The Daring Imposter Cassie Chadwick
Cassie Chadwick (born Elizabeth Bigley) committed fraud at a level that would be almost impossible to pull off in today’s world of instant communication. Her biggest con was convincing banks that she ...
14 Mar 201829min
The Minuscule Science of Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek wasn’t REALLY a scientist -- he had no formal training. But he made dozens of scientific discoveries. He’s credited with discovering microscopic life in a variety of forms, using lenses he...
12 Mar 201825min
SYMHC Classics: The Luddites
This classic revisits the Luddite uprising -- protests in northern England, in which workers smashed machines in mills and factories. This wasn't the first organized violence against mechanization, bu...
10 Mar 201825min
Giorgio Vasari
Vasari was an artist and architect in 16th-century Italy. But what really made him famous was his writing. He penned biographies of famous artists, but he wasn't exactly exacting about the details. L...
7 Mar 201830min
Phillis Wheatley
Perceptions and interpretations of Phillis Wheatley's life and work have shifted since the 18th century. This episode examines Wheatley's published writing while enslaved, and how her place in the wor...
5 Mar 201835min
SYMHC Classics: The Red Ghost of Arizona and the U.S. Camel Corps
We're revisiting the story of a a mysterious beast that trampled a woman in Arizona in 1883. First described as a demon, the creature turned out to be a camel. But what was it doing in the American So...
3 Mar 201826min
Sadako Sasaki’s 1000 Cranes, Part 2
The show's 1000th episode continues the story of Sadako Sasaki, who died of A-bomb sickness after the bombing of Hiroshima. This second part of her story focuses on the peace movement that grew out of...
28 Feb 201829min
Sadako Sasaki’s 1000 Cranes, Part 1
At the end of World War II, the United States used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A young girl named Sadako Sasaki eventually developed A-bomb disease as a result of her exposure, and the ori...
26 Feb 201832min
