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Behind the Scenes Minis: The Statue Started It
Tracy discusses a surprising Google Street View discovery she made while working on the Francisco de Miranda episodes. Holly shares her thoughts abou…
1 year, 11 months ago
Francisco de Miranda, Part 2
Part two of our episode on Francisco de Miranda covers his travels after he left North America following the American Revolution, and explores his in…
1 year, 11 months ago
Francisco de Miranda, Part 1
Francisco de Miranda participated in the struggle for independence in the United States, the French revolution and the emancipation of Latin America.…
2 years ago
SYMHC Classics: Tupac Amaru Rebellion
This 2016 episode covers the Tupac Amaru rebellion, a conflict between Spain and its colonies in South America which took place from 1780 to 1783.
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2 years ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Leviathan and Athenian
Tracy and Holly talk about hard-to-spell words and good intentions without knowledge to go with them. Then Holly discusses some of Solon's laws befor…
2 years ago
Solon of Athens
Solon is one of the seven sages of Athens, and he's credited with laying the groundwork for Athenian democracy. But most of what we know about him co…
2 years ago
Missouri Leviathan
The Missouri Leviathan was an enormous skeleton made of fossilized bones that were excavated and assembled by Albert C. Koch. Was it a hoax, or just …
2 years ago
SYMHC Classic: The Bone Wars
This 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina explores the rivalry between paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. T…
2 years ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Medical Scans and Nobel Prizes
Holly and Tracy share experiences with MRIs and hospital stays, and also talk about the various disagreements and biases in play in the medical commu…
2 years ago
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Part 2
Once Dr. Ray Damadian had the idea to create a machine that used nuclear magnetic resonance to capture diagnostic data by scanning a human body, he s…
2 years ago