Attention Surplus Podcast
1) Jewish New York, Part III: Sweatshops, Settlement Houses, Secularism, and Socialism
The mass migration from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the slums of New York uprooted centuries-old patterns of Jewish life, so it's only natural that Jewish culture also underwent a massive shift. ...Show More
Jewish New York, Part III: Sweatshops, Settlement Houses, Secularism, and Socialism
1:02:21 | Mar 5th, 2022
2) Jewish New York, Part II: The Refugee Crisis
For centuries, the majority of the world's Jews had lived in small towns called shtetls in the countryside of Eastern Europe. These were isolated, tight-knit communities where the Torah reigned suprem...Show More
3) Jewish New York, Part I: Birth of an Aristocracy
This is part one of a series about the incredibly multifacted history of Jewish immigration to NYC, each episode focusing on a different facet. In this episode, I talk about the oldest and most succes...Show More
4) Slums to Suburbs: The History of Irish New York (Part IV)
By the turn of the 20th century, the New York Irish still formed a clear underclass, but they started to have a few things going for them: their power in Tammany Hall, their dominance of the skilled b...Show More
5) Slums to Suburbs: The History of Irish New York (Part III)
In this episode, I discuss the impact the Irish had on the politics of NYC, their role in the Civil War, and why, in 1863, they carried out the worst race riot in our country's history.
6) Slums to Suburbs: The History of Irish New York (Part II)
In part two of my four-part series on the history of Irish New York, I talk in detail about the Great Hunger, the journey of the million people who fled it, and the lives they then established in New ...Show More
7) Slums to Suburbs: The History of Irish New York (Part I)
Since the 18th century, around four million people have immigrated from Ireland to New York City. At one point, around half of all the city's residents were Irish, giving it a larger Irish population ...Show More
8) How Slavery Built New York City
When we think of American slavery, New York is hardly the first place that comes to mind. But there was a time when nearly half of white families in NYC owned another human being--more than any other ...Show More