Philly People, Now Deceased: A History Podcast
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome 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/
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Episodes
Hetty Reckless - The Moral Reform Retreat, 1838 Black Metropolis, West Jersey, Abolition Societies
January 30, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBAfter 1.5 YEARS...(thank you pandemic) we have new content! Join Michiko and guest Co-Host Philly Historian Michael Idriss as we dive into the life of the incredible, indomintabile, brilliant Hetty Reckless. NOTE: And also sign this petition sign this petition created by students at NEHS to have Black Women's names added to the Pennsylvania Female Anti-Slavery Society plaque. https://www.change.org/p/tom-wolf-help-to-add-a-black-woman-s-name-to-the-philadelphia-female-antislavery-soci...
Season 2, Episode 4: Mother Mary Gonzaga Grace, The Florence Nightingale of Philly. Mower and Satterlee Civil War Hospitals.
July 02, 2020 01:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBThis 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 Gonzaga Grace, our very own Florence Nightingale of Philly, and the massive Mower and Satterlee Hospitals. Check out our visuals here. Support the show
Season 2, Episode 4: Mother Mary Gonzaga Grace, The Florence Nightingale of Philly. Mower and Satterlee Civil War Hospitals.
July 02, 2020 01:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBThis 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 Gonzaga Grace, our very own Florence Nightingale of Philly, and the massive Mower and Satterlee Hospitals. Check out our visuals here. Support the Show.
Season 2, Episode 3 - Arch Street Prison, the Cholera Epidemic of 1832 and Vagrancy
April 30, 2020 22:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBToday 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 prisons in the early American republic, and Candace McKinley, Lead Organizer for the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, as we discuss the prison you didn’t know existed - Arch Street Prison, Vagrancy, and the Cholera Epidemic of 1832. Support the Show.
Season 2, Episode 2: Skull Guy - Samuel Morton and Race Science
March 03, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBJoin us as we discuss Philadelphian Samuel Morton who set out to prove racial inferiority based on skull sizes. Guest Co-Host Nathaniel Miller joins Michiko as we look at Morton's skull measuring methods, a little bit about the potential origins of black-face mummers, and a smattering of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Dumas, and repatriation of the remains of enslaved people. References: Take Action: Change.org petition https://www.change.org/p/president-of-university-of-penn-and-board-of-...
Season 2, Episode 1: Tacony, Mary Disston, Al Schmid, Frank Shuman and Roosevelt Barlow
January 03, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBThanks 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 Philly’s first planned interracial community. Welcome! References: Northeast Philadelphia; a Brief History, Dr. Harry Silcox and Frank Hollingsworth Workshopoftheworld. "Disston & Sons, Keystone Saw Works." Workshopoftheworld, n.d., https://www.workshopoftheworld.com/tacony/disston.html. Silcox, Harry C. “Henry Disston's Model Industrial C...
Episode 7 - Almost Philnobyl - William Gray Warden and the history of the South Philly Refinery
July 17, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBIn 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 gas layer under our streets and how one unsung hero prevented Philnobyl.
Season 1, Episode 7: Almost Philnobyl - William Gray Warden and the history of the South Philly Refinery
July 17, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBIn 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 gas layer under our streets and how one unsung hero prevented Philnobyl. Support the Show.
Season 1, Episode 6.1: Six Things You Didn't Know About the Conestoga
June 11, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBThanks 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 hands of his sons Thomas and John, including the biggest land fraud in US History. Welcome. Support the show
Episode 6 Part 1: Six Things You Didn't Know About the Conestoga
June 11, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBThanks 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 hands of his sons Thomas and John, including the biggest land fraud in US History. Welcome.
Episode 6 Part 2: Six Things You Didn't Know About the Conestoga + Bonus Material
June 11, 2019 19:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBThanks for joining Episode 6, Part 2. In this episode we continue discussing the Delaware Lenni Lenape, the Ulster Settlers and how the Paxton boys formed Pennsylvania’s first terrorist movement. Welcome. Plus with Bonus rants on Thomas Jefferson, lies by omission in the retelling of history and the Liberty Bell.
