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SYMHC Classics: Hypatia

This 2013 episode covers Hypatia, one of the earliest female mathematicians and astronomers....

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Shakespearean Floorboards

Tracy explains why there aren't any repatriations or exhumations in this week's edition of...

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Unearthed! in Fall/Winter 2023, Part 2

  Finishing out discussion of things literally and figuratively dug up in the last months of...

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Unearthed! in Fall/Winter 2023, Part 1

We're closing out the last three months of 2023 by talking about things literally and...

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SYMHC Classics: Benjamin Banneker

This 2013 episode covers Benjamin Banneker, a man of color in Colonial America who became an...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Wow, Phones

Holly and Tracy talk about how actuarial science informs other fields, the book "The Player," and...

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The Birth of Actuarial Science and Life Insurance, Pt. 2

As life insurance and assurance became more common, companies that offered coverage ran into in...

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The Birth of Actuarial Science and Life Insurance, Pt. 1

Actuarial science is all about calculating risk – risk of injury, illness, death, risk of market...

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SYMHC Classics: Alfred Wegener

This 2019 episode covers the career Alfred Wegener had outside of his ideas around what we now...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Planning for Pigeons

Holly and Tracy talk about the new year and the ways they use calendars. Tracy mentions the birds...

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The Great English Sparrow War

In the 19th century, a heated dispute arose over the house sparrow and its introduction into...

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Almanacs and Day Planners

People have kept diaries and recorded notes since writing was invented. But planners as we think...

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Holiday Bonus: Brief History of Gin

For New Year's Eve, we're resharing our Sept 2021 episode on the history of gin. Happy New Year...

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SYMHC Classics: Iroquois Theater Fire

In 2014, the show covered the 1903 fire at the new Iroquois Theater. The horrible, incredibly...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Mixed Opinions

Differing points of view regarding the Stone of Scone are discussed. Tracy also shares thoughts...

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The Banu Musa

The Banū Mūsā were three brothers who lived in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age. Among their...

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The Stone of Scone Heist

On Christmas day in 1950, the Stone of Scone was removed, heist-style, from Westminster Abbey....

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Holiday Bonus: Krampus & Friends

For Christmas Eve, we’re sharing our 2016 episode about holiday figures from around the world....

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SYMHC Classics: John Wilkins and His Moon Plans

This 2019 episode covers John Wilkins who planned out what he thought it would take for humans to...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Frozen Ice Hedda

 Tracy talks about not seeing a frozen body of water that could support a person as a kid. Holly...

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