Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 2

 
 

Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 2

These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.

In this episode we’ll focus on New York immigration, disorder, and the richest woman in America. Burning Gotham Chapter three is called: Eliza Jumel. 

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Download Episode Transcript

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Featured interviews:

Carol Ward
Daniel Levy
Glen Umberger
Greg Young
Jeff Broxmeyer
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Important Links
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Greg Young & Tom Myers’ Bowery Boys Podcast
Electoral Capitalism: The Party System in New York's Gilded Age — By Jeff Broxmeyer
Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York — Daniel Levy

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Director & Post-Producer:
James Scully

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