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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Scurvy
This 2020 episode covers scurvy, a deficiency in vitamin C. Its story goes way back in history – all the way to our evolutionary ancestors living mor…
1 year, 6 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Impossible Shoes
Tracy talks about getting listener requests, and wonders about the details of one the stories from Monday's show. Tracy and Holly talk about the size…
1 year, 6 months ago
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
The shoes you’re wearing today likely were made possible by an invention from the late 19th century. But the inventor of that machine, who had little…
1 year, 6 months ago
Six Impossible Episodes: Listener Requests III
This episode includes six stories requested by listeners that wouldn't quite work as standalone episodes. The topics include: Nellie Cashman, Ela of …
1 year, 6 months ago