Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Episodes

Total: 2440

This first installment the end of year 2024 edition of Unearthed! starts with updates, so many shipw

This 2021 episode covers two women rulers of 11th-century Constantinople. Sometimes Zoë ruled a

Holly talks about Mary Lease's racism, and the barriers to accessing the one biography that really e

Mary McLeod Bethune

2025/1/8

Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator, activist, and civil servant who dedicated her entire life to th

Mary Elizabeth Lease

2025/1/6

Mary Elizabeth Lease was a progressive political activist who fought big business, worked on behalf

This 2021 episode covers G.J. Griffith, who today is associated with the Los Angeles park and the ob

Holly and Tracy talk about sewing machines in their lives. Tracy talks about how she thought hangove

Humans probably started fermenting things on purpose by about 10,000 BCE. But when did they start di

A lot of sewing techniques being taught and used today came from the mind of one innovator: Helen Bl

SYMHC Classics: F.W. Murnau

2024/12/28

This 2019 episode covers F.W. Murnau, most well known for directing the first vampire film. But the

Tracy and Holly discuss the seasonal nature of pumpkin spice, and medicinal uses of nutmeg. They the

Christmas Décor

2024/12/25

This episode looks at the early days of Christmas trees, the origin of glass ornaments, and the prac

A History of Nutmeg

2024/12/23

Nutmeg is native to the Banda Islands in Indonesia. Once Europeans discovered nutmeg, they had an en

This 2020 episode covers the iconic figure of mysticism, Madame Blavatsky. She was the founder of th

Holly talks about the many, many organizations that Joaquín Torres-García formed. Trac

The SL-1 Reactor Incident

2024/12/18

The Stationary Low-Power Plant Number 1 was a small boiling-water reactor built at the National Reac

Joaquín Torres-García

2024/12/16

Joaquín Torres-García was Uruguayan-born artist who wanted to bring Constructivism and

SYMHC Classics: Demon Core

2024/12/14

This 2020 episode covers the sphere of plutonium-gallium alloy that the U.S. made for use in an atom

Tracy relays how Sarah Winnemucca's story inspired this week's episodes, though they were recorded a

While working for the Treasury Department, Ely S. Parker met someone who would become a big part of