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Defunct Olympic Sports
Over the course of the modern Olympics, there have been a number of sports that have been added and struck from the roster. Today we’ll talk about a …
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Harriet Williams Russel Strong
Harriet Williams Russell Strong was quite a powerhouse of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only did she manage to dig herself out of an un…
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SYMHC Classics: 1900 Olympic Games
This 2012 episode from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina explains how the 1900 Paris Olympics are considered some of the strangest. Many of the events we…
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Diagrams and Iceland Memories
Holly and Tracy discuss the challenge of understanding concepts in fields outside their own. They also talk about memories from their previous separa…
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The Skaftáreldar, or Laki Fissure Eruption
The Laki Fissure Eruption was a volcanic event in Iceland in 1783 lasted for months, leading to the deaths of thousands of people and affecting the c…
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John Venn
John Venn created the Venn diagram, and though he’s an important figure in the fields of mathematics and logic, he eventually left that work behind t…
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SYMHC Classics: Beekeeping
This 2020 episode covers the path of beekeeping from its global origins thousands of years ago to modern square hives and beekeepers in white suits a…
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Categories, Museums and Cherries
Tracy talks about how and why the Unearthed episodes are structured into categories. There's also discussion of how to manage a visit to the Louvre, …
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Unearthed! July 2024, Part 2
The conclusion of the July 2024 edition of things unearthed literally or figuratively covers animals, shipwrecks, and medicine. But it starts with th…
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Unearthed! July 2024, Part 1
It's time for another edition of Unearthed! Part one of this edition covers updates, art, books and letters, and edibles and potables.
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