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Business Council 's PodcastEpisode 29 - Special Olympics New York / New York State Industries for the DisabledStacey Hengsterman, President & CEO of Special Olympics New York, and Maureen O'Brien, President & CEO of the New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc. (NYSID) stopped by the podcast to discuss inclusion among individuals with disabilities. Both organizations promote inclusion and provide opportunities for individuals each in its unique way, the Special Olympics New York through athletics and NYSID through employment. The general public and private sector employers can each get involved respectively, to help promote and contribute to their missions.2022-10-2633 min
ATM STORYTELLERSSeason 1 Episode 2: "Bye-Bye, Miss American Pie" & "The Climacteric"We are thrilled to present Episode 2 of ATM STORYTELLERS, a new storytelling adventure brought to you from Across The Margin and ATM Media. In this podcast series listeners will hear stories that were — or will be — published at Across The Margin…read by the authors themselves. This podcast belongs to the writers and authors who bless our pages with their cunning wordplay and meticulously crafted stories. While you can take in these stories at the webzine, ATM STORYTELLERS offers an opportunity for the listener to sit back and let the stories wash over them in the tone and fashion that the au...2022-10-0336 min
The BunkerEpisode #39 Throw Back Thursday [Nov 3 2006]Episode #39 Throw Back Thursday [Nov 3 2006] - My first attempt at Podcasting with students in my A.P. United States History program at Ballston Spa High School. Original program retrieved from www. archive.org
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The BunkerEpisode #38 Capital District 1900Episode #38 Capital District 1900
DIRECT LINK TO CLASS NOTES: Progress and Poverty in Urban America [1865 to 1898]
The explosive growth of America’s large urban centers was accompanied by often disturbing changes, including the new immigrants, crowded slums, and conflicts over cultural values.
LINK TO ARTICLE: Capital District 1900
SOURCE CITATION: Mark McGuire (1999) "The region bulged at its 19th century seams." Albany Times Union. Available at https://bit.ly/3jZDki3
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The BunkerEpisode#37 Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)Episode#37 Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
DIRECT LINK TO CLASS NOTES: Immigration and Cultural Conflict in Gilded Age America - Is America a haven for the poor and oppressed or guided by fluctuating feelings about race and ethnicity, and fear of foreign political and labor agitation?
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: The Chinese Exclusion Act
SOURCE CITATION: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness," Bill of Rights Institute. https://cnx.org/contents/NgBFhmUc%4013.2%3ALKzu_mbq%406/9-15-%F0%9F%93%8D-The-Chinese-Exclusion-Act
Primary Sources
Kearney, Denis. “’Our Misery and Despair’: Kearney Blasts...2021-02-0111 min
The BunkerEpisode #36 "30 for 30" Winter Exam Review"30 for 30" Winter Exam Review
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The BunkerEpisode #35 "30 for 30" Fall Quarterly Exam Review"30 for 30" Fall Quarterly Exam Review
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The BunkerEpisode #34 The Mexican American WarTo The Halls of Montezuma - The Mexican War [1846 to 1848] A one term president extends American territory across the continent by threatening war with England and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: A Brief Overview of the Mexican-American War
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The BunkerEpisode #33 Manifest DestinyManifest Destiny - An Expression of Our National Spirit [1848 to 1852] Manifest Destiny, one of the most influential ideologies in American history, served as the justification for the nation’s territorial expansion in the antebellum era.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: Manifest Destiny: What It Meant for American Expansion
SOURCE CITATION: McNamara, Robert. "Manifest Destiny: What It Meant for American Expansion." ThoughtCo, Aug. 25, 2020, thoughtco.com/what-is-manifest-destiny-1773604.
Author Robert J. McNamara is a history expert and former magazine journalist. He was Amazon.com's first-ever history editor and has bylines in New York, the Chicago Tribune, an...2020-12-0404 min
The BunkerEpisode #32 The Grimke SistersSarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879), were the first nationally-known white American female advocates of abolition of slavery and women's rights. They were speakers, writers, and educators.
Direct Link to ThoughtCo.com Article: The Grimke Sisters
Source Citation for ThoughtCo.com Article: McNamara, Robert. "The Grimké Sisters." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/the-grimke-sisters-1773551.
