Tag: history podcast

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  October 29, 2019Episodes

  Halloween Special: The Lady in White

  When we leave things behind to sit without context or history, people have a way of giving them a story–a reason for existing. And sometimes within those stories a community […]

• October 22, 2019Episodes

  Episode 5: Sentimental Value

  We all try to hold on to the people who are dear to us. The ways in which we accomplish this may have changed over time, but the sentiment remains […]

• October 18, 2019Episodes

  Episode 4: Their Memory Stands

  Sometimes it takes disaster to push change. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire would push regulation and better working conditions. But two years later, another tragedy--the Binghamton Factory fire--would push change further still, and their memory still stands today.

• October 18, 2019Episodes

  Episode 3: Bird of the Apocalypse

  World War I touched everyone--not just humans--creatures of all kinds were used in the fight across Europe. This one remembers Cher Ami, a pigeon who flew through it all and survived.

• October 18, 2019Episodes

  Episode 2: Nearly Flightless

  A bright blue mechanical bird with stunted yellow wings sits on a pedestal within a museum. This was the first flight simulator, borne from the mind of Edwin Link in the early 1900s.

• October 18, 2019Episodes

  Episode 1: On This Site

  Along the Western end of the Vestal Rail Trail in Vestal, New York, there's a sign containing six short lines. This is Artifacts.