Philly People, Now Deceased: A History Podcast

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Welcome to the Philly People, Now Deceased, a Philadelphia History Brother and Sister Podcast. Each time we meet, Michiko, who lives in Pennsauken and Leonard, who lives in West Philly, talk about the sordid, exalted, infamous and famous lives of interesting Philadelphians with one caveat...they are all already deceased, May their souls rest in peace. Follow us on Twitter: @DeadPhillyPeeps or like us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/deadphillypeeps/

Season 2, Episode 4: Mother Mary Gonzaga Grace, The Florence Nightingale of Philly. Mower and Satterlee Civil War Hospitals.

July 2, 2020

This episode is in honor of all the medical workers and nurses taking care of us right now. We look at the beautiful life of compassion of Mother Mary...

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Season 2, Episode 3 - Arch Street Prison, the Cholera Epidemic of 1832 and Vagrancy

April 30, 2020

Today we’re talking about a place that is gone gone gone, not a person. Join history Professor Kristen O-Brassill-Kulfan, expert on poverty and priso...

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Season 2, Episode 2: Skull Guy - Samuel Morton and Race Science

March 3, 2020

Join us as we discuss Philadelphian Samuel Morton who set out to prove racial inferiority based on skull sizes. Guest Co-Host Nathaniel Miller joins ...

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Season 2, Episode 1: Tacony, Mary Disston, Al Schmid, Frank Shuman and Roosevelt Barlow

January 3, 2020

Thanks for joining episode 1, season 2 where we visit Tacony, and talk about the biggest Philly corporation you’ve never heard of, Solar Energy, and P...

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Season 1, Episode 7: Almost Philnobyl - William Gray Warden and the history of the South Philly Refinery

July 17, 2019

In Episode 7 we look at the life of oilman William Gray Warden, the South Philly Atlantic Refinery he built that has been exploding since 1860, the g...

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Season 1, Episode 6.2: Six Things You Didn't Know About the Conestoga + Bonus Material

June 11, 2019

Thanks for joining Episode 6, Part 2. In this episode we continue discussing the Delaware Lenni Lenape, the Ulster Settlers and how the Paxton boys fo...

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Season 1, Episode 6.1: Six Things You Didn't Know About the Conestoga

June 11, 2019

Thanks for joining Episode 6, Part 1. Today we center on the Conestoga as tragic victims in the destruction of William Penn’s Holy Experiment at the h...

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Season 1, Episode 5: James Forten; Prison Ships, Sail Making, 1812 Barricades

April 30, 2019

Thanks for joining Episode 5. Today we discuss James Forten, one of the richest men in Philadelphia in the early 1800s. Born a free African American ...

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Season 1, Episode 4: Cornelius McGillicuddy and the 1929 World Series

April 6, 2019

Today we are talking 10 things you didn't know about Cornelius McGillicuddy. Like maybe that his name is, in fact, Cornelius McGillicuddy! Connie Ma...

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Season 1, Episode 3: Philly for women in the 1840s, Sex Workers, Sarah Peter and Anna Russell Jones

March 10, 2019

Today on Episode 3 we draw an arc of good works through some pretty hard times. Join us as we discuss Sex Workers, Poverty, Riots,Design Schools, Sa...

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