Stuff You Missed in History Class

Frederick Douglass was an orator, writer, statesman and social reformer. His early life shaped the truly remarkable advocate he became, and the two primary causes [Read more]

We’re revisiting a classic episode, all about Jane Austen. She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own [Read more]

After her initial “smashings,” Carry A. Nation became a full-time activist, traveling from town to town to destroy saloons and preach temperance. She turned her [Read more]

Several events in Carry Nation’s early life catalyzed her temperance activism. Her marriages and her faith were particularly important in shaping the woman she became. [Read more]

With a huge number of British Expeditionary Force troops stranded in one location, a massive evacuation operation was undertaken. While it was considered a success, [Read more]

Retellings of the Dunkirk rescue often leave out how the Allied forces got into such a predicament, with a huge part of the British Expeditionary [Read more]

The NASA space program likely wouldn’t be what it is today without the work Hugh Dryden did before NASA even existed, and his guidance in [Read more]

Despite growing up in a convent and coming very close to taking religious vows as a nun, Catalina de Erauso wound up living a life [Read more]

In the early 18th century, an engraver-turned-artist made his mark on the art world by producing satirical prints in series that commented on morality and [Read more]

It’s time for another mid-year edition of Unearthed! The show covers new research and information about the Lions of Tsavo, human taxidermy, a photo of [Read more]