Stuff You Missed in History Class

Wallace was one of the most prominent voices against the Civil Rights Movement and its objectives. He spent multiple campaigns for both governor and president [Read more]

Author and illustrator Jason Porath joins Tracy and Holly in the studio to talk about women from history featured in his new book, including the [Read more]

In 1862, murder led to war between the Dakota and the United States. What followed was a campaign of retribution against multiple indigenous peoples, many [Read more]

People are often surprised to learn that the namesake for the James Webb Space Telescope wasn’t a scientist or engineer, but a lawyer and a [Read more]

The riot at Attica Correctional Facility in September 1971, demanding better living conditions and basic human rights, remains a significant moment in the history of [Read more]

Attica Correctional Facility originally opened in rural, upstate New York in 1931. In 1971, conditions at the prison were at a point where they were [Read more]

Establishing a submarine telegraph cable to connect North America and Europe took ingenuity, but more than anything else, it required tenacity. There were numerous stumbling [Read more]

We often get requests for topics that are so similar to existing episodes that they would sound like repeats. Here are six that will probably [Read more]

In the summer of 1791, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Maria Reynolds began an affair that would lead to blackmail, political rumors, [Read more]

In 1943, a skeleton was found in a tree near Birmingham, England. More than 70 years later, it’s still unknown who the deceased was and [Read more]