Best Longisland Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 195: Dr. James R. Wright and Walt Whitman's Brain 36:36

9d ago36:36

36:36

The science of the brain was changing throughout the 19th century. Medical researchers were peering ever deeper into cerebral mysteries and one question piqued their interest more than any other: who has the biggest brain? On today’s episode we turn for answers to Dr. James R. Wright, medical historian and retired professor of pathology and laborat…

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Episode 194: The Art of Edward Lange with Lauren Brincat and Peter Fedoryk 35:20

23d ago35:20

35:20

Edward Lange was a German artist who started his career on Long Island in the late 19th century. He meticulously captured the landscape and built environment across the island from Flushing to Sag Harbor in water color paintings rich in detail and charm. Preservation Long Island has just published Promoting Long Island: The Art of Edward Lange, 187…

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Episode 193: Associated Public Historians of New York State conference 32:22

1M ago32:22

32:22

The Association of Public Historians of New York State held their annual conference at Danford’s in Port Jefferson this year, gathering public historians from all corners of the state to discuss resources, projects, and to provide a great opportunity for people to talk history. The Long Island History Project was there to hold a workshop, “How to B…

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Episode 192: Broadway to Jones Beach w Richard Arnold Beattie 43:42

4M ago43:42

43:42

Robert Moses had a vision for Jones Beach in the 1920s that included a theater to bring high quality entertainment to the people. That theater on Zachs Bay went through a number of iterations but reached its height from 1954-1977 when it was under the direction of Guy Lombardo. Along with his brothers Carmen and Lebert, the Canadian-born band leade…

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Episode 191: The 1914 Freeport Murder Mystery w Woody Register 36:58

4M ago36:58

36:58

An obscure bit of early 20th century technology embroiled Dr. Woody Register in a murder mystery. Register, a professor of history at the University of the South (Sewanee), became intrigued by the detective dictograph and followed its trail to the 1914 murder of Louise Bailey in Freeport. Mrs. Bailey was shot in the Merrick Road office of Dr. Edwar…

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Radio Tower 49: John Caracciolo of JVC Broadcasting 34:35

5M ago34:35

34:35

John Caracciolo has been a mainstay in Long Island radio for decades, from learning his trade at WNYT to the glory years at WLIR to now overseeing stations like LI News Radio (103.9 FM) and La Fiesta (98.5 FM). On today’s episode you’ll hear more about his journey from engineer to entrepreneur and why he thinks radio is still a vital force in peopl…

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Episode 190: Ralph Bunn, Long Island's Jackie Robinson w Fabio Montella 35:37

6M ago35:37

35:37

Librarian and baseball historian Fabio Montella returns to the podcast to bring us the story of Ralph “Sammy” Bunn. Bunn was a Setauket native who excelled at baseball all his life. A star athlete in high school in the 1930s, he went on to play for decades on a number of teams and leagues in the makeshift world of community baseball in Suffolk Coun…

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Episode 189: Chubby Jackson and Freeport 45:01

6M ago45:01

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Greig Stewart “Chubby” Jackson was a swinging sensation in his day. A child of vaudevillians, he was raised in an enclave of actors, musicians, and performers in Freeport, Long Island against the backdrop of Prohibition and a burgeoning club scene. Exposed to music at an early age, he jumped from high school to playing bass in swing bands in New Yo…

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Episode 188: Benjamin Tallmadge with Richard Welch 45:16

7M ago45:16

45:16

The Long Island-born, Yale-educated Benjamin Tallmadge seized his moment to shine in the American Revolution. Whether fighting the British on horseback with the 2nd Continental Dragoons or uncovering their secrets through his agents in the Culper Spy Ring, Tallmadge kept up a hectic pace. You can also throw in maritime battles on the Long Island So…

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Episode 187: The Howard School with Dr. Tammy C. Owens 43:32

7M ago43:32

43:32

Dr. Tammy C. Owens of Skidmore College joins us to discuss her 2019 article "Fugitive Literati: Black Girls' Writing as a Tool of Kinship and Power at the Howard School." Having discovered a treasure trove of letters written in the early 1900s by girls at the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School, Owens was off on a journey to learn more. The rese…

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Radio Tower 48: Alex Magoun and the IEEE History Center 36:29

