Stuff You Missed in History Class

The Public Universal Friend described themself as a genderless spirit sent by God to inhabit the resurrected body of a woman named Jemima Wilkinson.  Learn [Read more]

This 2018 episode connects to a lot of others in our archive. Ida B. Wells-Barnett fought against lynching for decades, at a time when it [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about the evolution of Monterey’s Cannery Row and the history behind the fictional podcast Tumanbay. Their discussion then turns to current [Read more]

First, a brief discussion of current events. Then, in a conversation recorded in mid-May, Holly speaks with the creator of the historical fiction podcast Tumanbay [Read more]

Monterey’s Cannery Row is a busy center of tourism, but the area’s history starts with indigenous people. Its association with fishing came from immigrant populations, [Read more]

This 2014 episode covers the 250,000 children in the U.S. taken to new families by train from 1854 and 1929, about. Except … they weren’t [Read more]

Tracy and Holly talk about their experiences with home economics in school, and discuss theories about childcare as it relates to practice baby programs. Learn [Read more]

Practice babies were live human babies, cared for by college seniors who were temporarily living in home ec practice houses. The babies mostly came from [Read more]

For a time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had a whole bureau of home economics, which was run by and for women, and was a [Read more]

A 2013 episode about Phineas Gage, who experienced a catastrophic brain injury and survived – though altered – for more than 11 years. Over time, [Read more]