SYMHC Classics: Coubertin and the Modern Olympics
This episode is our 2016 live show from the Dallas Museum of Art about the Olympics. Pierre de Coubertin is described as the father of the modern Olympic Games, which took a few years to really take o...
28 Marras 202050min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Jim Thorpe Parts 1 & 2
Tracy and Holly talk about football, Jim Thorpe, and the morality of trick plays in sports in previous decades. They also discuss the complexities of amateur status in sports and other areas. Learn m...
27 Marras 202011min
Jim Thorpe, Olympian (Part 2)
After the 1908-09 football season at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Thorpe seemed to be headed for a career in baseball. But the offer to return to school and possibly qualify the Olympics altered...
25 Marras 202030min
Jim Thorpe and Carlisle Football (Part 1)
Jim Thorpe was an incredible all-around athlete, famous around the world. In part one, we’ll talk about his life before and during his time at Carlisle, including some context about Carlisle and simil...
23 Marras 202035min
SYMHC Classics: Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
This 2018 classics covers Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, who was the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree. She lived at a time when a lot of change was happening in the United States as...
21 Marras 202036min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Baby Savers
Tracy and Holly talk about the three people who are linked together in the story of the surgical treatment for cyanotic babies, including stories that didn't make it into this week's episodes. Learn ...
20 Marras 202011min
Vivien Thomas, Surgical Pathfinder
In 1944, Thomas developed a surgical treatment for babies with cyanotic heart conditions. Thomas was a Black man working at an institution whose only other black employees did janitorial work, and he ...
18 Marras 202038min
Helen Taussig, Mother of Pediatric Cardiology
Helen’s story is tied to Vivien Thomas and Alfred Blalock in the surgical treatment of blue baby syndrome. She was the one who suggested that Alfred Blalock try to find a surgical approach to congenit...
16 Marras 202031min
