Stuff You Missed in History Class

This 2018 episode covers the many ways people have dealt with heat and humidity in history. As mechanical cooling became more ubiquitous, some of the [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about their relationships with Shirley Temples and Negronis. Tracy then shares her attempt to chase down the location of Mary Dyer’s [Read more]

Mary Dyer endured religious persecution and personal tragedy. Then, she was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious activities.  Research: Bremer, Francis J. “Dissenting [Read more]

This edition of eponymous consumables features a drink named after a child star, a cocktail with a much-debated origin, and a brand of soda that [Read more]

This 2017 episode covers a window from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, people in the United States were watching train wrecks for fun. [Read more]

Tracy talks about how long she’s wanted to cover Scott Joplin, and the way his cause of death is often omitted from accounts. Holly then [Read more]

William of Ockham is best known today for the model of problem solving known as Ockham’s (or Occam’s) Razor. But the event that defined his [Read more]

During his life, Scott Joplin said that people would not appreciate his music until 50 years after his death. And he wasn’t wrong, though now [Read more]

This 2018 episode covers Magnus Hirschfeld, a groundbreaking researcher into gender and sexuality in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about theories regarding Caroline and Lord Melbourne and whether they had a romantic relationship. They also discuss how little recourse a [Read more]