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D20/20The First Mercerian Age and the Dawn of the MulliganianMichael and Carol discuss the exciting news of Brennan Lee Mulligan GMing campaign 4 of Critical Role!
2025-08-0322 min
Autism Family Resource44 Embracing the Autism Voyage: Parenting, Life Planning, and Entrepreneurship with Michael PereiraAutism Family Resource Podcast Episode 44 Episode Title: Embracing the Autism Voyage: Parenting, Life Planning, and Entrepreneurship with Michael Pereira Welcome Back! Parenting a neurodivergent child is a journey filled with unique challenges, unexpected turns, and moments of profound growth. In this episode, we embark on an insightful conversation with Michael Pereira, founder of The Autism Voyage, as he shares his personal parenting experiences, practical daily living strategies, and financial planning insights for families with special needs. We'll also explore how entrepreneurship can offer parents greater flexibility, allowing them to...
2025-04-0227 min
This Is Horror PodcastWesley Southard on The Better to Eat You With, Threesome, and Meeting Brian KeeneIn this podcast, Wesley Southard talks about his brand new book, The Better to Eat You With, Threesome, meeting Brian Keene, and much more. About Wesley Southard Wesley Southard is the two-time Splatterpunk Award-Winning and Imadjinn Award-Winning author of The Betrayed, Closing Costs, One for the Road, Resisting Madness, Slaves to Gravity, Cruel Summer, Where … Continue reading
2025-03-061h 13D20/20My Buddy the ManticoreIn which Carol, Michael, and our special guest, Mel (Captain Tsarra!), recount a were-tiger attack and make a new, very fearsome friend!
2025-03-0519 minD20/20An Escape and a SlooshIn a very frantic retelling, Carol and Michael recall the party’s frantic escape from the Temple of Sneeple and the race back to the ship!
2025-01-2731 minD20/20Temple of SneepleIn which the crew of the Captain’s Revenge find themselves in a temple full of Sneeple and snake gods! Carol remembers a feature of her weapon she should’ve been using the whole game and Michael’s familiar turns a Sneeple into a meat tube!
2025-01-2024 min
Mental Capacity Matters with Alex Ruck KeeneThe police and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 - in conversation with Michael BrownIn this 'in conversation with', I talk to the very recently retired police officer, Michael Brown - the Mental Health Cop, about the police, the MCA 2005, the red herring of 'capacity to commit criminal offences,' and the complexities of emergency situat
2024-09-0928 min
Beyond the SummitDeath of the Pale Blue Dot & Babylon: City of the Living Dead | BTSIt's another long episode of Beyond the Summit, and one packed with high peaks and deep dives! First, Jordan and Pastor Michael tackle the description of God's wrath in Revelation 15 & 16, seeking to understand whether it is solely for punitive judgment or revealing of truth.
In the second half, we move on to Revelation 17 & 18, which takes us back to the wilderness to see the Whore of Babylon on her scarlet beast. Could this be the same woman in white that we met back in chapter 12, and if so, what horrible things have happened to God's pure church?
2024-08-021h 06Mental Capacity Matters with Alex Ruck KeeneSafeguarding Adults Reviews – themes and implications from a national analysis: in discussion with Professor Michael Preston-ShootIn this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Professor Michael Preston-Shoot about the second national analysis of safeguarding adults reviews he recently led with Professor Suzy Braye. We talk about the background and context, and he draws out some of the key themes, before we conclude with asking whether SARs actually achieve anything.The three reports coming from the analysis can be found here: Stage 1: Case characteristics; nature of the abuse and neglect; SAR reviewing processStage 2: Analysis of learningStage 3: Conclusions and improvement prioritiesThe Safe Care at Home Review...
2024-07-2226 minBeyond the SummitThe Cosmic Conflict Over Humanity | BTSIn this week's episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael tackle sobering current events and their relationship to Revelation chapters 12-14. We see a woman chased by a dragon, a beast out of the see, and a lamb-like beast sent to dominate the nations of the world. Will God's faithful be able to stand as they continued to follow the true Lamb?
2024-07-1935 minBeyond the SummitWarning: Agency Compromised | BTSThis episode sounds the warning call of Revelation 8-10, as we listen to the blast of the Seven Trumpets and what they herold. Jordan and Pastor Michael discuss the impact of these trumpets throughout time and the nature of the evils that they warn of: what is the responsibility of those who hear the trumpets and heed their warning...or those to whom the blasts fall on deaf ears?
2024-07-1242 minBeyond the SummitThose Left Standing | BTSIn this week's episode, we ride forth in Revelation 6-7 with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Many of us have read about these riders and they are unleashed by the breaking of the first four seals, but is there more to them than their terrifying appearance? And what of the 144,000 and the Great Multitude? What will Jordan and Pastor Michael find as we go deeper into the Bible's 'Endnote'.
2024-07-0532 minBeyond the SummitTrouble in the Throne Room | BTSIn today's episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael "step through the door" with John into the throne room of Heaven, examining Revelation 4-5. We find that all of Heaven has ceased its ceaseless praising, and we must ponder the problem of the seven-sealed scroll and who is worthy to open it?
2024-06-2833 minBeyond the SummitBeyond the Endnotes | BTSStrap on your hiking books for an extra long journey Beyond the Summit! In this week's extra-long episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael tackle the last two weeks of sermons: finishing up the Beyond series and continuing on to Endnotes, our new series on the book of Revelation.
2024-06-201h 22Beyond the SummitTo Infinity and BeyondJoin Pastor Michael for the final sermon in the "Beyond" series. Job 38-42.
2024-06-1033 minBeyond the SummitThe Idle Idol | BTSThis week's episode focuses on Judges 6-8: the story of Gideon. Join Jordan and Pastor Michael as they follow Gideon's struggle with idolatry, mirroring Israel's cycle of idol worship, oppression, repentance, and deliverance. How far BEYOND is God willing to go for His people, even when we turn away from Him?
