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Gladys Bentley
Gladys Bentley was a part of the Harlem Renaissance as a performer – she played piano and sang in ways that drew huge crowds starting in the 1920s, a…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
SYMHC Classics: Moms Mabley
This 2022 episode covers Moms Mabley, whose career lasted more than six decades. She was hugely influential, and inspired so many comedians and other…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Self-talk Hoax
Holly and Tracy discuss the idea of autosuggestion and positive self-talk. Tracy shares her thoughts on writings about the Pompey stone.
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Pompey Stone Hoax
The Pompey Stone was discovered in the early 1820s, and was believed to be hundreds of years old. It turned out to be a hoax, but a fairly benign one…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Émile Coué and Autosuggestion
Émile Coué genuinely seems to have wanted to help people by teaching them how to plant helpful directives in their subconscious minds. Whether he was…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
SYMHC Classics: Louis Daguerre
This 2021 episode covers Louis Daguerre, who comes up almost any time we mention photography. Well before he figured out how to capture images throug…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Atlanta and Textiles
Holly talks about the frustration of not finding any solid evidence of where Richard Peters stood on the issue of slavery. Tracy wonders what Elizabe…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Elizabeth Fulhame’s Colorful Chemistry
Elizabeth Fulhame’s biography is largely a mystery, but in 1794 she wrote a book on chemistry that was way ahead of its time.
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Richard Peters and Early Atlanta History
Peters is responsible for many of the institutions that make up the identity of the city of Atlanta. And as a man from Pennsylvania, he had unique po…
5 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Nelson Pill Hearings
This 2021 episode shares how in the U.S., the idea that people should know about the risks involved with the drugs that they are taking is tied direc…
5 months ago