Field of Cloth of Gold
The Field of Cloth of Gold was a summit and celebration that was held to start what was hoped to be a long-term alliance between France and England. And it required a lot of fancy footwork to keep two...
7 Sep 202242min
Penicillin: More than a Moldy Petri Dish
The development of penicillin started – but definitely did not end – with the chance discovery of some mold in a petri dish. There is so much more to the story. Research: Bernard, Diane. “How a mirac...
5 Sep 202244min
SYMHC Classics: Elizabeth Jennings Graham
The subject of this 2018 episode is sometimes called a 19th-century Rosa Parks. When Elizabeth boarded a Manhattan streetcar in 1854, a chain of events began which became an important to the civil rig...
3 Sep 202226min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Dishwashers and Desmond
Holly speculates about how one article about Josephine Cochrane got so many details wrong. Tracy then talks about the details of Canada's currency featuring Viola Desmond. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
2 Sep 202219min
Viola Desmond
Desmond was convicted after refusing to leave her seat in a segregated movie theater in Nova Scotia in 1946. But she also established the first beauty salon for Black women her area, and founded a bea...
31 Aug 202239min
Invention of the Dishwasher
There is one woman in particular who normally gets the credit for inventing the dish washer. But there were other inventors trying to come up with ways to automatically take care of kitchen clean up b...
29 Aug 202234min
SYMHC Classics: Great London Smog
This 2014 episode covers why when the Great London Smog descended in December of 1952, nobody initially realized anything unusual was going on. At its largest, it extended 30 kilometers around London,...
27 Aug 202218min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Lowry and Midgley
Tracy and Holly discuss resources for learning more about the Lumbee and the unique nature of North Carolina's outdoor historical dramas. Additionally, they discuss lead, cartoonist Roz Chast, and Mid...
26 Aug 202219min
