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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

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SYMHC Classics: Plessy v Ferguson

SYMHC Classics: Plessy v Ferguson

This 2015 episode covers a landmark legal moment. The ruling in this infamous U.S. Supreme Court case stated that segreg... Read more

20 Mar 2021

23mins

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SYMHC Classics: Alice Roosevelt

SYMHC Classics: Alice Roosevelt

Today we revisit a 2015 episode about Alice Roosevelt. The eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt was a firebrand who nev... Read more

23 Nov 2019

28mins

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Chien-Shiung Wu, First Lady of Physics

Chien-Shiung Wu, First Lady of Physics

She was one of the greatest experimental physicists of her era, publishing influential papers before she was even out of... Read more

16 Dec 2019

31mins

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Alfred Wegener, Beyond the Drift Dispute

Alfred Wegener, Beyond the Drift Dispute

Alfred Wegener had a HUGE career outside of his ideas around what we now understand as plate tectonics, which had both d... Read more

9 Dec 2019

34mins

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The Catacombs of Paris

The Catacombs of Paris

The Catacombs contain the bones of an estimated 6 to 7 million people. Their history is really two interconnected storie... Read more

23 Oct 2019

33mins

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SYMHC Classics: Maria Tallchief

SYMHC Classics: Maria Tallchief

Reaching back to a 2014 episode on Maria Tallchief, a Native American dancer who was the first grand ballerina of the Un... Read more

2 Nov 2019

26mins

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Maria Anna Mozart

Maria Anna Mozart

Maria Anna Mozart is often left out of brief accounts of her brother’s life. But his sister was sharing the bench with h... Read more

11 Nov 2020

31mins

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André Le Nôtre, Part 1

André Le Nôtre, Part 1

Le Nôtre's work defined the French formal garden in the 17th century. Today in part one, we’re going to cover his life u... Read more

13 Jan 2020

29mins

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Hitler’s Early Rise and the Night of the Long Knives

Hitler’s Early Rise and the Night of the Long Knives

Over the course of several days in 1934, Adolf Hitler, who was at the time the Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor, d... Read more

22 May 2017

31mins

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Ida Lewis, Lighthouse Keeper

Ida Lewis, Lighthouse Keeper

Ida Lewis lived most of her life fairly isolated on a tiny island off the coast Rhode Island. But it was a life she deep... Read more

1 Apr 2020

38mins

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SYMHC Classics: Johann Dippel and the Elixir of Life

SYMHC Classics: Johann Dippel and the Elixir of Life

This 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers Johann Dippel. Originally a theology student, Dippel bega... Read more

16 Nov 2019

26mins

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Poison Control: A History

Poison Control: A History

How did the U.S. get to the point of having this one resource, specifically for poisoning, that’s so reliable and availa... Read more

25 Mar 2020

37mins

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SYMHC Classics: Ned Kelly's Last Stand

SYMHC Classics: Ned Kelly's Last Stand

In 2011, previous hosts Sarah and Deblina talked about Ned Kelly, Australia's most famous bushranger. He became an outla... Read more

7 Dec 2019

19mins

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Dred Scott vs. Sandford part 1

Dred Scott vs. Sandford part 1

Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most notorious Supreme Court cases of all time. It wasn’t just about Dred Scott. It... Read more

16 Jul 2018

30mins

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Unearthed! In Autumn 2019

Unearthed! In Autumn 2019

As promised in July, we have some Unearthed this fall! We've got past episode updates,  cannonballs, things that are old... Read more

30 Sep 2019

42mins

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Unearthed! Spring 2020

Behind the Scenes Minis: Unearthed! Spring 2020

Tracy and Holly discuss their favorite parts of this week's Unearthed! episodes, as well as the way that our current sit... Read more

24 Apr 2020

13mins

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Mary Alice Nelson, aka Molly Spotted Elk

Mary Alice Nelson, aka Molly Spotted Elk

Molly was born on Indian Island, Maine, and she turned to dance to help her family make ends meet. But because audiences... Read more

19 Sep 2016

38mins

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King Philip’s War

King Philip’s War

King Philip’s War was an armed conflict primarily between English colonists and Indigenous nations in what’s now New Eng... Read more

19 Feb 2020

34mins

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Grover Cleveland’s Medical Secret

Grover Cleveland’s Medical Secret

In 1893, President Grover Cleveland noticed a rough spot on the roof of his mouth. This turned into a medical situation ... Read more

13 May 2020

35mins

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The Ancient City of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis

The Ancient City of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis

The city of Ephesus fell under many different rulers throughout its history, as wars and shifting politics changed Asia ... Read more

16 Apr 2018

26mins

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