Stuff You Missed in History Class

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters became the first African-American labor union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor. This 2014 episode covers [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about Ruby Payne-Scott’s progressive marriage. They also cover Japan’s global connectivity earlier than people may realize. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga was a samurai who led a diplomatic delegation to New Spain, Spain and Rome in the 17th century. But many of the [Read more]

Ruby Payne-Scott is often called a pioneer in radio astronomy, but she was also a pioneer in advocating for women’s rights. She was clearly brilliant, [Read more]

This 2018 episode covers Levi Strauss, whose life story touches on a lot of important moments in U.S. history. His business was tied to the [Read more]

Tracy talks about the likely wrap up of the Mother Goose series. Holly shares a story about growing up with chickens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy [Read more]

In the 1940s the U.S. Department of Agriculture and A&P supermarkets teamed up to hold a contest to see who could breed the meatiest, most [Read more]

It’s our third installment of shows about the origins of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Spoiler alert: Many of the real stories are hard to pin [Read more]

This 2019 episode covers Julian of Norwich, a medieval mystic who wrote down her visions, which she called showings. In this episode, we talk about her [Read more]

Tracy talks through the many paths she went down trying to track down Wautier’s birth year. The hosts also discuss Louis Sullivan’s incredibly quotable autobiography. [Read more]