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New York State Podcasts

We publish several podcast announcements each week. You can find them all here.

If you produce a podcast about an aspect of New York State and want to have it noticed here, e-mail editor John Warren at nyalmanack@gmail.com

Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit

February 11, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldIn 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue as part of the great European quest to find new routes and shortcuts to the spice islands and territories of Asia.

Spain and Portugal led this quest during the 15th and 16th centuries and their race to access the Asian spice trade caused Columbus to sail unwittingly into the Caribbean and North America.

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Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Christopher Columbus, exploration, history, Maritime History, Podcasts

Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776

February 4, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWhen we think of North America in 1776, our minds take us to the Atlantic seaboard where inhabitants in thirteen colonies fought Great Britain for independence. However, as the American Revolution and its War for Independence raged, events occurred elsewhere in North America that would have important implications for the development of the later United States.

In this episode of the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast, Claudio Saunt, the Richard B. Russell Professor of History at the University of Georgia and author of West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 (W.W. Norton, 2014), joins us to explore events that took place west of the American Revolution. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/014 [Read more…] about Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776

Filed Under: History Tagged With: American Revolution, Ben Franklin’s World, Hispanic History, Indigenous History, Native American History, Podcasts

Delaware & Hudson History On The Historians Podcast

January 30, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Jim Bachorz, publisher of the Bridge Line Historical Society Bulletin, an extensive monthly newsletter that focuses on Delaware & Hudson Railroad (D&H) history and other rail topics. The D&H called itself the Bridge Line linking New York, New England and Canada. Today the railroad is a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway. Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
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Filed Under: History Tagged With: D&H Canal, Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Industrial History, Labor History, Podcasts, The Historians, Transportation

Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

January 28, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldDid you know that some early Americans lived openly in same-sex marriages?

In this episode of the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast, Rachel Hope Cleves, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and author of Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America, will reveal the story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, women who lived openly as a married couple in Weybridge, Vermont between 1807 and 1851. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/013 [Read more…] about Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Ben Franklin’s World, Gender History, Podcasts, Vermont, womens history

Podcast: Nelson Rockefeller With Richard Norton Smith

January 23, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Richard Norton Smith who has spent 14 years writing On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller (Random House, 2014).

Rockefeller was Republican governor of New York State from 1959 to 1973, vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and part of one of America’s most wealthy and influential families. In this interview Smith discusses Rockefeller’s role in destruction of Albany neighborhoods and creation of the Empire State Plaza. He describes Rockefeller’s service as an adviser to three Presidents (two Democrats), his expansion of the state university, his dyslexia, his love of modern art, his failed Presidential bids, the Attica prison uprising and the cover-up surrounding Rockefeller’s death while alone with a female intern. Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
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Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Albany, Art History, Crime and Justice, Nelson Rockefeller, Podcasts, Political History, The Historians

Early United States Trade with China

January 21, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldA mercantile partnership led by Robert Morris sent the Empress of China, a 360-ton ship to Canton, China one month and eight days after the Congress of the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris, 1783.

Why did these merchants look so far east to secure a profitable trade? And why did they attempt such a venture not long after the United States secured its independence from Great Britain?

In this episode of the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast, Dane Morrison, Professor of History at Salem State University and author of True Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity, helps us discover the answers to these questions and more as he leads us on an exploration of the early American trade with China. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/012

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Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Ben Franklin’s World, Maritime History, Material Culture, Podcasts

Historians Podcast: Mario Cuomo, Fonda History

January 16, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on “The Historians” podcast, Barry Wygel of Time Warner Cable TV News and I talk about the legacy of Mario Cuomo, an interview recorded January 1, the night that former Governor Cuomo died. Then it’s on to the Fonda Reformed Church where I gave a history talk January 5 to the Glen-Mohawk Senior Citizens. Stories are told about Elizabeth Luciano, known as Queen Libby of Fonda; a Perth, N.Y. valedictorian whose name may be inscribed on a plaque on the Moon and Washington Frothingham, a preacher and syndicated newspaper columnist who lived in Fonda. Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Mario Cuomo, Montgomery County, Podcasts, Political History, The Historians

The Woodlands Historic Site of Philadelphia

January 14, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWilliam Hamilton built The Woodlands mansion in Philadelphia in the 1760s. The estate stands as a tribute to the significant architectural and botanical contributions Hamilton made to Philadelphia and the young United States, including a part in the Lewis and Clark expedition.

This week on the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast we speak with Jessica Baumert, the Executive Director of The Woodlands Historic Site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/011 [Read more…] about The Woodlands Historic Site of Philadelphia

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Architecture, Ben Franklin’s World, Environmental History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania, Podcasts, Public History

The Orphan Train Experience In NYS

January 9, 2015 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Christina Baker Kline, author of the novel Orphan Train (William Morrow, 2013).

Kline’s book is the 2015 book selection of Amsterdam Reads, based at the Amsterdam Free Library. The orphan trains transported destitute children from New York and other Eastern cities to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. Some of the children were placed on farms in upstate New York, according to Kline. The orphan trains operated between 1853 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 children.

Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
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Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Agricultural History, Amsterdam, Podcasts

British Redcoats of the American Revolution

January 7, 2015 by Liz Covart 1 Comment

ben_franklins_worldWhen we discuss the military history of the American War for Independence, we tend to focus on specific battles or details about the men who served in George Washington’s Continental Army. Rarely do we take the opportunity to ask questions about the approximately 50,000 men who served in the British Army.

In this episode of the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast we speak with Don N. Hagist an independent scholar and author of British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution (Westholme Publishing, 2014). Don leads us on exploration of the “other” men who fought in the American War for Independence, the soldiers in the British Army. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/010 [Read more…] about British Redcoats of the American Revolution

Filed Under: History Tagged With: American Revolution, Ben Franklin’s World, British Army, British Redcoats, Military History, Podcasts

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