Stuff You Missed in History Class

The development of the Hollywood studio industry features a number of people who drove it forward. Today, we’re talking about Adolph Zukor and William Hodkinson, [Read more]

In this 2011 episode, prior hosts Sarah and Deblina talk about privateer Alexander Selkirk, who became a buccaneer in 1695. In 1704, after a fight [Read more]

Holly and Tracy delve into the unverifiable parts of James Forten’s life and the problematic idea of respectability. Tracy also talks about her geographical connection [Read more]

These are episodes that we’d love to do as a full-length episode, and we’ve gotten listener quests for most of them. But there’s a book [Read more]

As a child and young man, James was part of the British colonies that rebelled against rule from the throne. As an adult, he made [Read more]

In this 2015 episode, prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covered a poet’s romance. Robert Browning’s early work wasn’t as well-received as Elizabeth Barrett’s poetry. Yet [Read more]

Holly and Tracy discuss the story of Croesus and how disabilities are represented in the writing of Herodotus. The topic then turns to the Igbo [Read more]

The Women’s War was a response to British colonialism in Nigeria. British authorities described the group as a “hostile mob” because they didn’t recognize that [Read more]

The story of the ridiculously wealthy Croesus, which was fictionalized in a number of ways, becomes a cautionary tale about pride and hubris, and what [Read more]

This 2018 episode is running in honor of Labor Day in the U.S. Memphis sanitation workers stayed off the job starting January 12, 1968 in [Read more]