Stuff You Missed in History Class

Charles Goodyear's work is important to so many things we have in the 21st century. But hi... more

This 2022 episode covers the development of penicillin, which started – but definite... more

Tracy shares stories of her time in London. There is also a discussion of Dorothy Crowfoot... more

After earning her first-class degree in chemistry from Oxford, Dorothy embarked on an impr... more

Dorothy Hodgkin's career in X-ray crystallography impacted a lot of science in the 10th ce... more

This 2023 episode covers Sarah Bradlee Fulton, sometimes called the Mother of the Boston T... more

Tracy talks about her visit to the Bunker Hill monument. She then describes a very early m... more

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in London in the early 18th century, and was known in her lif... more

Very soon after it was completed in 1842, the Bunker Hill monument started to be about a l... more

This 2021 episode talks about several specialists – most with some involvement with ... more

Holly talks about the agreement known as the Pact of the Catacombs and recent developments... more

On September 16, 1890, Louis Le Prince vanished. He was never seen or heard from again.Whi... more

The story of the Roman catacombs is vastly different than that of the catacombs of Paris, ... more

This 2021 episode covers Operation Paperclip, which was the U.S. effort to bring German sc... more

Tracy talks about how she first became interested in Casimir Pulaski's story, and how her ... more

Rebecca Smith Pollard published a book of poems to mark the U.S. centennial in 1876, and a... more

Pulaski is often built up into an almost mythic figure who represents patriotism, bravery,... more

This 2022 episode covers the 1901 discovery of Ada Maria Redpath and her son Jocelyn Cliff... more

Holly and Tracy talk about how frequently the U.S. Post Office has stopped criminals, and ... more

In the early 20th century, Neal's company Force of Life was investigated for fraud. But so... more

E. Virgil Neal’s career started out with writing successful textbooks, but then took... more

This 2022 episode covers Hortense and Marie Mancini, who tried to make a place for themsel... more

Tracy talks about a book that she didn't use for research on Viola Roseboro'. Holly talks ... more

Boyle is frequently described at the first modern chemist, but his work encompassed much m... more

Viola Roseboro’ isn’t well-known today, but she played a big behind-the-scenes... more

This 2016 episode covers the May 30, 1948 flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon. What reall... more

Tracy talks about a strange statement in a paper she read while working on the Carlos J. F... more