SYMHC Classics: Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court
Today we're revisiting a bit of Japanese history. Thanks to the pillow book of lady-in-waiting Sei Shonagon, we have a first-person account of court life in Heian Japan. It's a diary and essay collect...
25 Marras 201728min
The Aberfan Disaster
In 1966, a mining disaster in Aberfan, Wales, killed 144 people. It was a completely preventable tragedy, but none of the victims were in the mine itself, and 116 of them were children. Learn more ab...
22 Marras 201735min
The War Between Great Britain and the Zulu Kingdom
Great Britain’s efforts to control southern Africa eventually led to war with the Zulu Kingdom. A brutal series of engagements claimed the lives of many British and Zulu soldiers, but Britain’s portra...
20 Marras 201729min
SYMHC Classics: Edward Jenner, Father of Vaccines
We're revisiting a classic episode, all about early strides in treating smallpox, which has been around longer than recorded history. Edward Jenner made great strides in eradicating it. Learn more ab...
18 Marras 201735min
Fort Shaw Indian School: Basketball Champions (pt. 2)
In 1904, the Fort Shaw Indian School women’s basketball team spent four months at the St. Louis World’s Fair. The team performed mandolin recitals, literary recitations, demonstrations of gymnastics a...
15 Marras 201733min
Basketball Comes to Fort Shaw Indian School (pt. 1)
The Fort Shaw Indian School was part of a boarding school system designed to make Native American students conform to white culture. In a surprising twist, it also boasted a champion women’s basketbal...
13 Marras 201736min
SYMHC Classics: Frances Glessner Lee and Tiny Forensics
Today's show revisits the story of a Chicago heiress who helped develop forensic investigation standards still in use today. Her most notable contribution to the field came in the form of tiny homicid...
11 Marras 201729min
Suffragists’ Night of Terror at the Occoquan Workhouse
In November 1917, guards at the Occoquan Workhouse assaulted and terrorized 33 women from the National Woman’s Party. They were serving sentences for charges like “obstructing sidewalk traffic” after ...
8 Marras 201735min
