SYMHC Classics: Stephens Island Wren

SYMHC Classics: Stephens Island Wren

This 2017 episode covers the extinction of one New Zealand bird species that's often attributed to a single cat. While feline predation played a significant role in the end of the Stephens Island wren, the story is more complex.

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SYMHC Classics: Secret Science - Alchemy!

SYMHC Classics: Secret Science - Alchemy!

We're revisiting an episode from Sarah and Deblina from 2011. Many think of alchemy as a fool's pursuit, but alchemy has a rich history closely tied to medicine and metallurgy. Additionally, technique...

27 Huhti 201921min

Smithsonian American Art Museum: An Interview With Stephanie Stebich

Smithsonian American Art Museum: An Interview With Stephanie Stebich

Holly had the privilege of sitting down with Stephanie Stebich, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for a chat in the museum. The discussion covers the building's history, one of the new ...

24 Huhti 201938min

James G. Fair, Silver King

James G. Fair, Silver King

Fair was a contemporary of Levi Strauss, living and working in San Francisco around the same time as the denim magnate, but though Fair often appears on lists of the richest men in U.S. history, he do...

22 Huhti 201930min

SYMHC Classics: John Dee, Her Majesty's Secret Sorcerer

SYMHC Classics: John Dee, Her Majesty's Secret Sorcerer

We're revisiting an episode from 2011 featuring previous hosts Sarah and Deblina. Born in 1527 to a Welsh family, John Dee grew to become one of Queen Elizabeth's most memorable advisors. Join Sarah a...

20 Huhti 201923min

Bacon's Rebellion, Part 2

Bacon's Rebellion, Part 2

Last time, we talked about the many reasons Virginia colonists were frustrated by the 1670s, including the price of tobacco, taxation, and disparities between the richest colonists and everyone else. ...

17 Huhti 201932min

Bacon’s Rebellion, Part 1

Bacon’s Rebellion, Part 1

For a long time Bacon’s Rebellion was primarily interpreted as a precursor to the Revolutionary War, with patriotic colonists rising up against the tyranny of the British colonial government. But ther...

15 Huhti 201928min

SYMHC Classics: Rosalind Franklin, DNA's Dark Lady

SYMHC Classics: Rosalind Franklin, DNA's Dark Lady

We're reaching back to 2011 for an episode from Sarah and Deblina about a woman scientist. The men who are usually credited with discerning DNA's structure won the Nobel Prize in 1962, but they used R...

13 Huhti 201925min

Stop-motion Animation History With LAIKA Studios

Stop-motion Animation History With LAIKA Studios

Holly recently got to visit the set of LAIKA's new film "Missing Link," and the production team there agreed to be part of an episode about the history of stop-motion animation. This made for a supers...

10 Huhti 20191h 12min

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