Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Moms Mabley

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

Apr 04, 2026 · 33m

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Self-talk Hoax

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

Apr 03, 2026 · 19m

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The Pompey Stone Hoax

<p>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.</p> …

Apr 01, 2026 · 35m

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Émile Coué and Autosuggestion

<p>&Eacute;mile Cou&eacute; 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

<p>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

<p>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

<p>Elizabeth Fulhame&rsquo;s biography is largely a mystery, but in 1794 she wrote a book on chemistry that was way ahead of its time.</p> <p><strong>Research:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Steinmark, Ida Emilie. &ldquo;Elizabeth Fulhame: …

Mar 25, 2026 · 36m

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Richard Peters and Early Atlanta History

<p>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

<p>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

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

Mar 20, 2026 · 28m

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The IUD: A History

<p>IUDs are under the umbrella of long-acting, reversible contraceptives, and they&rsquo;re the oldest one of these in use today.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Research:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Baldauf, P et al. &ldquo;A Report on the Hysteroscopic …

Mar 18, 2026 · 44m

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Elizabeth Peratrovich

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

Mar 16, 2026 · 43m

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SYMHC Classics: Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor

<p>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.</p><p>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

<p>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.</p><p>See …

Mar 13, 2026 · 28m

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Gustave Flaubert and the ‘Madame Bovary’ Trial

<p>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

<p>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

<p>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

<p>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'

<p>&ldquo;Le Chat Noir&rdquo; 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

<p>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

<p>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.</p><p>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

<p>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.</p><p>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

<p>Fort Mose was the first officially sanctioned settlement for free Black people in what&rsquo;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

<p>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

<p>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

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

Feb 20, 2026 · 24m

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