
Behind the Scenes Minis: Murder and Vivisection
Holly and Tracy talk about some of the odd details in the Alma Petty Gatlin trial and difficulty finding the right language to discuss alcohol misuse. Then discussion turns to vivisection and the host...
17 Mar 202326min

The Brown Dog Affair
The Brown Dog Affair was a series of demonstrations and riots surrounding a statue that had been erected in the Battersea area of London, commemorating dogs who had been killed due to vivisection. Res...
15 Mar 202337min

Alma Petty Gatlin’s Trial
In 1928, a young woman from North Carolina named Alma Petty Gatlin went on trial for the murder of her father. A preacher Alma had confessed to informed authorities, setting off a sensational case tha...
13 Mar 202335min

SYMHC Classics: Jimmy Doolittle and the Doolittle Raid
This 2016 episode discusses the Doolittle Raid, an attack on Japan launched by the U.S. in retaliation for Pearl Harbor. But the leader of the mission was a legend long before his daring efforts in WW...
11 Mar 202324min

Behind the Scenes Minis: Balloons and the Mixed Bag
Tracy shares how the recent wave of spy balloon news inspired this week's episode, and the hosts talk about the technology of war balloons. They also talk about G.K. Chesterton, his anti-eugenics writ...
10 Mar 202317min

G. K. Chesterton’s Fight Against Eugenics
G.K. Chesterton was a prolific writer across many genres, including fiction, poetry, journalism, literary criticism, biography, social criticism, theology, and Christian apologetics. He was also a voc...
8 Mar 202345min

Balloons of World War II
We’ve gotten requests to talk about the balloon bombs that Japan used to target North America during World War II. But these were not the only balloons in use during the war, or the first balloons use...
6 Mar 202339min

SYMHC Classics: The Kallikaks and the Eugenicists
In 2017, the show covered the fears, prejudices and societal issues that drove the eugenics movement in the U.S., which focused on identifying, sequestering and even sterilizing people who were deemed...
4 Mar 202336min






