8M ago36:29

36:29

Dr. Alex Magoun is the outreach historian for the IEEE's History Center (IEEE stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). On today's episode, he gives us the history of the History Center and the organization's drive to document and preserve the innovavtions and developments fostered by its members over the years. Along the w…

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Episode 186: In Levittown's Shadow with Tim Keogh 43:51

9M ago43:51

43:51

While Long Island developed a reputation for affluence throughout the 20th Century, there has always been a parallel history of the everyday workers and servants who toiled in the shadow of that reputation. The economic boom of the war years and the subsequent population boom in the 1950s did not change that. Tim Keogh, assistant professor of histo…

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Episode 185: Loyalists on Long Island with Brendon Burns 35:13

10M ago35:13

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No one sheds a tear for the British Loyalists of Long Island, those inhabitants who remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution. But genealogist Brendon Burns has spent a tremendous amount of effort tracking them down through libraries and archives across the world. The result is his 5-volume series The Loyal and Doubtful: Index to t…

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#15. [Video] Hamptons Favorite Tailor Nancy Nano Came to America with No Papers 27:39

10M ago27:39

27:39

And, Season 3 comes to an end . If you live in the Hamptons, you can catch this season on your television box on channel 20 (Southampton) and channel 22 (East Hampton). Show Notes: Introduction and Guest Presentation Nancy's Experience Working with Renowned Brands Nancy's Journey from Peru to America Nancy's Immigration Story Nancy's Passion for Se…

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#14. [Video] April Gornik on The Church, the Sag Harbor Cinema incident, and the Allure of Strange Weather Conditions 52:04

11M ago52:04

52:04

April is an artist and community activist who has worked on various projects in Sag Harbor, New York, including the restoration of the Sag Harbor Cinema and the promotion of affordable housing. During the interview, April discusses her background, her passion for art, and her commitment to preserving her community whilst driving change. The convers…

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Episode 184: Long Island's Most Endangered Historic Places with Tara Cubie 38:20

11M ago38:20

38:20

Every other year, Preservation Long Island compiles a list of historic places on Long Island that are endangered. Each list is a mix of structures from different periods of time, each with its own history and own preservation challenges yet all worthy of preserving for future generations. On today's episode, Preservation Long Island's Preservation …

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Episode 183: Long Island Kansas with Carrie Cox 21:25

11M ago21:25

21:25

There is a Long Island just below the Kansas border with Nebraska, between the Elk and Prairie Dog Creeks. It's apparently the creeks that gave the area its name. When swollen with rain, they cut off the land in between until it appeared to be an island rising from the surrounding plains. Long Island is also the home town of Carrie Cox and on today…

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#13. [Video] Patricia Assui Reed on Matriark: Retail Solely From Women and LGBTQI+ Owned Companies 31:30

12M ago31:30

31:30

Episode highlights 00:00-03:18 Intro 1:31 Patricia's story of origin 2:36 The Birth of Matriarch 3:24 Choosing Sag Harbor 4:16 Family Life and School Choices 4:41 The Meaning Behind 'Matriark’ 2:36 Women Empowerment and Challenges 6:38 The Process of Handpicking Brands for Matriarch 8:36 The Role of Social Media in Business 10:00 Approaching Brands…

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Radio Tower 47: John Kannenberg and the Museum of Portable Sound 37:01

12M ago37:01

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John Kannenberg is the man and the mind behind the Museum of Portable Sound. Based in Portsmouth, England, the Museum is actually found wherever John has his iPhone 4S. Visitors sit down with John, don their headphones, and enter the Museum by listening to the curated galleries of MP3s on the device. We talk to John about the inspiration for this u…

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Episode 182: Rockin History with Cindy Schwartz 36:23

12M ago36:23

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Cindy Schwartz grew up on Long Island and followed her love of history into a long career as a social studies teacher at the Wheatley School in Old Westbury. She has since turned to a new type of classroom - reaching a wider audience through radio and podcasting at WCWP, Long Island University. Her podcast Civics is Dead explored the lack of focus …

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#12. [Video] Restaurateur Colin Ambrose on Estia's Little Kitchen, Business Strategies, and Why You Should NOT Open a Restaurant No Matter What 1:46:21

