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Unearthed! Summer 2023, Part 2
Part two of the summer 2023 unearthed finds includes the potpourri/hodgepodge category, as well as medical stuff, climate, repatriations, books and l…
3 years, 1 month ago
Unearthed! Summer 2023, Part 1
This installation of literally and figuratively unearthed items includes updates to previous podcast topics, edibles and potables, shipwrecks, and so…
3 years, 1 month ago
SYMHC Classics: Auguste Escoffier
This 2018 episode covers chef Auguste Escoffier. This one man revolutionized food preparation and restaurant dining in ways that are still part of al…
3 years, 1 month ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Frank, Lizzie, and Noodles
Holly and Tracy discuss a collaboration between Frank Duveneck and his friend William Merritt Chase. They also talk about home made versus pre-packag…
3 years, 1 month ago
Eponymous Foods: Oops All Noodles
This edition of eponymous food stories involves two noodle dishes, and both of them are classic comfort foods that you can easily find in pre-made fr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Frank Duveneck and Elizabeth Boott
Frank Duveneck was lauded as a genius artist in his youth, and when he started teaching, he met Elizabeth Boott. Though their marriage was short, she…
3 years, 1 month ago
SYMHC Classics: Great Vowel Shift
This 2016 episode covers the living and evolving nature of language. It shifts and changes; pronunciations and spellings morph throughout time. Engli…
3 years, 1 month ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Conjecture and Child Actors
Holly talks about the conjecture about the cause of the Mattoon gas scare. Tracy talks about the arduous nature of picking through the court complain…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Clifton Star Chamber Case and Kidnapped Child Actors
In Early Modern England, there was a rash of abductions of boys, who were being forced to work as actors. Then a child was taken whose father was in …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
In 1944, a small town in Illinois was gripped with fear that someone was spraying a toxic gas into their homes as they slept. And while there have be…
3 years, 2 months ago