Stuff You Missed in History Class

Today’s classics revisits an episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina about James Armistead. He was a slave in Virginia, but got his master’s approval [Read more]

Mary-Russel Ferrell Colton was a painter, author and educator. But she’s most famous for co-founding of the Museum of Northern Arizona and related programs and [Read more]

At a time when many women sought husbands to ensure financial stability, Anne Lister was looking for a wife. She was also writing thousands of [Read more]

Today we’re visiting an episode from past hosts Katie and Sarah. When the philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg sought mechanical explanations for nature, he found himself struggling [Read more]

In the 8th century, a document was written that had a lasting impact on the course of medieval Europe. The Donation of Constantine granted a [Read more]

Griswold is most commonly known as Edgar Allan Poe’s rival, and for creating negative characterizations of Poe that have endured more than a century. But [Read more]

Today’s classic podcast comes to us from previous hosts Katie and Sarah. Coming up on January 22, 2018 is the 230th birthday of George Gordon, [Read more]

In 1898, a mob of armed white men enacted a violent plan against Wilmington, North Carolina’s black community. It was the only known successful coup [Read more]

Resistance to post-Civil War reconstruction efforts, hotly contested elections, political corruption, and open racism all led to a climate of unrest and white supremacist violence [Read more]

This classic episode revisits the Phoenicians, great ship-builders, sailors and textile experts. But they’re most known for developing the alphabet that many modern alphabets are [Read more]