SYMHC Live: Mysteries of the Color Blue
Blue is the most popular color in many parts of the world, and it can seem like it's everywhere. . But many ancient languages didn’t have a word for blue, and some languages still don’t. This show was...
16 Okt 201942min
Jeanne Baret
Baret was the first woman known to circumnavigate the globe. But her experience wasn’t just about the travel – she was working, and her work took her to places that were totally unexpected for someone...
14 Okt 201932min
SYMHC Classics: The Case of the Colorado Cannibal, Alferd Packer
It's an unsettling 2012 episode! In the winter of 1873, Alferd Packer led gold prospectors into the Rockies, but harsh conditions soon set them off course. Packer was the only survivor, and he looked ...
12 Okt 201921min
Commercial Aviation in the U.S., Part 2
In this episode, we’ll go from the international agreement that prepared for a global airline industry up to the deregulation of U.S. commercial aviation in the late 1970s. And then we have a special ...
9 Okt 201952min
Commercial Aviation in the U.S., Part 1
Since the possibility of air travel became a reality, many entrepreneurs were trying to figure out a way to make flight into a business. This first of two parts covers those early efforts, and the gro...
7 Okt 201929min
SYMHC Classics: Beast of Gevaudan
This 2014 episode covers attacks on women and children of Gevaudan in the 1760s, which sparked a huge push to hunt and kill the mystery beast behind them. While efforts to track the animal struggled, ...
5 Okt 201928min
The Black Sox Scandal
Some of the Chicago White Sox players confessed to taking a bribe to lose the 1919 World Series on purpose, but they never admitted to actually underplaying. And the collective memory about this whole...
2 Okt 201938min
Unearthed! In Autumn 2019
As promised in July, we have some Unearthed this fall! We've got past episode updates, cannonballs, things that are oldests and firsts, textiles, edibles and potables, and a little bit of creepy and ...
30 Sep 201942min
