Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has come up in a lot of research for the show. Schomburg the man was an Afro-Puerto Rican activist and collector, who historian and journalist Joel A...
7 Jul 202140min
Vacuum Cleaners
Tracking the history of how we clean and why our cleaning needs have shifted also tells the story of human progress in a wider sense. How did we get from natural-fiber brooms to gasoline-powered vacuu...
5 Jul 202141min
SYMHC Classics: Basketball at Shaw Indian School (Pt. 1)
This 2017 episode covers the Fort Shaw Indian School , part of a boarding school system designed to make Native American students conform to white culture. In a surprising twist, it also boasted a cha...
3 Jul 202135min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Dreyfus Affair
Tracy and Holly discuss the difficulty of covering the Dreyfus Affair, including the contextual history that needs to be covered for it. They also talk about the familiarity of the events of the affai...
2 Jul 20219min
The Dreyfus Affair, Part 2
The court-martial and exile of Alfred Dreyfus was such big news that it started to be referred to simply as “The Affair.” And it divided French society and became international news. Learn more about...
30 Jun 202141min
The Dreyfus Affair, Part 1
Part one contextualizes the Dreyfus Affair by covering the Franco-Prussian War and the founding of the French Third Republic. Then we’ll cover Alfred Dreyfus and the accusation of treason that he face...
28 Jun 202133min
SYMHC Classics: Harriet Tubman, Part 2
We're continuing our classics with Harriet Tubman's story, which came out in 2016. There was a whole lot more to her life and work than the Underground Railroad. During the U.S. Civil War, she worked ...
26 Jun 202126min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Kudzu and Quimby
Tracy and Holly talk about their own experiences with and thoughts about kudzu. They also discuss Harriet Quimby's journalism career, her stance on feminism, and that fabulous purple satin jumpsuit. ...
25 Jun 202116min