2024-06-0742 minBeyond the SummitThe Idle IdolJoin Pastor Michael as he continues through the series "Beyond". Judges 6-8.
2024-06-0330 minBeyond the SummitDo Whatever He Tells You | BTSIn this week's episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael explore Jesus's first miracle at the wedding of Cana. They discuss the humanity of Jesus in revealing his divinity, explore the nature of miracles, and ask what it truly looks like to "Do whatever Jesus tells you."
2024-05-3135 minBeyond the SummitDo Whatever He Tells YouJoin Pastor Michael as he continues through the series "Beyond". John 2:1-10
2024-05-2827 minBeyond the SummitBeyond the Bottom Line | BTSIn this episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael cover the 12th chapter of Mark, discussing how how we often focus on the "bottom line" both financially and spiritually, when Christ challenges up to look beyond to the true source of our faith: Him.
2024-05-1741 minBeyond the SummitSticks | BTSIn today's episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael explore the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath. In discussing the conflicts between the "gods" of the ancient world and the God of Israel, we see how God's power extends not only beyond the borders of a nation or people, but beyond life and death itself.
2024-05-1038 minBeyond the SummitCommunion | BTSIn this episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael dive into the sermon on communion Sabbath, taking a look at Christ's explanation of what it really means to "eat His flesh and drink His blood"
2024-05-0334 minBeyond the SummitGod Will Provide | BTSAfter some weeks off, we are beginning a new journey into the sermon series "Beyond". In this episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael discuss the approach this series will take: a case-by-case study of how God does abundantly beyond what we could ever imagine, starting with the story of Abraham and Isaac.
2024-04-2637 minBeyond the SummitEven to the End | BTSAs we bring the sermon series "Launch" to a close, Jordan and Pastor Michael discuss Acts 7: the trial and stoning of Steven. We examine Stephen's final sermon, explore the understanding of where God's presence truly abides, and take a hard look at what it means to be a disciple "even to the end."
2024-03-2140 minBeyond the SummitThis Ain't Working | BTSActs 6 sees a new crisis arise for the early Church as Satan attempts to distract them from their mission. In this episode, Jordan and Pastor Michael discuss the Church's first attempt at structuring themselves, what it means for the Church to acts as a family, and who is meant to be served by the Church Organization.
2024-03-1436 minBeyond the SummitHold Me Back | BTSThis week, we continue our journey through Acts as Peter & John are put on trial. Jordan and Pastor Michael discuss the Sadducee's abuse of authority, where TRUE authority comes from, and what authority from God empowers us to do.
2024-02-2937 minBeyond the SummitGood News Got Legs | BTSIn this episode, Jordan and Michael unpack the message "Good News Got Legs" and explore the depths of the healing found in the name of Jesus.
2024-02-2245 minThis Is Horror PodcastBrian Keene on The Labyrinth Book Series, The Stand Stephen King Anthology, and Vortex BooksIn this podcast, Brian Keene talks about The Labyrinth book series, The Stand Stephen King anthology, Vortex Books, and much more. About Brian Keene Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. Keene’s … Continue reading
2024-02-211h 09This Is Horror PodcastBrian Keene on Vortex Books and Comics, Biggest Changes in the Last Five Years, and the Popularity of Horror Fiction NowIn this podcast, Brian Keene talks about Vortex Books and Comics, the biggest changes in the last five years personally and professionally, the popularity of horror fiction, and much more. About Brian Keene Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly … Continue reading
2024-02-161h 04Beyond the SummitWhat Do We Do Now? | BTSJordan sits down with Michael to discuss the sermon series "Launch" and the most recent message from the series, "What Do We Do Now?" Listen as we explore the practical impact of devotion to God's word, community, and worship.
2024-02-1542 min
Appraisers On Purpose[S3] From Valuation to Wealth Creation: Jaimee Keene's Real Estate InsightsMeet Jaimee Keene, a visionary in the real estate sector.
Jaimee sheds light on a burgeoning opportunity: short-term vacation rentals.
Jaimee passionately dispels the notion of a stagnant real estate market. Instead, she illustrates how appraisers can find hope and growth in today's challenging environment. Emphasizing the power of adaptation, she showcases how diversifying into vacation rental properties can open new doors for appraisers.
Jaimee's journey exemplifies how embracing technology, market analytics, and tourism trends can transform challenges into opportunities. Her unique perspective on treating properties not just as assets but as dynamic...
2023-12-1349 min
Blind ShovelSam Keene - KLN Studio & SoulcraftA whittled and worn Blind Shovel, this one with designer and fabricator Sam Keene. We discuss KLN Studio, how he began his career in fabrication, craft vs. art, Matthew B. Crawford, and much more."Sam Keene studied History and Studio Art at Pitzer College while working as a woodworking apprentice for a Los Angeles based furniture company. After moving to NYC in 2012, Sam served as a fabrication supervisor for an architectural design studio. In addition to his role at KLN, Sam also runs his own furniture design company, Sam Keene Studio."KLN Studio...
2023-11-151h 15Beyond the SummitWhere Are We Now?Join us for a bonus episode as Pastor Michael gives a sermon that looks at Matthew 24. Recorded on October 14, 2023 at the Norse Church Service in Clifton, Texas.
2023-10-1722 minBeyond the SummitPrayer Perspectives ft. Alex Munoz, Sam Bagby, and Princess MusickIn this final episode of our series on prayer, Pastor Michael is joined by three Southwestern Adventist University nursing students to talk about different denominational perspectives on prayer.
