Best Kathleen Langone Podcasts (2024)

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Spies, Slaves and the Civil War 43:08

5d ago43:08

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode you’ll hear a fascinating but largely unknown story from the Civil War about slaves who actually were enlisted to become spies for the Union side. You’ll learn about this in an interview with author Robert Hilliard, who published an intensively researched book last year - titled - In Freedom’s Shadow. Robert’…

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Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge - A Valuable Friendship 36:57

3M ago36:57

36:57

Send us a Text Message. This episode with be an enlightening interview with Laurence Jurdem, Ph.D., adjunct professor at Fordham College, who pubished a fascinating and well reserached book detailing the friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge. You will hear of the enduring relationship between two men - who were very different cha…

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Women of Terezin 41:11

6M ago41:11

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Send us a Text Message. This is a follow-up to the Viktor Ullman episode, recorded in August 2022(link at end). Again - I am fortunate to interview Mark Ludwig (Director of the Terezin Music Foundation) and learn about the women at Terezin and their role in the music and the arts at this concentration camp. Though Terezín’s male composers — Gideon …

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Anne Hutchinson - Defiant Woman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 49:24

9M ago49:24

49:24

Send us a Text Message. This episode will present a very complete view of Hutchinson, from her early adoption of certain religious beliefs to her clash with Gov. Winthrop. Dr. Hermes will provide not only the story of her life but the religious and social background of the Massachusetts Bay Colony of the 1630's. Though the early years of the Bay Co…

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Women of Terezin - Preview Episode 3:28

10M ago3:28

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the People Hidden in History Podcast series, You will hear a brief preview of an upcoming podcast episode – to be recorded and released later this fall. This is to be a follow-up episode from August 2022, which was an interview with Mark Ludwig, Director of the Terezin Music Foundation. The episode focused on Vikt…

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Mary Sears - Marine Scientist & Her Efforts to Win WW2 in the Pacific 53:40

10M ago53:40

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is an interview with Catherine Musemeche who wrote a fascinating biogrpahy on Mary Sears, titled: Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II. It tells the story of how the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan when World War II began and …

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Updates - People Hidden in History - Webinar and Episodes 4:06

12M ago4:06

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Send us a Text Message. Sharing with my listeners some updates: 1) I have an upcoming webinar on Amalia Kussner, offered through the New York Adventure Club (www.nyadventureclub.com, category Gilded Age). It will offer recent research on Kussner and many images, detailing her life and the Gilded Age. Date is Aug. 14th but content is available for a…

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Success - 1600's Connecticut Witches Exonerated 57:03

1y ago57:03

57:03

Send us a Text Message. This episode will provide the background to the successful exoneration (by the passing of Resolution HJ 34 in Connecticut). You'll hear from the same 4 people that were interviewed in my series (from July 2022) and the tremendous efforts it took to get this bill passed. There were many components to this positive outcome - w…

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J. C. Leyendecker - The Iconic Illustrator of the Early 20th Century 37:37

1+ y ago37:37

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Send us a Text Message. You will hear about a fascinating artist – J. C. Leyendecker- who's illustrations epitomized the lifestyles of America in the early 20th century. Note: this will be a PG rated episode. His commercial art – primarily in magazines, became an iconic art style from the 1900's through the 1930’s. Leyendecker was also a major infl…

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History Podcasts by Women 33:11

1+ y ago33:11

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Send us a Text Message. I am doing something different for this episode and this will not be a profile of any one fascinating person. But you will hear a 3-way interview with two other accomplished women podcasters and myself. What we all have in common is a love of history, though each of our series is unique in format and content. And we are reco…

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Cecil Schneer - Memories of a UNH Professor 39:02

1+ y ago39:02

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Send us a Text Message. As with my earlier podcast episodes, this episode will have a more personal slant – telling my listeners about a memorable college professor. This came about since I connected again recently with my alma mater – the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. On my first visit to the campus in about 40 years, I was flooded wi…

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Maxfield Parrish - Iconic Artist in the Golden Age of Illustration 51:22

