Behind the Scenes Minis: Esperanto and Bodiam
Tracy and Holly discuss their relationships with language learning, and then discuss the ways that historical sites and museums have offered information for the public that would normally only be seen...
2 Apr 202113min
Bodiam Castle
This castle is unique in its design and the extent to which the ground surrounding it are part of that design. It’s also closely tied to the turbulent period in England’s history that runs from the Hu...
31 Mars 202132min
L.L. Zamenhof and the Hope of Esperanto
Esperanto was developed by a Jewish man living in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s a story linked to both persecution and profound hope. Zamenhof hoped to bring the w...
29 Mars 202144min
SYMHC Classics: Hildegard von Bingen
This 2016 episode examines a Christian mystic of medieval Europe who was way, way ahead of her time. If she had lived a few hundred years later, and been male, people probably would have called her a ...
27 Mars 202124min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Arsinoë and Sissieretta
Tracy and Holly talk about the trickier aspects of researching a story like Arsinoë's, as well as women trying to find agency in Arsinoë's time. Discussion of Sissieretta focuses on how the press cove...
26 Mars 202116min
Sissieretta Jones
Sissieretta Jones was a Black operatic and popular music singer in the early 20th century. And she was famous in her day, but then kind of vanished from the papers when she retired. Her last years wer...
24 Mars 202144min
Arsinoë II, Ptolemaic Queen
The Ptolemies were a Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt during the Hellenistic period. And in a lot of ways Arsinoë II really set the standard for the generations of Ptolemaic queens that followed her. L...
22 Mars 202138min
SYMHC Classics: Plessy v Ferguson
This 2015 episode covers a landmark legal moment. The ruling in this infamous U.S. Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities were equal. Learn more abou...
20 Mars 202123min
