SYMHC Classics: The Count of St. Germain
We're revisiting a classic episode, all about the Count of Saint Germain. His story features teleportation, alchemy and even rumors of immortality. Was he a spy? A concealed royal? A skilled con man? ...
5 Elo 201733min
Ibn Battuta, the Traveler of Islam
Ibn Battuta's 14th-century travels were extensive. He was away from home for roughly 24 years and during that time traveled through virtually every Muslim nation and territory, becoming the traveler o...
2 Elo 201732min
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an orator, writer, statesman and social reformer. His early life shaped the truly remarkable advocate he became, and the two primary causes he campaigned for — the abolition of ...
31 Heinä 201736min
SYMHC Classics: Jane Austen
We're revisiting a classic episode, all about Jane Austen. She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own family, and she wasn't a real-life Elizabeth Bennett. Her life...
29 Heinä 201737min
Carry A. Nation, Part 2
After her initial "smashings," Carry A. Nation became a full-time activist, traveling from town to town to destroy saloons and preach temperance. She turned her fame into a good income, and used much ...
26 Heinä 201731min
Carry A. Nation, Part 1
Several events in Carry Nation's early life catalyzed her temperance activism. Her marriages and her faith were particularly important in shaping the woman she became. Learn more about your ad-choice...
24 Heinä 201728min
The Evacuation of Dunkirk
With a huge number of British Expeditionary Force troops stranded in one location, a massive evacuation operation was undertaken. While it was considered a success, the costs to the Allies were high. ...
19 Heinä 201727min
The Battle of France and the Flight to Dunkirk
Retellings of the Dunkirk rescue often leave out how the Allied forces got into such a predicament, with a huge part of the British Expeditionary Force stranded. Today, we'll talk about the lead-up to...
17 Heinä 201729min
