Feel Familiar? Emotionally Intelligent History
"Feel Familiar? Emotionally Intelligent History" explores important but sometimes overlooked events from the past to gain a clearer understanding of the present day. It connects broad, macro-level developments in politics and society to relatable, individual feelings and thoughts.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
Feel Familiar? Emotionally Intelligent History
Latest Episodes
The Day(s) After: Finger-Pointing, the Blame Game, and the Official Story
The day after what was already being called "The Massacre Place" riots, people in New York City were mad as hell and nervous as hell. City elites and authorities convened juries and extracted verdicts with lightning speed. It seemed like civil ...
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Episode 5
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47:02
"Fire Low."
Talked into continuing his run of the Scottish Play by kid-gloved New Yorkers, William Charles Macready and his fellow thespians manage a remarkable rendering of Shakespeare—sometimes in mime—as rowdies loyal to Ned Forrest try to shut the whol...
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Episode 4
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Macready Wonders: Should I Stay or Should I Go?!
British actor William Charles Macready inks a deal to do Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera House. It gets off to a rocky, smelly start. He's not sure what to do. Meanwhile, a buncha Bowery B'Hoys try to lay their mitts on some muskets, ...
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Episode 3
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49:57
Ned Forrest Gets His Grudge On
Edwin "Ned" Forrest came from humble beginnings to become a megastar of the American stage by the 1820s. Heroic, demonstrative, and patriotic, he is the darling of Bowery B'hoys' subculture. Over time, Forrest grows to resent William Charles Ma...
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New York, 1849: The “Upper Ten” & The Bowery B’hoys
New York City in the 1840s is a vital, bustling, and deeply divided place. Cultural and political beliefs related to race, gender, and class animate different groups to hate certain celebrities and worship others. The nativist Bowery B'hoys lov...
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