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Live From ICC: Kurt Vonnegut
Holly is joined by guest host Bryan Young for a live show at Indiana Comic Con, focused on the life and work of the author Kurt Vonnegut, known for h…
11 months, 1 week ago
1946 Oakland General Strike
The 1946 Oakland General Strike was part of a massive wave of strikes that took place in the U.S. in 1945 and 1946. Over two days in Oakland, Califor…
11 months, 1 week ago
SYMHC Classics: Flint Sit-down Strike
This late 2021 episode covers a strike in Flint, Michigan, which was at the heart of auto manufacturing for General Motors in 1936. And while the str…
11 months, 1 week ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Morality and Friction
Holly and Tracy discuss the creepy nature of the Children's Morality Code project. Tracy covers the varied conflicts that Mary Hunter Austin had with…
11 months, 1 week ago
Mary Hunter Austin
Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brie…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Children’s Morality Code of 1916
In 1916, the National Institution for Moral Instruction had a contest to see who could come up with the best morality code. For kids. Evolving views …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
SYMHC Classics: Dr. Couney's Baby Sideshow
This 2019 episode looks at Couney's incubator sideshows of premature babies. This is complicated; Couney made money from this, and his medical experi…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Incorrect Lillian and Reading Kids
Tracy notes the wild array of incorrect information that circulates about Lillian Exum Clement. Then she and Holly talk about childhood reading habit…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Introducing: SNAFU Season 3: Formula 6
Hi, Stuff You Missed In History Class Fans! We want to share a new season of SNAFU with Ed Helms.
About the show: This is the story of Prohibition y…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Gertrude Chandler Warner: ‘The Boxcar Children’ and Beyond
Gertrude Chandler Warner's most well known writing is "The Boxcar Children." But that series is far from the only professional writing Chandler did –…
11 months, 3 weeks ago