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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…
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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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Time Zones
Humans have understood how to calculate the length of a day pretty accurately for a long time. But there wasn’t a standard way to approach time on a …
3 years, 10 months ago
Marino Faliero, the Beheaded Doge
Faliero was the 55th Doge of Venice, a man who was, at least for a time, well respected. But his legacy is that he was the only doge decapitated for …
3 years, 10 months ago
SYMHC Classics: The Daring Imposter Cassie Chadwick
This 2018 episode covers the fraud career of Cassie Chadwick. Her biggest con was convincing banks that she was the daughter of Andrew Carnegie.
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3 years, 10 months ago