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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesThe 1851 Christiana Riots and Laurel HillABC:LHS 089-5 Early Release for Juneteenth
Research and script by Marty Foley; narrated by Joe Lex
2026-06-1927 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesBARMOUTH to PENCOYDWith the warm weather here, you can take advantage of Laurel Hill's location as part of the Trails System that connect the Cynwyd Heritage Trail to the Wissahickon trail system. If you have walked or ridden your bike through West Laurel Hill Cemetery from the entrance just off the Cynwyd Trail all the way to the Pencoyd exit on Righter’s Ferry Road, you have probably passed dozens of mausoleums and gravesites that you had questions about. Now there’s an audio narration to help you quench your curiosity. It is done by Joe Lex, the same person who resear...
2026-05-0441 min
Bold Book of the Day with Dr. Denise NicholsonHidden Women of History Revealed | Dr. Joe Lex on “All Bones Considered” | Bold Book of the DayWhat if some of the most powerful stories in history were hidden in plain sight?In this powerful episode of Bold Book of the Day, Dr. Denise Nicholson sits down with Dr. Joe Lex—emergency medicine physician turned historian and author of All Bones Considered: 52 Laurel Hill Women.Dr. Joe Lex shares his incredible journey from Army medic during the Vietnam War to award-winning professor, and now to storyteller uncovering the untold lives of extraordinary women buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.📖 This episode explores:✨ The forgotten contributions of women in America...
2026-04-2054 min
Arroe Collins Pod-CrashingPod Crashing Episode 443 All Bones Considered From Broadcaster And Author Joe LexPod Crashing episode 443 with author Joe Lex from the podcast All Bones Considered… Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is the final resting place for many notable men, including Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean, Civil War General George Meade, locomotive magnate Matthias Baldwin, astronomer David Rittenhouse, and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, plus many Union generals and even fictional characters like Adrian Balboa. But it is also home to tens of thousands of unique and accomplished women of the past three centuries. One man, Joe Lex, a retired emergency medicine doctor of 45 years, was inspired to learn of the history behind who is...
2026-02-1618 min
Arroe Collins: Unplugged & Totally UncutPod Crashing Episode 443 All Bones Considered From Broadcaster And Author Joe LexPod Crashing episode 443 with author Joe Lex from the podcast All Bones Considered… Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is the final resting place for many notable men, including Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean, Civil War General George Meade, locomotive magnate Matthias Baldwin, astronomer David Rittenhouse, and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, plus many Union generals and even fictional characters like Adrian Balboa. But it is also home to tens of thousands of unique and accomplished women of the past three centuries. One man, Joe Lex, a retired emergency medicine doctor of 45 years, was inspired to learn of the history behind who is...
2026-02-1118 min
Arroe Collins Like Its Live Unplugged And Totally UncutPod Crashing Episode 443 All Bones Considered From Broadcaster And Author Joe LexPod Crashing episode 443 with author Joe Lex from thepodcast All Bones Considered…Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is the final restingplace for many notable men, including Declaration of Independence signerThomas McKean, Civil War General George Meade, locomotive magnate MatthiasBaldwin, astronomer David Rittenhouse, and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas,plus many Union generals and even fictional characters like Adrian Balboa. Butit is also home to tens of thousands of unique and accomplished women of thepast three centuries. One man, Joe Lex, a retired emergencymedicine doctor of 45 years, was inspired to learn of the history behind who isburied at thi...
2026-02-1118 min
Arroe Collins View From The Writing InstrumentPod Crashing Episode 443 All Bones Considered From Broadcaster And Author Joe LexPod Crashing episode 443 with author Joe Lex from the podcast All Bones Considered… Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is the final resting place for many notable men, including Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean, Civil War General George Meade, locomotive magnate Matthias Baldwin, astronomer David Rittenhouse, and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, plus many Union generals and even fictional characters like Adrian Balboa. But it is also home to tens of thousands of unique and accomplished women of the past three centuries. One man, Joe Lex, a retired emergency medicine doctor of 45 years, was inspired to learn of the history behind who is...
2026-02-1018 min
Arroe Collins Like It's LiveAll Bones Considered From Broadcaster And Author Joe Lex The History Of Brotherly LoveLaurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is the final resting place for many notable men, including Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean, Civil War General George Meade, locomotive magnate Matthias Baldwin, astronomer David Rittenhouse, and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, plus many Union generals and even fictional characters like Adrian Balboa. But it is also home to tens of thousands of unique and accomplished women of the past three centuries. One man, Joe Lex, a retired emergency medicine doctor of 45 years, was inspired to learn of the history behind who is buried at this historical cemetery that tells not just Philadelphia’s histor...
2026-02-0717 min
I Am Refocused RadioDr. Joe Lex: All Bones Considered | Laurel Hill Stories and Why the Past Still MattersIn this episode of I Am Refocused Radio, I sit down with Dr. Joe Lex, a retired emergency medicine physician and historian who’s turning overlooked lives into unforgettable stories. Dr. Lex joins us to talk about his book All Bones Considered and his podcast work centered around Laurel Hill Cemetery, where history isn’t just dates and names, it’s real people with real impact. We get into:Why “unknown” people often have the wildest, most inspiring storiesThe Marion Stokes story (700,000+ hours of recorded TV news saved for the future)“Commando Mary” and how she used radio to rally women du...
