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Behind the Scenes Minis: Soyer and Mercator
Holly and Tracy talk about Alexis Soyer's legendary charm, Emma Jones, and famine soup. They also talk about the globes and maps they grew up with.
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Gerardus Mercator’s Groundbreaking Projection
The Mercator projection gets a lot of grief for distorting the relative sizes of different land masses, but Mercator’s map was actually pretty good a…
3 years, 10 months ago
Alexis Soyer
At a young age, Alexis Soyer became a very well-known chef in both France and England, as popular for his fun personality as for his cooking. But he …
3 years, 10 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Anne Lister
This 2018 episode covers Anne Lister, who was looking for a wife at a time when many women sought husbands to ensure financial stability. She was als…
3 years, 10 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Jack and Ponzi
Tracy and Holly talk about the folklore aspects of Jack Sheppard's story, and how a mustache drawn on a photo of Charles Ponzi was part of Pulitzer P…
3 years, 10 months ago
Charles Ponzi’s Schemes
He’s synonymous with fraud today, but the most famous scheme Charles Ponzi pulled in his lifetime was surprisingly short-lived.
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Jack Sheppard, Prison-Breaker
Jack Sheppard became sort of a serial breakout artist in 18th-century England. He was a real person who became a folk hero, but many of the accounts …
3 years, 10 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Anne Bonny & Mary Read
This 2016 episode covers famed lady pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, who have been often requested as a topic by listeners. But telling their story …
3 years, 10 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: M & M
Tracy and Holly discuss online disagreements over the origin of the science-fiction genre of literature and the nature of Margaret Cavendish’s marria…
3 years, 10 months ago
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee
As a teenager, Mabel Lee fought for the women’s vote in the U.S. even though she wouldn’t benefit from it. As an adult, she continued to live a life …
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