Colette, Part 1
Love, passion, desire and pleasure are running themes in Colette's writing and her life. And that life was seen as really scandalous and even notorious, especially in her younger years. Research: Ro...
30 Jan 202335min
SYMHC Classics: The Montgolfier Brothers
This 2016 episode covers two inventive brothers who came up with an idea to set humans aloft. The Montgolfiers were among many inventors working toward flight in the 18th century, but they often get a...
28 Jan 202330min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Macs and Fletcher
Holly and Tracy talk about Thomas Hancock, and their own experiences with raincoats. Then they discuss the food fad of Fletcherism, and the personality of Fletcher himself. See omnystudio.com/listener...
27 Jan 202321min
Horace Fletcher, the Great Masticator
Horace Fletcher is best known for starting a food fad in that came to be known as Fletcherism. This early 20th century fad involved, in part, chewing your food A LOT. Research: Bauerlein, Mark. "The ...
25 Jan 202346min
The Invention of the Raincoat
Humans have worked on ways to make garments water resistant almost since they started to wear them. But figuring out how to manufacture a raincoat using rubber was a big breakthrough that took centuri...
23 Jan 202340min
SYMHC Classics: Walter Reed
This 2014 episode covers Reed’s truly groundbreaking work into the causes and prevention of yellow fever, building on a foundation of other doctors and researchers. His work impacted public health and...
21 Jan 202325min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Wrapping 2022’s Unearthed!
Tracy and Holly talk about the news that broke just after the start of 2023, and also how Tracy might consider eating roasted watermelon seeds. They also discuss collectors of old denim.See omnystudio...
20 Jan 202318min
Unearthed! Year-end 2022, Part 2
Part two of our Unearthed! wrap up of 2022 covers a potpourri of stuff that didn’t go together, books and letters, edibles and potables, and apparel, including more than one pair of blue jeans. Resear...
18 Jan 202338min
