John Strausbaugh's guest appearances

John Strausbaugh

The Joe Piscopo Show

The World in Time / Lapham’s Quarterly

CUNY TV's City Talk

Harold Holzer

Dan Doctoroff

Thomas Frank

Peter Beinart

Matt Stoller

Michael Moss

James Stewart

Randi Weingarten

Richard Cohen

John McWhorter

Jill Lepore

Scott Stringer

Philip Hoare

Sonia Shah

Michael Bloomberg

OwlTail

The northernmost Civil War battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and though Confederate soldiers never came within three hundred miles of Manhattan, New York City was far from untouched by the conflict—the ships dispatched by President Lincoln to quell the rebellion’s beginning at Fort Sumter, for example, sailed from New York harbor. Rebel sympathizers, abolitionists, immigrants, and freed slaves all called the city home and the conflict colored every aspect of New York life.Lewis H. Lapham talks with John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition: The History of New York City During the Civil War.Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

The northernmost Civil War battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and though Confederate soldiers never came within three hundred miles of Manhattan, New York City was far from untouched by the conflict—the ships dispatched by President Lincoln to quell the rebellion’s beginning at Fort Sumter, for example, sailed from New York harbor. Rebel sympathizers, abolitionists, immigrants, and freed slaves all called the city home and the conflict colored every aspect of New York life.<br><br>Lewis H. Lapham talks with John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition: The History of New York City During the Civil War.<br><br>Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

Episode 11: John Strausbaugh

John Strausbaugh's latest book, "The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village," reminds us of the conglomeration of people who inhabited this particular piece of Manhattan, from the 1640's to today.

Author, John Strausbaugh