Season 1, Episode 6.2: Six Things You Didn't Know About the Conestoga + Bonus Material
June 11, 2019 19:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBThanks for joining Episode 6, Part 2. In this episode we continue discussing the Delaware Lenni Lenape, the Ulster Settlers and how the Paxton boys formed Pennsylvania’s first terrorist movement. Welcome. Plus with Bonus rants on Thomas Jefferson, lies by omission in the retelling of history and the Liberty Bell. Support the show
Season 1, Episode 5: James Forten; Prison Ships, Sail Making, 1812 Barricades
April 30, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBThanks 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 in 1766, James Forten loved his country, and lived most of his teens on ships; ranging from the infamous prison ship the HMS Jersey, to the Commerce, to many many other ships that he outfitted with sails. He lived to become one of the most pre-eminent Philadelphians and Abolitionists of our time. Support the show
Season 1, Episode 5: James Forten; Prison Ships, Sail Making, 1812 Barricades
April 30, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBThanks 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 in 1766, James Forten loved his country, and lived most of his teens on ships; ranging from the infamous prison ship the HMS Jersey, to the Commerce, to many many other ships that he outfitted with sails. He lived to become one of the most pre-eminent Philadelphians and Abolitionists of our time. Support the Show.
James Forten; Prison Ships, Sail Making, 1812 Barricades
April 30, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBThanks 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 in 1766, James Forten loved his country, and lived most of his teens on ships; ranging from the infamous prison ship the HMS Jersey, to the Commerce, to many many other ships that he outfitted with sails. He lived to become one of the most pre-eminent Philadelphians and Abolitionists of our time.
Season 1, Episode 4: Cornelius McGillicuddy and the 1929 World Series
April 06, 2019 04:00 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBToday we are talking 10 things you didn't know about Cornelius McGillicuddy. Like maybe that his name is, in fact, Cornelius McGillicuddy! Connie Mack is our topic and the 1929 World Series game we all forgot about. Support the Show.
Episode 4: Cornelius McGillicuddy and the 1929 World Series
April 06, 2019 04:00 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBToday we are talking 10 things you didn't know about Cornelius McGillicuddy. Like maybe that his name is, in fact, Cornelius McGillicuddy! Connie Mack is our topic and the 1929 World Series game we all forgot about.
Season 1, Episode 3: Philly for women in the 1840s, Sex Workers, Sarah Peter and Anna Russell Jones
March 10, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBToday 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, Sarah Peter and Anna Russell Jones. Resources Anna Russell Jones Disorderly City, Disorderly Women History of Moore College of Art A Guide to the Stranger, or Pocket Companion for the Fancy Appeal to the Wealthy of the Land, Ladies as Well as Gentlemen, on the Character, Conduct, Situation, and Prospects of Those Whose Sole Dependence for S...
Philly for women in the 1840s, Sex Workers, Sarah Peter and Anna Russell Jones
March 10, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBToday 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, Sarah Peter and Anna Russell Jones. Resources Anna Russell Jones Disorderly City, Disorderly Women History of Moore College of Art A Guide to the Stranger, or Pocket Companion for the Fancy Appeal to the Wealthy of the Land, Ladies as Well as Gentlemen, on the Character, Conduct, Situation, and Prospects of Those Whose Sole Dependence for S...
The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and Richard Allen
February 10, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 37.8 MBThanks for Joining Episode 2 of the Philly People Now Deceased Podcast. In this episode we discuss the zombie apocalypse of 1793 aka Yellow Fever and the heroic efforts of Philly’s free black community, led by Richard Allen and Absalom Jones to nurse the sick.
Season 1, Episode 2: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and Richard Allen
February 10, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 37.8 MBThanks for Joining Episode 2 of the Philly People Now Deceased Podcast. In this episode we discuss the zombie apocalypse of 1793 aka Yellow Fever and the heroic efforts of Philly’s free black community, led by Richard Allen and Absalom Jones to nurse the sick. Support the Show.
Season 1, Episode 1: Max "Boo Boo" Hoff
January 28, 2019 05:00 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBLeonard and Michiko talk about the King of Bootleggers and the greatest gangster you've never heard of ; Max "Boo Boo" Hoff. Why don't Philly gangsters get the respect they deserve? We also talk about the diversion of industrial alcohol, Philadelphia during prohibition, Hugh McCloon and the 1928 Grand Jury on Bootlegging. Support the Show.
Max "Boo Boo" Hoff
January 28, 2019 05:00 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBLeonard and Michiko talk about the King of Bootleggers and the greatest gangster you've never heard of ; Max "Boo Boo" Hoff. Why don't Philly gangsters get the respect they deserve? We also talk about the diversion of industrial alcohol, Philadelphia during prohibition, Hugh McCloon and the 1928 Grand Jury on Bootlegging.
2 Minute Intro
December 15, 2018 03:00 - 1 minute - 529 KBJust describing what we're doing... full episode coming soon! Support the Show.