Pellagra, Part 1
The pellagra epidemic of the early 20th century may have been the deadliest epidemic of a specific nutrient deficiency in U.S. history. Part one covers what it is, its appearance in 19th-century Italy...
3 Mar 202539min
SYMHC Classics: Coxey's Army
This 2020 episode covers the first protest march on Washington, D.C., led by Jacob Sechler Coxey in the 1890s. His plan was job creation for the nation's unemployed population with projects that would...
1 Mar 202536min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Spiteful Robert
Holly talks about how impossible it is to build a spite house now, thanks to municipal building codes. She also shares some uncertain stories of the childhood of Robert Morris. See omnystudio.com/lis...
28 Feb 202522min
Robert Morris, War Finance, and Early Bankruptcy Law in the U.S.
Robert Morris is one of the lesser-mentioned founding fathers of the U.S. When he is mentioned, he is called the financier of the Revolutionary War. But his story is more complicated than that. Resear...
26 Feb 202537min
Spite Houses
A spite house is a structure that is built by one party to irritate another, or to cause some sort of difficulty or even damage. And there have been a lot of them built over the years, though there ar...
24 Feb 202535min
SYMHC Classics: Six Impossible Episodes - Other Ins
This 2020 episode covers direct action demonstrations and protests that have some similarities to the sit-in movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
22 Feb 202548min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Hydroponies and Horse Flipping
Holly talks about her gardening efforts and an amusing machine reading error. Tracy talks about her expectations of researching the epizootic of 1872, and My Little Pony toys turning 40. See omnystudi...
21 Feb 202526min
Great Epizootic of 1872
The epizootic of 1872 was a massive outbreak of a flulike illness primarily among horses in North America, Central America, and some islands in the Caribbean. Research: "WHEN A FLU REINED IN NEW YORK...
19 Feb 202538min
