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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…
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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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 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, 3 months ago
SYMHC Classics: W.C. Minor
This two-parter from 2012 covers William Chester Minor, whose life was tumultuous. Medical school, mental health issues, and murder are all part of t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: War of the Words
Tracy and Holly discuss the high volume of work produced by both Webster and Worcester, the inconsistencies in Webster's work, and learning languages…
3 years, 3 months ago
Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 2
Noah Webster Jr. and Joseph Emerson Worcester were both born in New England, both went to Yale, and both compiled multiple dictionaries during their …
3 years, 3 months ago
Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 1
The conflict between Noah Webster and Joseph Emerson Worcester, and their dictionaries came to be known as the Dictionary Wars. To set the scene, par…
3 years, 3 months ago