Hercules Posey & the President’s House
The President's House was the first home of the U.S. president in the temporary capital of Phildelphia. While George Washington lived there, he had nine enslaved people that we know of., including the...
2 Mar 45min
SYMHC Classics: Pueblo Revolt
This 2014 episode covers the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, in which Native Americans rose up against Spanish colonists and missionaries at the turn of the 17th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
28 Feb 24min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Coffee, 'Pirats' and Sea Robbers
Holly and Tracy talk about their coffee preferences. Then Tracy traces the path that led her from a listener mail to the topic of Fort Mose.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
27 Feb 30min
Francisco Menéndez & Fort Mose
Fort Mose was the first officially sanctioned settlement for free Black people in what’s now the United States. It was established as a place where people who escaped enslavement in the U.S. could liv...
25 Feb 37min
Melitta Bentz and the Coffee Filter
Melitta Bentz invented the coffee filter in 1908 and changed coffee culture forever. Through the decades and after reckoning with its relationship with the Third Reich, the company she founded in her ...
23 Feb 39min
SYMHC Classics: COINTELPRO 2
Part two of this 2020 episode looks at some of the specifics of the COINTELPROs that targeted black liberation organizations and the New Left, as well as how these programs were finally exposed to the...
21 Feb 41min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Whoopsy Whimsy
Holly shares a story of accidentally taking ephedrine. Tracy shares her delight at a pronunciation of the word catastrophe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Feb 24min
Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
On November 1, 1755, a massive earthquake took place on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Lisbon, Portugal. The destruction in Portugal led to one of the first coordinated government respon...
18 Feb 39min
