SYMHC Classics: Swill Milk
This 2021 episode covers a period of time when the milk supply in New York was anything but appetizing and wholesome – it was often deadly. But efforts to address the problem were blocked by corrupt o...
29 Elo 39min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Mary, Beulah, Baby Alive
Tracy shares a story of looking for an article in the wrong historical journal. Holly reads a section of the U.S. flag code, and waxes rhapsodic about toys.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
28 Elo 33min
Beulah Louise Henry
Beulah was such a prolific inventor in the early 20th century that the press nicknamed her Lady Edison. She was an outlier as an unmarried woman who got her foot in the door as an inventor by pounding...
26 Elo 39min
Mary Mallon & Typhoid Revisited
Mary Mallon became known as Typhoid Mary in the early 20th century. She has often been vilified in in modern references, though her story is actually quite complex. Research: "Mary Mallon." Encyclop...
24 Elo 39min
SYMHC Classics: Astronaut Origins of Food Safety
This 2022 episode examines the development of a systematic approach to food safety, which didn’t happen until the 20th century. And it's tied directly to NASA trying to make sure astronauts didn’t get...
22 Elo 36min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Morocco and Bavaria
Tracy and Holly talk about their time visiting Chefchaouen during their Morocco trip. Holly shares her belief that secret societies don't work very well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...
21 Elo 22min
Adam Weishaupt and the Bavarian Illuminati
The reality of the Bavarian Illuminati is much less dramatic than conspiracy theories would indicate. It wasn’t a mystical organization, but a protest organization formed by a rather conceited man who...
19 Elo 43min
Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen
A lot of European accounts of Sayyida al-Hurra’s life characterize her as a pirate, but that really isn't accurate. She was a a leader of a city-state and a queen of a sultanate. Research: Ali, Adam....
17 Elo 36min
