Stuff You Missed in History Class

This 2014 episode covers the collision of the S.S. Arctic with another ship in a fog in 18... more

Holly talks about the many survivor accounts of the Medusa shipwreck, which were questione... more

In the aftermath of the shipwreck, France was scandalized by what had happened as the deta... more

The first episode of this two-parter covers the French mission to Senegal that the frigate... more

This 2013 episode covers the years after the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War when ... more

Holly shares a story about Augustin Fresnel's early career. Tracy discusses an article cri... more

Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton is known as one of the earliest Mexican-American authors publi... more

Augustin Fresnel didn’t live a long life, but he contributed significantly to the un... more

This 2020 episode talks about how Pettenkofer's ideas about cholera's spread weren’t... more

Tracy talks about her background writing copy for sanitation and cleaning products. She an... more

Husband-and-wife team William Firth Wells and Mildred Weeks Wells conducted research that ... more

All over the world, for all of human history – and probably going back to our earlie... more

This 2021 episode covers John Dalton, famous for his work in atomic theory. But he wrote o... more

Holly talks about nebulous passages in the writing of Jane Croly and her brother. Tracy an... more

The initial time period where a TV remote control was developed was pretty short. And it s... more

Jane Cunningham Croly, who wrote under the pen name Jennie June, was a journalist who advo... more

This 2022 episode discusses how modern rabies prophylaxis is almost 100% effective at prev... more

Holly talks about the arguments she found online about whether graffiti is art. Tracy talk... more

Maria Dickin wanted to raise the status of animals in society and bring more awareness to ... more

The possible contenders for the title of inventor of spray paint were actually working acr... more

This 2021 episode covers Eunice Newton Foote, who became the first person to make a connec... more

Tracy discusses the concept of race as it has and hasn't existed in European history. Both... more