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The BunkerEpisode #31 The Great TriumvirateThe Great Triumvirate refers to three statesmen who dominated American politics for much of the first half of the 19th century, namely Henry Clay of Kentucky, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. These men's interactions in large part tell the story of politics under the Second Party System. All three were extremely active in politics, served at various times as Secretary of State and served together in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: The Great Triumvirate
SOURCE CITATION: McNamara, Robert. "The Great...2020-12-0106 min
The BunkerEpisode #30 William Lloyd GarrisonHoly Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery [1820 to 1865] The campaign to abolish slavery in the United States, the most powerful and effective social movement of the nineteenth century, will serve as a recurring source of inspiration for every subsequent struggle against injustice.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: Biography - William Lloyd Garrison
SOURCE CITATION: Biography.com Editors. “William Lloyd Garrison Biography.” The Biography.com website, August 18, 2020, https://www.biography.com/writer/william-lloyd-garrisonl
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The BunkerEpisode #29 Frederick DouglassHoly Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery [1820 to 1865] The campaign to abolish slavery in the United States, the most powerful and effective social movement of the nineteenth century, will serve as a recurring source of inspiration for every subsequent struggle against injustice.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist and Advocate for Women's Rights
SOURCE CITATION: Lewis, Femi. "Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist and Advocate for Women's Rights." ThoughtCo, Sep. 18, 2020, thoughtco.com/frederick-douglass-abolitionist-and-advocate-45214.
Author Femi Lewis is a former writer for ThoughtCo who contributed articles on African American history. An experienced educator, Lewis has...2020-11-2705 min
The BunkerEpisode #28 Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton was an American leader in the women’s rights movement who in 1848 formulated the first organized demand for woman suffrage in the United States.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
SOURCE CITATION: Michals, Debra. "Elizabeth Cady Stanton." National Women's History Museum. National Women's History Museum, 2017. Date accessed.
Debra Michals is the Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Merrimack College, and a women's/gender historian. Her work focuses on 20th century U.S. women's history, as well as LGBTQ history and the histories of people of co...2020-11-2704 min
The BunkerEpisode #27 Ten Questions - Ronald ReaganEpisode #27 Ten Questions - Ronald Reagan
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The BunkerEpisode #26 Picture This - Birmingham, 1963Episode #26 Picture This - Birmingham, 1963
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The BunkerEpisode #25 Picture This - Little Rock, 1957Episode #25 Picture This - Little Rock, 1957
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The BunkerEpisode #24 Roundtable Review 1957 to 1980Episode #24 Roundtable Review 1957 to 1980
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The BunkerEpisode #23 Calm amid ChaosEpisode #23 Calm amid Chaos
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The BunkerEpisode #22 Roundtable Review 1945 to 1957Episode #22 Roundtable Review 1945 to 1957
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The BunkerEpisode #21 Becoming Robert MeeropolRosenberg Fund for Children was started by Robert Meeropol, who was orphaned at age six when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed at the height of the McCarthy Era.
In 1990 Robert figured out how he could repay the progressive community that helped him survive. He founded the RFC to help children of targeted activists in the U.S. today- children who are experiencing the same nightmare he and his brother endured as youngsters. In September 2013, Robert's daughter, Jennifer Meeropol, took over for him as the RFC's executive director.
Since its start, the RFC...2020-05-0741 min
The BunkerEpisode #20 Marshall MattersEpisode #20 Marshall Matters
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The BunkerEpisode #19 Einstein in the AdirondacksEpisode #19 Einstein in the Adirondacks
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The BunkerEpisode #18 Interview with Brian KurthEpisode #18 Interview with Brian Kurth
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The BunkerEpisode #17 The Reilly FactorEpisode #17 The Reilly Factor
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The BunkerEpisode #16 New Deal ThroughlineEpisode #16 New Deal Throughline
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The BunkerEpisode #15 Becoming Frances PerkinsEpisode #15 Becoming Frances Perkins
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The BunkerEpisode #14 Monkey Business in DaytonEpisode #14 Monkey Business in Dayton
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The BunkerEpisode #13 Interview with Susan TejadaEpisode Interview with Susan Tejada
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The BunkerEpisode #12 The Ballad or Sacco and VenzettiEpisode #12 The Ballad or Sacco and Venzetti
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The BunkerEpisode #11 The Second Coming of the KKKA look at the revival of the KKK in the 1920's
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The BunkerEpisode #10 Heaven or HarlemA look at the Harlem Renaissance, a flowering of African American intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s.