2023-05-2544 minBeyond the SummitGod Still Speaks Today ft. Sipho NdebeleWhat does the voice of God sound like? In this episode Pastor Michael talks with Sipho Nbedele (one of our elders) hearing and following the voice of God.
2023-05-1739 minBeyond the SummitWhy Ask? ft. Kaleb EiseleSince God knows everything I need, do I need to ask him for it? In this episode, Pastor Michael talks with Kaleb Eisele about making requests in prayer. Kaleb works as the Digital Content Specialist for the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and is the founder and editor of Humans of Adventism. Explore answered and unanswered prayer through this conversation.
2023-05-1037 minBeyond the SummitRestoring the Image of God through Prayer ft. Gerardo OudriIn this episode, Pastor Michael talks with Gerardo Oudri to explore prayer and the role it plays in restoring the image of God. How we pray demonstrates our vision of God. Put another way, the way we pray tells us about our theology and who God is. Gerardo is in the dissertation phase of PhD in systematic and historical theology at Andrews University and is the Associate Ministerial Director for Resources at the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
2023-05-0343 minBeyond the SummitAll the Little Things ft. Marsha Miller and Alan DiazDoes God care about the small everyday things? In this episode, Pastor Michael is joined by Marsha Miller and Alan Diaz, students from Southwestern Adventist University, to talk about praying about little things.
2023-04-2728 minBeyond the SummitBeyond the Sermon TeaserComing soon to the feed: conversations that go beyond the sermon! Pastor Michael talks with friends, colleagues, and members of our community about the themes discussed in the sermons. We dive deep into faith and practice beyond the sermon. These conversations will be released on Wednesdays starting this week.
2023-04-1701 minMental Capacity Matters with Alex Ruck KeeneAdvance directives across Asia - in conversation with Daisy Cheung and Michael DunnIn this 'in conversation' with, I learn about the background to the new book co-edited by Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn, Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis (available as a free ebook here). We discuss the challenges of undertaking comparative research in relation to such a diverse group of jurisdictions (see here for a slide setting out the countries covered, and the types of approach that they have), and I cruelly put both of them on the spot to highlight jurisdictions that they found particularly striking in their approaches.For the original video, see here.
2023-02-0924 min
Beyond the SummitWelcome to Beyond the SummitJoin Pastor Michael each week as he delves into scripture and discusses how the Bible intersects with our daily lives.
2023-02-0901 min
The Barracks PodcastSeason 5 Episode 1: Homecoming: Andres and MichaelWe've questioned is there a place for me, this season we're celebrating our friends who have found a home.
Kicking off the season with Andres Villatoro and Michael Steinsland, Kiri and Amanda walk through memory lane and hear about ways Andres and Michael have each found their home and what home feels like to them.
Music by Sam Arias.
2022-09-0550 min
Michael ShelleyGuest: Painter Steve Keene returns from Jun 10, 2022Steve Keene - "Interview"
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2022-06-1216 min
HER HOME & HEART / Simplifying Routines for Overwhelmed Christian Homeschool Moms Seeking Peace and JoySecrets to Family Strength, Marriage, and life with Alzheimer's with Dr. Michael TobinIn this episode our hosts, Steve and Katie Keene, speak with Dr. Michael Tobin who has been a psychologist and marital and family therapist for 47 years and author since he wrote his first play at 11. Over the years, Dr. Tobin has worked with numerous families struggling with loss, divorce, and the challenges of raising children with mental and physical challenges. In every case, it's the same question: How do you find and express love when you're overwhelmed by the demands of circumstances?Dr. Tobin has been married to his soulmate, Deborah for 47 years. They are the parents...
2022-02-0936 min
HER HOME & HEART / Simplifying Routines for Overwhelmed Christian Homeschool Moms Seeking Peace and JoySpecial Needs Spotlight: Self-care for Parents of Disabled Children with Dr. Michael GormanWelcome to the Family Success Secrets podcast!In this episode Katie Keene, our host, is joined by Dr. Michael Gorman. Dr. Gorman provides valuable self-care information for parents, especially those parents who care for special needs children. This episode is for all parents who want to know how and why to take better care of themselves.Enjoy the show:Information on oxidative stress:Live longer, Feel Better Receive a free SECRET to increased overnight success at:podcast.familysuccesssecrets.comBe sure to find Katie and S...
2021-11-1019 min
HER HOME & HEART / Simplifying Routines for Overwhelmed Christian Homeschool Moms Seeking Peace and JoyIs Your House Killing You? with Michael Rubino Part 2Welcome to the Family Success Secrets podcast!In this episode Steve and Katie Keene, our hosts, are joined again by Michael Rubino, an international mold remediation expert with nearly a decade of field experience working with individuals who are immuno-compromised to improve the air quality in their homes. He is a council certified Mold Remediator by IICRC and ACAC, and a contributing member, sponsor, and speaker for the Indoor Air Quality Association. He works with roughly 75-100 families each year as they return to their homes after mold exposure.You can find Mike online at allamericanrestoration...
2021-08-2550 min
HER HOME & HEART / Simplifying Routines for Overwhelmed Christian Homeschool Moms Seeking Peace and JoyIs Your House Killing You? Part 1 with Michael RubinoWelcome to the Family Success Secrets podcast!In this episode Steve and Katie Keene, our hosts, are joined by Michael Rubino, an international mold remediation expert with nearly a decade of field experience working with individuals who are immuno-compromised to improve the air quality in their homes. He is a council certified Mold Remediator by IICRC and ACAC, and a contributing member, sponsor, and speaker for the Indoor Air Quality Association. He works with roughly 75-100 families each year as they return to their homes after mold exposure.You can find Mike online at allamericanrestoration.com...
