Stuff you Missed in History Class
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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The Oregon Trail: An Interview With Rinker Buck
Author Rinker Buck's new book details the trip he and ...
Author Rinker Buck's new book details the trip he and his brother Nick made along the Oregon Trail. Holly chatted with Buck about his journey, his writing and his love of history.
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Lisztomania
Franz Liszt was a pianist, a composer and a conductor, ...
Franz Liszt was a pianist, a composer and a conductor, and basically the first rock star who drove fans into fits of swooning and screaming. Some fans even stole the detritus of his life (unfinished coffee, broken piano strings) to carry with them.
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Six More Impossible Episodes
These are six (more) subjects frequently requested by listeners, but ...
These are six (more) subjects frequently requested by listeners, but that aren't really workable as stand-alone episodes for one reason or another. From Sybil Ludington to Elizabeth Bathory, you'll get a little about each of these six popular topics.
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The Black Hole of Calcutta
In 1756, after a skirmish between the British East India ...
In 1756, after a skirmish between the British East India Company and the nawab of Bengal, dozens of captives were put into a holding cell intended for only a few people overnight. Most of them didn't make it out alive.
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Asia and the New World: An Interview with Dennis Carr
It's easy to think of globalization as a new invention, ...
It's easy to think of globalization as a new invention, but it really has its roots in the 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts Boston curator Dennis Carr talks to us about Asian influences on art in the colonial Americas thanks to this global trade.
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Emmy Noether, Mathematics Trailblazer
In the early 20th century in Germany, Emmy Noether pursued ...
In the early 20th century in Germany, Emmy Noether pursued a career in mathematics, despite many obstacles in her path. She became one of the most respected members of her field, and developed mathematical theory that's still important today.
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The Unsinkable Violet Jessop
We love to talk about shipwrecks, but Violet Jessop was ...
We love to talk about shipwrecks, but Violet Jessop was a shipwreck survivor -- several times over. She traveled the world aboard some of the most famous ocean liners of all time.
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The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
In fall of 1778, British forces shifted their efforts in ...
In fall of 1778, British forces shifted their efforts in the American Revolutionary War to the southern states. Major General Nathaniel Greene and his troops went up against Charles Cornwallis in a battle that was won on a technicality.
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The Franco-Mexican Pastry War
When a French pastry chef complained to King Louis-Phillippe that ...
When a French pastry chef complained to King Louis-Phillippe that his shop in Mexico was destroyed in a riot, it catalyzed a conflict between the two nations. But the military action of the Pastry War was really about a trade agreements and unpaid debts.
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Good Humor v. Popsicle
There was a time when Popsicle and Good Humor couldn’t ...
There was a time when Popsicle and Good Humor couldn’t stop suing one another about frozen treats on sticks. Many legal battles were fought over milk fat, the shapes of the desserts and the definition of the word "sherbet."