Clips Used
The Century: America's Time: Featuring: Peter Jennings, Ossie Davis, Howard Stretch Johnson author Eudora Welty and Historian Ann Douglass
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The BunkerEpisode #9 Bright Lights, Big CityA look at America coming of Age in the 1920’s as it was about to leave behind the formative experience of its rural past and embrace the promise of an urban future
Clips Used
Trailer for the Great Gatsby
Dennis Miller Standup set on the 1920s
Quotes from
Historians William E. Leuchtenburg and Joseph Interrante
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The BunkerEpisode #8 Ode to Michael TashMichael Tash is a former student from my days at Hoosic Valley High School in the late 1990's This episode showcases his final project submission - a song who wrote and recorded, The Communist Manifesto. Enjoy
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The BunkerEpisode #7 Q and A World War IEpisode #7 Q and A World War I 3/26/2020
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The BunkerEpisode #6 The Betrayal of Great ExpectationsEpisode #6 The Betrayal of Great Expectations 3/26/2020
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The BunkerEpisode #5 The Post War DreamThe Post War Dream: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order President Wilson becomes the world's most ardent champion of peace.
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The BunkerEpisode #4 Wartime Civil Liberties [1917]
Justice at War: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights During the Great War [1917-1919]
President Wilson turned America’s participation in World War I into a fervent ideological crusade for democracy
leading to the clash of individual rights and national security under the Espionage Act during WWI
Nativism and Anti-German Sentiment
Espionage and Sedition Acts 1917
6,000 arrests|2,000 prosecutions| 1,500 convictions
Eugene V. Debs [Socialist]
Charles T. Schenck [Socialist]
Special Guest: Andy Menzie in a conversation about Schenck
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The BunkerEpisode #3 Homefront Mobilization [1919] A Call to Arms: Mobilizing America for World War I
The colossal mobilization effort required to build and equip a military that was all but nonexistent before the war leads to an unprecedented scale of mobilization to create, outfit, transport, and supply huge armies, navies, and air forces on so many distant and disparate fronts.
Selective Service Act [Planning for the war]
Mobilization|African Americans “Harlem Hell Fighters”|Women|Native Americans
Financing the War [Sale of Liberty Bonds]
George Creel [Committee on Public Information] and Herbert Hoover [Food...2020-03-1837 min
The BunkerEpisode #2 U.S. Entry into World War IU.S. Entry into World War I - Making the World Safe for Democracy [1917 to 1919
Entering World War I in response to Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare, Wilson turned America’s participation into a fervent ideological crusade for democracy that successfully stirred the public to a great voluntary war effort, but at some cost to traditional civil liberties.
United States position of Neutrality 1914 to 1917
Wilson 1916| “He Kept us out of the War”
German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Sussex pledge (May 4, 1916
The Zimmerman Telegram
Module N...2020-03-1825 min
The BunkerEpisode #1 Thunder Across the SeaEpisode #1 March 16, 2020 (9 minutes)
Thunder Across the Sea: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I [1914]
After years growing nationalism and competition in Europe – a jostling for power and position, rivalries playing out over the acquisition of colonies and overseas territories eventually plunge Europe into the savage conflict that would redraw the map of the continent—and the globe.
Context Clip: America and Europe in 1914 (8 minutes)
M.A.I.N Causes of World War I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand
Mo...2020-03-1609 min
RadioRotaryNew York Special Olympics (Aired on June 3 and 4, 2019)Stacey Hengsterman, President and CEO Special Olympics New York, visits RadioRotary on the occasion of the Special Olympics Summer Games for New York State being held in Dutchess County, with Vassar College as the principal site. While we think of the Special Olympics primarily in terms of the 30 Olympic –style team and individual sports, the full program of health, education and community building tackles the inactivity, stigma, isolation, and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities face, going beyond sports events enable full social participation for people with intellectual disabilities. Listeners to the program will learn about how some 40,000 volunteers he...2019-07-0630 min
Cambridge Platonism ProjectHengsterman2013-12-1728 min