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Episode 265: What's In a (NYC).Name

Mar 25, 2023
28:08
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
How to Write a Book About Major Deagon
01:47 • 2min
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3
The Importance of Local Tie in a National Movement
03:22 • 2min
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4
The Bronx's Soda King
05:04 • 2min
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5
The Importance of Having a Road Named After Someone
06:43 • 2min
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6
The Importance of Naming
08:16 • 2min
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The Importance of Renaming in New York City
09:48 • 2min
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8
The Failure to Remove the Christopher Columbus Statue From Central Park
11:52 • 2min
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The Reluctance of New Yorkers to Change
14:02 • 2min
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10
The Disproportion of Things Named for a Person
16:03 • 2min
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11
The Importance of Names in New York City
17:47 • 2min
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12
The Importance of Naming History
20:04 • 4min
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How to Memorialize the COVID Epidemic
23:57 • 2min
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14
Naming Gotham, the Villains, Rogues and Heroes Behind New York's Place Names
26:22 • 2min
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Rebecca Bratspies discusses her book, “Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names,” and dig into what our street names say about who gets to write the city’s history.

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