Stuff You Missed in History Class

It’s time for another two-part edition of things that were unearthed in recent months. Today’s episode covers updates, lots of repatriations, some mummy stuff, Viking [Read more]

This 2016 episode covers the first woman to ever become a court painter in France. She painted royalty and nobility throughout Europe, including Marie Antoinette, [Read more]

Holly and Tracy reminisce about their families’ first microwave ovens and their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. Then they discuss Ivy Lee’s career and dubious [Read more]

Ivy Lee was one of the founders of the fields of public relations and crisis communications. His approach to public relations was revolutionary for the [Read more]

Often, inventions that are made quite by accident end up becoming an everyday part of life. This episode covers two of those: the microwave oven [Read more]

This 2017 episode covers several days in 1934 during which Adolf Hitler, who was at the time the Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor, directed [Read more]

Tracy and Holly discuss Shackleton’s leadership, how unsuited to isolation exploration they both are, and how much trash such exploration can leave behind. See omnystudio.com/listener [Read more]

After Shackleton’s team abandoned the Endurance to the ice, they faced a harrowing journey over the ice of Antarctica. Meanwhile, the support team aboard the [Read more]

Shackleton is famous for his expeditions in Antarctica, but he started his career as a Merchant Marine. Part one of this story covers his early [Read more]

This 2017 episode covers a naturalist illustrator who helped dispel many entomological myths and improved the scientific study of insects and plants. And she did [Read more]