The Showings of Julian of Norwich
Julian was a medieval mystic who wrote down her visions, which she called showings. In this episode, we talk about her life in context of mysticism and how it fit into the context of Christianity in ...
15 Touko 201936min
Godzilla: The Start of His Story
When Godzilla first hit the big screen, there was no intention that it would launch a film franchise that would run for decades. Director Ishiro Honda intended to make a film warning of the dangers of...
13 Touko 201931min
SYMHC Classics: Kamehameha The Great
We're traveling back to 2010 to revisit this one from the archive! Born shortly after the appearance of Halley's comet over Hawai'i in 1758, Kamehameha was hailed as the king who would unite the Hawai...
11 Touko 201918min
They Were Her Property: An Interview With Stephanie Jones-Rogers
Holly was lucky enough to chat with historian Stephanie Jones-Rogers, author of “They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South,” which pieces together details that add new ...
8 Touko 201934min
Alice Hamilton and the Birth of Occupational Medicine
Dr. Alice Hamilton was a trailblazer in science and medicine, and dedicated her life to improving the workplace standards for laborers in an effort to reduce illnesses that came from working with toxi...
6 Touko 201927min
SYMHC Classics: The Bawdy House Riots of 1668
We're going back to a 2016 episode today. In early modern London, there was a tradition of sorts where apprentices would amass on holidays and physically destroy brothels. One of the largest such riot...
4 Touko 201924min
Evil May-day Riots
On May Day in 1517 a riot was carried out by apprentices, journeymen and other workers. While this was an uprising of laborers, this incident, called the Evil May-day or Ill May-day, was also rooted i...
1 Touko 201931min
Hennig Brand and the Discovery of Phosphorus
Spoiler alert: Hennig Brand discovered phosphorous by boiling pee. And phosphorous is the first element whose discoverer we can name. But he was really trying to do something else: He thought the secr...
29 Huhti 201931min
