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Christmas Décor
This episode looks at the early days of Christmas trees, the origin of glass ornaments, and the practice of mounting lit candles on trees before elec…
1 year, 3 months ago
A History of Nutmeg
Nutmeg is native to the Banda Islands in Indonesia. Once Europeans discovered nutmeg, they had an enormous - often violent - impact on the islands it…
1 year, 3 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Madame Blavatsky
This 2020 episode covers the iconic figure of mysticism, Madame Blavatsky. She was the founder of the theosophical movement, and lived a life of adve…
1 year, 4 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Society for Disastrous Accidents
Holly talks about the many, many organizations that Joaquín Torres-García formed. Tracy discusses how there was no plan in place before the SL-1 acci…
1 year, 4 months ago
The SL-1 Reactor Incident
The Stationary Low-Power Plant Number 1 was a small boiling-water reactor built at the National Reactor Testing Station, west of Idaho Falls, Idaho. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Joaquín Torres-García
Joaquín Torres-García was Uruguayan-born artist who wanted to bring Constructivism and Modernism to Latin America, and worked for much of his life pr…
1 year, 4 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Demon Core
This 2020 episode covers the sphere of plutonium-gallium alloy that the U.S. made for use in an atomic bomb during World War II known as the Demon Co…
1 year, 4 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Complicated Ely
Tracy relays how Sarah Winnemucca's story inspired this week's episodes, though they were recorded about a month apart, and also how Ely S. Parker is…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ely S. Parker and Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
While working for the Treasury Department, Ely S. Parker met someone who would become a big part of much of the rest of his life – Ulysses S. Grant. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ely S. Parker and the Tonawanda Seneca (Part 1)
Ely S. Parker was instrumental in the creation of President President Ulysses S. Grant’s “peace policy." Parker was Seneca, and he was the first Indi…
1 year, 4 months ago