Frank Lenz, the Cyclist Who Vanished
In the 1890s, Frank Lenz started a bicycle tour around the world. He never finished, and his ultimate fate remains uncertain, though there are pretty solid clues indicating how he met his end. Learn...
16 Touko 201832min
Nisei in World War II: The MIS, 100th and 442nd
The 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team were segregated units for soldiers of Japanese descent that were created during WWII. The story of these units is closely intertwined ...
14 Touko 201836min
SYMHC Classics: Growing Up Brontë
This classic revisits the Brontë sisters. They're considered some of the best writers of the 19th century but their past may surprise you. Join Sarah and Deblina as they discuss the sisters' childhood...
12 Touko 201828min
Henry Every, Successful Pyrate
Every carried out what’s been described as the most profitable and brutal pirate raid in history. It became a massive international incident, and Britain tried to repair its relationship with the Mugh...
9 Touko 201836min
Lotte Reiniger's Shadow Animation
Lotte was interested in silhouettes and paper cutting from the time she was a child. And she developed that interest into animation, and created the first feature-length animated film in the 1920s. L...
7 Touko 201830min
SYMHC Classics: Jimmy Winkfield, Derby Pioneer
Today's episode revisits the story of Jimmy Winkfield, who won the Kentucky Derby twice. When this podcast was published originally, he was the last African-American jockey to win the race. Winkfield ...
5 Touko 201816min
The Bisbee Deportation
The 1917 Bisbee Deportation has elements of a labor strike, a wartime hysteria, a vigilante mob, and a mass propaganda effort, all rolled into one. It took place in Bisbee, Arizona, southeast of Tucso...
2 Touko 201837min
Mohenjo Daro
Mohenjo Daro is in the Indus river valley in present-day southern Pakistan. This ancient city has a unique identity in that we don’t know a lot about the people who lived there; most of the ideas of t...
30 Huhti 201828min
