Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class
As an adult, Sarah Winnemucca spent a lot of time trying to advocate for the Northern Paiute, althou
Sarah Winnemucca was Northern Paiute and was born not long before her band had their first contact w
This 2014 episode covers the Treaty of Waitangi, a treaty between the British and the Maori that est
Deep in the American desert is a tiny, tiny, tiny nation: The Republic of Zaqistan. Guarded by robot
Holly notes the racist views of one of Charles Brown's biographers. Tracy and Holly also discuss pre
This episode covers President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s decision to move the date of Thanksgiving
Charles Farrar Browne is often called the first standup comedian. He was, in the 1860s, wildly famou
This 2017 episode covers Katharina von Bora, Marguerite d’Angoulême and Jeanne d’Albret, who all lef
Holly talks about realizing how Hans Sloane’s early life likely normalized the idea of colonization
Tracy talks with Nate DiMeo about podcasting, varying approaches to talking about history, and his n
Sir Hans Sloane’s legacy is a bit mixed. He is the reason there’s a British Museum, but there are a
This 2018 episode covers the craze in the 1800s when orchids became a status symbol and the cornerst
Holly talks about the bias against Lyon in his bank robbing trial. Tracy talks about the way other p
Tracy speaks with Toby Ball, creator and host of the podcast Rip Current, which explores the story o
The first recorded bank robbery in the U.S. resulted in the wrong man sitting in jail, a very strang
This 2020 episode covers the life of the man who created Dracula. But even Bram Stoker's own life st
Holly shares some of the theories about the Brown Lady photographers that characterizes them as char
Part two of our week of ghosts is all about one spirit – this time, a poltergeist. People have been
Part one of our Halloween finale on British Isles ghosts features two very classic ghost tales: the
This 2019 episode covers the story of Zona Heaster Shue's death and subsequent appearances to her mo
