Articles by Stuff You Missed in History Class

In the final episode of a five-part series, former President Jimmy Carter examines human rights and the United States, using Cuba as an example. Learn [Read more]

Better known as Blackbeard, Edward Teach (or, alternately, Thach) started out as a lowly privateer. Listen in as Katie and Sarah explore the facts behind [Read more]

In the fourth episode of a five-part series, former President Jimmy Carter examines human rights and the foreign policy goals of the United States. Learn [Read more]

As the Sun King, Louis XIV ruled France for over 70 years. Yet even a king can’t get everything he wants. Learn about Louis’ secret [Read more]

In the third episode of a five-part series, former President Jimmy Carter looks back on his work forging the Camp David Accords. Learn more about [Read more]

The infamous shootout at the OK Corral has been immortalized in American culture — but what’s the real story behind the legend? Join Katie and [Read more]

In the second episode of a five-part series, former President Jimmy Carter details the Carter Center’s work supporting free elections and fighting disease across the [Read more]

In this episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class, Katie and Sarah discuss Dr. John Snow’s famous “ghost map” and work tracing a cholera [Read more]

This episode, the first in a five-part interview series with former President Jimmy Carter, details the Carter Center’s work on the eradication of Guinea worm [Read more]

At the turn of the century, New York paperboys formed the backbone of the city’s paper distribution network. When publishers increased the cost of wholesale [Read more]