Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip, also known as Project Paperclip, which was the U.S. effort to bring German scientists to the U.S. after World War II. Learn more [Read more]
Operation Paperclip, also known as Project Paperclip, which was the U.S. effort to bring German scientists to the U.S. after World War II. Learn more [Read more]
This 2011 episode is from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina. During the 17th century, the Dutch went nuts for tulips, paying exorbitant amounts for a [Read more]
Holly and Tracy talk about Paré’s work in context on the timeline, and then a very cool modern gardening project using the book we mentioned [Read more]
Gardening is a living history that connects us all to people and places through time. This episode covers precolonial North America, Europeans bringing their own [Read more]
Sixteenth-century barber surgeon Paré has been called everything from “the gentle surgeon” to “the father of modern surgery.” He advanced the field of medicine significantly [Read more]
Revisiting our 2016 episode on black Canadian-American Mary Ann Shadd Cary, who became the first woman in North America to publish and edit a newspaper. [Read more]
Holly and Tracy talk about how they decided to cover the life of Ralph McQuarrie, and discuss the breadth of his awe-inspiring work. Learn more [Read more]
In our second part of McQuarrie’s life story, we cover how Star Wars became Ralph’s most well-known area of work, but also how it led [Read more]
McQuarrie is responsible for some of the most recognizable imagery in cinema and culture. In part one, we’ll talk about his early life, his work [Read more]
This 2016 episode covers a piece of Scottish and English history that’s often simultaneously romanticized and oversimplified. It’s a great deal more complicated than any [Read more]
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