Victorian Orchidelirium
Orchids date back millions of years. But in the 1800s, the plants became a status symbol and the cornerstone of a high-dollar industry. Collecting the plants involved adventure and excitement -- and a...
2 Jul 201830min
SYMHC Classics: Dr. Virginia Apgar
This episode revisits the life of Dr. Virginia Apgar, who broke new ground in the fields of obstetrics and anesthesiology in the middle of the 20th century. When babies are born today, one of the tool...
30 Jun 201829min
Great Train Wreck of 1918
We’re coming up on the 100th anniversary of one of the worst train wrecks in United States history. More than 100 people died. And even though it’s usually noted as the worst train wreck in American h...
27 Jun 201829min
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
Today’s topic is a person who is sometimes called a 19th-century Rosa Parks. When Elizabeth boarded a horse-drawn streetcar in Manhattan in 1854, a chain of events began which became an important mome...
25 Jun 201829min
SYMHC Classics: Mansa Musa and the City of Gold
Today's episode revisits a Sarah and Deblina episode that revisits a tale of incredible wealth. When emperor Mansa Musa went on a pilgramage from Timbuktu to Mecca, he gave away so much gold that he c...
23 Jun 201822min
Six Impossible Episodes: Evacuating Children
All six of today’s topics are mass evacuations of children and youth because of a war or other unrest, and include Kindertransport, Operation Pedro Pan, and Operation Babylift. Learn more about your...
20 Jun 201839min
The Tunguska Event
On June 30, 1908 at approximately 7:15am, the sky over Siberia lit up with what was described by witnesses as a massive fireball, or the sky engulfed in fire. For the last century, scientists have bee...
18 Jun 201827min
SYMHC Classics: Alan Turing, Codebreaker
This is a revisit of a Sarah and Deblina episode on Alan Turing, who conceived of computers decades before anyone was building one. He also acted as a top-secret code breaker during World War II. Desp...
16 Jun 201820min
