SYMHC Classics: George Wallace
This 2016 episode covers George Wallace, one of the most prominent voices against the Civil Rights Movement and its objectives. He spent multiple campaigns for both governor and president on an explic...
12 Apr 202528min
Behind the Scenes Minis: The Tricky Topic
Tracy shares how she went from concern that there wouldn't be enough research material for an episode to developing this week's topic into two. Both Tracy and Holly discuss their family connections to...
11 Apr 202516min
Vietnam Draft Board Raids, Part 2
Vandalism at draft board offices as U.S. involvement in Vietnam was escalating was deeply divisive. Opponents of the war were stereotyped as dirty hippies and sanctimonious white college kids, but the...
9 Apr 202542min
Vietnam Draft Board Raids, Part 1
The draft board raids were part of an antiwar movement, largely grounded in Catholic religious convictions, that spanned almost four years. Part one covers the basic context of the Vietnam War and why...
7 Apr 202543min
SYMHC Classics: Lucille Ball
This 2017 episode covers Lucille Ball, the grande dame of American comedy. The famed star worked in modeling, radio and film, but she really made her mark in television, and her work set the standard ...
5 Apr 202528min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Dorothy and Strawberries
Tracy and Holly talk about Dorothy Arzner's reluctance to talk about her past projects. Holly questions some of the statistics about strawberry consumption. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
4 Apr 202517min
Strawberries
The story of how strawberries went from small forage item to one of the world’s most popular fruits – though they're technically not a true fruit – involves lots of crossbreeding experimentation, as y...
2 Apr 202537min
Dorothy Arzner
Dorothy Arzner wasn’t the first female film director in the U.S., but she was really the only one working in the studio system during most of the period that’s known as the Hollywood Golden Age. Her s...
31 Mars 202544min
