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.
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On the show
- Tracy9 eps
- Holly9 eps
Audience Interest
- historical events and figures
- societal impacts of history
Podcast Focus
- exploring lesser-known history
- highlighting unique historical stories
Publishing Consistency
- 1000 episodes produced
- active for 4 years
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Most discussed topics
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Total monthly reach
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By chart position
- 🇺🇸United States · HistoryHOME#17272K to 1.4M
- 🇨🇦Canada · History#473.0K to 16K
- 🇦🇺Australia · History#581.6K to 8.5K
- 🇯🇵Japan · History#561.2K to 6.5K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · History#91691 to 3.7K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
283K to 1.5M🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
943K to 5.0M🇺🇸96%🇨🇦1%🇦🇺1% - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
519K to 2.7M
Market Insights
Platform Distribution
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/28/26 | Bealings Bells | Major Edward Moor reported strange bell ringing at his home in Great Bealings in 1834. Was it a poltergeist, a hoax, or something else? | 34m 59s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | Montague Summers | Montague Summers wrote numerous books on witches, werewolves, vampires, black magic, and ghosts, and he edited and published numerous works and claimed to be a clergyman. But who was he, really? | 35m 27s | ||||||
| 10/24/26 | SYMHC Classics: William Palmer | 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. | 34m 07s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | Behind the Scenes Minis: Delayed News | Tracy talks about the frequency of news from research institutions getting reported years after the fact. She also clears up a misunderstanding Holly had about a painting that was discussed this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 27s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | Unearthed! in October 2026, Part 2 | Part two of the autumn 2026 edition of Unearthed! kicks off with the catch-all potpourri category, then covers edibles and potables, shipwrecks, art, and Halloween-appropriate topics. | 39m 46s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | Unearthed! in October 2026, Part 1 | Part one of this autumn edition of Unearthed! covers updates, medical finds, animals, and lots books and letters. | 36m 05s | ||||||
| 10/17/26 | SYMHC Classics: Original Six Impossible Episodes | This 2015 kickoff to the Six Impossible Episodes series features Stagecoach Mary, Edward Mordrake, Robert the Haunted Doll, the London Beer Flood, the Lost Army of Cambyses and La Maupin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 26m 49s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Behind the Scenes Minis: Pistols and Candy Corn | Holly shares an odd detail about the red barn murder case. She and Tracy also discuss the way Forrest Mars may have affected the way his father's life is described.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 19m 07s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Eponymous Foods: Full Bars | This installment of the eponymous foods series covers candy bars, including Snickers, Mars Bars, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and some side mentions of other candies. | 38m 10s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Red Barn Murder | In the spring of 1828, a news story broke in Suffolk, England about the horrific murder of Maria Marten. Her paramour was the only suspect, but he evaded authorities for some time before he was captured and put on trial. | 35m 40s | ||||||
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| 10/10/26 | SYMHC Classics: Giordano Bruno | 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. | 35m 15s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Behind the Scenes Minis: Martian Skulls | Tracy ponders how Sara Weiss knew some of the things she knew and whether her husband characterized her as less informed than she was. Holly talks about a possible relative of Theophilus Brome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 22m 14s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Two Screaming Skulls | Screaming skull lore is something that is unique to Britain, though specific skull lore varies. The first episode has roots in the English Civil war, and the second is tied to colonialism in the Caribbean and the slave trade. | 33m 29s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Sara Weiss’s Journeys to the Planet Mars | Sara Weiss wrote a lengthy account of life and afterlife on Mars, a place she said she visited through psychic travels starting in 1892. | 39m 45s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | SYMHC Classics: Charles Colchester | This 2021 episode covers Colchester, who claimed to be psychic and may have warned President Abraham Lincoln that he was going to be assassinated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 