Classics

SYMHC Classics: William Palmer

Stuff You Missed in History Class · Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 · 34 min

This 2021 episode covers William Palmer, who was convicted in 1855 as a poisoner though there wasn't any hard evidence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SYMHC Classics: Eradication of Smallpox

Stuff You Missed in History Class · Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 · 43 min

This 2021 episode covers smallpox, a viral disease that has existed for millennia. But it’s now one of only two diseases that’s been eradicated through human activity, and a global plan was enacted to do it.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SYMHC Classics: Giordano Bruno

Stuff You Missed in History Class · Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 · 35 min

This 2022 episode covers Giordano Bruno, a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic church of 16th-century Italy, a heretic. He met a bad end because of his views, but he started out as a friar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.