2026-02-0128 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesDr. Thomas Hewson Bache: Cofounder of Children's HospitalABC:LHS #082-4 Thomas Hewson Bache...
...co-founded CHOP, the first children’s hospital in the United States. But he also served as a Major in the Medical Corps involved in the Gettysburg Campaign when he was taken as a prisoner of war. He also served as curator of the Mütter Museum and oversaw significant acquisitions like the Joseph Hyrtl skull collection.
Script by Russell Dodge, narration by Joe Lex
2026-01-0520 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesJohn Henry Fow: Foghorn for the Talk, Ducky for the WalkBBB:LHWS #048 John Henry Fow...
...was a lawyer with two nicknames - "Ducky" for the walk and "Foghorn" for the talk. He was tough and had an uncanny knack for figuring out what was unconstitutional. He debunked the supposed story behind the famous “Washington Crosses the Delaware” painting and then seriously challenged the Betsy Ross flag anecdote.
2025-09-1446 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesLTC Edgar Loftus: Facing Down a Nazi AceABC:LHS #078-5 LTC Edgar Loftus...
...was a Wharton grad who rose in the Army Air Corps to Lieutenant Colonel. On VE Day, he was ranking officer in charge when a small squadron of German Aces landed and then augured in their aircraft at his air base to end their war. One of them was Hitler's favorite pilot. Yes, this really happened.
2025-09-0626 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesJacques Louis Francine: "I Bombed Japan"ABC:LHS #078-4 Jacques Louis Francine...
...from a well-established Philadelphia family was the ultimate outdoorsman who collected specimens for the Academy of Natural Sciences and established a canoe camp. He rarely mentioned that he was also decorated fighter pilot and bomber pilot with more than 30 missions to his name.
2025-09-0525 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesHolger "Hold Your Horses" Hoiriis: Fighting Nazis in the CatskillsABC:LHS #078-3 Holger Hoiriis...
...bought an airplane in 1924 and took up barnstorming. He was the first pilot to carry a paying customer across the Atlantic and the first pilot to complete night airmail delivery for the US Postal service. After the war a story emerged about the time he was hijacked by Nazi agents in the Catskills.
2025-09-0431 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesPhiladelphia Fliers: Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Hobey Baker, Benjamin Lee IIABC:LHS #078-2 The First Philadelphia Fliers
Beer heir Grover Cleveland Bergdoll took to flight early; it is his Wright Brothers biplane that suspends from the ceiling of the Franklin Institute. He was also the most notorious American Draft Dodger during the Great War.
You met Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker in ABC:LHS #019 when fellow guide Paul Sookiasian and I talked about his athletic prowess; now I discuss his life as a pilot, and add new information uncovered only last year by ESPN.
Benjamin Lee II eagerly shipped off to be a fl...
2025-09-0337 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesLincoln's Air Force: Defying Gravity in the 19th CenturyABC:LHS #078-1 Thaddeus Lowe, who has relatives at Laurel Hill East, was the man who introduced the balloon to American warfare when he helped guide Union troops from 500 feet above the earth during the Battle of Fair Oaks. Until replaced by spy planes in the 20th century, balloons were one of the best surveillance tools in warfare.
2025-09-0230 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesLook! Up in the Sky! Laurel Hill Pilots (part 1)ABC:LHS #078-0 Look! Up in the Sky!
Thaddeus Lowe is not buried at Laurel Hill, but has many connections there. He was an balloon aeronaut during the Civil War, thus father of the United States Air Force.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll's family is in a huge mausoleum at Laurel Hill West. An early student of the Wright brothers, he became a poster child for privilege when he dodged the draft during the Great War.
Hobey Baker's athletic gifts made him a natural pilot, but he crashed and died on the day he was sched...
2025-09-013h 00
Higher Ed AV Podcast with Joe Way326: Lex Evans, Account Manager, Corporate AV & Live Events, Epiphan VideoThis week on the Higher Ed AV Podcast, Joe Way welcomes Lex Evans, Account Manager, Corporate AV & Live Events at Epiphan Video to duscuss her new role and journey through higher ed. Lex offers insights on how her nine years working in the higher ed vertical helped her take the next step into the corporate side. She offers advice for others on how to take the next steps in their careers and the value of involving yourself in the community. Oh, and she gives her exit interview of Joe. Watch and listen!Connect with Lex Evans:LinkedIn...
2025-08-2646 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesSara Oberholtzer: Philadelphia ThriftBBB:LHWS #057 Sara Louisa Oberholtzer...
...was a feminist, an abolitionist, and a temperance advocate who helped establish school bank accounts for millions of American children during the "Thrift" movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her legacy for thrift in Philadelphia is second only to Benjamin Franklin's.
2025-08-1447 min
Love, Lex PLove, Lex P Ep 29 Shacarri airport drama, Brooke Hogan Update, Kash doll nail drama and more! Hey lovebirds! Today we discuss Shacarri domestic dispute, Offsets appearance on Joe Budden, Kash doll nail drama, Finesse 2 times, Brooke Hogan and more! Get your love, lex p t-shirts now! https://www.lovelexp.c... hair provided by https://www.richlookha... Use code "LEXPM" Follow my snapchat! LexP05 Music in this video: Just for Kicks by Dinner Licensed via Artlist.io
2025-08-1134 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesAntoinette Westphal: Drexel Forever!ABC:LHS #077-4 Antoinette Westphal...
