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Margaret Lucas Cavendish’s Blazing World
Cavendish was a prolific poet, playwright, and natural philosopher. She published multiple works under her own name before that was common for a woma…
3 years, 10 months ago
SYMHC Classics: John Dillinger
This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers John Dillinger, whose robbery career actually began when he was paroled in 1933. Sever…
3 years, 11 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: All the Teeth
Holly and Tracy talk about their experiences with dentists, and the legacy of Crawford Long in Atlanta.
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3 years, 11 months ago
A Brief History of Dentistry and Oral Health, Part 2
As promised, part two covers dental chairs and amalgams, as well as support careers in dental medicine, and a bit about orthodontics.
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A Brief History of Dentistry and Oral Health, Part 1
This first episode covers the earliest ways humans cared for their teeth, including the belief that demons might have something to do with tooth deca…
3 years, 11 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Veterinary Medicine
This 2017 episode covers how animals and humans have been living together for centuries, but standardized veterinary care developed over a long perio…
3 years, 11 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Rabies and Jailbreaks
Tracy and Holly discuss their knowledge of rabies and how often it appears in popular culture. They then talk about touring former prisons and how va…
3 years, 11 months ago
Six Impossible Episodes: Prison Breaks
Dramatic prison escapes often have some common themes -- they often include a lot of tunneling. Here are six highly ingenious and low-violence prison…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Brief History of Rabies
Today’s rabies prophylaxis is almost 100% effective at preventing human death from the bite of a rabid animal. How did people come to understand rabi…
3 years, 11 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Ruth Harkness and the First Panda in the U.S.
This 2014 episode covers a 1930s a New York socialite with a dream. She wanted to be the first person to capture a panda from Asia and return to the …
3 years, 11 months ago