2021-08-1838 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Orphan Trains and Charles Loring BraceEpisode 39 “The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace”: Michael T. Keene
In 1848 Ireland was gripped by famine. Nearly a million people would die of starvation and typhoid Fever. Desperate for survival a million more Irish would abandon their homeland and come to America. Many settled in the Five Points section of lower Manhattan infamous for its squalor, violence and disease
By the end of the Civil War, an estimated 30,000 orphaned and homeless children roamed the streets of New York City. They survived by resorting to petty crime, by begging, and by selling newspapers for a nickel a piece...
2020-05-2429 min
Talking Hart IslandLloyd “The Whistler” Threlkeld with Douglass Fraser
Episode 38 “Lloyd “The Whistler” Threlkeld”: with Douglass Fraser,
Professor and Musicologist.
Lloyd Buford Threlkeld, also known as “The Whistler” for his ability to make sweet melodious sounds emerge from his practiced nose flute, also played the guitar and sang. “Whistler and his Band” was one of the most famous jug bands of its time.
Threlkeld was born in Kentucky and in 1932 moved to Harlem in New York City. He continued performing, but had stopped recording. In May of 1935 he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital with tuberculosis where he died, later that year. He was without family or friend...
2020-05-1726 min
Talking Hart IslandAIDS-The First Five Years with Jean Ashton
Episode 37 “AIDS-The First Five Years”: with Jean Ashton,
Director, New York Historical Society Resources & Programs.
It is estimated that during the AIDS epidemic thousands of AIDS victims were buried on Hart Island. Many because they had become disowned by their family and died unclaimed, and many more because there was no one left to take charge of their burials.
AIDS was particularly cruel and terrifying during the first few years of its existence, because of the lack of knowledge of what it actually was. Even the medical community was at a loss to explain this new...
2020-05-1027 min
GASOCASTEpisode 007 - Covid 19, Notable Commitments and Offers, and RJ Keene InterviewIn this episode of the Great American Shoot-Out podcast, we talk about the release of the new Great American Shoot-Out Summer Schedule and impact that Covid-19 is having on moving forward, Notable Offers and Commitments, and we interview the #11 Ranked Player in TexasHoops.Rivals.Com Rankings RJ Keene to talk about how being recruited virtually is going.
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2020-05-0821 min
Talking Hart IslandBurial Grounds in a Segregated City with Tom Angotti
Episode 36 “Burial Grounds in a Segregated City”: with Tom Angotti,
Professor Emertis, Hunter College.
During the period of Dutch and English settlement, New York City was one of the nation’s largest urban centers for the slave trade and served as a financial patron, of the plantation economy, in the South. In the Dutch colony, as many as 40 percent of the population were slaves.
Slaves had no choice of residence, were treated like a commodity, and even in burial were denied equal access. At the end of the 17th century, Trinity Church formally banned blacks from i...
2020-05-0326 min
Talking Hart IslandAIDS with Michael Bronsky
Episode 35 “AIDS”: with Michael Bronsky,
Professor, Harvard University.
On a hot midsummer night in June of 1969, a group of police officers stormed into Greenwich Village’s tiny Stonewall Inn, one of Manhattans early gay and lesbian bars. The patrons of Stonewall revolted. For many this confrontation would eventually become known as the Gay Liberation Movement.
As a result, New York City became the rallying place for gay men throughout the country.
Beginning in the early 1980’s a terrifying and mysterious disease appeared. For the next twenty years the disease known as AIDS, would eventually...
2020-04-2632 min
Talking Hart IslandGrave Yard of Strangers with Norma Jean Gradsky
Episode 34 “Grave Yard of Strangers”: with Norma Jean Gradsky.
Leo Birinski was a playwright, screenwriter and director. He worked in Austria-Hungary, Germany and in the United States.
Birinski was the screenwriter of many Hollywood productions including, “Song of Song”s starring Marlene Dietrich, “The Lady Has Plans”, starring Paulette Goddard, and perhaps his most famous, “Mata Hari” starring the screen legend Greta Garbo.
Until recently, only a minimal amount of information about his life was available. In addition there were many legends and rumors concerning Birinski’s person, some of them even spread by himself. For example, the f...
2020-04-1912 min
Talking Hart IslandAngels of Mercy with William Seraile
Episode 33 “Angels of Mercy”: with William Seraile,
Professor Emeritus, Lehman College, City University of New York.
The Colored Orphan Asylum was founded, in New York City in 1836, as the nation’s first orphanage for African American children. The agency weathered three wars, two major financial panics, a devastating fire during the 1863 Draft Riots (in which over 120 people died and 2,000 injured), several epidemics, waves of racial prejudice, and severe financial difficulties, to care for orphaned, neglected and delinquent children. Incredibly, although African Americans inmates from Rikers Jail are the primary “grave diggers” on Hart Island, there is no evidence t...
2020-04-1229 min
Talking Hart IslandBoroughs of the Dead with Marie Carter
Episode 32 “Boroughs of the Dead”: with Marie Carter,
Editor, writer, teacher, and tour guide.
When detectives and forensic scientists were called to investigate the Hart Island human remains, found littering its beach, none of them could have known they had been probably treading on additional mass graves, hidden beneath New York City’s parks, buildings, and sidewalks.
Hart island might be New York City’s largest mass grave, but it wasn’t the first. Join us on a tour of perhaps lesser known burial sites that stand quietly and nearly forgotten just beneath the crushing grind of g...
2020-04-0525 min
Talking Hart IslandPotters Field(s) with Andrew Berman
Episode 31 “Potters Field(s)”: with Andrew Berman,
Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
By the early 1800’s New York City boasted a population of over 200,000, qualifying it as the largest city in the Western Hemisphere. As New York City’s population grew, so did its number of dead. The fact that the number of interred, in Trinity Church’s graveyard in 1822, was estimated at 120,000 was just that, an estimate!
