Offbeat History: The Crash at Crush and Other Train Wreck Spectacles

Offbeat History: The Crash at Crush and Other Train Wreck Spectacles

In fall 2017, we talked about a strange cultural phenomenon. For a brief window from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, people in the United States were watching train wrecks for fun.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Latest Unearthed!

Behind the Scenes Minis: Latest Unearthed!

Tracy and Holly talk about the language used when talking about archaeology. They then talk about the domestication of geese. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Apr 202213min

Unearthed! in Spring 2022, Part 2

Unearthed! in Spring 2022, Part 2

This second part of our spring Unearthed! two-parter covers some listener-favorite categories: edibles and potables, books and letters, shipwrecks, and a bit of potpourri. Research: AFP. “Chile's Na...

20 Apr 202235min

Unearthed! in Spring 2022, Part 1

Unearthed! in Spring 2022, Part 1

It's time for another two-part edition of things that were unearthed in recent months. Today's episode covers updates, lots of repatriations, some mummy stuff, Viking stuff, animal stuff, and a handfu...

18 Apr 202236min

SYMHC Classics: Vigée Le Brun

SYMHC Classics: Vigée Le Brun

This 2016 episode covers the first woman to ever become a court painter in France. She painted royalty and nobility throughout Europe, including Marie Antoinette, even as her personal life had its ups...

16 Apr 202231min

Behind the Scenes Minis: Chocolate Chips and Public Relations

Behind the Scenes Minis: Chocolate Chips and Public Relations

Holly and Tracy reminisce about their families' first microwave ovens and their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. Then they discuss Ivy Lee's career and dubious associations.See omnystudio.com/l...

15 Apr 202225min

Ivy Ledbetter Lee and the Roots of PR

Ivy Ledbetter Lee and the Roots of PR

Ivy Lee was one of the founders of the fields of public relations and crisis communications. His approach to public relations was revolutionary for the time, and he helped establish a lot of practices...

13 Apr 202244min

Two Accidental Inventions

Two Accidental Inventions

Often, inventions that are made quite by accident end up becoming an everyday part of life. This episode covers two of those: the microwave oven and the chocolate chip cookie. Research: Balsley, Bet...

11 Apr 202239min

SYMHC Classics: Night of the Long Knives

SYMHC Classics: Night of the Long Knives

This 2017 episode covers several days in 1934 during which Adolf Hitler, who was at the time the Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor, directed an action which eliminated all of his political enemie...

9 Apr 202227min

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