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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.

    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.

    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...

    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.

    From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2013 66:31


    Larry Kramer and The Normal Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2013 63:10


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2013 51:12


    The Draft Riots, Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 69:55


    Beer Appreciation Night: The History and Renaissance of American Brewing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 58:44


    The Early Spanish Jews of New York

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2011 55:55


    Tales of the Grateful Dead and New York

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 53:47


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 48:44


    Longshots and Underdogs: Great Moments in New York Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 61:34


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 62:09


    Homer & Langley

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 58:43


    Boss Tweed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 64:20


    David Ruggles and the NYC Underground Railroad

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 58:19


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