Stuff You Missed in History Class

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/

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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 65 days 17 hours 19 minutes

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Everest: Getting to the Top of the World, Pt. 1

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Once a British survey effort identified Peak XV of the Himalayan range as the highest point on Earth, a committee was formed with one goal: Get to the top. Early expeditions gathered data and made runs up the mountain, until WWII put a halt to things. He


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She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own family. She also was not a real-life Elizabeth Bennett. Jane Austen's life was very different from any of her heroines.


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 March 5, 2014  42m
 
 

It's the Jane Austen Episode!

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She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own family. She also was not a real-life Elizabeth Bennett. Jane Austen's life was very different from any of her heroines. Here's a link to our show notes.


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 March 5, 2014  36m
 
 

The Peralta Grant and the Baron of Arizona


In the 1880s, James Reavis launched one of the most ambitious fraud schemes of all time when he claimed a huge part of the Arizona Territory as his own. He forged and planted evidence to back up his claim and came to be called the Baron of Arizona.


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 March 3, 2014  36m
 
 

The Peralta Grant and the Baron of Arizona

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In the 1880s, James Reavis launched one of the most ambitious fraud schemes of all time when he claimed a huge part of the Arizona Territory as his own. He forged and planted evidence to back up his claim and came to be called the Baron of Arizona. Here'


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 March 3, 2014  30m
 
 

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters


The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters became the first African-American labor union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor. What started as a campaign for more money and better treatment became an important force for social change.


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 February 26, 2014  37m
 
 

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters became the first African-American labor union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor. What started as a campaign for more money and better treatment became an important force for social change.


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 February 26, 2014  31m
 
 

The Disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater


The 1930 vanishing of Joseph Force Crater is considered one of the largest missing person cases in U.S. history, and has fueled decades of speculation about what exactly happened to the New York State Supreme Court justice.


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 February 24, 2014  35m
 
 

The Disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater

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The 1930 vanishing of Joseph Force Crater is considered one of the largest missing person cases in U.S. history, and has fueled decades of speculation about what exactly happened to the New York State Supreme Court justice.


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 February 24, 2014  27m
 
 

Maurice Duplessis, 'Le Chef' of Quebec, Pt. 2


While Duplessis had ingratiated himself to voters as a man of the people, he was not exactly viewed as a saint. He’s often described as a man who wanted to be both loved and feared, and numerous controversies are associated with him.


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 February 19, 2014  28m