New York City was facing an unprecedented crisis at an unprecedented speed. Existing accommodations in the city’s burial grounds could not keep up with the stag...
2020-03-2929 min
Talking Hart IslandSix to Celebrate Simeon Bankoff
Episode 30 “Six to Celebrate” Simeon Bankoff,
Executive Director of Historic District Council.
In 2017 the annual “Six to Celebrate” initiative from the Historic Districts Council, highlighted six neighborhoods in New York City, in need of preservation attention: Hart Island, the city’s potter’s field which contains the mass grave of over one million people, was an unexpected addition to the list.
“The Hart Island facility is incredibly important to the history and social responsibility in America and we look forward to promoting public awareness about, and access to, this fascinating historic site”, said Simeon Bankoff.
Michael T...
2020-03-2225 min
Talking Hart IslandHebrew Free Burial Society with Amy Koplow, Executive Director
Episode 29 “Hebrew Free Burial Society”: with Amy Koplow, Executive Director.
While many of the young women and men who perished in the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire could be identified, many could not. As unclaimed or identified deaths, according to New York City policy, bodies were traditionally shipped to the City Morgue at Bellevue and later passed on to potter’s field at Hart Island.
It was certain that the 22 identified victims of the Triangle Shirt Waist fire would be laid to rest there, as well, except for the extraordinary intervention of the Hebrew Free Burial Society.
M...
2020-03-1524 min
Talking Hart IslandLouisa Van Slyke with Author Gail Jarrow.
Episode 28 “Louisa Van Slyke”: with Author Gail Jarrow.
The ship lurched in the heavy North Atlantic swell, its bow plunging deep in the troughs as it pitched sharply, its seasick passengers crammed into its small hold. The young lady, dressed simply, was just another anonymous face in the crowded ship. She kept to herself, as she’d always done. But the new world beckoned, and she tried to think about what awaited her. Her name was Louisa Van Slyke, and little did she know how short her stay would be.
Louisa, would die of Yellow Fever in 1869 like t...
2020-03-0825 min
Talking Hart IslandGreta Garbo with Lois Banner
Episode 27 “Greta Garbo”: with Lois Banner,
Professor (ret) USC.
Leo Birinski was a playwright, screenwriter and director. He worked in Austria-Hungary, Germany and in the United States.
Birinski was the screenwriter of many Hollywood productions including, “Song of Song”s staring Marlene Dietrich, “The Lady Has Plans”, staring Paulette Goddard, and perhaps his most famous, “Mata Hari” staring the screen legend Greta Garbo.
Michael T. Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Mad~House, Question of Sanity, and now his new book,
NEW YORK CITY’S H...
2020-03-0127 min
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2020-02-2829 min
Talking Hart IslandGhosts of St Vincents with Tom Eubanks
Episode 26 “Ghosts of St Vincents”: with Tom Eubanks.
Founded in 1849 to care for indigent immigrants in Greenwich Village, St. Vincent’s Hospital was sold in 2010 to create multi-million-dollar homes. In its 161 years of existence, the legendary institution treated survivors of the Titanic, tended to victims of both World Trade Center attacks, and served as Ground Zero of the AIDS Crisis.
With honesty, humor, and flights of historical fancy, GHOSTS OF ST. VINCENT’S tells the hospital’s story through the eyes of a man who spent a winter on its 7th floor AIDS ward and who survived just in ti...
2020-02-2326 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Tenement Museum with Kevin Jennings, Director
Episode 25 “The Tenement Museum”: with Kevin Jennings, Director.
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street, in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a National Historic Site. The Museum’s two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011.
The museum’s exhibits and programs include restored apartments and shops open daily for public tours, depicting the lives of immigrants who lived at 97 Orchard Street between 1869 and 1935 and 103 Orchard Street from the 1950s to the 1980s. The museum also provides a documentary film and offe...
2020-02-1622 min
Talking Hart IslandStill Born with MJ Adams
Episode 24 “Still Born”: with MJ Adams.
Fifteen years after a Manhattan hospital sent her stillborn baby to New York City’s potter’s field for burial, MJ Adams heard the name Hart Island for the first time.
Adams, then living in New York City, learned the full-term baby boy she was carrying had died in utero. Devastated by grief and seeking a medical explanation, Adams agreed to an autopsy and was told it would take four to six weeks to get the results. She didn’t have money for a funeral, so she signed paperwork to have the baby b...
2020-02-0929 min
Talking Hart IslandLeo Birinski with Barbara Kosta
Episode 23 “Leo Birinski”: with Barbara Kosta,
Professor, University of Arizona.
For a man with a little known history, no legitimate records to prove his place of birth, or even his date of birth, and who would eventually be buried in a mass grave on Hart Island, Leo Birinski became a known playwright, , screenwriter, and film director.
Perhaps the best measure of a man is his work and for Birinski that included the German silent film masterpieces, “Waxworks” and “Tragedy of Love”.
Join us as Professor Kosta, head of the Department of German Studies at the Univer...
2020-02-0227 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History by John Barry
Episode 22 “The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History”: by John Barry,
Author and historian.
The influenza pandemic is believed to have killed somewhere between 50-100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. In New York City alone, more than 33,000 people died in a matter of weeks. The gaping maw of the common trench on Hart Island waited solemnly prepared to accept its new denizens.
Michael T. Keene is the auth...
2020-01-2630 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Bowery with Dr. Robert Aronowitz
Episode 21 “The Bowery”; Dr. Robert Aronowitz,
Physician and medical historian, University of Pennsylvania.
“The Bowery is one of the oldest stretches of land in Manhattan, and was once a footpath used by members of the Lenape tribe to transverse Manhattan Island. Once the home of the most affluent members of New York social circles, by the mid 1900’s its streets were occupied by low-brow concert halls, German beer gardens, dime museums, gambling parlors, and brothels.
