Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Moms Mabley

This 2022 episode covers Moms Mabley, whose career lasted more than six decades. She was hugely influential, and inspired so many comedians and other performers who came after her.See <a …

Apr 04, 2026 · 33m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Self-talk Hoax

Holly and Tracy discuss the idea of autosuggestion and positive self-talk. Tracy shares her thoughts on writings about the Pompey stone. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Apr 03, 2026 · 19m

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The Pompey Stone Hoax

The Pompey Stone was discovered in the early 1820s, and was believed to be hundreds of years old. It turned out to be a hoax, but a fairly benign one. …

Apr 01, 2026 · 35m

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Émile Coué and Autosuggestion

Émile Coué genuinely seems to have wanted to help people by teaching them how to plant helpful directives in their subconscious minds. Whether he was effective is something that's still …

Mar 30, 2026 · 39m

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SYMHC Classics: Louis Daguerre

This 2021 episode covers Louis Daguerre, who comes up almost any time we mention photography. Well before he figured out how to capture images through a camera obscura, he was …

Mar 28, 2026 · 34m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Atlanta and Textiles

Holly talks about the frustration of not finding any solid evidence of where Richard Peters stood on the issue of slavery. Tracy wonders what Elizabeth Fulhame's relationship with her husband …

Mar 27, 2026 · 33m

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Elizabeth Fulhame’s Colorful Chemistry

Elizabeth Fulhame’s biography is largely a mystery, but in 1794 she wrote a book on chemistry that was way ahead of its time. Research: <ul> <li>Steinmark, Ida Emilie. “Elizabeth Fulhame: …

Mar 25, 2026 · 36m

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Richard Peters and Early Atlanta History

Peters is responsible for many of the institutions that make up the identity of the city of Atlanta. And as a man from Pennsylvania, he had unique position regarding the …

Mar 23, 2026 · 38m

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SYMHC Classics: Nelson Pill Hearings

This 2021 episode shares how in the U.S., the idea that people should know about the risks involved with the drugs that they are taking is tied directly to the …

Mar 21, 2026 · 38m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Alaska and Contraceptives

Tracy talks about a "Molly of Denali" episode that references Elizabeth Peratrovich. She then shares her own experience with IUD insertion.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Mar 20, 2026 · 28m

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The IUD: A History

IUDs are under the umbrella of long-acting, reversible contraceptives, and they’re the oldest one of these in use today.  Research: <ul> <li>Baldauf, P et al. “A Report on the Hysteroscopic …

Mar 18, 2026 · 44m

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Elizabeth Peratrovich

Elizabeth Peratrovich is most well-known for her work to pass Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. But her story also has more to it than that act. Research: <ul> <li>Anchorage Museum. …

Mar 16, 2026 · 43m

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SYMHC Classics: Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor

This 2022 episode covers Lucy Hobbs, later Lucy Hobbs Taylor, who pursued a career in dentistry before that was recognized as an acceptable vocation for a woman.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for …

Mar 14, 2026 · 29m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Carry-on Bags

Tracy talks about the mixed bag nature of Elizabeth Bisland, and the hosts talk about their own travel experiences. Holly shares the less-than-noble character trait that she shares with Flaubert.See …

Mar 13, 2026 · 28m

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Gustave Flaubert and the ‘Madame Bovary’ Trial

When Madame Bovary was written in the 1850s, it fell under the accusing eye of the French government for its perceived immorality. Flaubert recognized that the trial would only stoke …

Mar 11, 2026 · 45m

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Elizabeth Bisland, Beyond the Trip Around the World

Journalist and writer Elizabeth Bisland was sent on a trip around the world in 1889, in a sort of race against Nellie Bly. But that was not something she wanted …

Mar 09, 2026 · 42m

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SYMHC Classics: Marie Laurencin

This 2019 episode explores the difficult-to-study work of Laurencin. In addition to her work not quite falling in line with the artists who were her contemporaries, her personal papers are …

Mar 07, 2026 · 32m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Censorship Cats

Tracy talks about how the show's recording schedule meant that this week's Monday episode got revised repeatedly to reflect current events. Holly talks about the way theater performances during portions …

Mar 06, 2026 · 26m

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Théophile Steinlen Beyond 'Le Chat Noir'

“Le Chat Noir” is one of the most famous pieces of late 19th century European art, but the artist behind it was also very active in France's anarchist and socialist …

Mar 04, 2026 · 38m

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Hercules Posey & the President’s House

The President's House was the first home of the U.S. president in the temporary capital of Phildelphia. While George Washington lived there, he had nine enslaved people that we know …

Mar 02, 2026 · 45m

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SYMHC Classics: Pueblo Revolt

This 2014 episode covers the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, in which Native Americans rose up against Spanish colonists and missionaries at the turn of the 17th century.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for …

Feb 28, 2026 · 24m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Coffee, 'Pirats' and Sea Robbers

Holly and Tracy talk about their coffee preferences. Then Tracy traces the path that led her from a listener mail to the topic of Fort Mose.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy …

Feb 27, 2026 · 30m

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Francisco Menéndez & Fort Mose

Fort Mose was the first officially sanctioned settlement for free Black people in what’s now the United States. It was established as a place where people who escaped enslavement in …

Feb 25, 2026 · 37m

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Melitta Bentz and the Coffee Filter

Melitta Bentz invented the coffee filter in 1908 and changed coffee culture forever. Through the decades and after reckoning with its relationship with the Third Reich, the company she founded …

Feb 23, 2026 · 39m

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SYMHC Classics: COINTELPRO 2

Part two of this 2020 episode looks at some of the specifics of the COINTELPROs that targeted black liberation organizations and the New Left, as well as how these programs …

Feb 21, 2026 · 41m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Whoopsy Whimsy

Holly shares a story of accidentally taking ephedrine. Tracy shares her delight at a pronunciation of the word catastrophe.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Feb 20, 2026 · 24m

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