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
Super interesting
I love this podcast and have been listening to it for years. I look forward to learning about new fascinating people every week. Even the most difficult subject are explained in a way that it’s easy to understand. I also enjoy that the podcast covers subject from all over the world and helps me broaden my horizon. Thanks for teaching me so much that I definitely missed in history class.
Shockingly dull.
I used to suffer from insomnia until I listened to this pod cast. It’s a brilliant story but this isn’t it. The delivery is turgid, it would be difficult to tell it in a slower and more disinterested delivery. Best avoided.
Used to be great
Quality of the content has somehow got a lot worse over the past few years. Hosts are okay.