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SYMHC Classics: The Green Children of Woolpit Oct 03, 2020

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This 2017 episode covers the story of how, in the 12th century, two children, green in color, appeared in Suffolk, England. The green children were written about in the 12th and 13th centuries as fact, but some people today classify as this tale as folklore.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Tanaka Hisashige and Nina Otero-Warren Oct 02, 2020

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On this casual Friday chat, Tracy and Holly talk about the genius of Tanaka Hisashige, and Tracy's frustrations at finding the more problematic aspects of Nina Otero-Warren's story.

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Nina Otero-Warren Sep 30, 2020

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Nina Otero-Warren was from a prominent New Mexico family, and worked in education, politics, and the suffrage movement, focusing largely on Spanish speakers.

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Tanaka Hisashige Sep 28, 2020

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Tanaka Hisashige was an inventor, a craftsman and an artisan, and he lived during a time that Japan went through enormous cultural, scientific and technological changes.

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SYMHC Classics: Walt Whitman, Poet of Democracy Sep 26, 2020

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This episode is from 2017. Whitman is often touted as the best and most important poet in U.S. history, but he also worked as a teacher and a journalist. And his poetry career didn't start out particularly well.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Paramount Decrees Sep 25, 2020

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Holly and Tracy talk about the business dealings of Hollywood in context with the moral scandals that were playing out in the press at the time, as well as the way films are distributed today versus in Adolph Zukor's time.

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The Paramount Decrees: The Court Cases - Pt. 2 Sep 23, 2020

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Once Adolph Zukor combined his production company, Famous Players-Lasky, with Paramount’s distribution company, he had consolidate two aspects of the industry under one business. His next step was obvious: gain control of exhibition of films as well.

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The Paramount Decrees: Paramount’s Beginnings - Pt. 1 Sep 21, 2020

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The development of the Hollywood studio industry features a number of people who drove it forward. Today, we're talking about Adolph Zukor and William Hodkinson, and how their work led to the founding of Paramount.

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SYMHC Classics: Alexander Selkirk Sep 19, 2020

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In this 2011 episode, prior hosts Sarah and Deblina talk about privateer Alexander Selkirk, who became a buccaneer in 1695. In 1704, after a fight with his captain, Selkirk was put ashore on an uninhabited island about 400 miles west of Valparaiso.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Forten and the Lawson Murders Sep 18, 2020

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Holly and Tracy delve into the unverifiable parts of James Forten's life and the problematic idea of respectability. Tracy also talks about her geographical connection to the Lawson family murders which took place in 1929 and how that informed her knowledge about it as a teenager.

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