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NBN Episodes hosted by Beth:

General History September 4, 2019

Crying the News

A History of America’s Newsboys

Vincent DiGirolamo

Hosted by Beth Harpaz
Crying the News: A History of America’s Newsboys (Oxford University Press, 2019) looks at the legion of children and teenagers who sold newspapers on city streets, moving trains, and even …
General History May 6, 2019

The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North

Segregation and Struggle outside of the South

Jeanne Theoharis

Hosted by Beth Harpaz
In this New Books Network/Gotham Center for NYC History podcast, guest host Beth Harpaz, editor of the City University of New York website SUM, interviews Jeanne Theoharis, distinguished professor of …
American Studies January 30, 2019

Classical New York

Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham

Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Matthew McGowan, eds.

Hosted by Beth Harpaz
A new book explores how and why New York City became a showcase for the art and architectural styles of ancient Greece and Rome. Classical New York: Discovering Greece and …
American Studies January 18, 2019

Fight the Power

African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City

Clarence Taylor

Hosted by Beth Harpaz
In his newest book, Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City (NYU Press, 2018), Clarence Taylor, dean of the history of …
American Studies November 1, 2018

Sugar, Cigars and Revolution

The Making of Cuban New York

Lisandro Perez

Hosted by Beth Harpaz
A new book reveals an incredible slice of Cuban-American history that’s been all but forgotten until now. Lisandro Perez's Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York …