History Matters
History Matters: Literally Playing With Fire
This week: the first sale of matches, the start of the Civil War, and a discussion about those all-important small events in history.
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History Matters: Hyman Lipman’s Last Laugh
This week in history: an inventor cashes in on his greatest invention – just in time for the patent to be rescinded.
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History Matters: Saint Patrick, Mister Rogers, and Sergeant Stubby
This week in history: Scott and Aaron remember St. Patrick and Mr. Rogers – as well as a dog who became celebrated as a World War I hero.
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History Matters: Telephones To Help The Deaf?
This week in history: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone, Juliette Low founds the Girl Scouts, and the 1918 flu epidemic begins.
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History Matters: Tenez!
It’s Scott’s birthday! He and Aaron look back on the etymological origin of the word “tennis” and the invention of the modern dishwasher.
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History Matters: If You’ve Ever Been Subject To Long, Rambling Speeches
This week in history: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge sparks the Revolutionary War, and a North Carolina lawmaker inspires a new word.
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History Matters: Godspeed, Enos
This week in history: legendary astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth – with the help of a chimp named Enos.
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History Matters: One-Hit Wonders, Civil Rights, and Speaking Truth to Power
This week: Grant Wood and Abraham Lincoln are born, and a racist incident in South Carolina sparks major civil-rights reform.
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History Matters: Signs of Spring
This week in history: two trailblazing 19th-century female doctors, the Fifteenth Amendment, and the long-neglected groundhog.
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History Matters: Anyone Can Stand Up
This week in history: Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, and the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-in begins.
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