1+ y ago51:22

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Send us a Text Message. Maxfield Parrish is one of the most iconic artist of the Golden Age of Illustration. He was most well known for his calendar covers in the 1920's and 1930's. These would been seen across America's homes at the time, and often the calendar artwork would be saved and framed, after that year had passed. He was also commissioned…

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Flora MacDonald - An 18th Century Life in 2 Revolutions 43:01

1+ y ago43:01

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Send us a Text Message. Flora MacDonald (1722-1790) played a role in two different revolutions, first in Scotland and later in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. She was most famously known for hiding Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) to avoid being captured by government troops after the Battle of Culloden (1746), and of cour…

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Elizabeth Freeman - A New England Slave and A Quest for Freedom 29:44

1+ y ago29:44

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Send us a Text Message. The history of slavery in New England is not well known, but did exist. And while the colonies were rebelling against England and wanting "their" freedom, many New England households had enslaved peoples. In one such household, in western part of the Massachusetts colony, there lived Elizabeth Freeman as a slave. She had alr…

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Viktor Ullman: Music & A Will to Live During the Holocaust 55:08

2y ago55:08

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Send us a Text Message. This is the story of Viktor Ullman, a composer and music critic, and others who were prisoners in the Terezin concentration camp (1941-1945). You will learn about Ullman and some of the other accomplished artists - who lived under the constant threat of deportation to Auschwitz but continued to create music and artwork. Thei…

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Connecticut 1600's Witch Trials and Exoneration 44:29

2y ago44:29

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Send us a Text Message. I will be covering history that is past, current and future. The historical topic being the mostly unknown 1600’s witch trials that occurred in Connecticut - since they are far less well known - than Salem Mass and surrounding towns - Witch Trails of 1692. You will hear interviews with descendants from both Connecticut and M…

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A Navy WAVES - Her Story of Service During WW2 34:46

2y ago34:46

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Send us a Text Message. This is a wonderful story - detailing many aspects of a Navy WAVES* (of course from WW2) as told by her granddaughter (Larisa) and also some details from her own diary during that era. You’ll hear about her life before enlisting, much about her life as a WAVES and nurse serving the Navy, and then finally some about her adjus…

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Otto Antoine - German Impressionist Artist and Life During the 3rd Reich 28:44

2y ago28:44

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Send us a Text Message. Otto Antoine – was a German Impressionist painter and a distant relative of mine. Antoine’s life intersected with many key parts of artistic and political history – having connections with Kaiser Wilhelm II – prior to WWI, as a court painter. And later having some interactions with 3rd Reich in the 1930’s , with their cultur…

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A New England Family Saga & Life in 19th Century New England 51:10

2+ y ago51:10

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Send us a Text Message. The inspiration for this episode was from researching my husband’s relatives from Massachusetts (especially his distant cousin - Annie Thurston) which then leads to many interesting historical connections in the mid-19th century. Early in this episode to illustrate some of this history – we’ll have an interview with Dr. Robe…

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Amalia Kussner - Famed Gilded Age Artist - Her Life after 1900, 2nd Episode 31:20

2+ y ago31:20

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Send us a Text Message. This is the 2nd episode on Amalia Kussner, the famed miniature portrait artist of the Gilded Age. We will discuss her professional and personal life after 1900. Very little is published about this time, however we’ll detail that she was still quite active and continued to be “the” sought after artist of era. We’ll also discu…

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Eva Kor: A Holocaust Survivor - Who turned Tragedy into Triumph 36:18

2+ y ago36:18

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Send us a Text Message. This podcast will be the incredible story of Eva Mozes Kor, who was a Holocaust survivor. She and her twin sister, Miriam, were also part of a medical experimentation program at Auschwitz, run by Dr. Josef Mengele. As an adult, and to deal with her trauma and grief, Eva started a Holocaust museum in Indiana (CANDLES*). Throu…

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Gen. Laurence Kuter - His Fascinating Career and the Air Force 41:14

