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Behind the Scenes Minis: Annie and Mildred
Tracy and Holly discuss the surprising lack of biographical writing about Annie Jump Cannon. In contrast, they cover how much effort has been made to…
4 years, 6 months ago
Mildred Fish-Harnack
Mildred Fish-Harnack was a woman from Wisconsin who found herself at the center of a resistance group in Germany working to undermine the Nazis. But …
4 years, 6 months ago
Annie Jump Cannon, Census Taker of the Sky
Annie Jump Cannon has been described as doing for stars what Carl Linnaeus did for organisms. She compiled a massive star catalogue, and became known…
4 years, 7 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
This 2018 episode covers Leeuwenhoek, who wasn't REALLY a scientist -- he had no formal training. But he made dozens of scientific discoveries. He's …
4 years, 7 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Unearthed! July 2021
Tracy and Holly discuss how much Tracy loves working on the Unearthed! shows, and how they both feel about library fines. They also talk about the Eg…
4 years, 7 months ago
Unearthed! in July 2021, Part 2
The second part of the July 2021 Unearthed! installment includes exhumations, repatriations, some mysteries that have been solved, and a potpourri of…
4 years, 7 months ago
Unearthed! in July 2021, Part 1
In part one of the 2021 July edition of unearthed things, there are updates to previous episodes, along with books and letters, edibles and potables,…
4 years, 7 months ago
SYMHC Classics: A Pure Food Father and His Poison Squad
This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers the U.S. in the late 1800s, when no one really monitored food additives. After Congres…
4 years, 7 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Migraines and Milk
Tracy and Holly talk about family and experiential history with headaches, and the persistent problems in what people do and don't know about them. T…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Swill Milk Scandal of 1858
In the 1850s, much of the milk supply in New York was anything but appetizing and wholesome – it was often deadly. But efforts to address the problem…
4 years, 7 months ago