History is Cool examines the incredible history of Manhattan island and TALKS to some of the people who have helped to make it incredible. We welcome guests from all walks of life including singer/songwriters, actors/actresses, professional athletes, elected officials, authors, historians and anyone who has helped to make this place what it is.Island Voices is a companion podcast to ISLAND the chronological history of Manhattan Island from 1609 to 1909, available on all major podcast directories:https://linktr.ee/ThepodcastislandClimb aboard. History is cool :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
500 years of American History...in under 15 minute
This episode of Island Voices explores 500 years of American history in a concise 15-minute overview.
29 Jun 2025
The one and only Dr. Charles T. Gehring | Speaks on the murder of Premero
Dr. Charles T. Gehring discusses his career studying the New Netherland colony and shares insights about the Dutch and Walloon people who established it in this interview episode.
1 Jun 2025
Author Fawn Brokaw Doyle - Salt People of the Cloud Houses (Promo)
Author Fawn Brokaw Doyle discusses her book, *Salt People of the Cloud Houses*, exploring the early history of Manhattan and the relationship between native people and settlers, revealing a fascinating lost American history in this interview.
18 May 2025
The one and only Charles T. Gehring
Dr. Charles T. Gehring is the preeminent authority on the lost colony of New Netherland, but exactly how he happened upon the study of this place that has become his life's work is almost as fascinating as the insights he has to the Dutch and Walloon souls that built a colony out of the untamed wilderness. Join me for a fun and informative look at the incredible career and expertise of Dr. Charles T. Gehring author/scholar/New Netherland ambassador Available on YouTube and wherever you LISTEN to podcasts. Climb aboard. History is cool™.
29 Jan 2025
Mike Martz on Kurt Warner, NFL Glory & Football’s Future!
Step into the world of Coach Mike Martz, the mastermind behind the legendary Greatest Show on Turf! In this exclusive interview, we dive deep into his incredible journey, the magic he built with Kurt Warner, and the future of college football. From Super Bowl XXXIV glory to the evolving game, Martz shares raw insights, bold opinions, and untold stories.
🏈 Did college football get it all wrong?
🔥 Should struggling teams be relegated like European soccer?
💰 How NIL is reshaping the game—and why smaller schools are suffering
🚨 Will Bill Belichick coach in college? Coach Martz has a take!
This is a must-watch for football fans, sports historians, and anyone who loves the game’s most brilliant minds! Like, comment, and subscribe for more legendary football stories.
#MikeMartz #KurtWarner #NFL #SuperBowl #GreatestShowOnTurf #FootballHistory #CollegeFootball #SportsTalk
24 Sept 2024
America First, by H.W. Brands
Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling historian H.W. Brands: AMERICA FIRST: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War (September 24, 2024).
Brands is a world-renowned historian known for his storytelling prowess and dynamic dual biographies, featuring key figures such as William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo, John Brown and Abraham Lincoln, and Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman. In AMERICA FIRST, Brands turns his vivid lens to the fierce debate between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and world-famous aviator Charles Lindbergh over America’s role in world affairs.
AMERICA FIRST kick offs in the 1930s as fascism is taking root in Europe. Across the globe, tension is high, reaching a boiling point with Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939. As the European continent braces for war, many Americans are still smarting from World War I, and they are reluctant to get involved in another bloody conflict across the Atlantic. Yet President Franklin Roosevelt recognizes that Hitler’s threat goes beyond the democracies in mainland Europe and that even an ocean won’t protect the U.S. from Hitler’s aggression. In order to convince a wary nation to go to war, FDR must square up against a vocal isolationist camp, led by Charles Lindbergh. Handsome, accomplished, Lindbergh uses his platform to encourage “Americanism” at every turn, becoming the nominal head of the America First Committee and Germany’s most respectable defender—and a major obstacle to FDR. Brands has been praised for writing “with a novelist’s feel for pacing and detail” (Wall Street Journal) and he brings this sensibility to AMERICA FIRST, capturing this high-stakes showdown in an account that is both highly researched and readable.
24 May 2024
MOOKIE!
Mets legend and savior - Mookie Wilson
1986 World Champion, his career will be forever marked by ONE miraculous play, but he can never be defined by any one play. As his friend and teammate Keith Hernandez said, Mookie is "one of baseball's all-time class acts."
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24 Apr 2024
Gerard Helferich author
The characters define the history. And in August of 1896, as New York sweated through one of the hottest months on written record, two of those pivotal characters come center stage as JP Morgan and Teddy Roosevelt find themselves ensnared in a murder investigation that holds this Island hostage in the midst of a Presidential election year. You never heard of this event? Well, then, you need to tune in and meet the brilliant writer who has recounted this fascinating piece of history for us in his new book HOT TIME. Island Voices welcomes brilliant author Gerard Helferich (aka: WH Flint).
📖 **Get Your Copy Now!** Ready to embark on an extraordinary journey? Click the link below to secure your copy of "Hot Time" by Gerard Helferich and let the magic of Manhattan's history unfold before your eyes. 🔗 [Grab Your Copy Here!] (https://www.gerardhelferich.com/an-unlikely-trust.html) Climb aboard. History is cool.
31 Jul 2021
Actress Indira Varma
After coming out of the gate very strong in 1996 in the provocative and seductive, I also think, sad film Kama Sutra, she astutely perceived the realities of type-casting, she turned away many, many early offers and turned to an entirely different medium -- the stage -- and over the ensuing years established herself as one of the foremost theatre actresses anywhere. Whether you've seen her in Game of Thrones, Rome, ABC's For Life, anywhere on the stage or in the upcoming THIS WAY UP (Hulu) or OBI WAN (Disney+), then you know what a dynamic talent she is -- as well as a lovely spirit, as you will see. Come along to hear all about her remarkable career that shows absolutely no sign of slowing. Dames en heren, I present to you, the one and only Indira Varma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGjGgkYDvc&t=246s https://linktr.ee/Thepodcastisland https://deadline.com/2021/03/obi-wan-kenobi-series-star-wars-game-of-thrones-indira-varma-disney-plus-1234704207/ @indyv9 instagram @indypindy9 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890055/
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2 Jul 2021
Singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III has been singing and songwriting for over fifty years. His dozens of studio albums are complemented by several live albums. And more recently has emerged yet another dimension to this multi-dimensional career with "I'd Rather Lead a Band" (http://www.lw3.com/album/id-rather-le...) a collaboration with orchestra leader Vince Giordano, a project that introduces an entire new musical genre for Loudy, bringing us his personalized version of "the great American songbook" of old-time standards: A Ship Without a Sail, Ain't Misbehaving, My Blue Heaven and many more. And after vowing to "never be a writer" like his famous writer father, he has done just that by penning his own, hilarious autobiography "Liner Notes" which is a must on Audible.com (https://www.audible.com/pd/Liner-Note...) Loudy also just happens to have some deep, DEEP roots in this city -- not just in "New York" but going back all the way to "New Netherland." (This particular family connection even sort of blew me away :) Join us for a retrospective on this inimitably self-styled "one-man guy", discussing the likes of Harry Chapin, Warren Zevon, "Dylan in 1963", dead skunks, along with Loudy's large and illustriously musical family. Loudon Wainwright III is a living part of this incredible city's rich history. Climb aboard and meet this uniquely talented "rascal" of a performer whose incredible career just seems to keep on going and going...
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