SYMHC Classics: Encephalitis Lethargica

SYMHC Classics: Encephalitis Lethargica

Today we're revisiting one of our scariest episodes of all time, from 2013. From 1916 to about 1927, a strange epidemic spread around the world. It caused unusual symptoms, from drastic behavior changes to a deep, prolonged sleep that could last for months. Between 20 and 40 percent of people who caught the disease died.

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SYMHC Classics: Léonard Autié

SYMHC Classics: Léonard Autié

This 2017 episode was originally a two-parter about Marie Antoinette's hairdresser, Léonard Autié. Léonard set the styles of France during King Louis XVI's reign, and his story and his fate was tied t...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Evil Genius Perms

Behind the Scenes Minis: Evil Genius Perms

Holly talks about Quisling's intellect and why her neighborhood crows are angry with her. She and Tracy also discuss peer pressure, personal style, and hair salon stories.See omnystudio.com/listener f...

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Charles Nessler’s Permanent Waves

Charles Nessler’s Permanent Waves

Charles Nessler is usually credited with inventing the permanent wave in the early 1900s. And he made a huge fortune from it, while also bolstering a huge beauty industry. Research: Bedi, Joyce. “GER...

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Vidkun Quisling

His name is now a term that means traitor. That’s because after two decades of working for the Norwegian government in various roles, he collaborated with Hitler and the Nazi party, welcomed the Germa...

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SYMHC Classics: Battleships!

SYMHC Classics: Battleships!

This 2011 episode, previous hosts Deblina and Sarah take a look at why four different warships from around the world went down, and why they were built In the first place. See omnystudio.com/listener ...

10 Aug 202435min

Behind the Scenes Minis: Traveling and Diseases

Behind the Scenes Minis: Traveling and Diseases

Tracy and Holly talk about traveling for live shows, and the ways people often pick apart things people say to find hidden meaning. They also discuss the ways that humans process information about dis...

9 Aug 202433min

Three Eponymous Diseases

Three Eponymous Diseases

Two of the eponymous diseases in this episode are transmitted through incredibly casual exposure. The third requires more prolonged, direct contact with someone who is acutely ill, but can still sprea...

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Gene Stratton-Porter Live at the Indiana History Center

Gene Stratton-Porter Live at the Indiana History Center

This episode was recorded live at the Indiana History Center, where one of their current exhibits is about Gene Stratton-Porter, a best-selling writer, illustrator, nature photographer, naturalist, an...

5 Aug 202447min

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