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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

 

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SYMHC Classics: S.S. Arctic

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

Yesterday

25 MINS

25:04

Yesterday


#2561

Behind the Scenes Minis: The Grisly Shipwreck

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

26 Sep 2025

15 MINS

15:22

26 Sep 2025


#2560

Géricault and the Raft of the Medusa (Part 2)

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

24 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:47

24 Sep 2025


#2559

Medusa Shipwreck (Part 1)

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

22 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:26

22 Sep 2025


#2558

SYMHC Classics: Chesapeake Bay Oyster Wars

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

20 Sep 2025

25 MINS

25:03

20 Sep 2025


#2557

Behind the Scenes Minis: Math and Falsehoods

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

19 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:48

19 Sep 2025


#2556

Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton

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

17 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:56

17 Sep 2025


#2555

Augustin Jean Fresnel

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

15 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:28

15 Sep 2025


#2554

SYMHC Classics: Max von Pettenkofer

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

13 Sep 2025

31 MINS

31:40

13 Sep 2025


#2553

Behind the Scenes Minis: All Things Clean

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

12 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:50

12 Sep 2025


#2552

William Firth Wells and Mildred Weeks Wells

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

10 Sep 2025

46 MINS

46:09

10 Sep 2025


#2551

A History of Soap

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

08 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:05

08 Sep 2025


#2550

SYMHC Classics: John Dalton

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

06 Sep 2025

34 MINS

34:06

06 Sep 2025


#2549

Behind the Scenes Minis: Jane and the Clicker

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

05 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:04

05 Sep 2025


#2548

TV Remotes

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

03 Sep 2025

42 MINS

42:23

03 Sep 2025


#2547

Jane Cunningham Croly, aka Jennie June

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

01 Sep 2025

35 MINS

35:20

01 Sep 2025


#2546

SYMHC Classics: Rabies

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

30 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:11

30 Aug 2025


#2545

Behind the Scenes Minis: Graffiti Animals

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

29 Aug 2025

23 MINS

23:39

29 Aug 2025


#2544

Six Impossible Episodes: The Dickin Medal

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

27 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:29

27 Aug 2025


#2543

The Slow Invention of Spray Paint

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

25 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:59

25 Aug 2025


#2542

SYMHC Classics: Eunice Newton Foote

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

23 Aug 2025

39 MINS

39:08

23 Aug 2025


#2541

Behind the Scenes Minis: Estevan and Fury

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

22 Aug 2025

22 MINS

22:50

22 Aug 2025