Stuff You Missed in History Class

This 2020 episode covers direct action demonstrations and protests that have some similari... more

Holly talks about her gardening efforts and an amusing machine reading error. Tracy talks ... more

The epizootic of 1872 was a massive outbreak of a flulike illness primarily among horses i... more

The practice of growing plants in water rather than soil isn't new, though early examples ... more

This 2021 episode covers William Montague Cobb, who was the first Black person in the U.S.... more

Tracy discusses the inherent challenge of talking about topics that relate to current even... more

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams is often described as the first person to successfully perform an... more

The 1898 supreme court case called United States vs. Wong Kim Ark had affected enforcement... more

This 2021 episode covers the Chinese Exclusion Act, the United States’ first major i... more

Tracy shares how much she loves the work of Helen McNicoll and how the gaps in her biograp... more

Ada Coleman was head bartender at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London in the ear... more

Helen McNicoll was a Canadian painter who had a significant influence on the rise of Impre... more

This 2016 episode looks at the beginning of Denmark's monarchy and its link to two large r... more

Tracy talks about the way she usually handles names in episodes, and how Icelandic naming ... more

The Isles of Scilly were part of one of the longest wars in human history, but the main re... more

Jón Arason was the last Catholic bishop in Iceland before it became a Lutheran coun... more

This 2018 episode covers Christine de Pizan, who wrote verse, military manuals, and treati... more

Holly and Tracy talk about the spiky parts of Tamara de Lempicka's life story. They also d... more