...was a Dragon through and through. While a student in the late 1950s, she captained both field hockey and lacrosse teams, and wrote the newspaper's gossip column. She and fellow grad Ray Westphal married and started a family as Ray turned an idea into a successful business. After her death, Ray's donation caused creation of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design.
2025-08-0524 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesJoseph Wharton: The Law without Morals Is UselessABC:LHS #077-3 Joseph Wharton...
...was a Quaker businessman and philanthropist and the primary founder of Swarthmore College. Fisher Park in northeast Philadelphia was his gift to the city. The Wharton State Forest in New Jersey is the largest mass of land owned by the state. And, of course, the world-famous business school that bears his name has graduated more eventual billionaires than any school in history.
2025-08-0439 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesHenry Biddle: Educating the FreedmanABC:LHS #077-2 Captain Henry Biddle...
...was wounded in the Battle of Glendale and died a few weeks later after having befriended his treating physician. His wife donated money in his name to found Biddle College in North Carolina, which has since changed its name to Johnson C. Smith University.
His son Spencer Fullerton Baird Biddle was a Navy man who became a cattle rancher and introduced the highland cow to America and was a co-founder of the American Hospital in Paris.
2025-08-0328 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesCharles Macalester: Inventing Glengarry & TorresdaleABC:LHS #077-1 Charles Macalester...
...established the town of Torresdale, founded Presbyterian Hospital, financially advised eight US presidents, and may have been the richest man in the world. A codicil in his will provided for the beginning of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, one of the top-ranked liberal arts schools in the country. The river mansion Glen Foerd stands as another of his creations.
2025-08-0322 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesSome College Namesakes (part 1)ABC:LHS #077 College Namesakes (part 1)
Charles Macalester made a contribution that helped to turn a small liberal arts school into one of the finest small colleges in the land.
Joseph Wharton made fortunes several times over, but is best remembered for starting what has become one of the top business schools in the country.
Henry Biddle died from wounds received during the Peninsula campaign; his wife donated money to start a college for freedmen in his name in North Carolina.
Antoinette Passos Westphal was Drexel through and through. She and her husband Ray made numerous contributions to the schoo...
2025-08-012h 17All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesRobert A. Groff, MD: Cutting BrainBBB:LHWS #046 Psychosurgery...
...dates back to the Neolithic period but became more prominent in the 19th and 20th centuries. For about 30 years in the middle of the 20th century, medical wisdom had declared that destroying organically healthy brain tissue was a legitimate treatment for varying psychiatric disorders. The champion for destroying healthy brain tissue was a Philadelphia born-and trained neurologist Walter Freeman, who performed the procedure several thousand times.
Robert A. Groff, MD, also trained at Penn, as well as under the legendary Harvey Cushing in Boston. Toward the end of his legendary career, he was...
2025-07-1559 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesBG Henry Naglee: Civil War Hero, Famed Vintner, ScoundrelABC:LHS #076-5 Henry Naglee...
...was a West Point graduate who fought in Mexico, the West, and the Civil War. He took a liking to the West Coast and built the first permanent commercial structure in San Francisco, installed vineyards that produced the finest brandy in the country, and is namesake for the Naglee Park section of San Jose. But he was a scoundrel with women, one of whom repaid him by publishing his love letters and his self-portrait of doing naked pushups on his bathtub. General Naglee is interred in the South segment of Laurel Hill Ea...
2025-07-0630 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesLouis Bossle: Best Rat Catcher in the LandABC:LHS #076-4 Rat Catcher Lou Bossle...
...was proud of his profession - it is even carved onto his Laurel Hill West tombstone. Twice in the 1890s, Philadelphia newspapers sent a reporter to keep him company in rat-infested basements while he was on the job.
I'll tell you about the long relationship between humans and rats, and share some of the methods used by ratcatchers of yore.
If you're a little squeamish, this one might make you squeam.
2025-07-0528 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesMabel Tinley, alias Lasca Vega, alias Mrs. John Van Ness RobertsABC:LHS #076-3 Mabel Tinley... (by Thomas Keels)
...was a Philadelphia-born con woman with a hypnotizing gaze who worked her way into New York Society with boldness and beauty. Fellow cemetery historian Tom Keels tells her remarkable story and suggests an inscription for her stone - should she ever get one.
Here Lies
MABEL TINLEY
AKA
Mrs. Richard W. Roelofs, Fickle Wife and Inattentive Mother,
Lasca Vega, Vaudeville Vamp,
Louise Vermeule, Serial Shopper,
Mrs. John (Catherine Stuyvesant) Van Ness Roberts, Buddy of Big App...
2025-07-0431 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesMAJ Wakeman Griffin Gribbel: Unsuccessfully Dealing with the Aftermath of WarABC:LHS #076-2 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
...evolved from nostalgia and soldier's heart to shell shock and battle fatigue and the thousand yard stare.
