Podcast Episodes

Behind the Scenes Minis: Graffiti Animals

Holly talks about the arguments she found online about whether graffiti is art. Tracy talks about how the Dickin Medal impacted veterinary medicine. …

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Six Impossible Episodes: The Dickin Medal

Maria Dickin wanted to raise the status of animals in society and bring more awareness to the work they were doing during World War II. The Dickin Me…

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The Slow Invention of Spray Paint

The possible contenders for the title of inventor of spray paint were actually working across decades. And really, all those people contributed piece…

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SYMHC Classics: Eunice Newton Foote

This 2021 episode covers Eunice Newton Foote, who became the first person to make a connection between the Earth’s temperature and the concentration …

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Estevan and Fury

Tracy discusses the concept of race as it has and hasn't existed in European history. Both Tracy and Holly share their frustration and fury about the…

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Buck v. Bell

Buck v. Bell is the 1927 SCOTUS decision that upheld the constitutionality of laws allowing involuntary sterilization of people deemed to be “unfit.”…

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Estevanico, aka Mustapha al-Azemmour

Estevanico was a translator and guide, and was probably the first person of any race from outside the Americas to enter what’s now Arizona and New Me…

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SYMHC Classics: Prison Breaks

This 2022 episode covers six highly ingenious and low-violence prison breaks from history. 

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Learned Women and Sharkey

Tracy shares a funny confusion about Unitarians and the University of Utrecht she kept having during research. Holly talks about how often escape sto…

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William J. Sharkey’s Not-so-great Escape

William J. Sharkey was a pickpocket, a con man, a politician, and a murderer, though whether or not that murder was an accident became the question a…

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