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SYMHC Classics: Raincoats
This 2023 episode covers how humans have worked on ways to make garments water resistant almost since they started to wear them. But figuring out how…
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Shoes, Shoes, Shoes!
Holly and Tracy discuss how frustrating Charles Goodyear could be. Then Holly talks a lot about shoes and how much she loves them.
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Running Through Sneaker History
The evolution from leather-soled shoes of the 19th century to the sneakers people wear today started slowly, then built momentum. Many of the big nam…
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Charles Goodyear and Vulcanized Rubber
Charles Goodyear's work is important to so many things we have in the 21st century. But his life and his work to create a stable rubber was full of p…
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SYMHC Classics: Penicillin
This 2022 episode covers the development of penicillin, which started – but definitely did not end – with the chance discovery of some mold in a petr…
1 month, 1 week ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Dorothy Everywhere
Tracy shares stories of her time in London. There is also a discussion of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin’s marriage.
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin’s Crystalline Chemistry, Part 2
After earning her first-class degree in chemistry from Oxford, Dorothy embarked on an impressive career in the new field of X-ray crystallography. Sh…
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin’s Crystalline Chemistry, Part 1
Dorothy Hodgkin's career in X-ray crystallography impacted a lot of science in the 10th century. Part one of her story covers her early life and form…
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SYMHC Classics: Sarah Bradlee Fulton
This 2023 episode covers Sarah Bradlee Fulton, sometimes called the Mother of the Boston Tea Party. But available information about her is basically …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Stairs and Trains
Tracy talks about her visit to the Bunker Hill monument. She then describes a very early morning start when she went to visit Oxford on her recent tr…
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