3y ago41:14

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Send us a Text Message. Gen. Laurence Kuter, was instrumental in the founding of the Air Force. Though not your typical "ace flyer", his organizational abilities and expert handling of crises - placed him at critical junctures in our 20th century military history. You'll hear how he was a key participant in many historical events, spanning pre-WW2 …

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William Shirer - First Person Witness and Reporter - Pre-WW2 Europe 1:03:33

3y ago1:03:33

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Send us a Text Message. William Shirer was quite unique as a print journalist then later a radio correspondent, in that he was an “on the ground” witness to many of the key historical events, especially in Europe, starting in the 1920s through World War II. For example - he reported on the 1938 Anschluss, being in Vienna, at the time. You’ll will l…

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General Lew Wallace - A Key Historical Figure of the 19th Century, Author and Civil War General 36:55

3+ y ago36:55

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Send us a Text Message. General Lew Wallace is certainly most famously known for being the author of the novel - Ben Hur. This novel was made into the “old-time Hollywood” classic of 1959 - with Charlton Heston and the chariot race. But there is so much more to Lew Wallace, with his Civil War career and a number of historically important government…

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People Hidden in History - Introduction 5:24

3+ y ago5:24

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Send us a Text Message. An introduction to the series, including the inspiration for this series and some details on upcoming episodes. Website: peoplehiddeninhistory.com Direct link Twitter/Instagram: @phihpodBy Kathleen Langone

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Paul McNutt - A Fascinating Politician in the Shadow of FDR 43:20

4y ago43:20

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Send us a Text Message. This politician was one of the more well-known governors of Indiana but also was a politician who had close ties with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) over a 12-year period, inclusive of the Depression years and WWII. He had a complicated relationship with FDR, which likely hindered his political advancements. His life story …

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Amalia Kussner - Miniature Artist of the Gilded Age 34:15

4+ y ago34:15

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Send us a Text Message. Amalia Kussner was a miniature portrait artist and a “darling” of the Gilded Age - the age when the American Industrialists and their families where effectively the royalty of America. She painted many of those families and as part of their extended social circles - was introduced to the crowned heads of Europe. She would go…

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Spies, Slaves and the Civil War 43:08

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Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge - A Valuable Friendship 36:57

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Women of Terezin 41:11

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Anne Hutchinson - Defiant Woman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 49:24

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Women of Terezin - Preview Episode 3:28

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Mary Sears - Marine Scientist & Her Efforts to Win WW2 in the Pacific 53:40

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Updates - People Hidden in History - Webinar and Episodes 4:06

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Success - 1600's Connecticut Witches Exonerated 57:03

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J. C. Leyendecker - The Iconic Illustrator of the Early 20th Century 37:37

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History Podcasts by Women 33:11

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Cecil Schneer - Memories of a UNH Professor 39:02

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Maxfield Parrish - Iconic Artist in the Golden Age of Illustration 51:22

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Flora MacDonald - An 18th Century Life in 2 Revolutions 43:01

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Elizabeth Freeman - A New England Slave and A Quest for Freedom 29:44

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Viktor Ullman: Music & A Will to Live During the Holocaust 55:08

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Connecticut 1600's Witch Trials and Exoneration 44:29

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A Navy WAVES - Her Story of Service During WW2 34:46

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Otto Antoine - German Impressionist Artist and Life During the 3rd Reich 28:44

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A New England Family Saga & Life in 19th Century New England 51:10

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Amalia Kussner - Famed Gilded Age Artist - Her Life after 1900, 2nd Episode 31:20

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Eva Kor: A Holocaust Survivor - Who turned Tragedy into Triumph 36:18

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Gen. Laurence Kuter - His Fascinating Career and the Air Force 41:14

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William Shirer - First Person Witness and Reporter - Pre-WW2 Europe 1:03:33

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General Lew Wallace - A Key Historical Figure of the 19th Century, Author and Civil War General 36:55

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People Hidden in History - Introduction 5:24

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Paul McNutt - A Fascinating Politician in the Shadow of FDR 43:20

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Amalia Kussner - Miniature Artist of the Gilded Age 34:15

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