9 Podcast Episodes
Daniel Okrent, Lee Eisenberg, Valerie Salembier, Glen Waggoner, Peter Gethers, & Bruce McCall - The inventors of fantasy sports
Daniel Okrent, Lee Eisenberg, Valerie Salembier, Glen Waggoner, Peter Gethers, & Bruce McCall - The inventors of fantasy sports
The multi-billion dollar industry that is fantasy sports was created by a group of magazine editors & writers (frien... Read more
12 May 2022
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47mins
Scrap Bag: Laurie and the Guarded Gate with Daniel Okrent
Scrap Bag: Laurie and the Guarded Gate with Daniel Okrent
Welcome to Jo's Boys, a podcast for little women, little men, and everyone in between! We'll be reading through "Little ... Read more
8 Apr 2022
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21mins
"The Guarded Gate" By Daniel Okrent
"The Guarded Gate" By Daniel Okrent
Note: This is an encore edition of our program. The original episode aired in July 2020.
3 Sep 2021
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30mins
Daniel Okrent: Author "The Guarded Gate" | SALT Talks #40
Daniel Okrent: Author "The Guarded Gate" | SALT Talks #40
Daniel Okrent is the prize-winning author of six books, most recently The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law T... Read more
31 Mar 2021
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40mins
Conversations with Charlie Dyer, Guest: Daniel Okrent
Conversations with Charlie Dyer, Guest: Daniel Okrent
With the passage of the Immigration Act in 1924, the United States closed the door at Ellis Island. We went from allowin... Read more
15 Mar 2021
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19mins
Daniel Okrent and the History of Bigotry, Eugenics, and Immigration
Daniel Okrent and the History of Bigotry, Eugenics, and Immigration
Daniel Okrent, the first public editor of The New York Times newspaper and an writer, discusses the inspiration for and ... Read more
13 May 2020
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31mins
Eugenics and the Immigration Act of 1924 (with Daniel Okrent)
Eugenics and the Immigration Act of 1924 (with Daniel Okrent)
Daniel Okrent joins the show to talk about his new book, The Guarded Gate, which tells the tells the story of the scient... Read more
12 Jul 2019
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37mins
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
On November 14, Daniel Okrent delivered the 2012 Alexander W. Weddell Lecture entitled "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of ... Read more
10 Dec 2012
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1hr 4mins
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of L... Read more
22 Jun 2010
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40mins