Best Joe Gass Podcasts (2025)

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Sign Makers Charlotte NC: Transform Your Space with Professional Interior Signage 7:16

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Charlotte’s trusted sign company and shop, creating and installing custom signs that transform business interiors. Contact us now to get started. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/By Joe Gass

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Milton C. Work: America's Bridge Master 49:34

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Biographical Bytes from Bala #045 for mid-June 2025 The card games whist and bridge arrived in Victorian Philadelphia and captivated its upper-class population. Bridge clubs formed all over town, but people soon realized the man in the know was Milton C. Work, a Philadelphia lawyer. A scoring system that Work popularized for contract bridge remains…

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Custom Signs Charlotte NC: Elevating Your Interior Spaces 7:54

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We produce & install custom signs & commercial interior graphics to brand retail, lobby, campus & office walls & glass for Charlotte, NC business. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/products/custom-signs.phpBy Joe Gass

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Clarence Wiener: Laurel Hill's Baron Munchausen 31:11

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075, part 4 Baron von Munchausen was a German military man who traveled the country spreading his tales of wonder, which always featured himself in the role of a hero. Clarence Wiener came from a wealthy Philadelphia family. He started to burnish his reputation during his brief stay at Harvard. Eventually,…

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Princess Olga Demidoff Stoever: A Princess with Attitude 13:08

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #75, part 5 Princess Olga Demidoff was from one royal family and married into another, the house of Trubetskoy. She eventually married Philadelphia archeologist Edward Stoever, but supported herself as both an escort and as madame in a high-end New York brothel. Her name is on the tombstone, but she is loca…

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Commercial Signs Charlotte NC: Transforming Interior Spaces with Custom Signage 7:27

17d ago7:27

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Top-rated Sign Company in Charlotte, NC. We design, print & install custom signs, wall wraps, and graphics for workplaces and offices. Request a free quote!. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/By Joe Gass

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Marquis d'Esken de Frenoys & Baron Michael von Suttka 21:53

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075, part 3 In Paris before the Great War, he was known as Roberto Carles Eskens, but acquired the title of “The Marquis D’Eskens de Frenoys.” Baron James Ivan Michael von Suttka was born in Canton, Ohio, and claimed to be an Olympic caliber pistol shot. Both men married rich American women. It is difficul…

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Countess Santa Eulalia, aka Libbie Shindler Stetson 32:45

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From all Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075, part 2 Elizabeth "Libby" Shindler was an Indiana farm girl / schoolteacher who caught the eye of philanthropist / hatmaker John B. Stetson and became his third wife. When left a widow with several million dollars, she was pursued and captured by a Portuguese nobleman who was not quite what he cla…

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The United States and Peerage Titles 22:32

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075, Part 1 In the last quarter of the 19th century, there was a surge in marriages between European nobility and American heiresses as families exchanged money for titles. These women became known as "dollar princesses," and soon your east coast soiree was not complete without a contessa or marchioness to…

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Laurel Hill Nobility, Part 1 2:23:46

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075 In the late 19th and early 20th century, more than 450 American heiresses traded their fortunes for a European title; they were called "dollar princesses." Elizabeth Shindler Stetson was the hatmaker's third wife who married into a Portuguese title. Roberto Carles Eskens claimed Belgian nobility as Mar…

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Business Signs in Charlotte, NC: The Essential Guide to Interior Signage 6:30

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We Create & Install Custom Business Signs & Graphics for Commercial Interior Branding of Offices, Lobby, Hallways & Conference Rooms in Charlotte, NC. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/products/business-signs.phpBy Joe Gass

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Jack Merriam & Dream Garden 47:02

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Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories #044 for mid-May, 2025 John W. “Jack” Merriam made his fortune in real estate development – Oxford Valley Mall, Cedarbrook Apartment Complex, and many others. Among his acquisitions was the Curtis Publishing Building on Washington Square, with its magnificent Maxfield Parrish / Louis Comfort Ti…

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Custom Wall Decals Charlotte NC – Transform Interior Spaces with Style and Creativity 8:28

