Behind the Scenes Minis: Pope Riot
Holly and Tracy talk about Tracy growing up in a mostly Protestant community with little exposure to Catholicism. They also talk about the Gorsuch family's ties to John Wilkes Booth. See omnystudio.co...
13 Jun 202521min
Christiana Incident of 1851
The Christiana Incident offers a snapshot of the U.S. when the country was sorting into states where slavery was upheld and states that had abolished it, and what racist tension looked like at border ...
11 Jun 202535min
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII sought to find a way forward for the Catholic church at a time when the world was rapidly changing and the church was often at odds with those changes. Research: Aubert, Roger-François-...
9 Jun 202533min
SYMHC Classics: Griswold v. Connecticut
This 2022 episode covers Griswold v. Connecticut, the U.S. supreme court decision that overturned laws banning contraception – at least, for married couples. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
7 Jun 202537min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Parks and Roads
Tracy talks about her experiences with the Blue Ridge Parkway growing up, including her mixed feelings about it. Holly talks about the theft of the Mona Lisa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
6 Jun 202519min
Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is the longest roadway in the U.S. that was planned as a single unit. Its origin is connected to government efforts to provide relief from the Great Depression, and conservation...
4 Jun 202544min
Skyline Drive & Shenandoah National Park
Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park is a scenic road tied to the “See America First” movement of the early 20th century. The acquisition of land for the project was difficult, and displaced many...
2 Jun 202543min
SYMHC Classics: Palmer Raids Pt. 2
This 2016 continuation of our coverage of the Palmer Raids covers a series of raids on perceived threats to national security by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Thousands of people were rounded u...
31 Mai 202525min
