The Time of Their Lives: American Culture and The Catskills
To escape the sweltering, smoggy summers of New York City, a group of first generation Americans sought reprieve in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate ...
Delorean Nights
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Welcome to Delorean Nights. Tune in as we travel back in time and take a road trip across America. Explore the histories and stories surrounding the places we live. Learn about forgotten heroes and villains, visionary builders and planners, and other important figures that once roamed the streets of your favorite cities. Revisit legends, folklore, and pop culture that mold our identities. Experience history-shaking events and their social significance. Join us on a most excellent adventure, as we hop into the Delorean and gun it to 88mph!
Riding The Synthwave
In our mid-season special, we're delving into the unique history of the electronic music genre of Synthwave, and its rise to mainstream popular cultur...
Pride and Reckoning in Boston
In the early days of the National Basketball Association, the legendary Bill Russell put his team on his back and carried them to eleven championships...
Greetings From the Garden State: Action Park and Other Weird Tales of New Jersey Lore
In the early 1980’s, an ambitious entrepreneur built the wildest water park the world had ever seen. Action Park was filled with rides that thrilled, ...
The Magicians That Saved Miami
At the dawn of the 1980's, the sun-kissed paradise of South Beach Miami was crumbling and overflowing with crime. It took a rag-tag group of artists, ...
Brave Sons of Molly, Cowardly Kings of Coal
Secret societies, ancient orders, capitalist titans, and a world-renowned private detective agency wage war in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylva...
Hoosier Attucks
A small school in the heart of Indianapolis battles the forces of Jim Crow and the frenzy of basketball-crazed Indiana. Sound like the movie Hoosiers?...
Three Kings of Smoketown
Pittsburgh was home to another great Black Renaissance. At the center of it was the vibrant neighborhood known as the Hill, or Smoketown. A local gang...
The United States Versus John Delorean
*A mid-season special episode* Before the Delorean drove into immortality in 1985's classic Back to the Future, it was a dream of a visionary engi...
Midcentury Memories: Timeless Tales of Palm Springs Glamour
In Palms Springs, the uniquely structured homes are almost as fascinating as the stars who owned them, and legendary parties they hosted. Frank Sinatr...