Podcasts
Date | Title/Topic | Speaker | Introduction |
2019-12-04
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“Fact and Fiction in the Writing of Histories” | Madeline Miller, Patrick Spero | Beth Hessel |
2019-11-21
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Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis | Patricia Tyson Stroud | Beth Hessel |
2019-10-29
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“Philadelphia and the World’s Water Crisis: Local Solutions to a Global Challenge” | Scott Moore | Beth Hessel |
2019-10-24
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The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father | Janny Scott | Beth Hessel |
2019-10-10
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"Diana Reigns: How Philadelphia Saved the Golden Goddess" | Suzanne Hinman | Beth Hessel |
2019-09-25
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"Louis Magaziner and Julian Abele: The Story of an Unusual Friendship" | Amy Cohen | Bruce Laverty |
2019-09-12
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"Designing for the Dead: Art and Architecture at Philadelphia Cemeteries" | Tom Keels | Beth Hessel |
2019-06-12
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“The Athenaeum and the History of Libraries” | Peter Conn | |
2019-06-07
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Necessary People | Anna Pitoniak | Peter Conn |
2019-06-06
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"The Evolution of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society" | Ted Maust | Matt Rader |
2019-06-03
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“The Past, Present and Future of APS” Slides | Robert Hauser | Peter Conn |
2019-05-29
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“Reinvigorating Citizenship in the Birthplace of American Democracy” | Larry Platt | Peter Conn |
2019-05-23
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Circe | Madeline Miller | Peter Conn |
2019-05-20
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“Who Do You Think You Are? A Critic Responds” | Maureen Corrigan | Peter Conn |
2019-05-13
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"The Book of Job, God on Trial" | Steven Weitzman | Peter Conn |
2019-05-09
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Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century | Lorene Cary | Peter Conn |
2019-04-08
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“Makers of Modern Architecture: A Critic’s Journey” | Martin Filler | Peter Conn |
2019-03-13
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“A Monument to Shakespeare in the Nation’s Capital.” | Michael Witmore | Peter Conn |
2019-03-06
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“The Past, Present, and Future of the Library Company” | Michael Barsanti | Peter Conn |
2019-02-28
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“Thinking about Thoreau in an Age of Resistance” | Steven Conn | Peter Conn |
2019-02-22
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“Preparing for the Unknown” | Bob Perkins | Peter Conn |
2018-11-08
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Reclaiming Our “Lost” Founding Father, Dr. Benjamin Rush |
Stephen Fried | George Wohlreich, MD, Peter Conn |
2018-09-26
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Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge | Erica Armstrong Dunbar | Peter Conn |
2018-09-12
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro | Rachel Slade | Peter Conn |
2018-06-27
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Manhattan Beach | Jennifer Egan | Peter Conn |
2018-05-11
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“What Does the City Beautiful Mean for the 21st Century City?” | Paul Goldberger | Timothy Rub |
2018-03-15
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Be Seated | Laurie Olin | Peter Conn |
2018-02-28
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Ardrossan: The Last Great Estate on The Main Line | David Nelson Wren | Robert Linck, Peter Conn |
2018-02-07
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Philadelphia: Finding The Hidden City | Nathaniel Popkin, Peter Woodall, Andrew Ferrett | Peter Conn |
2017-11-06
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"Philadelphia's Public Schools" | Superintendent William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D. | Peter Conn |
2017-10-25
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Sesqui! Greed, Graft, and the Forgotten World’s Fair of 1926 | Thomas H. Keels | Peter Conn |
2017-09-22
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Real
Philadelphia: Selections from the Robert M. Skaler Postcard Collection |
Robert Skaler, Bruce Laverty | Peter Conn |
Roger W. Moss Symposium-Engine
of Change: Railroads in American Society
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2017-04-28
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Railroad History: What’s Next? | Walter Licht | Peter Conn |
2017-04-29
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Cross Ties Across Town: The Impact of the Railroad on Urban Design in Downtown Philadelphia | Bruce Laverty | Peter Conn |
2017-04-29
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How Fred
Harvey and the Santa Fe RR Civilized the West— One Meal at a Time |
Stephen Fried | Peter Conn |
2017-04-29
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and A. Philip Randolph’s Vision of Racial Advancement | Cornelius Bynum | Peter Conn |
2017-04-29
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Picturing Railroads | Peter Conn | |
2017-04-03
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The New Bedroom City: How Philadelphia’s Frenzied
Rowhouse Boom is Suburbanizing the City, Changing
Neighborhood Dynamics, and Homogenizing the Urban
Landscape |
Inga Saffron | Peter Conn |
2017-02-22
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Architecture and Justice | Sean Kelley | Peter Conn |
2017-02-01
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What a Director Sees | Timothy Rub | Robert Linck, Peter Conn |
2017-01-18
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City of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning | Michael J. Lewis | Robert Linck, Peter Conn |
2016-11-16
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Central Banking and Its Discontents? | Patrick Harker | Robert Linck, Peter Conn |
2016-11-02
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Immigration in Philadelphia | Howard Gillette, Caroline Golab,
Charlene Mires, Dominic Vitiello |
Peter Conn |