2M ago8:28

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We create & install custom wall decals & graphics for office branding, commercial interiors & event environments for business in Charlotte NC. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/products/wall-decals.phpBy Joe Gass

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2LT Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill: Gassed! 27:16

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #074, part 5 2LT Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill was a PAFA-trained artist who specialized in landscapes and beach scenes. He joined the Army in 1915 and served during the Battles of Ypres and the Somme. While he survived a gas attack, his lungs were apparently damaged, which led to his premature death in 1…

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MAJ Alfred Reginald Allen, MD: The Choices a Man Makes 19:14

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #074, segment 4 Alfred Reginald Allen, MD, was a UPenn med school grad, a clever researcher in neurologic injuries, a brilliant composer of operas and hymns, founder of the Savoy Company, and one of the finest photomicrographers in the world. But when he joined the Army, it was as a combat officer. He was k…

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CPT Alan Wood Lukens: Lost in the Fog of War 21:36

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #074, segment 3 CPT Alan Wood Lukens was variously reported as killed in action, missing in action, hospitalized at an unknown site in France, and possible prisoner of war. He had been killed in action in September, but it took the Lukens family until January to determine what had really happened to Allen. …

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1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr: From Groton to Gallipoli and The Somme 19:29

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #074, section 2 1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr joined the military long before the United States entered the war. He had been a football star at Groton and at Harvard. He ended up with the Coldstream Guard where he was killed in action during the Battle of Somme. He is buried in France, but his family has added …

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Philadelphia and the Great War 10:56

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Excerpt from All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #074, part 1 The United States tried to stay out of the European conflict that started in 1914 but eventually joined the fray. Philadelphia, "The Workshop of the World," provided doughboys with blankets, footwear, and head gear. By the time the US Congress declared war in April, 1917, hundreds …

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The Ultimate Guide to Hiring the Best Sign Company for Your Business 7:36

2M ago7:36

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Find the right sign company by considering design options, materials, pricing, customer reviews, and installation services to ensure a professional result. Read out our blog: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/blog/best-sign-company-for-your-business/By Joe Gass

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The Killing Fields of France, Part 1: Dillwyn Parrish Starr; Alan Wood Lukens; Alfred Reginald Allen; Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill 2:00:13

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #074 The United States was dragged into a war that it seemed nobody wanted, but that was inevitable anyway. Philadelphia produced massive amounts of materials for the American doughboys. 1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr was impatient for action. He joined Britain’s esteemed Coldstream Guard and was readily accepte…

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What Are the Best Types of Signage for Office Interior Branding? 7:09

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Upgrade your office with premium interior signage from Heritage Signs & Displays—tailored to fit your brand’s unique style and message. Read out our blog: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/blog/signage-for-office-interior-branding/By Joe Gass

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Timothee Adamowski: The Idol of the Boston Pops 38:48

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Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories #043 Polish born violinist Timothee Adamowski was soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for many years and served as one of the first conductors of the Boston Pops Orchestra. For many years his name was romantically linked with that of famed Australian soprano Nellie Melba, but he surprise…

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The Best Business Signs in Charlotte, NC: A Guide to Making a Lasting Impression 7:31

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We Create & Install Custom Business Signs & Graphics for Commercial Interior Branding of Offices, Lobby, Hallways & Conference Rooms in Charlotte, NC. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/products/business-signs.phpBy Joe Gass

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ADM George W. Melville: The Doomed Jeannette Expedition 41:27

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #073, part 5 George W. Melville was the MacGyver of his day, seemingly creating something out of nothing when the situation called for it. As an engineer he was unsurpassed. He was one of only a few survivors of the ill-fated attempt to reach the North Pole by the ship Jeannette, captained by George De…

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Custom Business Signs Charlotte NC: Enhancing Your Brand with Exceptional Signage 7:25

3M ago7:25

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We Create & Install Custom Business Signs & Graphics for Commercial Interior Branding of Offices, Lobby, Hallways & Conference Rooms in Charlotte, NC. Get more information: https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/products/business-signs.phpBy Joe Gass

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ADM Sylvanus Godon: Hanging "Lucky Nat" Gordon 27:00

