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<p>Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why credit scores are secretly incredibly fascinating.</p><p>Visit <a href="http://sifpod.fun/" target="_blank">http://sifpod.fun/</a> for research sources and for this week's bonus episode.</p><p>Come hang out with us on the SIF Discord: ... Show More

<p>Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why the song "Yakety Sax" is secretly incredibly fascinating.</p><p>Visit <a href="http://sifpod.fun/" target="_blank">http://sifpod.fun/</a> for research sources and for this week's bonus episode.</p><p>Come hang out with us on the SIF Di ... Show More

<p>Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why chopsticks are secretly incredibly fascinating.</p><p>Visit <a href="http://sifpod.fun/" target="_blank">http://sifpod.fun/</a> for research sources and for this week's bonus episode.</p><p>Come hang out with us on the SIF Discord: <a ... Show More

Join us as we dive into the fascinating history of the Empire State Building, one of New York City’s most iconic landmarks. From its rapid construction during the Great Depression to its legacy as a beacon of American engineering, the Empire State Building has captivated millions ... Show More

<p>Exactly 400 years ago, the Dutch West India Company built Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan island, a beacon of power and resilience against threats from Europeans and Indigenous Americans. But how did things change when England invaded in 1664?</p><br><p>Profess ... Show More

In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part I, we chat about our immersive day-long tours of the Fashion Institute of Technology and The Metropolitan Muse ... Show More

This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why New York’s Leaning Skyscrapers Don’t Fall Over". Together, we're dissecting one of NYC's most unusual towers... two skyscrapers that lean into each other - because they have to. This is the story behind the American Copper ... Show More

The Fashion Fête, a three-day event at the Ritz Carlton in New York, began on 4th November, 1914, offering New Yorkers their first glimpse of what we would now understand as a fashion show. With Parisian ateliers shut down due to the First World War, the U.S. editor of Vogue, Edn ... Show More

<p>On paper, a thirty-three-year-old socialist would seem an unlikely contender for mayor of New York City. But Zohran Mamdani’s campaign proved compelling enough to make him the front-runner to lead the largest city in America. On the first in a series of Critics at Large interv ... Show More

Construction of the Virginia headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense began on September 11th, 1941 - spookily, the same date it was attacked by al-Qaeda six decades later.  The massive five-sided building, a potent symbol of America’s military strength, became known as the ... Show More

<p>Albert Bierstadt&rsquo;s story runs counter to the romanticized idea of a passionate starving artist. He was strategic in his career, selecting imagery that he knew would appeal to U.S. audiences, and monetizing his art outside of selling paintings.</p> <p><strong>Research:</s ... Show More

In 1948, the foundation was laid for a “utopian” community of houses designed by a man described as America’s greatest ever architect.Frank Lloyd Wright had been approached by a group who wanted to create a social collective of affordable homes, on land an hour north of New York ... Show More

Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it ... Show More