Podcast Episodes

Unearthed! in Spring 2023, Part 2

To wrap up Unearthed! for spring 2023, we've got potpourri, jewelry and adornments, edibles and potables, mistaken identity stories, repatriations, a…

2 years, 11 months ago

Unearthed! in Spring 2023, Part 1

The first part of our spring 2023 edition of Unearthed! features updates, books and letters, fabric, mummies, and a whole bunch of stuff involving sk…

2 years, 11 months ago

SYMHC Classics: Air Conditioning

This 2018 episode covers the many ways people have dealt with heat and humidity in history. As mechanical cooling became more ubiquitous, some of the…

3 years ago

Behind the Scenes Minis: Drinks and Dyer

Holly and Tracy talk about their relationships with Shirley Temples and Negronis. Tracy then shares her attempt to chase down the location of Mary Dy…

3 years ago

Mary Dyer and the Boston Martyrs

Mary Dyer endured religious persecution and personal tragedy. Then, she was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious activities. 

Res…

3 years ago

Eponymous Drinks

This edition of eponymous consumables features a drink named after a child star, a cocktail with a much-debated origin, and a brand of soda that may …

3 years ago

SYMHC Classics: Crash at Crush

This 2017 episode covers a window from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, people in the United States were watching train wrecks for fun. These stage…

3 years ago

Behind the Scenes Minis: Joplin and Ockham

Tracy talks about how long she's wanted to cover Scott Joplin, and the way his cause of death is often omitted from accounts. Holly then mentions the…

3 years ago

William of Ockham

William of Ockham is best known today for the model of problem solving known as Ockham’s (or Occam’s) Razor. But the event that defined his life was …

3 years ago

Scott Joplin

During his life, Scott Joplin said that people would not appreciate his music until 50 years after his death. And he wasn’t wrong, though now he’s of…

3 years ago