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #073, part 5 Admiral Sylvanus William Godon spent his life in the Navy. The high point was probably the capture of the USS Erie with its cargo of 897 enslaved Africans. The captain of that ship, Nathaniel "Lucky Nat" Gordon, went to the gallows for his crime.…

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COM David Conner: Amphibious Landing at Vera Cruz 24:45

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #073, part 4 Commodore David Conner was responsible for the successful amphibious landing of 12,000 men at Vera Cruz during the Mexican American War. His presentation sword and two medals are on display in the Cincinnati Room of the Hill - Physick - Keith House, along with a fine portrait.…

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COM Isaac Hull and Old Ironsides 29:30

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #073, part 2 Isaac Hull was a lifelong sailor from a family of sailors. He is best remembered today for being commander of the USS Constitution when it captured HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. Fellow tour guise Russell Dodge wrote this script and the life of this great seaman.…

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Introduction to the 19th Century US Navy 16:30

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #073, part 1 The United States tried very hard to not have a Navy. It wasn't until the early 19th century that congress realized the need for a fighting force on the water. Capture of American merchant ships by the Barbary pirates and corsairs with letters of marque forced congress to release funds to …

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Four Naval Heroes: Isaac Hull, David Conner, Sylvanus Godon, and George W. Melville 2:43:53

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Isaac Hull led USS Constitution to victory against HMS Guerriere in the early days of the War of 1812. Fellow tour guide Russ Dodge wrote this script but declined the opportunity to narrate it. David Conner worked with Winfield Scott to arrange the largest amphibious assault of the 19th century at Vera Cruz during the Mexican American War. While se…

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Dorothy Burr Thompson & Pamela Burr: Prides of Bryn Mawr College 10:28

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Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 5 Dorothy Burr Thompson ("DBT") was acknowledged as one of the best archeologists of her day. Her work of Hellenistic terra cottas has never been surpassed. Her younger sister Pamela Burr wrote a play while at Bryn Mawr that featured her classmate, Katharine Hepburn.…

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Anna Robeson Brown Burr: Prodigious Author 10:08

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Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 4 Anna Robeson Burr Brown was an American writer of novels, poetry, stories, essays, and biographies. Her The Autobiography: A Critical and Comparative Study (1909), was the first book on the subject.By Joe Lex

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Henry Armitt Brown: The Finest Orator of His Generation 11:26

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Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 3 Henry Armitt Brown became the finest orator of his generation, frequently compared to Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. His life was cut short only weeks after his greatest triumph.By Joe Lex

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Frederick Brown: Druggist and Cemetery Co-Founder 16:02

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Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 2 Frederick Brown was a very successful druggist and a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. When his friend John Jay Smith invited him to be a founder at Laurel Hill Cemetery, he accepted the offer.By Joe Lex

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Charles Brockden Brown: America's First Major Novelist 4:19

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Biographical Bytes from Bala #042, section 1 Charles Brockden Brown is regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. His best-known works include Wieland and Edgar Huntly, both of which display his characteristic interest in Gothic themes. His works heavily influenced both Mary Bysshe Shelley and Edgar A…

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Five Generations at Laurel Hill 1:09:09

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Charles Brockden Brown was American’s first successful novelist. his influence on Edgar Allen Poe was immeasurable. He has a cenotaph in the South section of Laurel Hill East. Charles' nephew Frederick Brown was a successful druggist because of his ginger root-based nostrums. He was also one of four co-founders of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Frederick's …

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Katherine Rotan Drinker and The Radium Girls (encore) 17:26

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #072, segment 5 A slight reworking of an earlier podcast about Cecil Kent Drinker, MD, (All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #041) now features his wife Katherine Rotan Drinker, MD, as they take on the investigation of "jaw rot" among young women who had worked as painters of luminescent watch dia…

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Sarah Logan Wister Starr: The Iron Fist Who Saved the School 21:26

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #072, segment 4 By 1921, Women's Medical College was on the verge of failure. The new president Sarah Logan Wister Starr was a master fundraiser who treated Women's Medical School and its hospital as her private philanthropic project. She did save the school, but she infuriated both faculty and student…

