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SYMHC Classics: Lucretia Mott
This episode revisits the studio version of our live show the 2018 Seneca Falls Convention Days at Women's Rights National Historical Park. Lucretia …
3 years, 8 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Laocoön and Lucy
Holly and Tracy talk about part of the Laocoön's story that didn't make it into the episode, and the ongoing debate about the sculpture. They also ta…
3 years, 8 months ago
Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor
Lucy Hobbs, later Lucy Hobbs Taylor, pursued a career in dentistry before that was recognized as an acceptable vocation for a woman. She got told no …
3 years, 8 months ago
Laocoön and His Sons
Laocoön is a figure in Greek legend, and the inspiration for a beautiful sculpture in the Vatican Museums. And that work of art has been on quite a j…
3 years, 8 months ago
SYMHC Classics: The Cato Street Conspiracy
This 2017 episode delves into urbanization and mechanization, and all the downsides they brought with them in Great Britain in the years after the Lu…
3 years, 8 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Cosplay and Shakers
Holly and Tracy reminisce about the use of the word cosplay in costuming groups and how much controversy it initially stirred up. They then discuss t…
3 years, 8 months ago
Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson
Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson was an outlier among Shakers for a number of reasons, including that she established a community in the city of Philadelph…
3 years, 8 months ago
Interview: Andrew Liptak and the History of Cosplay
Holly speaks with author Andrew Liptak about his upcoming book "The History of Cosplay," and the way that humans have used costume to play, tell stor…
3 years, 8 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Vincent van Gogh
This 2011 episode from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covers the artist's life and work. It also examines long-held beliefs about Vincent van Gogh and…
3 years, 8 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Danger Doge and Time Zones
Tracy and Holly talk about Falieri's strange shift from respectability to treason, all that slapping, and the city of Venice. They then discuss time …
3 years, 8 months ago