#64
Jay Gould at Home: Life at Lyndhurst Mansion
Financier Jay Gould was one of the most famous and infamous of the Gilded Age robber barons. He was ruthless in his business dealings, tangled with the Vanderbilt for control…
Episodes
#63
The Gilded Age Cookbook: A Conversation with author Becky Diamond
Join author Becky Diamond and Carl for a true Gilded Age feast! Carl and Becky enjoy a hearty and delicious conversation on all aspects of dining during this opulent…
#62
Black Gotham: Origins of Gilded Age New York’s Black Elite
Esteemed author and scholar, Dr. Carla Peterson joins The Gilded Gentleman to share her research and perspective on the growth and development of the prosperous black professional class…
#57
The ‘Real’ Buccaneers: Gilded Age Million Dollar Princesses
This episode takes a look at how and why a large number of young American women of the Gilded Age sought marriages among the European nobility. Many…
#56
Venetian Days: Henry James and Friends on the Grand Canal
A look at Venice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a view into a unique community of artists and writers that came to be known…
#50
Whitman and Wilde Part 2: Oscar Wilde in New York, 1882
In this second part of our special celebration of this month of Pride, The Gilded Gentleman moves the story ahead to the height of the Gilded Age…
#49
Whitman and Wilde Part 1: Walt Whitman in New York, 1855
In celebration of this month of Pride, this two-part show takes a look at two revolutionary writers, Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde, a surprising meeting they actually had, the times in…
#46
Crown & Sceptre: The Coronation Show with Tracy Borman
Take a fascinating journey back in time to revisit a few British royal rulers past and present with an intimate look at their reigns as well…
#42
Fighting Poverty with Her Pen: Gilded Age Journalist Zoe Anderson Norris
While the Gilded Age rich and powerful ruled from their mansions on Fifth Avenue far uptown, the poor and immigrant community downtown struggled simply to survive. Arriving in…
#38
Isabella Stewart Gardner and Her Museum: A Curated Life
In celebration of a new biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, this show focuses on the life of one of the Gilded Age’s most passionate art collectors and…
#37
The Bradley Martin Ball 1897: The Gilded Age’s Greatest Party
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…
#34
Edith Wharton’s Paris
A unique look at the City of Light and what it meant to Edith Wharton both as a writer and as a creative woman. In celebration of…