42 min
After Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, people were incarcerated in inadequate and dehumanizing camps. Even once the detention program ended, things were still incredibly difficult for people after their release. Lees meer
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Executive Order 9066 & Japanese Internments, Part 1
13 februari 2017 · 36 min
Roughly 122,000 Japanese immigrants and American citizens of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes on the West Coast and incarcerated for much of the U.S. involvement in WWII. About two-thirds of them were U.S. citizens. Lees meer
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The Women's March on Versailles
8 februari 2017 · 31 min
In 1789, a group of protesters -- mostly women -- marched from Paris to Versailles to pressure King Louis XVI to address France's food shortage. Lees meer
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Ira Frederick Aldridge, Famous Unknown Shakespearean
6 februari 2017 · 30 min
He was 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 of Shakespearean actors. Lees meer
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Lucille Ball
1 februari 2017 · 29 min
Lucille Ball was the grande dame of American comedy. The famed star worked in modeling, radio and film, but she really made her mark in television, and her work set the standard for the TV sitcom. Lees meer
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Ed Roberts and the Independent Living Movement
30 januari 2017 · 30 min
Ed Roberts was a disability rights activist, known as the father of the Independent Living movement. That movement combines advocacy, resources and education toward the goal of living independently and fully integrated with abled society. Lees meer
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Inês de Castro and Pedro I of Portugal
25 januari 2017 · 27 min
When Prince Pedro of Portugal was married off in the 1300s, he only had eyes for his new wife's lady in waiting. The story of Inês and Pedro's love has everything: romance, deception, murder, and a corpse crowned as queen. Lees meer
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African Art History With Carol Thompson
23 januari 2017 · 42 min
Holly is joined in the studio by Carol Thompson, Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art at the High Museum of Art. Carol shares her incredible knowledge, stories from her personal life and the importance of studying Africa's rich art tradition. Lees meer
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Great Zimbabwe
18 januari 2017 · 30 min
Great Zimbabwe was a massive stone city in southeastern Africa that was a thriving trade center from the 11th to 15th centuries. But when Europeans first learned of it in the 16th century, they were certain it wasn't African at all. Lees meer
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Maria Montessori
16 januari 2017 · 43 min
While she's mostly associated with education, Maria Montessori worked in several fields. Her theories on early education still shape the way kids learn today around the globe. Lees meer
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Edmonia Lewis
11 januari 2017 · 31 min
The American sculptor was a celebrated artist in her day, but she receded from the spotlight; her final years remained a mystery for quite some time. Her marble works are striking examples of the neoclassical style popular at the end of the 19th century. Lees meer
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Henry Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross
9 januari 2017 · 29 min
After witnessing the brutality of a battle first-hand, Swiss-born Dunant dedicated his life to easing the suffering brought by war. But he did so at great cost to his personal life. Lees meer
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