1y ago1:46:21

1:46:21

YouTube: https://youtu.be/FkizlPGe-dQ Episode highlights 00:00-00:56 Intro 1:16 Employee’s well-being 7:54 Entrepreneurship, career change, personal growth 10:35 Breakfast Connoisseur 16:49 Sustainable farming practices 18:59 Definition of Winner vs. Loser 19:25 Pride vs. Vanity 24:19 Why Mexican? 28:42 Family Background 30:00 Ruben Bravo 35:33 Car…

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Episode 181: Our Hamptons with Irwin Levy and Esperanza Leon 45:26

1y ago45:26

45:26

Your idea of the Hamptons on the East End of Long Island may include images of supersized mansions and extravagant parties but there is an older, richer Hamptons history beneath and beyond that glitzy surface. Irwin Levy and Esperanza León bring that history to life in their podcast, Our Hamptons. Their Hamptons is a decidedly personal place, roote…

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Episode 180: Larry Samuel and Making Long Island 44:15

1y ago44:15

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Larry Samuel is an author and historian whose latest book looks at the development of Long Island throughout the 20th Century. It was a time of land speculation and rapid growth as real estate developers and their syndicates turned the fields and farms of Nassau and Suffolk Counties into residential neighborhoods. We discuss the role of Robert Mose…

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Remembering Bob Lundquist 30:44

1y ago30:44

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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Lundquist. Bob was a long-time member of the Long Island Radio & Television Historical Society who spent much of his professional life as an engineer at the RCA "Radio Central" facility in Rocky Point. This interview between Bob and Connie Currie was recorded in 2015. Our deepest sympathies and condol…

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#11. [Video] Hamptons Gallery Owner Julie Keyes Discusses the Native Community of Southampton, the Large Chasm Between Rich and Poor, and Unpopular Opinions on Sag Harbor 19:59

1y ago19:59

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Episode 179: Edward Lieberman's Historic Tours 32:43

1y ago32:43

32:43

Yes, Edward Lieberman is a former assistant district attorney and mayor of Seacliff but just as importantly, he is a long-time listener of the Long Island History Project. So when he reached out to talk about his own forays into Long Island history, we were all ears. On today's episode you'll hear about his work conducting historic bus tours around…

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#10. [Video] Dan Gasby on Late Wife B. Smith, Racism in the Hamptons, and How To Know If You're in Love 53:33

1y ago53:33

53:33

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Winners Only Club: the podcast born in the Hamptons, NY. Today we welcome Dan Gasby. Dan Gasby was the guy who sold TV shows like Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and the Oprah Winfrey show- arguably three of the most successful shows in television syndication history. Yet he's probably best known for building th…

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Episode 178: The Arthur Murray Girls Baseball Team w Fabio Montella 39:29

1+ y ago39:29

39:29

In 1949 the nine women of the Arthur Murray Girls baseball team took the field against the all-male squad from the Patchogue Athletics. By that year, the Murrays had been together as a semi-pro outfit for some time. Formed out of the sandlots and playgrounds of Queens, they grew under the tutelage of New York Times sportswriter Mike Strauss to beco…

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Episode 177: Richard Welch and The Gold Coast Elite in World War One 48:26

1+ y ago48:26

48:26

The Gold Coast along Long Island's north shore is most often celebrated as a showcase for the rich and famous in the early 20th Century. A decidedly different aspect of that reputation comes into view when you consider the years leading up to America's entry into World War I. The Morgan Bank, headed by J.P. Morgan, Jr. with his estate in Glen Cove,…

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Radio Tower 45: Long Island Home Front with Josephine Eichner 12:35

1+ y ago12:35

12:35

We're revisiting our Long Island Home Front oral history project! Although most of our interviews foccused on people who experienced the years of World War II on Long Island, we also met a few current Long Island residents who, in the 1940s, were living nearby. So today we're bringing you excerpts of our talk with Jo Schenk Eichner. Born in Brookly…

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Episode 176: How the Bayport Blue Point Phantoms Got Their Name 22:20

1+ y ago22:20

22:20

Today we team up with Stephanie Eberhard-Holgerson's journalism class at Bayport Blue Point (BBP) High School to try to solve a mystery. At the suggestion of BBP's librarian Pam Gustafson, the class has spent the last year looking into the school's mascot, The Phantoms. The takeaway is that the straightforward question "where did the name come from…

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