W. Griffin Gribbel was a wealthy Chestnut Hill businessman and Great War veteran whose wealth, career, and family could not save him from his post-war nightmares. His behavior often got so out of control that he had to be confined in an asylum. After a minor plane accident in 1929, he threatened everyone in his house with his collection of firearms. When a police officer came to the house to help take him awa...
2025-07-0347 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesMorton McMichael Hoyt: 3rd Time's Not a Charm, EitherABC:LHS #076-1 Morton McMichael Hoyt...
...was named for his great-grandfather the mayor. His sister, Elinor Wylie, was a famed poet and author. Before he had turned 21, he married Jeanine Bankhead, older sister of up-and-coming actress Tallulah. When the marriage failed, they tried again. And then a third time. And he was captured by the Nazis in 1942 and spent the war in a German concentration camp. His ashes were consigned to earth at Laurel Hill West.
2025-07-0220 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesA Handful of EccentricsABC:LHS #076 Five people who really didn’t fit anywhere else.
Morton McMichael Hoyt married the same woman three times and once jumped off a steamship to impress a 17-year-old girl.
Major Wakeman Griffin Gribbel was gassed and wounded during the Great War; during one of several psychotic breaks, he mortally wounded a police officer, but a jury found him “not guilty.”
Fellow guide and cemetery historian Tom Keels tells the rollicking story of Mabel Tinsley, one of the great con artists of the Gilded Age.
Louis Bossle was the city’s best-known ratcatcher; when he died, his nickname “...
2025-07-013h 01All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesMilton C. Work: America's Bridge MasterBBB:LHWS #045 Milton C. Work...
...was a Philadelphia lawyer who took up cards - specifically whist and bridge. Bridge clubs formed all over town, but people soon realized the man in the know was Milton C. Work, a Philadelphia lawyer. A scoring system that Work popularized for contract bridge remains the one that most players use today.
Learn about the history of playing cards, the development of bid games, and a lot more on this month's episode.
2025-06-1549 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesClarence Wiener: Laurel Hill's Baron MunchausenABC:LHS #075-5 Baron von Munchausen...
...was a German military man who traveled the country spreading his tales of wonder, which always featured himself in the role of a hero. Clarence Wiener came from a wealthy Philadelphia family. He started to burnish his reputation during his brief stay at Harvard. Eventually, truth and fiction blended together. His widowed mother married an American-born violin teacher who was also a Baron. When Clarence died, he ended with an unmarked grave in the family plot.
2025-06-0631 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesPrincess Olga Demidoff Stoever: Princess with AttitudeABC:LHS #075-4 Princess Olga Demidoff...
...was from one royal family and married into another, the house of Trubetskoy. She eventually married Philadelphia archeologist Edward Stoever, but supported herself as both an escort and as madame in a high-end New York brothel. Her name is on the tombstone, but she is located on an island off of Spain.
2025-06-0513 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesMarquis d'Esken de Frenoys & Baron Michael von SuttkaABC:LHS #075-3 In Paris before the Great War...
...he was known as Roberto Carles Eskens, but acquired the title of “The Marquis D’Eskens de Frenoys.”
Baron James Ivan Michael von Suttka was born in Canton, Ohio, and claimed to be an Olympic caliber pistol shot.
Both men married rich American women. It is difficult to prove whether their titles were authentic - but I doubt it.
2025-06-0421 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesCountess Santa Eulalia, aka Libbie Shindler StetsonABC:LHS #075-2 Elizabeth "Libby" Shindler...
...was an Indiana farm girl / schoolteacher who caught the eye of philanthropist / hatmaker John B. Stetson and became his third wife. When left a widow with several million dollars, she was pursued and captured by a Portuguese nobleman who was not quite what he claimed.
2025-06-0332 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesThe United States and Peerage TitlesABC:LHS #075-1 In the last quarter of the 19th century...
...there was a surge in marriages between European nobility and American heiresses as families exchanged money for titles. These women became known as "dollar princesses," and soon your east coast soiree was not complete without a contessa or marchioness to add to the flavor.
2025-06-0222 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesLaurel Hill Nobility (part 1)ABC:LHS #075 In the late 19th and early 20th century...
...more than 450 American heiresses traded their fortunes for a European title; they were called "dollar princesses."
Elizabeth Shindler Stetson was the hatmaker's third wife who married into a Portuguese title.
Roberto Carles Eskens claimed Belgian nobility as Marquis d'Eskens de Frenoys; or was he a German valet with a good story and a vivid imagination?
James Ivan Michael von Suttka has "Baron" on his headstone and "Olympic medalist" in his obituary; neither was true.
Clarence Wiener was a peripatetic military gadfly who claimed innumerable medals and honors for...
2025-06-012h 23
The Joe Rogan RecapLex Fridman (2019) - Steroids, AI and Jiu JitsuThis recap episode broadly covers the development and impact of artificial intelligence, particularly in the context of autonomous vehicles and language generation. Lex Fridman and Joe Rogan debate the safety concerns surrounding rapidly evolving AI technology, including the potential for accidents with self-driving cars and the creation of convincing fake content. They also explore the societal implications of widespread automation and the ethical considerations researchers face when developing powerful AI systems, touching on topics like the future of work, human communication, and the nature of consciousness itself.---We...
