SYMHC Classics: Jules Cotard and Cotard Syndrome
This 2017 episode covers the work of Jules Cotard, the first psychiatrist to write about the cluster of symptoms that would come to be called Walking Corpse Syndrome. But his unfinished work was hotly...
1 Jun 202423min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Strikes, Immigration and Weeds
Tracy and Holly talk about the Disney animators' strike of 1941, Angel Island, and Tyrus Wong's Christmas cards. They also discuss the merits of dandelions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
31 Mai 202430min
Gertrude Jekyll's Artistic Gardens
Gertrude Jekyll was born into a 19th-century English family of means, but her life took an unconventional path for a woman in her circumstances, and she became an iconic and legendary horticulturist. ...
29 Mai 202442min
The Art of Tyrus Wong
Over the course of an extraordinarily long career, Tyrus Wong worked across a range of media in a whole collection of industries – animation, live-action film, commercial art, public art, greeting car...
27 Mai 202437min
SYMHC Classics: San Francisco 1906 - The Great Quake and Fires
This 2019 episode covers the earthquake of April 18, 1906 that changed San Francisco forever. The earthquake and a series of fires devastated much of the city and had long-term ramifications.See omnys...
25 Mai 202432min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Ships and Fences
Tracy and Holly talk about the eerie similarities of the stories of the Andrea Doria and the Empress of Ireland. They also talk about Jacob Haish's poetry about barbed wire.See omnystudio.com/listener...
24 Mai 202425min
Joseph F. Glidden and the Contentious Invention of Barbed Wire
Joseph Glidden is known as the father of barbed wire, but who actually invented it was a matter of disagreement. As a consequence, Glidden's invention was embroiled in legal battles for years. Resear...
21 Mai 202435min
The SS Andrea Doria Rescue
The SS Andrea Doria was a luxury cruise liner that sank after colliding with another ship in 1956. Most of the people who were on the Andrea Doria lived thanks to one of the biggest civilian maritime ...
20 Mai 202438min
