Stuff You Missed in History Class

Tracy and Holly discuss their relationships with language learning, and then discuss the ways that historical sites and museums have offered information for the public [Read more]

This castle is unique in its design and the extent to which the ground surrounding it are part of that design. It’s also closely tied [Read more]

Esperanto was developed by a Jewish man living in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s a story linked to [Read more]

This 2016 episode examines a Christian mystic of medieval Europe who was way, way ahead of her time. If she had lived a few hundred [Read more]

Tracy and Holly talk about the trickier aspects of researching a story like Arsinoë’s, as well as women trying to find agency in Arsinoë’s time. [Read more]

Sissieretta Jones was a Black operatic and popular music singer in the early 20th century. And she was famous in her day, but then kind [Read more]

The Ptolemies were a Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt during the Hellenistic period. And in a lot of ways Arsinoë II really set the standard [Read more]

This 2015 episode covers a landmark legal moment. The ruling in this infamous U.S. Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal as long as [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about the appeal of Duke Kahanamoku, his story being illustrative of the problematic nature of cultures being subverted in an effort [Read more]

Part 2 of our coverage of Duke Kahanamoku’s life delves into about what happened to Duke after that sudden onslaught of Olympic fame, and how [Read more]