2025-05-1716 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesJack Merriam & Dream GardenBBB:LHWS #044 John W. “Jack” Merriam...
...made his fortune in real estate development – Oxford Valley Mall, Cedarbrook Apartment Complex, and others. Among his acquisitions was the Curtis Publishing Building on Washington Square, with its magnificent Maxfield Parrish / Louis Comfort Tiffany glass mosaic in the lobby. He was namesake for the Merriam Theater on South Broad Street, and he left tens of millions of dollars in support of local art institutions.
2025-05-1547 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories2LT Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill: Gassed!ABC:LHS #074-5 2LT Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill...
...was a PAFA-trained artist who specialized in landscapes and beach scenes. He joined the Army in 1915 and served during the Battles of Ypres and the Somme. While he survived a gas attack, his lungs were apparently damaged, which led to his premature death in 1929.
2025-05-0627 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesMAJ Alfred Reginald Allen, MD: The Choices a Man MakesABC:LHS #074-4 Alfred Reginald Allen, MD...
...was a UPenn med school grad, a clever researcher in neurologic injuries, a brilliant composer of operas and hymns, founder of the Savoy Company, and one of the finest photomicrographers in the world. But when he joined the Army, it was as a combat officer. He was killed, ironically, by shrapnel to his brain at Meuse Argonne. He has a cenotaph at Laurel Hill East.
2025-05-0519 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesCPT Alan Wood Lukens: Lost in the Fog of WarABC:LHS #074-3 CPT Alan Wood Lukens...
...was variously reported as killed in action, missing in action, hospitalized at an unknown site in France, and possible prisoner of war. He had been killed in action in September, but it took the Lukens family until January to determine what had really happened to Allen. He was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Service Medal
2025-05-0421 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr: Groton to The SommeABC:LHS #074-2 1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr...
...joined the military long before the United States entered the war. He had been a football star at Groton and at Harvard. He ended up with the Coldstream Guard where he was killed in action during the Battle of Somme. He is buried in France, but his family has added his name to their stone at Laurel Hill East.
2025-05-0319 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesPhiladelphia and the Great WarABC:LHS #074-1 "The Workshop of the World"...
...provided doughboys with blankets, footwear, and head gear. By the time the US Congress declared war in April, 1917, hundreds of Americans had already been fighting, and many had died, the first of more than 125,000 Americans to die, including 1400 Philadelphians, in what many thought would be the "war to end all wars."
2025-05-0210 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesKilling Fields of France (part 1)ABC:LHS #074 The United States was dragged into a war...
...that it seemed nobody wanted, but that was inevitable anyway. Philadelphia produced massive amounts of materials for the American doughboys.
1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr was impatient for action. He joined Britain’s esteemed Coldstream Guard and was readily accepted by them. He was killed at the Battle of the Somme before the United States even got officially involved.
CPT Alan Wood Lukens came from two families of steel mongers. Although he was killed in late September of 1918 at Meuse Argonne, his family did not discover the trut...
2025-05-012h 00All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesTimothee Adamowski: Idol of the Boston PopsBBB:LHWS #043 Polish born violinist Timothee Adamowski...
...was soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for many years and served as one of the first conductors of the Boston Pops Orchestra. For many years his name was romantically linked with that of famed Australian soprano Nellie Melba, but he surprised everyone when he married Gertrude Pancoast of a famed Philadelphia medical family.
2025-04-1538 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesADM George W. Melville: The Doomed Jeannette ExpeditionABC:LHS #073-5 George W. Melville...
...was the MacGyver of his day. He could seemingly create anything out of nothing when the situation called for it. As an engineer he was unsurpassed. He was one of only a few survivors of the ill-fated attempt to reach the North Pole by the ship Jeannette, captained by George DeLong. He then went back to recover the bodies of those who had been left behind. He has a statue at the Naval Yard and was twice painted by Thomas Eakins.
2025-04-0641 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesADM Sylvanus Godon: Hanging "Lucky Nat" GordonABC:LHS #073-4 Admiral Sylvanus William Godon...
...spent his life in the Navy. The high point was probably the capture of the USS Erie with its cargo of 897 enslaved Africans. The captain of that ship, Nathaniel "Lucky Nat" Gordon, went to the gallows for his crime.
2025-04-0527 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesCOM David Conner: Amphibious Landing at Vera CruzABC:LHS #073-3 Commodore David Conner...
...was responsible for the successful amphibious landing of 12,000 men at Vera Cruz during the Mexican American War. His presentation sword and two medals are on display in the Cincinnati Room of the Hill - Physick - Keith House, along with a fine portrait.
2025-04-0424 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesCOM Isaac Hull and Old Ironsides (script by Russ Dodge)ABC:LHS #073-2 Isaac Hull...
...was a lifelong sailor from a family of sailors. He is best remembered today for being commander of the USS Constitution when it captured HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. Fellow tour guide Russell Dodge wrote this script about the life of this great seaman.
2025-04-0329 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesIntroduction to the 19th Century US NavyABC:LHS #073-1 The United States...
...tried very hard to not have a Navy. It wasn't until the early 19th century that congress realized the need for a fighting force on the water. Capture of American merchant ships by the Barbary pirates and corsairs with letters of marque forced congress to release funds to fortify the Navy. Eventually the United States Navy was second only to the Royal Navy of England.
