Daniel Okrent

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

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

21mins

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"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

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

40mins

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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

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

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

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

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

40mins

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