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Hopes and Expectations: The Creation of Black Middle Class in Hartford
Season 2 Episode 53
In an unforgettable interview, historian Barbara Beeching describes the creation of a black middle class in Hartford – not in the twentieth cen…
7 years, 9 months ago
Mark Twain's Native American Problem
Season 2 Episode 52
In this episode recorded at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Twain scholar and University of St. Joseph Professor of English Emerita Kerry Driscoll…
7 years, 10 months ago
51. Greater Hartford's West Indian Diaspora
Season 2 Episode 51
In 2010, Jamaicans became the largest foreign born population in Connecticut. At the same time, Jamaicans have the highest percentage of property own…
7 years, 10 months ago
A Seaside Village in the Big City: Morris Cove
Season 2 Episode 50
What do you think of when you hear "New Haven?" Yale University? The New Haven Green? IKEA? How about the beach? Today we're taking you on a trip to …
7 years, 11 months ago
The Secret Life of Joel Kupperman
Season 2 Episode 49
All the time Joel Kupperman was a soft spoken, distinguished philosophy professor at the University of Connecticut, he carried a secret he discu…
8 years ago
48. Mid-century Modern in Connecticut
Season 2 Episode 48
A group of architects known as the Harvard Five made their mark on New Canaan, Connecticut—a suburban town within commuting distance of New York Cit…
8 years ago
How We Lived, Loved, & Mourned: A Field Trip
Season 2 Episode 47
America's First Law School, Sarah Pierce's Academy, & The Way We Mourned
It was home to America's first law school and to one of the first schools…
8 years, 1 month ago
Staying on the Land: Five Generations of Connecticut Pioneers
Season 2 Episode 46
Episode Notes. Episode 46
Staying on the Land: Five Generations of Connecticut Pioneers
Political unrest, religious dissension, women's rights, and…
8 years, 1 month ago
Trouble in the Land of Steady Habits: The Road to the Constitution of 1818
Season 2 Episode 45
On the 200th anniversary of the creation of the state Constitution of 1818, we remember one of Connecticut's least well known but most importan…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Story Behind America's First Cookbook
When co-host Brenda Miller suggested we do a podcast with the authors of a new book about America's first (1796) cookbook, I thought a culinary ep…
8 years, 2 months ago