Stuff You Missed in History Class

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the United States’ first major immigration law, and as its name suggests it specifically targeted people from China. It led [Read more]

This 2018 episode covers Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Taylor’s whole barrel trip was part of [Read more]

Tracy and Holly talk about the care needed when exploring the biographies of people in history who offer representation, but won’t reflect the experience of [Read more]

Atlantic City performer Sonora Carver was the most famous horse diver of her time, and probably ever. It was an entertainment that was incredibly dangerous, [Read more]

Teresa de Cartagena was a woman who was deaf, chronically ill, and from a Converso family. In spite of the things working against her, she [Read more]

This 2017 episode covers Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, a vocal activist who spoke out for civil rights despite the danger in doing so. White supremacists bombed [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss how the Rum Rebellion is less harrowing than other similar incidents that have been covered on the show. They then discuss [Read more]

Holly sits down with Jeremy Katz, the director of archives at The Breman Museum to talk about his new book “The Jewish Community of Atlanta,” [Read more]

The Rum Rebellion overthrew William Bligh, governor of New South Wales, in 1808. It was Australia’s only military coup and was only given that nickname [Read more]

In this 2010 episode, previous hosts Sarah and Katie take a closer look at the legendary mutiny on the HMS Bounty — and figure out [Read more]