Stuff You Missed in History Class

Annie Jump Cannon has been described as doing for stars what Carl Linnaeus did for organisms. She compiled a massive star catalogue, and became known [Read more]

This 2018 episode covers Leeuwenhoek, who wasn’t REALLY a scientist — he had no formal training. But he made dozens of scientific discoveries. He’s credited [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss how much Tracy loves working on the Unearthed! shows, and how they both feel about library fines. They also talk about [Read more]

The second part of the July 2021 Unearthed! installment includes exhumations, repatriations, some mysteries that have been solved, and a potpourri of other stuff. There’s [Read more]

In part one of the 2021 July edition of unearthed things, there are updates to previous episodes, along with books and letters, edibles and potables, [Read more]

This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers the U.S. in the late 1800s, when no one really monitored food additives. After Congress [Read more]

Tracy and Holly talk about family and experiential history with headaches, and the persistent problems in what people do and don’t know about them. They [Read more]

In the 1850s, much of the milk supply in New York was anything but appetizing and wholesome – it was often deadly. But efforts to [Read more]

Migraine is one of the three most prevalent conditions in the world along with anemia and hearing loss. But in spite of that prevalence, migraine [Read more]

This 2017 episode covers one of the first Americans to achieve fame as a Shakespearean actor, and the first black man to do so, becoming [Read more]