Stuff You Missed in History Class

Did Tycho Brahe really own a moose with a drinking problem? Did a U.S. President keep a pet alligator? Tune in as Katie and Sarah [Read more]

Nowadays marathons are a popular pastime for health buffs across the world, but how did they get started? The origins of the marathon date back [Read more]

Most people are familiar with Jack the Ripper, but Victorian England was also plagued by an odd character named Spring-Heeled Jack. Were reports of this [Read more]

History is full of astonishing stories, and not all of them revolve around humans. In the first part of this two-part series, Katie and Sarah [Read more]

Some actors believe it’s bad luck to say ‘Macbeth’ in the theater unless the play is being performed — but why? In this episode, Katie [Read more]

Nowadays chocolate is popular across the world, but it got its start thousands of years ago in Mesoamerica, where it was much more than a [Read more]

In 1892, Abby Borden was brutally murdered in her home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter her husband Andrew Borden was also murdered, and his [Read more]

When Dante wrote The Divine Comedy, he consigned several of his real-life enemies to hell. In this podcast, Katie and Sarah examine Dante’s habit of [Read more]

Although Herman Melville’s opus is a work of fiction, it was inspired by real-life events. In this episode, Katie and Sarah explore the story of [Read more]

When Scott and Amundsen launched rival expeditions to the South Pole, they knew that only one group could be the first to reach the pole. [Read more]