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Tracy and Holly discuss diabetes, insulin, and the moral complexities that are often part of scientific research. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See [Read more]

Last time we talked about how diabetes has been described through history, including treatment before the development of insulin. Today, we’re telling the insulin part [Read more]

To lead into discussing the discovery of insulin, today we have a history of diabetes and its treatment in the centuries before insulin was developed, [Read more]

This 2015 episode delves into how peanut butter got its name in the 18th century, but it’s been around in some form for hundreds and [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss the ways in which the sexes were perceived during the time of Anna Morandi Manzolini and the aspects of Kemmler’s story [Read more]

After committing a brutal murder, William Kemmler was the first man to be put to death in the electric chair, at a time when a [Read more]

In 18th-century Bologna, one of the most skilled and renowned anatomists and wax model makers was a woman named Anna Morandi Manzolini. Working first with [Read more]

Today we revisit a 2013 episode about the Boston Massacre. That sounds like the slaughter of many innocents, but the reality is smaller and not [Read more]

Holly and Tracy discuss the relationship between the Hemingway brothers and the challenges of claiming one’s own island. Holly also shares her experiences spending an [Read more]

Holly was joined in the studio by historian Dr. Calinda Lee to talk about her work with the Atlanta History Center, and specifically the new [Read more]