Stuff You Missed in History Class

Tracy and Holly discuss trying to stay organized, the relevance of the Delano grape strike today, and how Joshua Slocum’s story makes us think about [Read more]

Joshua Slocum was the first person known to sail around the world alone. Unlike lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis, he didn’t always enjoy that solitude – [Read more]

The Delano Grape Strike, which led to an international boycott of table grapes as grape workers in California tried to get better pay, working conditions, [Read more]

This 2018 episode covers Elbridge Gerry, who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Gerrymandering is the drawing of political districts [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about how this week’s topic shifted from its original plan. They also discuss how slavery in the U.S. capital has been [Read more]

On the second part of the discussion of White House history, Holly and Tracy first cover the gardens and landscaping, and then dig into discussion [Read more]

Today’s White House has 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms. But that hasn’t always been the case. It also was not always called the White House, [Read more]

This 2016 episode covers a time in the the 20th century when the U.S. and Mexico had agreements in place allowing, and even encouraging, Mexican [Read more]

Tracy and Holly talk about their personal thoughts on Symmes’s hollow Earth theory, and then talk about their experiences with canning and winning prizes at [Read more]

Canning dramatically changed how people around the world have dealt with food. Early canning efforts were kind of stabs in the dark, though – we [Read more]