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The word “riot” here is really a misnomer. This conflict wasn’t so much about property damage as it was about attacking people. It also wasn’t really about the zoot suits – although they had come to symbolize A LOT in Los Angeles when this happened. Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

Zoot Suit Riots

2018-08-1300:37:494

Today's classic revisits an episode from Sarah and Deblina. Hedy Lamarr was an extraordinarily beautiful film star, but she wasn't just another pretty face. In this podcast, Sarah and Deblina recount Hedy's biography and her little-known career as an inventor.Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

SYMHC: Hedy Lamarr and Wireless Technology

2018-08-1100:23:186

Levi’s story is historically interesting because it touches on a lot of important moments in U.S. history. His business was tied to the California Gold Rush, the U.S. Civil War and American clothing culture.Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

Levi Strauss

2018-08-0800:47:015

We’re coming up on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Amiens, near the end of World War I. Amiens was the start of what came to be known as the 100 Days Offensive, which was the Allies’ final push to win the war. Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

Battle of Amiens

2018-08-0600:29:366

Today's episode revisits a Sarah and Deblina episode about historical hoaxes. For example, a N.Y. cigar maker once commissioned a gypsum skeleton to pass off as a 10-foot-tall petrified man called the Cardiff Giant. Join Deblina and Sarah as they explore the Cardiff Giant, Clever Hans, the Cottingley Fairies, Mary Toft's bunny births and David Wyrick and the the Newark Holy Stones.Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

SYMHC Classics: 5 Historical Hoaxes

2018-08-0400:32:041

John Quincy Adams probably comes to mind as the son of second U.S. President John Adams, and the 6th president of the U.S. But he and his wife, Louisa Catharine Johnson Adams worked in the realm of international diplomacy for years before his presidency.Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams Abroad

2018-08-0100:44:309

Continuing the 2018 mid-year edition of unearthed goodies, this episode will cover shipwrecks, exhumations, repatriations, and edibles and potables. Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

Unearthed! in July, 2018, Part 2

2018-07-3000:35:595

Today's show revisits a 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork dam gave way, sending 20 million tons of water rushing toward Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The water swept up everything in its path, and it only took about 10 minutes to wash away Johnstown. But was nature solely to blame?Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

SYMHC Classics: The Johnstown Flood

2018-07-2800:22:288

The July edition of Unearthed! is a two-parter this year. We’re breaking with tradition and starting with a few things that happened at the very end of 2017 but missed the cutoff for our 2017 episodes. We’ve also got some finds that institutions unearthed in their own collections, along with books and letters, beads, and some other things. Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

Unearthed! in July, 2018, Part 1

2018-07-2500:38:097

Jason is back to talk about his follow-up to his book "Rejected Princesses." This one is called "Tough Mothers" and it's all about feisty, smart and surprising nurturers.Learn more about advertising on the HowStuffWorks podcasts at www.howstuffworks.com/advertisers.htmAnd to learn about your ad choices when listening to podcasts, visit https://www.howstuffworks.com/privacy.htm#ad-choices

Author Jason Porath: Tough Mothers

2018-07-2300:59:536

Comments (25)

J Bunker

Lowland Scots primarily spoke Scots, not English. Gaelic is not pronounced 'gay-lik', its closer to 'gah-lik'.

Jul 30th

Emily Holz

unless picked up as a kitten feral cats are not able to be domesticated

Jul 25th

Stephanie Mitchell

The movie got made! It's called Queen of the Desert.

Jul 21st

Kimberly Falkowski

wish they would slow down.

Jul 20th

Bobbie Brooks

I'm really surprised that Missouri didn't uphold slavery. The Little Town I grew up in called New Haven Missouri There was a well off Family Called Trails Hill that family had a tunnel that went under the road and straight to the Missouri River they helped runaway slaves My Great Granny worked for them and so did her children my Grandma Dorthy my Mom worked there Those Trails people remind me of the Walton's lol. It pays to listen to family background

Jul 18th

Gracie Kinnaman

I love this one! I've lived in Tulsa all my life and I had never heard of the Tulsa Race Riot until last year when my class went to the Jewish museum and the curator brought it up. I'm exited because at school we get to learn about it this year. Thank you for talking about the Tulsa Race Riot. Have a Hood day.

Jul 11th

Kurtis Rose

Nails on a chalkboard

Jul 9th

M. S.

I listened to "How the Berlin Wall Worked" and only learned that Kennedy may have said he was a jelly doughnut in German. Waist of my time.

Jul 5th

Vee Barea

its surprising how something for us is common sense , it was out of the box thinking then. she was an amazing woman, much enjoyed this podcast, thank you

Jul 2nd

Yahaira Cope

This was great! I've had two children and I thank for her all her work!

Jun 30th

Jamie Reid

The guardian

Jun 28th

Christina Hughes

I really enjoy the podcasts. This has made my daily commute much easier!

Jun 26th

Sanford Schimel

Also, Rosa Parks perhaps got more credit than she deservedParks did not originate the idea of protesting segregation with a bus sit-in. Those preceding her included Bayard Rustin in 1942,[39] Irene Morgan in 1946, Lillie Mae Bradford in 1951,[40] Sarah Louise Keys in 1952, and the members of the ultimately successful Browder v. Gayle 1956 lawsuit (Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, and Mary Louise Smith) who were arrested in Montgomery for not giving up their bus seats months before Parks. According to Wikipedia, several people preceded her in refusing to move. "Parks did not originate the idea of protesting segregation with a bus sit-in. Those preceding her included Bayard Rustin in 1942,[39] Irene Morgan in 1946, Lillie Mae Bradford in 1951,[40] Sarah Louise Keys in 1952, and the members of the ultimately successful Browder v. Gayle 1956 lawsuit (Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, and Mary Louise Smith) who were arrested in Montgomery for not giving up their bus seats months before Parks."

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Angela Dixon

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Amtoj Singh

hey

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Zoltan Janicsek

May 29th

Ann Nookaw

I'd love to listen, but that squeeky voice is painful.

May 20th

Ted Jordan

good show

Cheek Family Adventures

I love this show. The episodes are interesting and are usually things I know little to nothing about. And I don't find their voices annoying at all.

May 16th

Jillian Rausa

You should talk about the colonization history of the Philippines! May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

May 4th

Stuff You Missed in History Class