Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Photography Innovators Dec 31, 2021

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Holly and Tracy discuss Daguerre's life, and veer off into VR, and the nature of Daguerre's monetization of photography. Then they talk about the famously handsome Cornelius and the importance of photography to our modern world.

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Robert Cornelius: More Than a Selfie Dec 29, 2021

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Cornelius is famous for having taken what’s often called the world’s first selfie - and he's noted for how handsome he looks in it. But he was smart and inventive in a variety of ways, and he innovated in lighting fixtures the same way he did with photography.

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Louis Daguerre and the Daguerreotype Dec 27, 2021

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Daguerre comes up almost any time we mention photography, but we’ve never covered his life story. Well before he figured out how to capture images through a camera obscura, he was an artist and innovator in entertainment.

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SYMHC Classics: Christmas Triple-Feature Dec 25, 2021

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This 2018 episode takes a look at three creative works that have become staples of the Christmas season. All three of them have played a huge part in how people observe and celebrate Christmas in parts of the world, and they all had milestone birthdays that year.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Irving and Tull Dec 24, 2021

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Tracy and Holly discuss Tracy being frightened by Ichabod Crane's fate in the Disney Sleepy Hollow cartoon as a kid, and the letters between Dickens and Irving. They then discuss the trickiness of researching a historical topic that has the same name as a band.

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Jethro Tull’s Horse-hoeing Husbandry Dec 22, 2021

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You may recognize the name as that of a band, but Jethro Tull was an 18th-century gentleman farmer often credited with inventing the seed drill.

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Washington Irving’s ‘American’ Christmas Dec 20, 2021

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Washington Irving may come to mind more in connection with Halloween, but his writing had a significant influence on the way Christmas is celebrated in the U.S.

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SYMHC Classics: Christina of Sweden Dec 18, 2021

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This 2014 episode covers the life of a woman who was smart and learned, but not a particularly good ruler. Her entire life was marked by being kind of a contradictory, restless character - starting basically from the moment she was born.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Ballet and Anchovies Dec 17, 2021

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Tracy and Holly discuss their preferences in ways the Nutcracker should be staged, and their love of it from the audience and performer perspectives. Then they compare notes on Caesar salads, anchovies, and the troubles with Sylvester Graham.

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Two More Eponymous Foods Dec 15, 2021

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This eponymous food episode features a(nother) salad that came together improvisationally out of necessity, and a cracker made to align with specific dietary guidelines, with a namesake who would undoubtedly be horrified at how that item has evolved.

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