SYMHC Classics: The Johnstown Flood
Today's show revisits a 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork dam gave way, sending 20 million tons of water rushing toward Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The w...
28 Heinä 201819min
Unearthed! in July, 2018, Part 1
The July edition of Unearthed! is a two-parter this year. We’re breaking with tradition and starting with a few things that happened at the very end of 2017 but missed the cutoff for our 2017 episodes...
25 Heinä 201835min
Author Jason Porath: Tough Mothers
Jason is back to talk about his follow-up to his book "Rejected Princesses." This one is called "Tough Mothers" and it's all about feisty, smart and surprising nurturers. Learn more about your ad-cho...
23 Heinä 201856min
SYMHC Classics: Gertrude Bell, The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq, Part 2
The second installment of this Sarah and Deblina classic two-parter follows Gertrude Bell on her adventures after World War I begins. The British army asked her to help them retain their influence in ...
21 Heinä 201822min
Dred Scott vs. Sandford part 2
When Dred Scott v. Sandford was decided in 1857, the court decision ruled that enslaved Africans and their descendants weren’t and could never be citizens of the United States, whether they were free ...
18 Heinä 201828min
Dred Scott vs. Sandford part 1
Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most notorious Supreme Court cases of all time. It wasn’t just about Dred Scott. It was also about his wife Harriet and their daughters Eliza and Lizzy. This episo...
16 Heinä 201830min
SYMHC Classics: Gertrude Bell, The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq
This classic revisits an episode from Sarah and Deblina, talking about Gertrude Bell, the first woman to graduate with a First in Modern History from Oxford. Instead of marrying young, she went to Per...
14 Heinä 201819min
Libertalia: Legendary Pirate Utopia
Libertalia, which, in truth, may be completely fictional, is called a pirate settlement, though the man who spearheaded it claimed he wasn't actually a pirate. And it was set up as a sort of utopia, w...
11 Heinä 201834min
