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NBN Episodes hosted by Beth:

Jeanne Theoharis, "The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North: Segregation and Struggle outside of the South" (NYU Press, 2019)

February 12, 2024

The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North

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, interv…

Vincent DiGirolamo, "Crying the News: A History of America’s Newsboys" (Oxford UP, 2019)

September 4, 2019

Crying the News

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 …

Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, "Classical New York: Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham" (Empires State Editions, 2018)

January 30, 2019

Classical New York

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: D…

Clarence Taylor, "Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City" (NYU Press, 2018)

January 18, 2019

Fight the Power

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, d…

Lisandro Perez, "Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York" (NYU Press, 2018)

November 1, 2018

Sugar, Cigars and Revolution

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 Revolutio…