By the early 1920’s, Bowery neighborhoods became known as the infamous “Skid Row” and whose inhabitants were primarily alcoholic and homeless men. A...
2020-01-1933 min
Talking Hart IslandRuth Proskauer Smith with Ian Dowbiggin
Episode 20 “Ruth Proskauer Smith”: with Ian Dowbiggin,
Professor at University of Prince Edward Island.
Ruth Proskauer Smith, or Ruth P. Smith as she became more commonly known as, was a historic pro-choice reproductive rights, and pro-right to die advocate. Even after she was over one hundred years old, she spent much of her time teaching other senior citizens about the Supreme Court, as she wanted to pass on her knowledge to others before she died.
In her directive before death, she willed that her remains would be donated to NYU Medical Center for cadaver research, and...
2020-01-1231 min
Talking Hart IslandShip Ablaze with Edward T. O’Donnell
Episode 19 “Ship Ablaze”: with Edward T. O’Donnell,
Professor Holy Cross University.
There were few experienced swimmers, among the over 1,300 Lower East Side residents, who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn’t have mattered since the steamship was chartered, only for a languid excursion, from Manhattan to Long Island Sound. But a fire erupted minutes into the trip, forcing hundreds of terrified passengers into the water. By the time the captain found a safe shore for landing, 1021 had perished. It was the worst disaster ever to occur in New York City, until the terrorist attacks, nearly o...
2020-01-0527 min
Talking Hart IslandLeonard Melfi with Edward Berkeley
Episode 18 “Leonard Melfi”: with Edward Berkeley,
Professor, The Julliard School.
Leonard Melfi was revered by his peers as one of the most respected and creative playwrights of his generation. He is most associated with the offbeat La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, on East 4th Street in New York’s East Village, which produced twenty-two of his plays.
Struggling with alcoholism for many years, Melfi died of congestive heart failure in 2001. It was later reported that his body had been “misplaced” by hospital staff and ended up being buried on Hart Island!
Join us as Professo...
2019-12-2931 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Great Arrival with Diane Vecchio
Episode 17 “The Great Arrival”: with Diane Vecchio,
Professor, Furman University.
Most of this generation of Italian immigrants took their first steps on U.S. soil in a place that has now become a legend—Ellis Island. In the 1880s, they numbered 300,000; in the 1890s, 600,000; in the decade after that, more than two million. By 1920, more than 4 million Italians had come to the United States, and represented more than 10 percent of the nation’s foreign-born population.
What brought about this dramatic surge in immigration? Decades of internal strife had left a legacy of violence, social chaos, and wide...
2019-12-2232 min
Talking Hart IslandShelia Terry with Larry PowellEpisode 16 “Shelia Terry”: with Larry Powell,
Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
American film actress Shelia Terry was a true Hollywood starlet of the 1930’s, starring in among other films, three with John Wayne before she ended her life, with an overdose of sleeping pills in 1947.
Described as one of films first glamour stars, her stunning good looks would eventually fade, as did her film roles. Although married three times and divorced, she was without family and friends to intervene. She died alone and penniless; so alone she was buried on Hart Island.
Michae...
2019-12-1528 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Manly Arts with Elliott J. GornEpisode 15 “The Manly Arts”: with Elliott J. Gorn,
Professor, Purdue University.
Well before Hart island became New York City’s potters field, Hart Island, or Hart’s Island as it was then called, became a prime tourist destination for every rogue and scoundrel in town, when City officials banned boxing. Overnight, the ban turned the island into one of New York’s premier pugilism venues.
On April 20, 1842, James Yankee Sullivan and Englishman Billy Bell slugged it out for 24 bloody bare-knuckle rounds. Over 6,000 fans, including Yankee Sullivan’s pal Bill the Butcher Poole, sailed to the island to ch...
2019-12-0827 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire with Hasia DinerEpisode 14 “The Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire”: with Hasia Diner,
Professor New York University.
As historian Robert Hughes notes, “The Tenth Ward of Lower Manhattan—the Lower East Side—had by the 1890’s, the highest concentration of people in the world: 344,000 people packed into one square mile, or nine square yards each, including street and pavement space.” There were, it was thought, 11,000 sweatshops turning out clothing, cigars, furniture, and tin ware. One of those sweatshops was the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory.
The events that unfolded on March 25, 1911 resulted in the worst industrial disaster in New York City. Cal...
2019-12-0126 min
Talking Hart IslandLeola Dickerson with Peter StraussEpisode 13 “Leola Dickerson”: with Peter Strauss,
Senior Partner at Pierro, Connor, and Strauss.
She lay on the floor for three days. A slip and fall had rendered her helpless, at the mercy of fate as neighbors came and went just feet from her door. Ii was the mailman who became concerned, she had not been picking up mail, who finally called 911.
So began Leola Dickerson’s journey of hospitals, nursing homes, and a court appointed guardian that would eventually end on Hart Island. Join us as Attorney Peter Strauss helps us navigate the complex world of Guar...
2019-11-2430 min
Talking Hart IslandBellevue with Dr. Danielle OfriEpisode 12 “Bellevue”: with Dr. Danielle Ofri
Essayist, editor, and practicing internist in New York City.
How exactly did bodies end up on Hart Island? Their first stop use to be the Bellevue Hospital Morgue.
During the 19th century, the Bellevue Morgue had become the first official repository of deceased New Yorkers. If a body was not claimed by family or friends within twenty-four hours from the time of notification of death, the New York City Department of Hospitals was authorized to allow burial on Hart Island.
But what is it like to work at Be...
2019-11-1730 min
Talking Hart IslandDawn Powell with Tim PageEpisode 11 “Dawn Powell”: with Tim Page,
Professor, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic, writer, and editor.
Does the name Dawn Powell mean anything to you? I thought so. But you’re not alone.