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Charlotte Yhlen & Marie K. Formad: Strangers in a Strange Land 21:20

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #072 - Segment 3 In the mid-19th century, women from around the world flocked to Philadelphia in order to become physicians. Everyone has seen the Frederick Gutekunst photo of three medical students from India, Japan, and Syria. Charlotte Yhlen came from Sweden and became the first Scandinavian-born woman p…

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William J. Mullen: The Prisoner's Friend and Female Medical College 23:00

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #072, segment 2 William J. Mullen was the first President of Female Medical College of Pennsylvania. He is remembered for his tireless philanthropic work among inmates at Moyamensing Prison and for his over-the-top grave marker in the south section of Laurel Hill East.…

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Founding the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania 13:50

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From All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #072, segment 1 With the help of several Quaker philanthropists, a medical school for women was chartered in 1850. Through the courage and strength of the founders and early graduates, it slowly grew into a respected medical school whose memory lives today through the Drexel University School of Medici…

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ABC072 Women's Medical College: Some Selected Stories 1:57:42

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #072 gives you a condensed history of Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. The entire podcast is available on March 1st. Each segment will be released as an individual recording in the days that follow. First, I will tell you about the founding of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1850. Seco…

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John W. Forney: Gadfly, Chameleon, Provocateur 28:54

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Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories #041 John W. Forney was a publisher, a politician, a railroad agent, and the only person to serve as both Clerk of the US House and Secretary of the US Senate. Abraham Lincoln befriended the man, but political enemies called Forney "Lincoln's dog." Andrew Johnson drank to excess at Forney’s Sta…

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Jack Jones: Pioneering TV Anchor 19:23

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ABC#071, segment 4 John Claver "Jack" Jones was a Philadelphian through-and-through - West Catholic High School, La Salle University. He was befriended by TV announcer John Facenda who got him hired at a local TV station. Jack rose to be evening anchor but died far too young.By Joe Lex

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Judge Doris May Harris: Pioneer in Children's Court 18:24

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All Bones Considered #071, segment 3 Doris May Harris was a summa cum laude graduate of Howard University who was the third Black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to a long and distinguished career on the bench and introduced novel approaches to the punishment and rehabilitation of teen offenders.…

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Florence DaVida Johnson-Reid: Reaching a Pinnacle in Black Education 18:44

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ABC#071, segment 2 Florence daVida "Videe" Howard Johnson-Reid steadily worked her way up the ladder of education until she was Dean of Graduate Studies at Cheyney University, whose history dates back to 1837 and the Institute for Colored Youth. Learn about the evolution of education for Philadelphia's African American citizens and more.…

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Lynwood Blount: Bootstraps Judge, Hospital Director 18:03

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ABC#071, part 1 Lynwood Blount was a municipal judge who worked his way to the top, including night law school at Temple. He was elected judge after a successful 20-year law career. He was also President of Mercy-Douglass Hospital during its waning years. He did not suffer fools lightly. Along the way he picked up the nickname "Count Blount." He al…

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ABC#071 Black History Month for 2025: Four More Stories 1:32:46

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #071 for February 2025 - complete Judge Lynwood Blount became a lawyer by going to night school and rose to be a judge in the Philadelphia criminal justice system. His manner and authoritative presence earned him the nickname “Count Blount.” Florence DeVida Johnson-Reid came through the ranks to become Dean…

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Herb Lusk: The Praying Tailback 20:43

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BBB040, part 3 Herb Lusk was a running back who developed the habit of dropping to a knee and uttering a brief prayer after he scored a touchdown. He brought this habit with him to the pros and then quit after three seasons to become a very successful Baptist preacher. He was awarded a Super Bowl ring 39 years after he retired.…

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Nate Ramsey: #24 for the Eagles 18:39

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BBB070, part 2 Nate Ramsey played nine years with some pretty mediocre Eagle teams but was voted by fans as the best Eagle to ever wear uniform #24. The problem was his legal difficulties, which plagued him before, after, and during his career.By Joe Lex

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