33m 49s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Behind the Scenes Minis: Lager, Ale, Emo Girl | Tracy talks about how the beer riots may sound silly, but were underpinned by serious issues. Holly talks about the Elizabeth Fry’s daughters polishing their mother’s image when publishing her diaries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 25m 06s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Elizabeth Fry | Elizabeth Fry is lauded as an early 19th century prison reformer. But she had no formal background or training in prison or social work. | 40m 59s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Two Beer Riots | The Munich Beer Riot of 1844 was a reaction to the price of beer set by the Bavarian government. The Lager Beer Riot took place in Chicago in 1855, and was a response to municipal policies put in place by mayor Levi Boone that targeted the city’s Catholic and immigrant populations. | 38m 45s | ||||||
| 9/26/26 | SYMHC Classics: Nuclear Close Calls | This episode from 2017 covers several moments in history when the world came perilously close to a full-scale nuclear war, due to false alarms or miscommunication.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 25m 37s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | Behind the Scenes Minis: Busses and Overpasses | Holly and Tracy unpack the accusation that Robert Moses purposely built overpass bridges too low for busses to drive under them as a way to keep Black New Yorkers away from Jones Beach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 22m 33s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 2 | The second part of our two-parter on Robert Moses looks at the vast amount of power he amassed in New York’s government, and the many controversies that surrounded the second half of his career. | 42m 12s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1 | Robert Moses is responsible for so much of the infrastructure of New York, including parks, bridges, highways and more. And he remains a divisive figure. The first part of this two-parter covers his rise in New York government. | 41m 59s | ||||||
| 9/19/26 | SYMHC Classics: Eradication of Smallpox | 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. | 43m 25s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | Behind the Scenes Minis: Progressive Medicine | Holly talks about the lack information about Pinel’s family, and how much she’d like to see Oscar Wilde use social media. Tracy discusses the way the Cooley episode narrowed down the scope of her originally planned topic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 22m 12s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Coley's Toxins and the Origins of Immunotherapy | William B. Coley started using a bacterial infection to treat cancers in the late 19th century, one of the earliest uses of immunotherapy. | 38m 28s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | Assyrian historyancient rulers+3 | — | Assyrian empire | — | AshurbanipalAssyrian empire+3 | — | 37m 30s | ||
| 9/7/26 | Supreme Court caseschildren's rights+3 | — | U.S. Supreme Court | — | Supreme Courtchildren's rights+3 | — | 41m 15s | ||
| 9/5/26 | Olympe de Gougeswomen's rights+3 | — | Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Citizen | — | Olympe de Gougeswomen's rights+4 | — | 36m 49s | ||
| 9/4/26 | Percy Fawcettspiritualism+3 | — | iHeartPodcasts | — | Percy Fawcettspiritualism+3 | — | 16m 43s | ||
| 9/2/26 | Percy FawcettManuscript 512+4 | — | Manuscript 512 | — | Percy FawcettManuscript 512+5 | — | 37m 11s | ||
| 8/31/26 | Percy Fawcettlost city+3 | — | — | Amazon | Percy FawcettAmazon+4 | — | 34m 06s | ||
| 8/29/26 | milk supplycorruption+3 | — | — | New York | swill milkNew York+4 | — | 39m 22s | ||
| 8/28/26 | historical journalsU.S. flag code+3 | — | Baby AliveU.S. flag code | — | historical journalsU.S. flag code+4 | — | 33m 26s | ||
| 8/26/26 | inventionwomen in history+3 | — | — | New York | Beulah Louise Henryinvention+3 | — | 39m 38s | ||
| 8/24/26 | Typhoid Marypublic health+3 | — | — | — | Mary MallonTyphoid Mary+3 | — | 39m 52s | ||
| 7/20/26 | updatesanimals+3 | — | — | — | unearthedupdates+4 | — | 41m 36s | ||
| 7/18/26 | water resistancegarment manufacturing+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsRaincoats | — | raincoatwater resistant+4 | — | 39m 11s | ||
| 7/17/26 | shoesCharles Goodyear+3 | — | — | — | Charles Goodyearshoes+4 | — | 30m 15s | ||
| 7/15/26 | sneaker historyshoe evolution+3 | — | sneakersleather-soled shoes+1 | — | sneaker historyshoe evolution+3 | — | 46m 21s | ||
| 7/13/26 | vulcanized rubberCharles Goodyear+3 | — | — | — | Charles Goodyearvulcanized rubber+4 | — | 48m 23s | ||
| 7/11/26 | development of penicillinmedical history+3 | — | penicillin | — | penicillinmold+4 | — | 42m 45s | ||
| 7/10/26 | personal storiesmarriage+3 | — | — | London | Dorothy Crowfoot HodgkinLondon+3 | — | 20m 00s | ||
| 7/8/26 | chemistryX-ray crystallography+3 | — | OxfordX-ray crystallography | — | Dorothy Crowfoot HodgkinX-ray crystallography+3 | — | 43m 15s | ||