2025-04-0216 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesFour Naval HeroesABC:LHS #073 Philadelphia has always been a Navy town...
Isaac Hull led USS Constitution to victory against HMS Guerriere in the early days of the War of 1812. Fellow tour guide Russ Dodge wrote this script but declined the opportunity to narrate it.
David Conner worked with Winfield Scott to arrange the largest amphibious assault of the 19th century at Vera Cruz during the Mexican American War.
While serving in the African Squadron, Sylvanus Godon captured the slave ship Erie, which led to the return of nearly 900 Africans to their home continent, and the hanging of “Lucky Nat” Gordon, the on...
2025-04-012h 43All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesDorothy Burr Thompson & Pamela Burr: Prides of Bryn Mawr CollegeBBB:LHWS #042-5 Dorothy Burr Thompson ("DBT")...
...was acknowledged as one of the best archeologists of her day. Her work of Hellenistic terra cottas has never been surpassed.
Her younger sister Pamela Burr wrote a play while at Bryn Mawr that featured her classmate, Katharine Hepburn.
2025-03-2010 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesAnna Brown Burr: Prodigious AuthorBBB:LHWS #042-4 Anna Robeson Burr Brown...
...was an American writer of novels, poetry, stories, essays, and biographies. Her The Autobiography: A Critical and Comparative Study (1909), was the first book on the subject.
2025-03-1910 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesHenry Armitt Brown: Finest Orator of His GenerationBBB:LHWS #042-3 Henry Armitt Brown...
...became the finest orator of his generation, frequently compared to Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. His life was cut short only weeks after his greatest triumph. You can read his words today at the Valley Forge Memorial Arch.
2025-03-1811 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesFrederick Brown: Druggist, Cemetery Co-FounderBBB:LHWS #042-2 Frederick Brown...
...was a very successful druggist and a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. When his friend John Jay Smith invited him to be a founder at Laurel Hill Cemetery, he accepted the offer.
2025-03-1716 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesCharles Brockden Brown: America's First Major Novelist (cenotaph)BBB:LHWS #042-1 Charles Brockden Brown...
...is regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. His best-known works include Wieland and Edgar Huntly, both of which display his characteristic interest in Gothic themes. His works heavily influenced both Mary Bysshe Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe.
2025-03-1604 minAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill StoriesFive Generations of Browns at Laurel HillABC:LHWS #042 Five Generations of the Brown family...
...are interred at Laurel Hill
Charles Brockden Brown was American’s first successful novelist. his influence on Edgar Allen Poe was immeasurable. He has a cenotaph in the South section of Laurel Hill East.
Charles' nephew Frederick Brown was a successful druggist because of his ginger root-based nostrums. He was also one of four co-founders of Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Frederick's son Henry Armitt Brown was considered the best orator of his generation and often compared to Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.
Henry's daughter Anna Robeson Brown Burr was a highl...
2025-03-151h 09
The Joe Rogan Experience#2260 - Lex FridmanLex Fridman is a computer scientist and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics, and host of the Lex Fridman Podcast. https://youtube.com/lexfridmanDon’t miss out on all the action this week at DraftKings! Download the DraftKings app today! Sign-up using dkng.co/rogan or through my promo code ROGAN.GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER, (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA). Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). Please Gamble Responsibly. 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT) or visit www.mdgamblinghelp.org (MD).21+ and present i...
2025-01-223h 26
Lex MigJoe BidenNiels Bjerre Poulsen er gæste-eksperten i dagens afsnit af Lex Mig om Joe Biden. Niels er ph.d. i amerikansk historie fra University of California, Santa Barbara, og så er han en af de eksperter, der skriver artikler for lex.dk, Danmarks nationalleksikon. Som altid er Lex Mig vejen til din opgave, din eksamen og din fremlæggelse. Mit navn er Marcus Eklund, og du ved lige så meget som mig.
2024-03-1313 min
GeekVerse NewsYoung Avengers Still Happening? Hoult Cast As Lex, Aquaman 2 Trailer : GV 586Is Young Avengers Dead On Arrival After The Marvels Disastrous Box Office?Nicholas Hoult Cast As Lex LuthorAquaman 2 TrailerTrailer Reviews For Imaginary, Anyone But You, Percy JacksonEnjoy Ad-Free, Early, & Exclusive Episodes! https://www.patreon.com/GeekVerseSupport Our Patreon To Help Us Grow The Podcast and Create New Content Guest On Shows, Pick Films For Us To Review, Send Topics & More!GeekVerse.ca is where you can find all the info on the show and where you can find it!Come Chat With The Hosts, Join Our Discord! https://discord.gg/GMBM3yuc
2023-11-231h 51
GeekVerse NewsEcho Dropping Binge Style, Lex Luthor Casting Rumor's, PlayStation Showcase Predictions : GV 560Topics: Echo To Release Binge Style On Disney+, But Why?Loki Date & Kang Rumours/Venom 3 Villain CastBradley Cooper Lex Luthor RumoursTrailers: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning, Five Night’s At Freddy’s, The CreatorSony Showcase PredictionsEnjoy Ad Free, Early, & Exclusive Episodes! https://www.patreon.com/GeekVerseSupport Our Patreon To Help Us Grow The Podcast & Create New ContentGuest On Shows, Pick Films For Us To Review, Send Topics & More!GeekVerse.ca is where you can find all info on t...
