Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Episodes

Unusual White House Pets

December 8, 2025

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34m

No dogs or cats here! A number of unorthodox pets have arrived at the White House and become part of the first family in very unusual ways throughout history.

December 8, 2025

34m

SYMHC Classics: Nutcracker

December 6, 2025

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39m

This 2021 episode covers how The Nutcracker is a Russian adaptation of a German story that wasn’t really a Christmas staple in its home country.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/list...

December 6, 2025

39m

Behind the Scenes Minis: Much Charles, Many Dogs

December 5, 2025

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29m

Tracy shares how her Charles Sumner research yielded a three-part episode. Holly mentions that while there's not a lot of scholarly work about Cassius Coolidge's life, he is featured in a lot of ne...

December 5, 2025

29m

Cassius Coolidge and Dogs Playing Poker

December 3, 2025

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35m

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s most well-known art is the Dogs Playing Poker series. He was a true Renaissance man, and even patented a style of kitsch art.

December 3, 2025

35m

Charles Sumner Revisited (part 3)

December 1, 2025

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44m

The third installment of our Charles Sumner episode covers how, two days after Charles Sumner delivered an incendiary speech before the senate, Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina came int...

December 1, 2025

44m

SYMHC Classics: Public Universal Friend

November 29, 2025

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33m

This 2020 episode covers the Public Universal Friend, who described themself as a genderless spirit sent by God to inhabit the resurrected body of a woman named Jemima Wilkinson. See <a...

November 29, 2025

33m

Behind the Scenes Minis: Morocco!

November 28, 2025

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28m

Tracy and Holly talk about their recent podcast trip to Morocco with listeners, arranged by Defined Destinations.  See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/li...

November 28, 2025

28m

Charles Sumner, Revisited (part 2)

November 26, 2025

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39m

The second installment of our episode on Charles Sumner picks up in the wake of his controversial antiwar speech. He next argued a school integration case before the Massachusetts supreme judicial cou...

November 26, 2025

39m

Charles Sumner, Revisited (part 1)

November 24, 2025

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35m

The first installment of the deeper examination of Charles Sumner's life begins with his early years, including his close relationships with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Samuel Gridley Howe.

November 24, 2025

35m

SYMHC Classics: Thomas Cook

November 22, 2025

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28m

This 2019 episode covers Thomas Cook, a pioneer of the idea of a travel agency to manage tourist holidays. But Cook was initially motivated by his support of the temperance movement and his deeply ...

November 22, 2025

28m

Behind the Scenes Minis: Balloons and Cat Trees

November 21, 2025

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24m

Tracy and Holly talk about the proclivity for destruction that was part of the balloon craze. They also discuss cat trees and how hard it is to find one that's cute. See <a href="https:...

November 21, 2025

24m

Inventions for Pets

November 19, 2025

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31m

Cat litter, it could be argued, kicked off the pet products industry. After its invention in the 1940s, other inventors started to come up with products that today are standard in the homes of people ...

November 19, 2025

31m

Balloon Riots

November 17, 2025

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35m

Ballooning became a huge fad starting in the late 18th century, and there was a surprising amount of rioting associated with it. Fervor, excitement, and intoxication in some instances, meant that ball...

November 17, 2025

35m

SYMHC Classics: Georgia Gold Rush

November 15, 2025

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22m

This 2018 episode covers the period in the late 1820s when north Georgia became the site of a gold rush that predated the California gold rush by two decades. It's also tied to some of the darkest ...

November 15, 2025

22m

Behind the Scenes Minis: Mary and Marjorie

November 14, 2025

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30m

Tracy shares the surprising benefit of not having access to a lot of specifics regarding the work of Mary Golda Ross. Holly talks about Marjorie Merriwether Post being a serial monogamist.Se...

November 14, 2025

30m

Marjorie Merriweather Post

November 12, 2025

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43m

Marjorie Merriweather Post is most often mentioned today as the person who built Mar-a-Lago. But she was a unique figure as a woman who helmed a huge corporation when she was still in her 20s in the e...

November 12, 2025

43m

Mary Golda Ross

November 10, 2025

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36m

Mary Golda Ross was the first Indigenous woman in the U.S. known to have become an engineer. Her impact on the field of aerospace engineering is hard to quantify, because much of her work is still cla...

November 10, 2025

36m

SYMHC Classics: Alexandre Dumas Pere

November 8, 2025

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31m

This 2019 episode covers Alexandre Dumas, who wrote hundreds and hundreds of works, including “The Three Musketeers,” “The Count of Monte Cristo,”  and even a dictionar...

November 8, 2025

31m

Behind the Scenes Minis: French Fear and Frozen Food

November 7, 2025

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25m

Tracy discusses the challenge of parsing all the nuance of the French Revolution. Holly talks about how little Clarence Birdseye shared of his interior thoughts.See <a href="https://omnystud...

November 7, 2025

25m

Clarence Birdseye and the Rise of Frozen Foods

November 5, 2025

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36m

Before Clarence Birdseye, frozen food was perceived as being low-quality and kind of gross. But after spending time in extremely cold climates, Birdseye figured out that speed freezing was the key to ...

November 5, 2025

36m