The Colorful Life of Carmen Miranda

The Colorful Life of Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda is one of those historical figures who remains hugely iconic – we STILL see her image, or some derivative of it, on a regular basis. She was luminous on camera and an excellent singer, with a personality much larger than her small stature.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Ballet and Anchovies

Behind the Scenes Minis: Ballet and Anchovies

Tracy and Holly discuss their preferences in ways the Nutcracker should be staged, and their love of it from the audience and performer perspectives. Then they compare notes on Caesar salads, anchovie...

17 Des 202121min

Two More Eponymous Foods

Two More Eponymous Foods

This eponymous food episode features a(nother) salad that came together improvisationally out of necessity, and a cracker made to align with specific dietary guidelines, with a namesake who would undo...

15 Des 202135min

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

It’s a Russian adaptation of a German story and wasn’t really a Christmas staple in its home country. But music from the Nutcracker has also become a huge part of the Christmas season and beyond. Lea...

13 Des 202140min

SYMHC Classics: S.A. Andrée and the 1897 North Pole Balloon Mission

SYMHC Classics: S.A. Andrée and the 1897 North Pole Balloon Mission

This 2015 episode cover the expedition efforts of Andrée, who hoped to succeed in reaching the North Pole where others had failed by doing it by air. With a seemingly endless positivity, he and two ot...

11 Des 202139min

Behind the Scenes Minis: Strikes and Snowflakes

Behind the Scenes Minis: Strikes and Snowflakes

Tracy and Holly discuss the anger-making aspects of working on the story of the Flint sit-down strike. They also discuss the way Holly happened upon the story of Wilson Bentley and what his personalit...

10 Des 202117min

Wilson A. Bentley, the Snowflake Man

Wilson A. Bentley, the Snowflake Man

Bentley was a Vermont farmer and amateur meteorologist who became known to many during his lifetime as the Snowflake Man.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee ...

8 Des 202134min

The Flint Sit-down Strike

The Flint Sit-down Strike

Flint, Michigan was at the heart of auto manufacturing for General Motors in 1936. And while the strike was largely centered around Flint, it also involved workers at GM factories all over the U.S. L...

6 Des 202143min

SYMHC Classics: Vernon Lee

SYMHC Classics: Vernon Lee

This 2018 episode covers Violet Paget, more often known by her pen name Vernon Lee, who was a historian and an art and literary critic. She wrote on myriad subjects including music, travel, aesthetics...

4 Des 202132min

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