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Washington Irving’s ‘American’ Christmas
Washington Irving may come to mind more in connection with Halloween, but his writing had a significant influence on the way Christmas is celebrated …
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SYMHC Classics: Christina of Sweden
This 2014 episode covers the life of a woman who was smart and learned, but not a particularly good ruler. Her entire life was marked by being kind o…
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Ballet and Anchovies
Tracy and Holly discuss their preferences in ways the Nutcracker should be staged, and their love of it from the audience and performer perspectives.…
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Two More Eponymous Foods
This eponymous food episode features a(nother) salad that came together improvisationally out of necessity, and a cracker made to align with specific…
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The Nutcracker
It’s a Russian adaptation of a German story and wasn’t really a Christmas staple in its home country. But music from the Nutcracker has also become a…
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SYMHC Classics: S.A. Andrée and the 1897 North Pole Balloon Mission
This 2015 episode cover the expedition efforts of Andrée, who hoped to succeed in reaching the North Pole where others had failed by doing it by air.…
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Strikes and Snowflakes
Tracy and Holly discuss the anger-making aspects of working on the story of the Flint sit-down strike. They also discuss the way Holly happened upon …
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Wilson A. Bentley, the Snowflake Man
Bentley was a Vermont farmer and amateur meteorologist who became known to many during his lifetime as the Snowflake Man.
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The Flint Sit-down Strike
Flint, Michigan was at the heart of auto manufacturing for General Motors in 1936. And while the strike was largely centered around Flint, it also in…
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SYMHC Classics: Vernon Lee
This 2018 episode covers Violet Paget, more often known by her pen name Vernon Lee, who was a historian and an art and literary critic. She wrote on …
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