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SYMHC Classics: Three Legendary Pranks | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS This 2021 episode covers three prank stories, including a joke that became a living legend, a large-scale prank that created havoc, and a televised hoax that reminds us all of the importance of critical thinking.
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Embroidery Love Letter | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS Holly talks about the various inspirations for her love of embroidery. Tracy shares her experiences with movies and her cat while embroidering.
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Embroidery History Sampler, Part 2 | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS The second part of the discussion of embroidery history covers blackwork and Opus Anglicanum, then embroidery samplers and beetle-wing embroidery. Research
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📰 Mentioned news: Bayeux tapestry to be insured for £800m for British Museum exhibition.
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Embroidery History Sampler, Part 1 | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS The first installment of this two-parter covers ancient embroidery around the world, and then focuses on European embroidery, Chinese dragon robes, and the Bayeux Tapestry.
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📰 Mentioned news: Bayeux tapestry to be insured for £800m for British Museum exhibition.
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Guest: SYMHC Classics
SYMHC Classics: Paul Cuffe | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS This 2020 episode covers Paul Cuffe, who protested taxation, built wealth for himself in whaling, became a Quaker and used his fortune for the betterment of others. He also advocated creating a colony in Africa for of African ancestry to immigrate to.
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Behind the Scenes Minis: This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS Tracy talks about the events that happened in the gap between writing the latest Unearthed episode and recording it. Holly shares thoughts about art heists.
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Unearthed Year-end 2025, Part 2 | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS Discussion of things literally or figuratively unearthed in the last quarter of 2025 continues. It begins with potpourri then covers tools, Neanderthals, edibles and potables, art, shipwrecks, medical finds, and repatriations.
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📄 Mentioned papers: doi:10.1093/hisres/htaf029
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Unearthed Year-end 2025, Part 1 | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS The show's coverage of things literally or figuratively unearthed in the last quarter of 2025 begins with updates, books and letters, animals, and just one exhumation.
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📄 Mentioned papers: doi:10.1093/hisres/htaf029
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Guest: SYMHC Classics
SYMHC Classics: P.A.R.C. and Mills | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS This 2015 episode covers the lack of access to public education for children with disabilities in the U.S. until 1975. Original Air Date: January 10, 2026
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Bad Goals and Spirit Clothes | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS Tracy discusses film ratings and the bias behind them. Talk then turns to clothing in the afterlife. Original Air Date: January 9, 2026
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Guest: Jean Baptiste
Jean Baptiste: Grave Robber at Large | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS Jean Baptiste's crime of robbing graves shocked Salt Lake City in the 1860s. This history mystery offers insight into the way a community deals with the unthinkable.
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SYMHC Classics: Andrew Crosse | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS This 2021 episode covers Andrew Crosse, who observed a strange thing happening on an electrified rock in his lab in the early 1800s, and was catapulted into the public spotlight.
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Bullet Journal Dinosaur | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS Holly and Tracy talk about the pros and cons of self-help writing and whether Ben Franklin would like bullet journaling. They then talk about a past trip they took to Walt Disney World.
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New Year’s Eve Iguanodon Party | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS In 1853, a high-profile London dinner party was held inside a life-sized mold of an iguanodon. Research Cain, Joe. “New Year’s Eve Dinner in the Iguanodon at Crystal Palace 31 December 1853.” Cain, Joe. “Top Questions About New Year’s Eve Dinner in Iguanodon at Crystal Palace.” Carlson, Laura. “Episode 5: A Victorian Dinosaur Dinner.” The Feast. Friends of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
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📰 Mentioned news: Article on theconversation.com
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Self-help Books Throughout History | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS The origins of self-help writing are often traced back to ancient times. This episode talks through some early versions of it, the goal-setting advice of a founding father, and the beginnings of the modern self-help genre.
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📄 Mentioned papers: A Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep Revisited.
📰 Mentioned news: Can positive thinking be negative?
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