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Behind the Scenes Minis: Colette, a Mixed Bag
Tracy tells Holly about Henry de Jouvenel's dislike of Colette's book "Chéri." They also discuss the question marks regarding Maurice and how he felt…
3 years, 4 months ago
Colette, Part 2
Part two of Colette's story picks up during her marriage to Henri de Jouvenel through the end of her life. Despite her life's many scandals, by the t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Colette, Part 1
Love, passion, desire and pleasure are running themes in Colette's writing and her life. And that life was seen as really scandalous and even notorio…
3 years, 4 months ago
SYMHC Classics: The Montgolfier Brothers
This 2016 episode covers two inventive brothers who came up with an idea to set humans aloft. The Montgolfiers were among many inventors working towa…
3 years, 4 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Macs and Fletcher
Holly and Tracy talk about Thomas Hancock, and their own experiences with raincoats. Then they discuss the food fad of Fletcherism, and the personali…
3 years, 4 months ago
Horace Fletcher, the Great Masticator
Horace Fletcher is best known for starting a food fad in that came to be known as Fletcherism. This early 20th century fad involved, in part, chewing…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Invention of the Raincoat
Humans have worked on ways to make garments water resistant almost since they started to wear them. But figuring out how to manufacture a raincoat us…
3 years, 5 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Walter Reed
This 2014 episode covers Reed’s truly groundbreaking work into the causes and prevention of yellow fever, building on a foundation of other doctors a…
3 years, 5 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Wrapping 2022’s Unearthed!
Tracy and Holly talk about the news that broke just after the start of 2023, and also how Tracy might consider eating roasted watermelon seeds. They …
3 years, 5 months ago
Unearthed! Year-end 2022, Part 2
Part two of our Unearthed! wrap up of 2022 covers a potpourri of stuff that didn’t go together, books and letters, edibles and potables, and apparel,…
3 years, 5 months ago