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A History of Migraine
A History of Migraine

Migraine is one of the three most prevalent conditions in the world along with anemia and hearing loss. But in spite of that prevalence, migraine is …

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SYMHC Classics: Ira Frederick Aldridge
SYMHC Classics: Ira Frederick Aldridge

This 2017 episode covers one of the first Americans to achieve fame as a Shakespearean actor, and the first black man to do so, becoming a famous fig…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Adolf and Hugo
Behind the Scenes Minis: Adolf and Hugo

It's divisive figures week! Holly and Tracy discuss the difficulty in sorting out the reality of Lorenz's work, because of the polarized view of him …

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Hugo Gernsback
Hugo Gernsback

Ray Bradbury said Hugo “made us fall in love with the future.” But he’s also been berated as a hack whose proclamations about what does and does not …

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Adolf Lorenz, the Bloodless Surgeon
Adolf Lorenz, the Bloodless Surgeon

Lorenz is credited with developing treatments that addressed pediatric orthopedic problems. During his lifetime, he was both celebrated and protested…

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SYMHC Classics: Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions (Pt. 2)
SYMHC Classics: Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions (Pt. 2)

Part two of our Fort Shaw classic covers the four months the Fort Shaw Indian School women's basketball team spent at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Vacuum Cleaners and Schomburg
Behind the Scenes Minis: Vacuum Cleaners and Schomburg

Holly and Tracy talk about the localization of copycat companies in the cleaning industry, and Holly shares how her robotic vacuum met its untimely e…

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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has come up in a lot of research for the show. Schomburg the man was an Afro-Puerto Rican activist…

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Vacuum Cleaners
Vacuum Cleaners

Tracking the history of how we clean and why our cleaning needs have shifted also tells the story of human progress in a wider sense. How did we get …

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SYMHC Classics: Basketball at Shaw Indian School (Pt. 1)
SYMHC Classics: Basketball at Shaw Indian School (Pt. 1)

This 2017 episode covers the Fort Shaw Indian School , part of a boarding school system designed to make Native American students conform to white cu…

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