Recorded History Podcast

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Sinopsis

A monthly podcast exploring historical happenings in southeastern Connecticut.

Episodios

  • Mayflower II and Mystic Seaport

    05/02/2020 Duración: 26min

    Randal Charlton, son of the man responsible for building a 1950s replica of the famed Pilgrim ship, tells the fascinating story of how it came to be donated to Plimoth Plantation, his reaction to its recent reconstruction at Mystic Seaport and the real meaning of the Mayflower Compact.

  • "The Green Book,” New London-style

    23/12/2019 Duración: 01h01min

    Amateur historian and Niantic resident Tom Schuch, a native New Londoner, takes us on a mind-bending spin through some of southeastern Connecticut’s hidden history, including local sites found in the Green Book, the listing of places where African Americans were likely to be served during an era of Jim Crow laws and discrimination between the 1930s and 1960s. He also talks about the black educator Ichabod Pease, the story of Civil War-era firebrand John Brown and a local connection to famed writer and orator W.E.B. Dubois.

  • Shiloh’s 125th anniversary

    15/11/2019 Duración: 40min

    Bishop Benjamin Watts, the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in New London, tells us the fascinating story of one of the region’s most prominent African-American cultural, social and religious organizations that started in people’s homes and now has grown to about 1,000 members.

  • Saving landmarks, preserving history

    01/10/2019 Duración: 43min

    Laura Natusch, executive director of New London Landmarks, talks about the group’s recent purchase of a historic home as well as its efforts to keep two buildings on Bank Street from being torn down.

  • Woodstock, 50 years on

    03/09/2019 Duración: 42min

    Evan Nickles, former owner of Mystic Emporium, and Dan Curland, proprietor of Mystic Disc, talk about the three days of peace and love that defined a generation. Each of them still has vivid memories of attending the famed concert that featured Jimi Hendrix, Santana and Janis Joplin.

  • Artifacts and lighthouses in Stonington

    29/07/2019 Duración: 26min

    Stonington Historical Society’s outgoing president Elizabeth Wood tells about plans for the Old Lighthouse Museum, discusses the group’s role in saving old houses and remembers a blacklisted "Citizen Kane" actress’s final days in Lords Point.

  • Sleeping in slave quarters

    13/06/2019 Duración: 27min

    Joseph McGill Jr., a veteran Civil War re-enactor and former employee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Charleston, S.C., has made it his life’s mission to sleep in every slave dwelling known throughout the United States. We caught up to him in New London as he appeared in the fifth annual Juneteenth Celebration June 6-8, commemorating the announcement in 1865 that the Civil War had ended and all slaves were now free.

  • A home run for vintage baseball

    05/06/2019 Duración: 30min

    Michael Dreimiller, a member of the Thames Base Ball Club in New London, reviews the history of the game in southeastern Connecticut and how aficionados are reviving 19th-century rules.

  • Mother Bailey and her legendary mansion

    01/04/2019 Duración: 39min

    Historians Jim Streeter and Tom Althuis talk about the heroine of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, along with other interesting characters, including three presidents, who spent time in her Groton home. The City of Groton is trying to sell the 1782 house, and many history buffs want it turned into a museum.

  • Unsung heroes of New London history

    20/02/2019 Duración: 24min

    Trinity Missionary Church in New London is honoring five people as part of a Black History program Feb. 24, and we are able to gather four of them: attorney Lonnie Braxton, funeral home owner Lester Gee, prison ministry leader Winston Taylor and local businessman Bill Cornish. We also talk about the fifth honoree, longtime United Way Food Center employee Sara Louis Chaney.

  • Watch Hill and the world-famous Ocean House resort

    24/01/2019 Duración: 44min

    Built originally in 1868, the Ocean House in Watch Hill attracts thousands of visitors every year for its upscale dining not far from Taylor Swift’s beachside residence. Now a new hardcover book by Ocean House events manager Lauren DiStefano tells its story.

  • Tales of the Whaling City

    18/09/2018 Duración: 38min
  • Postcard memories of Mystic

    03/08/2018 Duración: 37min
  • Memories of Ocean Beach

    22/06/2018 Duración: 28min
  • Ballads of the past

    22/05/2018 Duración: 01h01min
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