| 7/6/26 | X-ray crystallographyscientific impact+3 | — | X-ray crystallography | — | Dorothy HodgkinX-ray crystallography+3 | — | 38m 04s | ||
| 7/4/26 | Sarah Bradlee FultonBoston Tea Party+3 | — | — | — | Sarah Bradlee FultonBoston Tea Party+3 | — | 32m 29s | ||
| 6/12/26 | U.S. Post Officecriminals+3 | — | U.S. Post Office | — | U.S. Post Officecriminals+3 | — | 17m 49s | ||
| 6/10/26 | fraudhypnotism+3 | — | Force of Lifecosmetics company | — | E. Virgil Nealhypnotist+3 | — | 41m 22s | ||
| 6/8/26 | hypnotismfraud+3 | — | — | — | E. Virgil Nealhypnotist+3 | — | 35m 28s | ||
| 6/6/26 | Mancini Sisters17th-century Europe+3 | — | — | — | Mancini SistersHortense Mancini+3 | — | 42m 22s | ||
| 6/5/26 | wealth inequalityscience history+3 | — | Viola Roseboro' | — | Apostrophewealth inequality+3 | — | 27m 52s | ||
| 6/3/26 | chemistryhistory of science+3 | — | Royal Society | — | Robert Boylechemistry+3 | — | 44m 17s | ||
| 6/1/26 | American literature19th century+3 | — | — | — | Viola Roseboro'American writers+3 | — | 36m 01s | ||
| 5/30/26 | Vanport FloodOregon history+3 | — | Portland | VanportOregon | Vanportflood+5 | — | 26m 59s | ||
| 5/29/26 | diseasehistory+3 | — | — | — | disease pactCarlos J. Finlay+3 | — | 22m 08s | ||
| 5/27/26 | influential figurestheology+3 | — | — | — | Samuel Hartlib17th century+3 | — | 38m 05s | ||
| 5/8/26 | London intellectualsJohn Graunt+4 | — | London intellectualsdisco balls | — | London intellectualsJohn Graunt+3 | — | 22m 45s | ||
| 5/6/26 | modern inventionshistory+3 | — | — | — | modern inventionshistory+3 | — | 38m 59s | ||
| 5/4/26 | demographyepidemiology+3 | — | — | London | John Grauntdemography+4 | — | 36m 40s | ||
| 5/2/26 | racist violenceRed Summer+4 | — | — | U.S. | Red Summerracism+5 | — | 32m 53s | ||
| 5/1/26 | greeting cardspersonal anecdotes+1 | — | — | — | greeting cardsHolly+3 | — | 25m 54s | ||
| 4/29/26 | violenceBlack community+3 | — | — | Memphis | Memphis MassacreBlack community+3 | — | 40m 49s | ||
| 4/27/26 | greeting cardsfriendship+4 | — | iHeartPodcastsGreeting Cards | — | greeting cardsfriendship tokens+4 | — | 35m 41s | ||
| 4/25/26 | color historylanguage+3 | — | The Color Blue | — | color blueancient languages+3 | — | 40m 09s | ||
| 4/24/26 | AIUnearthed+3 | — | iHeartPodcasts | — | UnearthedAI+3 | — | 23m 06s | ||
| 4/22/26 | archaeologyhistorical analysis+4 | — | Analysis of charred food in pot reveals that prehistoric Europeans had surprisingly complex cuisinesBritish redcoat’s lost memoir reveals harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran+3 | — | archaeologyprehistoric cuisine+4 | — | 38m 48s | ||
| 4/20/26 | updatesmedical+4 | — | — | — | Unearthedupdates+4 | — | 43m 14s | ||
| 4/18/26 | Gustave CourbetRealism+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsRealism | — | Gustave CourbetRealism+3 | — | 40m 52s | ||
| 4/17/26 | Peter Kropotkinanarchism+3 | — | — | — | Kropotkinhistory+3 | — | 17m 29s | ||
| 4/15/26 | Mutual AidPeter Kropotkin+4 | — | Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution | Russia | KropotkinMutual Aid+5 | — | 49m 58s | ||
| 4/13/26 | anarchism19th century+3 | — | — | — | Peter Kropotkinanarchism+3 | — | 45m 03s | ||
| 4/11/26 | labor historyU.S. job market+3 | — | iHeartPodcasts | — | Haymarket Riotlabor history+3 | — | 37m 40s | ||
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Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Key insights
What the show covers
- exploring lesser-known history
- highlighting unique historical stories
- discussing societal implications
- analyzing cultural influences
Audience interests
- historical events and figures
- societal impacts of history
- cultural history insights
- uncommon historical anecdotes
Platform reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- distributed by iHeartRadio
- broad audience potential
- growing listener base expected
Publishing consistency
- 1000 episodes produced
- active for 4 years
- weekly episode release
- consistent content delivery
Chart history for Stuff You Missed in History Class
Peaked at #17 in United States, currently #17 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| HK | — | #32 | #32 | — |
| SG | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| MY | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| Canada | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| NG | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| Japan | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| Australia | — | #58 | #58 | — |
| PE | — | #64 | #64 | — |
| PH | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| AR | — | #80 | #80 | — |
| Mexico | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| IS | — | #101 | #101 | — |
| Ireland | — | #107 | #107 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #114 | #114 | — |
| South Africa | — | #117 | #117 | — |
| Spain | — | #127 | #127 | — |
| Italy | — | #131 | #131 | — |
| TR | — | #133 | #133 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #138 | #138 | — |
Chart Positions
33 placements across 33 markets.
Chart Positions
33 placements across 33 markets.