2023-05-182h 12
Lala Land with LexTaylor + Joe. Flashback to 2006. My Britney Spears Party Trick. College. Lala’s Beginning.Lex gets into it all this week. The Taylor Swift + Joe Alwyn break-up. Songs that slapped in 2006. My Britney impersonation. My college experience. And the Lala origin story. It’s a good one. Welcome to Lala Land!
2023-04-121h 09
The Joe Rogan Experience#1934 - Lex FridmanLex Fridman is a scientist and researcher in the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles and host of "The Lex Fridman Podcast." www.lexfridman.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-01-313h 14
Tell Us Something We Don't Know - A Serious Chat with a ComedianLex Marinos - THE WAGGA WAGGA WOGLex Marinos, star of the 80’s hit sitcom Kingswood Country, talks about the first time the word wog was used on Australian TV, the ins and outs of recording in front of a live studio audience and his work on the Bodyline series.
2022-12-201h 03
Lex Fridman Podcast#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and FreedomJoe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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2022-07-041h 49
The Joe Rogan Experience#1824 - Lex FridmanLex Fridman is a scientist and researcher in the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, as well as the host of "The Lex Fridman Podcast." https://lexfridman.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-05-262h 46
Higher Ed AV Podcast with Joe Way158: Ron Epstein and Lex Peters - AVNation Awards Celebration Takeover Episode158: Ron Epstein and Lex Peters – AVNation Awards Celebration Takeover Episode | Higher Ed AV PodcastHigher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 158Ron EpsteinSenior Director of PR and CommsEpiphan VideoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-epstein-29828b60/Lex PetersCX/UX DesignerUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lex-peters/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/NiceOneLex
2022-02-151h 05
CREWCastCREWCast Ep.54 | JackAss Forever ❤️🩹 Movie Review, Joe Rogan Scandal & Why Kids Should Be illegal!Lex Griffin & Mr. Lewis Review the New Jackass Forever movie WITHOUT Spoilers, Discuss the Joe Rogan Scandal + 10year Aged Scotch & why kids should be illegal in certain places!
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2022-02-071h 59
Our Vantage Point - Retro Wrestling Podcast#257 - Lex Luger: WWF to WCW, Best Royal Rumbles Week #4, WWF Action Zone 10/23/94 review - 1/31/22IN THIS EPISODE:
- The Jump: Lex Luger: WWF to WCW
- Royal Rankings Week #4: Best Royal Rumble matches
- WWF Action Zone 10/23/1994 (debut episode) review
AND SO MUCH MORE!
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2022-01-312h 04
Broads You Should KnowErnesta Drinker aka Commando Mary — Writer, Designer, and WW2 Radio Celebrity [Joe Lex]This week, guest Joe Lex brings us Ernesta Drinker! Widely thought to be the most beautiful socialite Philadelphia ever produced, Ernesta turned down over 100 marriage proposals to travel the world and write, eventually becoming an elite interior designer, then during WW2 touring the country as 'Commando Mary', inspiring women to participate in the war effort. Her story is out of this world and one you won't want to miss!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!...
2022-01-2633 minHigher Ed AV Podcast with Joe Way154: Special Episode, Erin Maher-Moran (JHU) and Lex Peters (USC), Finalist for the AVNation AV Professional of the Year154: Special Episode – Erin Maher-Moran (JHU) and Lex Peters (USC) – AV Professional of the Year Finalists | Higher Ed AV PodcastHigher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 154This year, two incredible higher ed AV women are finalists in the AV Nation “Best of 2021” AV Professional of the Year category: Erin Maher-Moran from Johns Hopkins University and Lex Peters of the University of Southern California. Take a listen as they discuss the their AV journeys and what it means for the industry. Then go vote here: https://avnation.tv/avnation-best-of-2021-awards/.Erin Maher-MoranMultimedia Services ManagerJoh...
2022-01-211h 05Our Vantage Point - Retro Wrestling Podcast#248 - Lex Luger, Worst WWF PPVs Week #4, NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/29/89 review - 11/22/21IN THIS EPISODE:
- Anywhere But New York: Lex Luger
- Royal Flush Week #4: Worst WWF PPVs
- NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/29/1989 review
AND SO MUCH MORE!
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2021-11-222h 07
CinemaON LEXSnake Eyes (GI Joe Origins)Una revisión a la película sobre el popular personaje Snake Eyes, del universo de GI Joe, en su primer film en solitario. Es un buen film o no? Qué se destaca de esta producción? Escríbenos en los comentarios!
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2021-09-0125 min
The Joe Rogan Experience#1696 - Lex FridmanLex Fridman is a scientist and researcher in the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, as well as the host of "The Lex Fridman Podcast." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-08-173h 35
Radio FREE Lex Greene 2021EPISODE 3 - Joe Biden - The Mass Shooting PresidentAccording to CNN, the election of Joe Biden has set off a world record of mass shooting events in the USA that the world has never seen before, with “at least 147 mass shootings across the country since Joe took office – at least 45 such events in just the past 30-days.”
