Host Faves: The Ladies of Llangollen
Another 2017 fave! In the late 18th century, Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, also known as the Ladies of Llangollen, abandoned their life in the upper tiers of Irish society and made a home fo...
24 Apr 202029min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Unearthed! Spring 2020
Tracy and Holly discuss their favorite parts of this week's Unearthed! episodes, as well as the way that our current situation causes the unearthing of new information every day. Learn more about you...
24 Apr 202013min
Unearthed! in Spring 2020, Part 2
In part two of Unearthed! in spring 2020, we're talking about edibles and potables, shipwrecks, books and letters, and other cool stuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastn...
22 Apr 202040min
Unearthed! in Spring 2020, Part 1
In today’s episode, we have some stuff that was reported during the last couple of weeks of 2019, which missed the cut for the year-end Unearthed! episodes. Also, episode updates, crime, animals and g...
20 Apr 202040min
SYMHC Classics: Maximilian, Mexico's Habsburg Prince
This 2011 episode from previous hosts Deblina and Sarah covers the time when Mexico was ruled by a Habsburg prince: Ferdinand Maximilian. While Maximilian was unwelcome, he upheld liberal reforms and ...
18 Apr 202022min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Carlota and Larrey
Holly and Tracy discuss Carlota of Mexico and how that topic was chosen, as well as the many connections between subjects of history. Then, talk turns to the ways that we still benefit from Larrey's w...
17 Apr 20208min
Dominique-Jean Larrey and His Flying Ambulance
While serving as a surgeon with Napoleon’s army in the 1790s, Larrey developed a system for getting wounded soldiers off the battlefield and into treatment. His dedication to providing care to anyone ...
15 Apr 202036min
Charlotte of Belgium/Carlota of Mexico
Charlotte and her husband Maximillian became the rulers of Mexico through a plan concocted by France's Napoleon III. But the strain of conflict there, and French finances being withdrawn, caused the e...
13 Apr 202037min