Just as millions of people knew nothing about Hart Island, millions of people never heard of Dawn Powell, perhaps the greatest writer no-one has ever read!
It’s rather startling, in a humorous dark way, when one learns about the circumstances surrounding her demise and her burial in a mass grave on Hart Island.
Join Professor Tim Page as we learn of...
2019-11-1027 min
Talking Hart IslandDamnation Island with Stacy HornEpisode 10 “Damnation Island”: with Stacy Horn, Author.
Purchased by the city in 1828, the island soon harbored an almshouse, an insane asylum, a hospital, a prison and a workhouse along its narrow two-mile strip. Heating and ventilation were nonexistent, disease ran rampant. Over the next 100 years, mayhem ensued, with wrongly admitted patients, death by murder and disease, inedible food and unspeakably dirty water.
The boundaries between the four classes of people on the island (the poor, the mad, the sick and the criminal) are, in the public imagination, as blurred as ever. Blackwell Island would become another gateway lead...
2019-11-0322 min
Talking Hart IslandA Pickpockets Tale with Timothy J. GilfoyleEpisode 9 “A Pickpockets Tale”: with Timothy J. Gilfoyle,
Professor, Loyola University.
In George Appo’s world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night, Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad nights left him with more than a dozen scars and over a decade in prisons, from the Tombs and Sing Sing, to the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he reunited with another inmate, his father.
The child of Irish and Ch...
2019-10-2731 min
Talking Hart IslandInside Rikers: Stories From the World’s Largest Penal ColonyEpisode 8 “Inside Rikers: Stories From the World’s Largest Penal Colony”: with Jennifer Wynn,
Professor, City University of New York.
Wynn teaches a writing class to male inmates at Rikers Prison, as part of a rehabilitation program known as Fresh Start, and is the editor of Rikers Review, an illustrated magazine featuring short stories, profiles, true confessions, poetry, and humor written and illustrated by inmates.
Most of the men in Rikers, whom she profiles, are either drug addicts or drug dealers, come from dysfunctional families in the city’s “dead zones,” are poorly educated, and have been in...
2019-10-2025 min
Talking Hart IslandHart Island A Musical by Michelle Elliot and Danny LarsenEpisode 7 “Hart Island A Musical”: by Michelle Elliot and Danny Larsen.
“Hart Island”, is the story of two people on the fringe of society. Their lives intersect on Hart Island, New York City’s public burial ground. Although marginalized by the rest of society, they come to appreciate each other’s humanity-a powerful action in a world that elevates division and isolation over compassion and respect.
Join us as we learn about this powerful story and listen to its wonderful music.
Michael T. Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhe...
2019-10-1332 min
Talking Hart IslandForgotten Ellis island with Lorie ConwayEpisode 6 “Forgotten Ellis island”: with Lorie Conway.
The lost story the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital saved tens of thousands of lives, as immigrants flooded onto Ellis Island over a century ago. It was here that the germs of the world converged.
The hospital was both welcoming and foreboding to those too sick to enter the country. Those nursed to health were allowed to become citizens. Those deemed feeble of body, or mind were deported. Many of those who died were penniless and buried in mass graves on Hart Island.
Michael T. Keene is the au...
2019-10-0629 minTalking Hart IslandFive Points with Professor Tyler AnbinderEpisode 5 “Five Points”: with Professor Tyler Anbinder.
By the late 1820’s the Five Points had already been considered a slum where poor immigrant and African American’s came to live and toil amid filthy tenements and converted industrial dwellings.
Author Charles Dickens visited Five Points in 1842 and noted, “So far, nearly every house is a low tavern; what place is this, to which the squalid streets conducts us. What lies beyond this tottering flight of steps that creak beneath our tread?”
Join our discussion with Professor Anbinder as we explore the rich and notorious history of Five Poin...
2019-09-2929 min
Talking Hart IslandBobby Driscoll with Dave BossertEpisode 4 “Bobby Driscoll”: with Dave Bossert,
Director/producer Disney Animation Studios.
The clean cut child star with an impish, upturned nose, and beguiling expression was handpicked for an acting career by Walt Disney, himself—Of all the roles he played, Peter Pan seemed most like his alter-ego. He grew up—and worked—in Hollywood, but it might have been his Never-Never land. His is a story in a make-believe world; a world he could never leave behind. He would even go on to win the first Academy Award for a child.
But it would be his downfa...
2019-09-2230 min
Talking Hart IslandSuperstorm with Dr. David A. RobinsonEpisode 3 “Superstorm”: with Dr. David A. Robinson,
Professor at Rutgers University and the New Jersey Climatologist.
What would become the largest Atlantic storm on record swirled violently from the Caribbean creating a devastating oceanic force that, at its zenith reached 900 miles across and 1000 miles long. It was called Super-storm Sandy.
Sandy would eventually cause billions of dollars in damages, kill 225 people and reveal deep flaws in one of the world’s greatest metropolises. And perhaps most shocking of all, it would reveal a secret kept hidden for over 150 years!
Join Dr. Robinson as we cha...
2019-09-1529 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Treasure of Hart Island with Mike Monahan
Episode 2 “The Treasure of Hart Island”: A Novel, by Mike Monahan.
Hart Island is haunted by the spirits of the dead. It is used as a potter’s field for indigenous peoples. Each grave is dug by the convicts on nearby Rikers Island. Underneath its sandy shores lie bones and death….. It also holds a secret.
Centuries ago, Captain Kidd himself hid his treasure on Hart Island. When a group of Rikers convicts stumbles on the first clue to its location, they find themselves in a dangerous race for the gold. The prison guards aren’t exempt from the lu...
2019-09-1527 min
Talking Hart IslandThe Island at the Center of the World with Russell ShortoEpisode 1 “The Island at the Center of the World”: with Russell, Shorto
Author, Historian, and Journalist.
