A Podcast by Carl Raymond
She was a Gilded Age society beauty. He was a New York architect passionate about preserving the city’s past. When John Singer Sargent accepted the commission to paint their portrait as…
Of all the balls and parties thrown during the Gilded Age, the extravagant evening hosted by Bradley and Cornelia Martin at the Waldorf in 1897 was perhaps the…
Who doesn’t like to get a valentine perhaps from a mysterious admirer? Well, the practice of sending valentines goes back centuries and as we will see, valentines…
In addition to making a social statement through one’s designer gowns from the great Paris couture houses, Gilded Age hostesses made sure that in addition to…
Carl and his guest, vintage cocktail event curator, Don Spiro, take a look at the myths and magic of champagne, the world's most elegant drink. Champagne is unquestionably…
To celebrate the holiday season and ring in the new year, join me and listener favorite guest Don Sprio for an encore presentation of our episode on…
Grace Church, a soaring neo-Gothic church built in 1846 still sits today at the famous bend in Broadway at 11th Street. Throughout the 19th century it was in many…
The world of Vienna at the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th was a world of change. New design, new fashion and new…
Join Carl and Dr. MIchael Carter, Senior Properties Historian for English Heritage to celebrate an English country Christmas. Carl and Michael center their discussion on Wrest Park, home to the De…
This Fall's Broadway season includes the opening of a new revival of the classic musical GYPSY: A Musical Fable by Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. This…
David Belasco, playwright, producer, impresario, theatre manager and theatrical visionary, was one of the most important names in the world of the Gilded Age stage. Beginning his life…
Along with their acclaimed novels and short works of fiction, Henry James and Edith Wharton both extensively explored the genre of the ghost story. Ghost stories along with the fiction of the Victorian…