Ghost Stories by Gaslight with the Bowery Boys
Join Greg Young and Tom Meyers of the Bowery Boys for this spooky journey back to Old New York, a gaslit city where so much happened…
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#139
Battlefields to Ballrooms: How the Civil War Influenced the Gilded Age
Returning guest historian and author Connor Williams returns to The Gilded Gentleman table for an in-depth, insightful discussion of the Civil War's influence on the Gilded Age, an…
#138
Creating Victoria Woodhull: Gilded Age Presidential Candidate 1872
Victoria Woodhull was one of the Gilded Age's most challenging, revolutionary, outspoken, and certainly fascinating figures. Considered by some to be the first woman to run for…
#137
Beans and Brahmins: Boston in the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was not limited to New York. While New York was unquestionably the center of financial and social power, other cities developed differently during the 19th…
Buying and Selling the News in the Gilded Age
Join Michael Morgenthal, veteran journalist, writer, and professional tour guide, for this journey through the news process of late 19th-century New York. Michael shares how the Gilded Age…
#136
Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy
In 1894, Madeline Pollard was the most famous woman in America. Her name was splashed across newspaper headlines, and the public hung on every word she…