SYMHC Classics: Roses Through Time
This 2017 episode revisits roses, which humans have painted, written about, and assigned symbolic meaning for centuries. But this much-beloved flower predates mankind, and it's a little difficult to t...
26 Joulu 202035min
Behind the Scenes Minis: O. Henry and Rudolph
On today's episode, Tracy and Holly discuss their levels of familiarity with O. Henry and have a food digression. Talk then turns to how Rudolph became so popular so quickly, and how far reaching the ...
25 Joulu 202011min
The Creation of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
Most of us grew up with the story of the sweet little reindeer that was picked on by his peers, and becomes the hero who saves Christmas. But Rudolph is unique in that he became part of Christmas trad...
23 Joulu 202039min
O. Henry
O. Henry’s writing is taught in many schools because of his stories like “Gift of the Magi,” but it’s rarely mentioned that during his life, he fled to Honduras to avoid prosecution for embezzlement. ...
21 Joulu 202038min
SYMHC Classics: Eggnog Riot
This classic is from 2014. In 1826, liquor was forbidden at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Cadets smuggled alcohol into the barracks anyway, and a defiant Christmas party ...
19 Joulu 202025min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Lost Cause and the Constitution
Tracy and Holly discuss the difficulty people may have with Civil War history and how surprisingly exciting Constitutional scholarship can be. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpo...
18 Joulu 202011min
Interview: Kerry Sautner of the National Constitution Center
Holly is joined by Kerry Sautner, Chief Learning Officer of the National Constitution Center, to discuss the museum's mission, unlikely career paths to history, and how talking about the Constitution ...
16 Joulu 202049min
The Lost Cause
The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy was a distortion of the history of the U.S. Civil War that’s still affecting the world today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodca...
14 Joulu 202043min
