SYMHC Classics: Christmas Triple-Feature
This 2018 episode takes a look at three creative works that have become staples of the Christmas season. All three of them have played a huge part in how people observe and celebrate Christmas in part...
25 Dec 202135min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Irving and Tull
Tracy and Holly discuss Tracy being frightened by Ichabod Crane's fate in the Disney Sleepy Hollow cartoon as a kid, and the letters between Dickens and Irving. They then discuss the trickiness of res...
24 Dec 202117min
Jethro Tull’s Horse-hoeing Husbandry
You may recognize the name as that of a band, but Jethro Tull was an 18th-century gentleman farmer often credited with inventing the seed drill. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart...
22 Dec 202136min
Washington Irving’s ‘American’ Christmas
Washington Irving may come to mind more in connection with Halloween, but his writing had a significant influence on the way Christmas is celebrated in the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at ht...
20 Dec 202138min
SYMHC Classics: Christina of Sweden
This 2014 episode covers the life of a woman who was smart and learned, but not a particularly good ruler. Her entire life was marked by being kind of a contradictory, restless character - starting ba...
18 Dec 202131min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Ballet and Anchovies
Tracy and Holly discuss their preferences in ways the Nutcracker should be staged, and their love of it from the audience and performer perspectives. Then they compare notes on Caesar salads, anchovie...
17 Dec 202121min
Two More Eponymous Foods
This eponymous food episode features a(nother) salad that came together improvisationally out of necessity, and a cracker made to align with specific dietary guidelines, with a namesake who would undo...
15 Dec 202135min
The Nutcracker
It’s a Russian adaptation of a German story and wasn’t really a Christmas staple in its home country. But music from the Nutcracker has also become a huge part of the Christmas season and beyond. Lea...
13 Dec 202140min
