Stuff You Missed in History Class iHeartPodcasts
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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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Sophia Jex-Blake’s Early Education (Part One)
Sophia Jex-Blake was a young English woman who initially pursued a career in teaching before she fell in love with medicine while visiting the U.S. Part one covers the early part of her life and education.
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SYMHC Classics: A Culinary History of Spam
This 2014 episode covers the invention of the canned meat known as Spam. The Hormel Foods product was invented in the 1930s to make use of a surplus of shoulder meat from pigs, and was an instant hit in the U.S. and abroad.
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Mixed Bag of Bananas
Holly and Tracy discuss George Heye using his senior thesis to drink beer and how his collection was almost purchased by Ross Perot. They also discuss Maria Orosa and the types of bananas used to make banana ketchup.
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Maria Y. Orosa & the Food of the Philippines
Maria Ylagan Orosa was born in the Philippines, and she spent her life working to eliminate food insecurity there. She revived the use of locally available ingredients, and wrote recipes that are found in Filipino cuisine today.
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George Gustav Heye
George Gustav Heye’s work in curating a collection of Native American artifacts has enabled many people to learn about indigenous cultures. But his colleting practices and relationship to those cultures are complicated.
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SYMHC Classics: Horace Wells and the Gas War
This 2012 episode from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covers dentist Horace Wells. At an exhibition in 1844 he became certain that nitrous oxide could revolutionize medicine. He tried to demonstrate his findings, but things didn't go as planned.
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Customer Reviews
Used to be much better
Under previous hosts it used to talk about all history, these days it's pretty much American (maybe some other English-language countries) history from the 18th century onwards.
The hosts themselves. I guess for some it's refreshing but the giggling and middle of the road approach doesn't really work for me. They also seem to have a problem with some valid criticism but since I stopped listening to the last minutes where they discuss mail and such that might not be the case anymore.
Overall: early episodes: good. These days: meh.
Charming hosts and rabbit hole worthy content
I ve been a long time listener and tbh the content keeps on getting better. This truly is thé pod for history’s hidden stories. Also, I for one enjoy the broadening of the spectrum of what it means to be ‘hidden’ in history.
The presenters’ charm, wit and diligence are bar none. Keep it up goils!
(Pst, if you write a book, i d buy it!)