Stuff You Missed in History Class

The subject of this 2018 episode is sometimes called a 19th-century Rosa Parks. When Elizabeth boarded a Manhattan streetcar in 1854, a chain of events [Read more]

Holly speculates about how one article about Josephine Cochrane got so many details wrong. Tracy then talks about the details of Canada’s currency featuring Viola [Read more]

Desmond was convicted after refusing to leave her seat in a segregated movie theater in Nova Scotia in 1946. But she also established the first [Read more]

There is one woman in particular who normally gets the credit for inventing the dish washer. But there were other inventors trying to come up [Read more]

This 2014 episode covers why when the Great London Smog descended in December of 1952, nobody initially realized anything unusual was going on. At its [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss resources for learning more about the Lumbee and the unique nature of North Carolina’s outdoor historical dramas. Additionally, they discuss lead, [Read more]

Midgley was a deeply respected researcher and chemist who received multiple awards. He also developed both leaded gas and freon, two substances banned around the [Read more]

The Lowry Gang fought back against Confederate authorities during the U.S. Civil War and during Reconstruction they came to be viewed as either Robin Hood-esque [Read more]

This 2019 episode covers a trailblazer in science and medicine. Hamilton dedicated her life to improving the workplace standards for laborers in an effort to [Read more]

Holly and Tracy discuss the ways they encountered butterflies in their childhoods and how people can help conservation efforts at home. They also talk through [Read more]