By contrast, the USA recorded just 35 mass shooting events during the four years that Donald J. Trump was President, an annual average of just 8.75 mass shooting events per year during the Trump administration. At the current rate of events since Joe Biden took office, the USA could see as man...
2021-06-1007 min
Higher Ed AV Podcast with Joe Way123: Lex Peters, CX Design and Support Analyst at the University of Southern California and Creative Director of Higher Ed AV MediaWhat is a compliment sandwich? What is the best method for giving feedback and growing your team dynamics? Lex Peters, CX Design and Support Analyst at the University of Southern California and Creative Director of Higher Ed AV, joins the show to discuss and drops a solid hour of golden advice for every manager and team member. Lex also points out the difference between how women and men are given and receive feedback. Lex concludes with her vision for the future of Higher Ed AV... Oh, and plugs her side hustle.Connect with Lex Peters on Twitter at...
2021-03-3053 min
THE FREAK IT PODCASTWE DID IT, JOE! (STIMMY EDITION)MONEYBAGG JOE FINALLY RELEASED THE LONG AWAITED STIMMY, THE ROYAL FAMILY, COMING TO AMERICA 2, PINKY IS THE GOAT, ANGRY MAN CORNER, TEXAS GOING BACK TO NORMAL, THE NBA ALL STAR GAME, AND MUCH MORE.
TUNE IN.
2021-03-161h 16
Comic Book Central#356: Sherman Howard on menacing Superboy as Lex Luthor!Talented actor Sherman Howard joins me in the Lair this week to talk about capturing Alf, taking a surgical Junior Mint from Seinfeld, squaring off against Batman Beyond, and menacing Superboy as Lex Luthor!Photo courtesy Sherman HowardImages TM & copyright © Warner Bros., DC Comics Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2021-01-161h 02
Depp ImpactThe Source: The Story of the Beats w/Joe LexJenna is joined by former ER doctor and current podcast and radio host Joe Lex to talk some history and a very brief Johnny Depp performance in the documentary The Source: The Story of the Beats. They chat Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac, the history of hip, and Johnny Depp's undisputed lesbian icon status. Joe is a treasure trove of amazing information, so Jenna mostly listens and absorbs the stories.
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2020-12-141h 08Our Vantage Point - Retro Wrestling Podcast#202 - The Lex Express, Worst Feuds Week #1, WCW Prime 2/6/95 review - 12/7/20IN THIS EPISODE:
- What Went Wrong With: The Lex Express
- Royal Flush Week #1: Worst Feuds in Wrestling
- WCW Prime 2/6/1995 review
AND SO MUCH MORE!
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2020-12-071h 57
Podcast In Your House - Joe RobPODCAST IN YOUR HOUSE - EPISODIO 13 - Fotografo Lex ButtowskiQue tal amigos, en el episodio de hoy tengo como invitado al fotografo Lex Buttowski, platicamos sobre su trabajo, sus estilos, el com edita sus fotografías. Entramos al tema de los medios de produccion donde se ha visto involucrado. Tambien hablamos un poco de cine.
Nos comenta sobre su antiguo programa de radio Online. Y muchos más temas que engloban este mundo de los medios.
Disfrutenlo y pasen la voz.
2020-10-101h 17Lex Fridman Podcast#127 – Joe Rogan: Conversations, Ideas, Love, Freedom & The Joe Rogan ExperienceJoe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and the host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast:
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2020-09-261h 19
DJ LEX GREENThe Finest in House & Deep House vol 40 mixed by LEX GREENFACEBOOK LIVE STREAM 29.08.20
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Tracklist:
1. Dele Sosimi - Turbulent Times (Armonica Remix)
2. Monkey Safari - Artifact
3. Joe T Vannelli, Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man (Angelo Ferreri Deep Vocal Mix)
4. Elisa Elisa - Drum Love
5. Monkey Safari - Palomar
6. Milk & Sugar - Let the Sun Shine (Alaia & Gallo Extended Remix)
7. Junior Sanchez - Hard To Resist
8. Soulmagic - Soulmagic (Saison Extended Remix)
9. Inaky Garcia, Jerry Davila, Mimi Barber - Cada Vez
10. V.underground, George Lesley, Earl W. Green - Mayibuye (Tom Bug Remix)
11. Somersault - Dee Boys
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2020-09-041h 00
Lex: The Craigslist WhispererLEX - TCW Episode 25: The Cincinnati Bengals clock.Despite no longer needing help with a hubcap and forgetting that Joe Burrow was getting drafted that day, Lex still gets a free clock by accident.
2020-05-2005 min
Higher Ed AV Podcast with Joe Way079: Lex Peters, #SCNtheNine Class of 2020, and Learning Environments Support Analyst at the University of Southern CaliforniaWe all love a good success story, and there is none better than that of Lex Peters, Learning Environments Support Analyst at the University of Southern California, and recent inductee into the 2020 Class of Systems Contractor News (SCN Magazine) “The Nine.” Lex began her AV journey as a student worker at California Baptist University, graduating with a degree in public relations. She then joined the staff at USC, overseeing the enterprise BrightSign digital signage initiative and leading the forward-facing customer service imaging for the department. Lex has also involved herself in the AV industry with the AVIXA Women’s Council and as...
2020-04-281h 03