Before there was a Hart Island, even before there was a New York City, there was, “The Island at the Center of the World”.
Join us as we explore the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America. The New York Times said, “A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past”
Michael T. Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Mad~...
2019-09-1531 minThis Is Horror PodcastBrian Keene on The Horror Show Podcast, Retiring, and Leaving FacebookIn this podcast Brian Keene talks about The Horror Show podcast, retiring, leaving Facebook, and much more. About Brian Keene Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. Keene’s 2003 novel, The Rising, is … Continue reading
2019-08-261h 28
Talking Hart IslandTalking Hart Island PROMO TrailerTALKING HART ISLAND
“Talking Hart Island” is a half hour weekly podcast that explores the history of Hart Island, America’s largest mass graveyard.
Hart Island has been used as New York City’s potter’s field since 1869. It is estimated there are over 1,000,000 people buried there.
Because of recent advances in DNA and fingerprint technology though, we now have learned who some of these previously forgotten and anonymous people were. The results are truly shocking.
“Talking Hart Island” will interview a special guest each week selected from an extraordinary assembly of scholars, authors, and scientists in the fields of history, law...
2019-08-2401 minThis Is Horror PodcastBrian Keene on Writing For Market, Public vs. Private Persona, and Last Year's Burn AccidentIn this podcast Brian Keene talks about writing for market, public vs. private persona, last year’s burn accident, and much more. About Brian Keene Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. Keene’s … Continue reading
2019-08-191h 18
The Egremont BarnBarncast #8: April 26th, 2019The Egremont Barncast #8 reaching the masses through digital osmosis!!! Audio also available on iTunes.
Join us for outdoor pleasantness as we discuss upcoming entertainment including clips with The Lucky 5, Wild Leek River, Gregory Stovetop. Johnny Irion, and Rob Sanzone and the Transmitters!
Also our weekly check-ins with Ask Dr. Jones, Slink G Moss with The Moss Report, and an lively Pro-Not Pro discussion on Jenny's recent disappointment with social media and how to relates to the Four Agreements of Don Miguel Ruiz... or not.
We wrap up the episode with a drunken field...
2019-04-2644 min
Shadow NationMichael T. Keene Author of Folkore and LegendsA Cemetery of Strangers Author Michael Keene Michael Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Mad~House, Question of Sanity, and now his new book, Vietnam Reflections. Michael is also the producer of the award-winning documentary series, Visions as well his recently released audio book, Anthology. Although employed as a full time financial advisor for the past twenty-three years, Michael has combined his interests in local history, writing and film making in order to explore unique and fascinating chapters of 19th century Western New York folklore and legend. ...
2019-04-061h 17
GBH CollectiveCL-022 Ben Keene on the evolution of BeerAdvocateWelcome to the Good Beer Hunting Collective podcast, the show where members of our team interview each other to get a behind-the-scenes look at some of our favorite articles. I’m Bryan Roth, and I’m the Sightlines editor for Good Beer Hunting. Like so many other areas of publishing, things have changed in recent years for beer-focused media. While the stories told from all corners of the world have gotten more in-depth and introduced new people and ideas, the number of platforms where enthusiasts can find this information has been shifting. It wasn’t long ag...
2019-04-0341 min
Paratalkradio Hosted By Ted & CindyParatalkradio Welcomes Author Michael T KeeneInvestigative Author Michael T Keene joins us to talk about his New Book, " Hart Island ". We have the opportunity to talk to him about the rest of his books as well. But what is very cool is we will preview his book with a Narrated Version.
2019-04-022h 30
ParatalkradioParatalkradio Welcomes Author Michael T KeeneInvestigative Author Michael T Keene joins us to talk about his New Book, " Hart Island ". We have the opportunity to talk to him about the rest of his books as well. But what is very cool is we will preview his book with a Narrated Version.
2019-04-0200 minThis Is Horror PodcastTIH 206: Michelle Garza on Serial Box with Brian Keene, Collaborations, and Writing Heavy Metal LyricsIn this podcast Michelle Garza talks about Serial Box with Brian Keene, collaborations, writing heavy metal lyrics, and much more. About Michelle Garza Michelle Garza writes alongside her twin sister Melissa Lason. They have been dubbed the Sisters of Slaughter. They write all levels of horror and some dark fantasy. They have been published by … Continue reading
2018-05-211h 12Michael ShelleyGuest: Steve Keene from May 20, 2017Bats, The - "You Look Good Together"
In Color - "Liar"
Jim & Jesse - "Big Job"
Dorando - "Saving My Love"
Galt MacDermot - "Together"
Redd Kross - "Don't Take Your Baby Downtown"
American Breed, The - "Mindrocker"
Neil Young - "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
Chuck Berry - "Big Boys"
Brain Wilson - "Sail Away"
Beach Boys, The - "Our Sweet Love"
Nikki Lane - "700,000 Rednecks"
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "All NIght"
Bobby Hammack Quartet - "Twilight In Turkey"
Pavement - "AT&T"
Steve Keene - "Interview"
Ringo - "It Don't Come Easy"
Dion - "My Love"
Kenny...
2017-05-2228 min
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Visibility 9-11Visibility 9-11 Welcomes National Security Whistleblower J. Michael SpringmannThis week Visibility 9-11 welcomes former diplomat from the State Department's Foreign Service J. Michael Springmann. Mr. Springmann served postings in Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in Washington D.C. He is a published author of several articles on national security themes, and is an attorney in private practice in Washington D.C. Michael has attended several 9/11 Conferences over the years, most notably, the 9/11 Omission hearings on 9/9/2004 chaired by former Representative and current Green Party candidate for President, Cynthia McKinney, as well as the recent conference in Keene, NH....
2008-07-2900 min