Stuff You Missed in History Class

This 2018 episode focuses on the adult life of Mary, Queen of Scots – especially the conspiracy that ultimately led to her execution in 1587.  [Read more]

Holly and Tracy discuss the appeal of secret societies and the unity that people sometimes find in vilifying an outcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When William Morgan’s manuscript “Illustrations of Masonry” was finally published, it was really kind of boring. So why were people so eager to suppress it, [Read more]

In 1826, William Morgan, who lived in Batavia, New York, advertised that he was writing a book that would expose the secrets of the Freemasons. [Read more]

This 2019 episode covers Benjamin Lay, a Quaker and a radical abolitionist who lived in the period between when the Religious Society of Friends began [Read more]

Tracy discusses her love of medieval history, and how much Licoricia’s story surprised her. She and Holly then both discuss the importance of proper sunscreen [Read more]

People around the globe have protected their skin using a variety of substances throughout history. In the 19th and 20th centuries, deeper understanding of sunlight [Read more]

Licoricia of Winchester was a Jewish woman who was a major financier in medieval England. There were Jewish settlements in England for only a brief [Read more]

This 2020 episode about Leicester Hemingway reveals a life very much lived in the shadow of his famous brother. But after Ernest Hemingway’s death, Leicester [Read more]

Tracy talks about how Muriel Rukeyser being the entry point for the Hawk’s Tunnel Disaster episode. Holly talks about Billie Burke’s writing about her husband, [Read more]