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The New-York Historical Society’s public programs podcast features dynamic lectures and conversations presented at New-York Historical’s Robert H. Smith Auditorium. The heart of the public programs is the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series. The New-York Historical Society, a pr…

New-York Historical Society


    • Jun 9, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    Memories of Al Hirschfeld

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2015 58:02


    May 28, 2015 - Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, Robert Osborne, Harold Prince, and Frank Rich explore the caricaturist’s life and legacy through his art, career, and personal relations.

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    Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2014 57:47


    May 13, 2014 - Author Donald L. Miller explores the cultural history of Jazz Age Manhattan, revealing why ambitious innovators of change flocked to the city in the 1920s, transforming America in the process.

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    Culture Shock: New York and Paris, 1913

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 63:19


    January 15, 2014 - Leon Botstein, Principal Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Haskell, Curator at the Whitney Museum, and Dale Marsha Gregory, Vice President for Public Programs at N-YHS discuss the cultural context of...

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    The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 65:04


    January 21, 2014 - Author John Strausbaugh explores the colorful, rowdy, and at times tragic story of the bohemian enclave known as Greenwich Village.

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    From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2013 66:31


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    Larry Kramer and The Normal Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2013 63:10


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    WWII & NYC The Rise and Decline of New York City Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2013 51:12


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    The Draft Riots, Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 69:55


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    Beer Appreciation Night: The History and Renaissance of American Brewing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 58:44


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    The Early Spanish Jews of New York

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2011 55:55


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    Tales of the Grateful Dead and New York

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 53:47


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    Yankee Stadium Forever: The Legends, Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 48:44


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    Longshots and Underdogs: Great Moments in New York Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 61:34


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    Great Historians and Their Influences: An Evening with Annette Gordon Reed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 62:09


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    Homer & Langley

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 58:43


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    Boss Tweed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 64:20


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    David Ruggles and the NYC Underground Railroad

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 58:19


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