1918 Flu Pandemic, Revisited - Part 1
Now that we’ve lived through a year of a global pandemic, our approach to looking at the 1918 flu pandemic had shifted. We’re revisiting the events of 1918 with new perspective, comparing then to now....
8 Mar 202143min
SYMHC Classics: Paul Poiret
This is a revisit of our 2013 episode on the often avante-garde French designer Paul Poiret. He got rid of corsets, introduced the concept of lifestyle branding, and used draping rather that tailoring...
6 Mar 202128min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Grand Central and Zoe and Theodora
Holly and Tracy talk about what a jerk Cornelius Vanderbilt was, trivia about the Grand Central story, and Tracy’s first visit to Grand Central Terminal. Then they discuss the myriad levels of confusi...
5 Mar 202113min
Zoë & Theodora, Byzantine Empresses
Over almost 30 years in 11th-century Constantinople, sometimes Zoë ruled alongside one of her husbands, sometimes she and Theodora ruled together, and in the end, Theodora ruled alone. All against a b...
3 Mar 202134min
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central's story starts with one of the wealthiest names in U.S. history, but it also is in many ways the story of the city itself since the 1800s, because Grand Central was such a pivotal elemen...
1 Mar 202135min
SYMHC Classics: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
This 2014 episode covers the incident in 1959, in which nine students ventured into the Ural mountains for a ski hiking trip, and never returned. While much speculation has swirled for more than half ...
27 Feb 202135min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Isadora
Holly and Tracy talk about Holly's childhood perceptions of Isadora Duncan and how the famous dancer broke convention. They also talk about the peccadillos of Duncan's autobiography, and her relations...
26 Feb 202110min
Isadora Duncan, Part 2
The comforts afforded by fame were forever clouded for Duncan by an ongoing series of tragedies, leading right up to the famous – and horrifying – way her life ended. Learn more about your ad-choices...
24 Feb 202133min
