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The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace
Hidden gemTalking Heart Island's "The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace" ties the 1848 Irish famine, New York's street children, and the orphan train movement into one history.
May 24, 2020·29m·2 clips - 2
Lloyd “The Whistler” Threlkeld with Douglass Fraser
May 17, 2020·26m - 3
AIDS-The First Five Years with Jean Ashton
Hidden gemJean Ashton connects AIDS in New York City to Hart Island, where she says thousands of unclaimed victims were buried and the citywide toll reached about 100,000 deaths.
May 10, 2020·28m·2 clips - 4
Burial Grounds in a Segregated City with Tom Angotti
May 3, 2020·27m - 5
AIDS with Michael Bronsky
Hidden gemTalking Heart Island frames this episode around Heart Island, New York City's potter's field since 1869, where the show says more than 1 million people are buried and DNA and fingerprint work has identified some anonymous dead.
Apr 26, 2020·32m·2 clips - 6
Grave Yard of Strangers with Norma Jean Gradsky
Apr 19, 2020·12m - 7
Angels of Mercy with William Seraile
Hidden gemWilliam Sorrell says the 1863 draft riots were "a racial riot" that destroyed the Colored Orphan Asylum.
Apr 12, 2020·29m·1 clip - 8
Boroughs of the Dead with Marie Carter
Hidden gemWashington Square Park may contain an estimated 20,000 burials, yet there is no marker for it.
Apr 5, 2020·25m·1 clip - 9
Potters Field(s) with Andrew Berman
Mar 29, 2020·29m - 10
Six to Celebrate Simeon Bankoff
Mar 22, 2020·25m - 11
Hebrew Free Burial Society with Amy Koplow, Executive Director
Mar 15, 2020·25m - 12
Louisa Van Slyke with Author Gail Jarrow.
Mar 8, 2020·26m - 13
Greta Garbo with Lois Banner
Mar 1, 2020·28m - 14
Ghosts of St Vincents with Tom Eubanks
Feb 23, 2020·26m - 15
The Tenement Museum with Kevin Jennings, Director
Feb 16, 2020·23m - 16
Still Born with MJ Adams
Feb 9, 2020·29m - 17
Leo Birinski with Barbara Kosta
Feb 2, 2020·27m - 18
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History by John Barry
Jan 26, 2020·31m - 19
The Bowery with Dr. Robert Aronowitz
Jan 19, 2020·33m - 20
Ruth Proskauer Smith with Ian Dowbiggin
Jan 12, 2020·32m - 21
Ship Ablaze with Edward T. O’Donnell
Jan 5, 2020·27m - 22
Leonard Melfi with Edward Berkeley
Dec 29, 2019·31m - 23
The Great Arrival with Diane Vecchio
Dec 22, 2019·33m - 24
Shelia Terry with Larry Powell
Dec 15, 2019·29m - 25
The Manly Arts with Elliott J. Gorn
Dec 8, 2019·28m - 26
The Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire with Hasia Diner
Dec 1, 2019·27m - 27
Leola Dickerson with Peter Strauss
Nov 24, 2019·31m - 28
Bellevue with Dr. Danielle Ofri
Nov 17, 2019·31m - 29
Dawn Powell with Tim Page
Nov 10, 2019·28m - 30
Damnation Island with Stacy Horn
Nov 3, 2019·22m - 31
A Pickpockets Tale with Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Oct 27, 2019·31m - 32
Inside Rikers: Stories From the World’s Largest Penal Colony
Oct 20, 2019·25m - 33
Hart Island A Musical by Michelle Elliot and Danny Larsen
Oct 13, 2019·32m - 34
Forgotten Ellis island with Lorie Conway
Oct 6, 2019·30m - 35
Five Points with Professor Tyler Anbinder
Sep 29, 2019·30m - 36
Bobby Driscoll with Dave Bossert
A weekly podcast exploring the history of America's largest mass graveyard on Hart Island, revealing identities of the buried through modern technology.
Sep 22, 2019·31m - 37
The Treasure of Hart Island with Mike Monahan
A weekly podcast exploring the history of Hart Island, America's largest mass graveyard, and revealing identities of the buried through modern technology.
Sep 15, 2019·27m - 38
Superstorm with Dr. David A. Robinson
A weekly podcast exploring the history of America's largest mass graveyard, Hart Island, and revealing identities of the buried through modern technology.
Sep 15, 2019·29m - 39
The Island at the Center of the World with Russell Shorto
A weekly podcast exploring the history of Hart Island, America's largest mass graveyard, and revealing identities of the buried through modern technology.
Sep 15, 2019·32m