The Night Witches

The Night Witches

The Night Witches were an all-female bombing regiment in the Soviet Air Force. Flying biplanes meant for dusting crops and training new recruits, they dropped 23,000 tons of bombs on German forces in WWII. Read the show notes here.

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The Bisbee Deportation

The Bisbee Deportation

The 1917 Bisbee Deportation has elements of a labor strike, a wartime hysteria, a vigilante mob, and a mass propaganda effort, all rolled into one. It took place in Bisbee, Arizona, southeast of Tucso...

2 Mai 201837min

Mohenjo Daro

Mohenjo Daro

Mohenjo Daro is in the Indus river valley in present-day southern Pakistan. This ancient city has a unique identity in that we don’t know a lot about the people who lived there; most of the ideas of t...

30 Apr 201828min

SYMHC Classics: Ambrose Bierce

SYMHC Classics: Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce was a soldier, a journalist, an editor, a satirist and a philosopher. He was a complicated man with an unwavering moral code and a life of experiences both fantastic and horrific, which...

28 Apr 201828min

Wendell Scott: Black NASCAR Driver in the Jim Crow Era, Pt. 2

Wendell Scott: Black NASCAR Driver in the Jim Crow Era, Pt. 2

Scott eventually managed to break into NASCAR racing, becoming the first black driver to do so. His career was a constant struggle, as he paid his own way and often had to be his own pit crew while co...

25 Apr 201838min

Wendell Scott: Black NASCAR Driver in the Jim Crow Era, Pt. 1

Wendell Scott: Black NASCAR Driver in the Jim Crow Era, Pt. 1

Wendell Scott was a black driver from the early days of NASCAR. After driving a taxi, working as a mechanic, and hauling moonshine, he started racing in the Dixie Circuit and other non-NASCAR races in...

23 Apr 201828min

SYMHC Classics: The Trial of Leo Frank

SYMHC Classics: The Trial of Leo Frank

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21 Apr 201820min

The First Celebrity Chef: Marie-Antoine Carême

The First Celebrity Chef: Marie-Antoine Carême

Today, there is an entire industry around celebrity chefs. But the first celebrity chef in the western world's history was born in late 18th-century France. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...

18 Apr 201830min

The Ancient City of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis

The Ancient City of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis

The city of Ephesus fell under many different rulers throughout its history, as wars and shifting politics changed Asia Minor. For centuries, it endured, became a successful trade port, and was home t...

16 Apr 201826min

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