The Rebecca Riots
The Rebecca Riots took place in Wales in the 1830s and 1840s. While these events are often described as a protest against heavy road tolls, that was only a small part of the story. Research: Age of ...
22 Nov 202339min
Alphonse Bertillon
Bertillon developed a system of identification via body measurements that was designed to identify whether crime suspects had an existing criminal history. But his contributions to police work have be...
20 Nov 202339min
SYMHC Classics: Sarah Josepha Hale
This 2019 episode covers Sarah Josepha Hale's well-known poetry, and her publication Godey's Lady's Book, the most popular magazine in the U.S. in the middle of the 19th century,See omnystudio.com/lis...
18 Nov 202334min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Mourning Dove in Context
Tracy and Holly discuss elementary school experiences with Mourning Dove's work, and Tracy ponders whether her story intersected with other topics from the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
17 Nov 202315min
Mourning Dove, aka Christine Quintasket, Pt. 2
In 1916, Mourning Dove gave an interview that described the book she had written as soon to be published, but it turned out to still be years away. Part two covers the years it took to get that book p...
15 Nov 202337min
Mourning Dove, aka Christine Quintasket, Pt. 1
Mourning Dove was an activist, ethnographer and novelist, and one of the first, if not the first, Indigenous women in the U.S. to publish a novel. Part one covers the Confederated Tribes of the Colvil...
13 Nov 202332min
SYMHC Classics: Diving Technology
This 2015 episode examines that humans have always longed to explore underwater, but need to breathe air. From as far back as the 4th century B.C.E., clever inventors have been designing technology to...
11 Nov 202322min
Behind the Scenes Minis: The Empress and the Queen
Tracy shares her cat’s input on the Empress of Ireland outline. She and Holly also discuss the relatability of Mary Somerville’s writing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10 Nov 202319min
