SYMHC Classics: The Race to the South Pole

SYMHC Classics: The Race to the South Pole

This 2010 episode from previous hosts Katie and Sarah covers Scott and Amundsen launching rival expeditions to the South Pole. knowing only one group could be the first to reach the pole. Each believed his strategy would prevail, but which explorer won?

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Popcorn

Popcorn

A lot of the stories that are told about popcorn in history – particularly in North America – are incorrect. Popcorn has been around for a very long time, though its rise to popularity as a snack has ...

3 Kesä 202441min

SYMHC Classics: Jules Cotard and Cotard Syndrome

SYMHC Classics: Jules Cotard and Cotard Syndrome

This 2017 episode covers the work of Jules Cotard, the first psychiatrist to write about the cluster of symptoms that would come to be called Walking Corpse Syndrome. But his unfinished work was hotly...

1 Kesä 202423min

Behind the Scenes Minis: Strikes, Immigration and Weeds

Behind the Scenes Minis: Strikes, Immigration and Weeds

Tracy and Holly talk about the Disney animators' strike of 1941, Angel Island, and Tyrus Wong's Christmas cards. They also discuss the merits of dandelions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

31 Touko 202430min

Gertrude Jekyll's Artistic Gardens

Gertrude Jekyll's Artistic Gardens

Gertrude Jekyll was born into a 19th-century English family of means, but her life took an unconventional path for a woman in her circumstances, and she became an iconic and legendary horticulturist. ...

29 Touko 202442min

The Art of Tyrus Wong

The Art of Tyrus Wong

Over the course of an extraordinarily long career, Tyrus Wong worked across a range of media in a whole collection of industries – animation, live-action film, commercial art, public art, greeting car...

27 Touko 202437min

SYMHC Classics: San Francisco 1906 - The Great Quake and Fires

SYMHC Classics: San Francisco 1906 - The Great Quake and Fires

This 2019 episode covers the earthquake of April 18, 1906 that changed San Francisco forever. The earthquake and a series of fires devastated much of the city and had long-term ramifications.See omnys...

25 Touko 202432min

Behind the Scenes Minis: Ships and Fences

Behind the Scenes Minis: Ships and Fences

Tracy and Holly talk about the eerie similarities of the stories of the Andrea Doria and the Empress of Ireland. They also talk about Jacob Haish's poetry about barbed wire.See omnystudio.com/listener...

24 Touko 202425min

Joseph F. Glidden and the Contentious Invention of Barbed Wire

Joseph F. Glidden and the Contentious Invention of Barbed Wire

Joseph Glidden is known as the father of barbed wire, but who actually invented it was a matter of disagreement. As a consequence, Glidden's invention was embroiled in legal battles for years.  Resear...

21 Touko 202435min

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