Stuff You Missed in History Class

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SYMHC Classics: The Wilmington Coup of 1898, Part 1 Jan 16, 2021

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This much-requested 2018 episode covers how open racism and hotly contested elections led to a climate of unrest and white supremacist violence in late 19th-century Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Late 2020 Wrap Up Jan 15, 2021

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Tracy and Holly talk about the travel thoughts that the show's recent Unearthed! episode brings up. Talk also turns to the various biases that people have had when looking at history, and how that can obscure the ways we interpret information.

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Unearthed! Year-end 2020, Part 2 Jan 13, 2021

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In this second part of the year-end Unearthed! for 2020, topics include art, music, edibles and potables, and exhumations and repatriations, and potpourri.

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Unearthed! Year-end 2020, Part 1 Jan 11, 2021

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Time for a wrap up of things unearthed in the last quarter of 2020! Part one includes updates, books and letters, Vikings, mummies, and some other stuff.

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SYMHC Classics: Knitting's Early History Jan 09, 2021

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This 2016 classic delves into knitting. which has been around for a long time. Exactly how long isn't entirely clear, but we do know a good bit about how knitting has traveled with us humans through time.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Transfusions Jan 08, 2021

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Holly and Tracy talk about how small details that get changed in the retelling of history change the context of the larger story, as well as some of the ways that histories like this week's offer new ways to think about topics that hadn't been previously considered.

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Jean-Baptiste Denis and the Blood Transfusion Race, 2 Jan 06, 2021

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Denis made several missteps - some of them criminal - as he tried to prove his superior knowledge in the science of transfusion. Due to his hubris and enemies in the medical community, he found himself involved in a court case that took a very strange turn.

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Jean-Baptiste Denis and the Blood Transfusion Race, 1 Jan 04, 2021

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In the 17th century, Europe was obsessed with science – and very competitively so. When it came to blood transfusions, there was a great deal of conflict in France's scientific community. And Jean-Baptiste Denis was right in the middle of it.

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SYMHC Classics: The Unsinkable Violet Jessop Jan 02, 2021

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This 2015 episode covers the story of Violet Jessop, who was a shipwreck survivor -- several times over. She traveled the world aboard some of the most famous ocean liners of all time.

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Voynich and Scurvy Jan 01, 2021

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Holly and Tracy talk about why Holly loved studying Wilfrid Voynich, when scurvy became a jokey disease, and the need for a good multivitamin and getting a little sunshine.

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