Stuff You Missed in History Class

Unearthed! in Spring 2024, Part 1

Time for all the things literally or figuratively unearthed in the first quarter of 2024. Part...

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SYMHC Classics: Croquet History

This 2020 episode looks at croquet's murky origins. Because of its relative ease of play and low...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Eclipse Games

Tracy and Holly talk about how much Tracy loves eclipses. They also discuss their favorite TV...

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• 4 días

Milton Bradley and the Game That Started It All

Milton Bradley shaped not only the way people in the U.S. and around the globe play, but also how...

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Thales and the Battle of the Eclipse

On May 28, in the year 585 BCE, there was a total solar eclipse during a battle between the...

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• 8 días

SYMHC Classics: Sylvia of Hollywood

This 2019 episode covers Sylvia of Hollywood, famous in the 1920s and 1930s for shaping up...

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• 10 días

Behind the Scenes Minis: Vinnie's Wild Life

Holly reads Vinnie Ream's account of when she met Franz Liszt. Then discussion turns to Ream's...

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• 11 días

Vinnie Ream, Part 2

Part two of our episode on Vinnie Ream covers the completion of her first major work, and the...

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• 13 días

Vinnie Ream, Part 1

Vinnie Ream managed became the first woman to be given an art commission by the U.S. Government...

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• 15 días

SYMHC Classics: Pig War

This 2014 episode covers the story of how in 1859, the United States and Great Britain nearly...

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• 17 días

Behind the Scenes Minis: Wrong Photo and the Rules

Holly and Tracy ponder why the wrong photo has become used so frequently in mentions of Margaret...

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• 18 días

Henry Martyn Robert’s Rules of Order

Henry Martyn Robert was connected to multiple historical events, but his most lasting legacy is...

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• 20 días

The Inventive Mind of Margaret E. Knight

Margaret E. Knight was an ingenious woman. She started tinkering with things when she was still...

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• 22 días

SYMHC Classics: James G. Fair

This 2019 episode covers James G. Fair, known as the Silver King. But though Fair often appears...

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• 24 días

Behind the Scenes Minis: Divorce, Marriage, and Manners

Holly and Tracy talk about there not being a national divorce law in the U.S. and how to...

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• 25 días

Six Impossible Episodes: Etiquette Manuals

Books on etiquette don’t necessarily reflect rules everyone is actually following – they’re more...

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• 27 días

Divorce Ranches

Divorce ranches sprung up in the 1930s when Nevada relaxed its divorce laws. This unique and...

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• 29 días

SYMHC Classics: Ambroise Paré

This 2021 episode covers sixteenth-century barber surgeon Ambroise Paré, who has been called...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Arsenic and Arm Prosthetics

Holly talks about the various theories about events in Charles Francis Hall's life. Tracy...

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Götz of the Iron Hand

In the early 16th century Gottfried von Berlichingen was known as Götz of the Iron Hand because...

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