Category: Podcast Episodes

Episode No. 20: These are the People in the Gilded Age, Part 2 – Women and Reform

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Episode No. 20: These are the People in the Gilded Age, Part 2 – Women and Reform

Published June 11, 2024

These are the women’s movement histories that you haven’t heard. After the Civil War, women from all walks of life worked to make Philadelphia a…

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Episode No. 19: These are the People in the Gilded Age (Part 1)

Episode No. 19: These are the People in the Gilded Age (Part 1)

Published May 14, 2024

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When you walk around the city at night, do you enjoy the glimpses you get of other people’s well-lit homes? If you do (and who…

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Episode No. 18 – Philly Streets in the Gilded Age: Depression, Development, and Deadly Trolleys

Episode No. 18 – Philly Streets in the Gilded Age: Depression, Development, and Deadly Trolleys

Published December 19, 2023

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Despite cycles of economic depression, Philadelphia transformed during the Gilded Age. Entire neighborhoods sprang up to house a growing population. Major infrastructure projects changed how…

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NEW Mini Episode No. 17 – Philadelphia Blue Stockings: Women and Baseball in the 19th Century

NEW Mini Episode No. 17 – Philadelphia Blue Stockings: Women and Baseball in the 19th Century

Published June 27, 2023

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A 144-year old hotel register from Springfield, Ohio, sends us on the trail of the fly-by-night Philadelphia Blue Stockings. The pursuit will take us through…

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REBROADCAST Episode No. 4 – The Fight for Philly’s Streetcars

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REBROADCAST Episode No. 4 – The Fight for Philly’s Streetcars

Published April 25, 2023

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We’re rebroadcasting this earlier episode about the Black community’s fight to integrate Philly’s streetcars in the years following the Civil War 1865-1871. This story fits…

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Episode No. 16 – Civil War Flows through Philly Streets

Episode No. 16 – Civil War Flows through Philly Streets

Published March 28, 2023

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Philadelphia, like the rest of the nation, was poorly prepared for war. When the Civil War broke out, the cobbled-together city became a key part…

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Episode No. 15 – Streetcars Seize the Streets

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Episode No. 15 – Streetcars Seize the Streets

Published February 28, 2023

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In a remarkably short period of time, the newly consolidated city of Philadelphia was covered in rails. These rails ushered in a transit revolution: the…

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Episode No. 14 – Violence in the Streets: The Origins of our Modern City

Episode No. 14 – Violence in the Streets: The Origins of our Modern City

Published December 6, 2022

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What kind of city did Philadelphia want to be? There were lots of different opinions in the 1840s and 1850s, but everyone agreed: it did…

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Episode No. 13 – Steam, Steam (kind of) Revolution: Philly Streets in the 1830s and 40s

Episode No. 13 – Steam, Steam (kind of) Revolution: Philly Streets in the 1830s and 40s

Published October 18, 2022

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This episode is all about change and disruption. Early factories were changing the way Philadelphia worked, and it wasn’t pretty. Dismal conditions brought workers together…

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