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Transcriptions of Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast

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Transcript of Introducing a New Season of Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Hey, SYMIHC fans! In case you haven’t heard, we recently launched a new season of Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin. Since you love [receiving show], we think you’ll like this one too. This season of Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin kicks off with Kristen Bell. Check it out!  If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to listen and subscribe to Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 38:51
  • 2K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Unearthed! Year-end 2020, Part 1

Time for a wrap up of things unearthed in the last quarter of 2020! Part one includes updates, books and letters, Vikings, mummies, and some other stuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 45:16
  • 2K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of SYMHC Classics: Knitting's Early History

This 2016 classic delves into knitting. which has been around for a long time. Exactly how long isn't entirely clear, but we do know a good bit about how knitting has traveled with us humans through time. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 40:08
  • 1.8K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Jean-Baptiste Denis and the Blood Transfusion Race, 2

Denis made several missteps - some of them criminal - as he tried to prove his superior knowledge in the science of transfusion. Due to his hubris and enemies in the medical community, he found himself involved in a court case that took a very strange turn. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 40:26
  • 1.8K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Jean-Baptiste Denis and the Blood Transfusion Race, 1

In the 17th century, Europe was obsessed with science – and very competitively so. When it came to blood transfusions, there was a great deal of conflict in France's scientific community. And Jean-Baptiste Denis was right in the middle of it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 33:42
  • 1.9K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of SYMHC Classics: The Unsinkable Violet Jessop

This 2015 episode covers the story of Violet Jessop, who was a shipwreck survivor -- several times over. She traveled the world aboard some of the most famous ocean liners of all time. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 28:26
  • 2K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Scurvy

Scurvy is a deficiency in vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, and its story goes way back in history – all the way to our evolutionary ancestors living more than 60 million years ago.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 44:52
  • 2.2K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Wilfrid Voynich

We’ve talked about the Voynich manuscript many times over the years, but the man for whom the manuscript is named has his own fascinating story. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 41:28
  • 2K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of The Creation of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

Most of us grew up with the story of the sweet little reindeer that was picked on by his peers, and becomes the hero who saves Christmas. But Rudolph is unique in that he became part of Christmas tradition almost the moment he was introduced in 1939. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 44:39
  • 1.9K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of O. Henry

O. Henry’s writing is taught in many schools because of his stories like “Gift of the Magi,” but it’s rarely mentioned that during his life, he fled to Honduras to avoid prosecution for embezzlement.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 43:18
  • 1.9K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of SYMHC Classics: Eggnog Riot

This classic is from 2014. In 1826, liquor was forbidden at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Cadets smuggled alcohol into the barracks anyway, and a defiant Christmas party turned into a riot when two officers attempted to break up the festivities. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 31:23
  • 1.7K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Behind the Scenes Minis: Lost Cause and the Constitution

Tracy and Holly discuss the difficulty people may have with Civil War history and how surprisingly exciting Constitutional scholarship can be. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 14:02
  • 2.1K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of Interview: Kerry Sautner of the National Constitution Center

Holly is joined by Kerry Sautner, Chief Learning Officer of the National Constitution Center, to discuss the museum's mission, unlikely career paths to history, and how talking about the Constitution brings people together. You can visit the National Constitution Center at: https://constitutioncenter.org/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 56:01
  • 1.9K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of The Lost Cause

The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy was a distortion of the history of the U.S. Civil War that’s still affecting the world today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 49:23
  • 4K views
  • Published almost 5 years ago

Transcript of SYMHC Classics: Maccabean Revolt

Were revisiting a 2016 episode about the uprising of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire during the Hellenistic period, which is an integral part of the Hanukkah story. After the restoration of Jewish religious freedom, the Maccabees started another revolt to obtain total independence. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 31:21
  • 2.3K views
  • Published about 5 years ago

Transcript of Introducing The Ten News - Interview with host Bethany Van Delft

Stuff You Missed in History Class host Holly Frey interviews The TEN News host Bethany Van Delft. The TEN News is 10 minutes of news and information for curious kids ages 8-12 (and their parents are allowed to listen, too). Each episode looks at what's happening in the world and provides context and reporting on the stories kids want to know more about. Informative and fun, New episodes of The Ten News publish every Tuesday and Thursday. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 08:32
  • 2.2K views
  • Published about 5 years ago

Transcript of A Brief and Yummy History of Waffles

Waffles are popular and commonplace on tables and as street food around the world, but they’ve evolved a lot over time to become the syrup vehicle most of us think of them as.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 36:21
  • 2.2K views
  • Published about 5 years ago

Transcript of Ibn al-Haytham, First Scientist

Ibn al-Haytham made massive contributions to the world’s understanding of light and vision through experiments that he did during a prolonged house arrest in the early 11th century. He also wrote about medicine, philosophy, astronomy, math and ethics.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 35:55
  • 1.8K views
  • Published about 5 years ago

Transcript of Behind the Scenes Minis: Thorpe and Poinsett

Tracy and Holly discuss the issue of final resting places illustrated by Jim Thorpe's story, the pronunciation of poinsettia, and plant toxicity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 14:58
  • 2.1K views
  • Published about 5 years ago

Transcript of Joel Roberts Poinsett

Poinsett was a statesman who was connected to some very important moments in our nation’s history, with mixed results. He’s also credited with introducing the holiday plant named after him – the poinsettia – into the U.S. from Mexico.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  • 40:18
  • 2.1K views
  • Published about 5 years ago
Description of 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.