The Life and Magic of Henry 'Box' Brown
Brown was born into slavery and escaped in an astonishing way. His story of gaining his freedom was so sensational that he basically spent the rest of his life making a living talking about it in one ...
9 Apr 201829min
SYMHC Classics: Nellie Bly & Stunt Journalism
Today we're revisiting an episode from Sarah and Katie. Born in 1864, Nellie Bly wasn't your average journalist. She feigned insanity to gain entry into a mental institution. Join Sarah and Katie as t...
7 Apr 201823min
Cajamarca and the End of the Inka Empire
The Battle of Cajamarca, also known as the Massacre of Cajamarca, ultimately led to the end of the Inka Empire. But it might have gone much differently had the Inka not just been through a massive epi...
5 Apr 201834min
The East India Company's Theft of China’s Tea Secrets
Great Britain's relationship with tea is part of its cultural identity. But before the mid-1800s, China was the only source of tea, which was a problem in the eyes of the East India Company. Learn m...
2 Apr 201830min
SYMHC Classics: April Calahan on France's Fashionable Resistance
Today we're revisiting a talk with fashion historian April Calahan about the surprising ways that women of France protested German occupation during WWII. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://...
31 Mars 201836min
The Highland Clearances
The Highland Clearances were a long, complicated, messy series of evictions in the Highlands and western Islands of Scotland, when tenant farmers were forced from their homes to make way for sheep pas...
28 Mars 201838min
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie was a child of poverty who became one of the richest men on Earth. But his life, while largely charmed, had a massive scar of bad judgment on it. He also decided that the most important thing...
26 Mars 201840min
SYMHC Classics: Marian Anderson
Today's show returns to Marian Anderson. An acclaimed contralto, Marian Anderson was barred from singing in Constitution Hall because of her race. The concert she sang at the Lincoln Memorial instead ...
24 Mars 201830min
