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  • Author Fawn Brokaw Doyle - Salt People of the Cloud Houses (Promo)

    Author Fawn Brokaw Doyle - Salt People of the Cloud Houses (Promo)
    2025/06/01
    One of the reasons I find this story of the Island of Manhattan so fascinating is the propensity of varied twists and turns that it takes en route to becoming today’s epicenter of the universe. Author Fawn Brokaw Doyle beautifully illustrates several of those early twists in her new book Salt People of the Cloud Houses. Now if you’ve never heard the name Sarah Rapalje, for one thing, we know you’re not up to date on our podcast. But then again, don’t feel too bad. After all, this is our lost American history. But you see, when this young lady was born to French-speaking refugees on that warm June night back in 1625 she would thereby attain the unprecedented distinction of becoming the very first European to be born in the place that would eventually come to be known as “New York”. But proceed with caution here, mensen - if you’re anything like me or author Fawn Brokaw Doyle, you just may find yourself getting lost in this lost history altogether. Because the more one peels back the layers, the more fascinating it tends to become. The title speaks to a key component of this story – the relationship between the locals and the settlers. You see, these pale-faced beings had only just arrived in this land a year earlier, traveling across the great waters via their majestic floating houses, whose sails appeared as clouds. The title addresses directly the awe of the Native Munsee people for this fairly amiable band of newcomers: “salt people of the cloud houses”. And then there was “Mannatu”, the Algonquin word they used to articulate that particular awe - meaning too wondrous to understand. This sentiment was not just about the miraculous mode of travel, but also because of the unprecedented opportunity that they brought with them. Fawn’s book is technically “a novel”, but her curiosity has hereby transformed her into an exhaustive researcher – yielding remarkable insight into this story and to this culture. Sarah Rapalje’s parents were mere teenagers on a wing and a prayer. Her father, 19 year-old Joris Rapalje, was a penniless Walloon (reformed Protestant) exiled from the place we call Belgium today. Her mother was 18-year old Frenchwoman Catalyna Trico. The flight of this dashing young couple from the oppressive forces of the Spanish (Catholic) Hapsburg Empire at the outset of this rather audacious endeavor proved serendipitous to both them and the Dutch West India Company. The specifics of that endeavor? To form a colony in the region that we essentially refer to as the greater tri-state Metropolitan region today. Why there? Well, in order to cultivate commercial control of all beaver and otter pelts in this fairly uncharted region that seemed to lay strategically far enough between the other European activities already underway in this New World: the French fur operations based in Quebec, and the sputtering English attempts at colonization off the coast of Cape Cod and in Jamestown, VA. And when a Company recruiter approached Joris about jumping into this ambitious undertaking, unlike his young, able-bodied Dutch counterparts belonging to the Netherlands, he felt he had very little to lose. Sailing across the Earth to make his way in the wilderness among savage beasts and savage men was not an issue for this wayward Calvinist. In fact, it rather energized him. So the intrepid descendant of the Gaelic-Belgic tribe agreed, on one condition: that the Company arrange for his marriage to Catalyna prior to boarding the ship. And desperate for able-bodied young families to populate this fledgling experiment on the unknown side of the planet, the Company officials complied with the request and arranged for the marriage of Joris & Catalyna in the Walloon Church in Amsterdam one early spring day in 1624, the day before they departed for the place that would become the greatest city on Earth. The author drills down so deeply into New Netherland that you can smell the oliekoeken (the Dutch ancestor of our doughnuts), and feel the hard, smooth wampum shells that 15-year old Sarah transfers from her own soft palm into the hardened one of the gruff vendor as payment for the savory indulgence. Fawn Brokaw Doyle is not just a writer but an archival devotee of the first order. And, quite frankly, one of the most artful tellers of this crazy, incredible history that I have myself yet come upon. Salt People of the Cloud Houses will be available Sarah Rapalje’s 400th Birthday: June 9, 2025 on Amazon and Bookshop.org. Links can be found on Fawn's website: https://www.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/ Sign up for Sarah's 400th Birthday Party Book Launch- Monday, June 9th, 2025 https://subscribepage.io/sarahsbirthdayparty linktr.ee/fawnbrokawdoyle website: https://www.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/
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  • The one and only Charles T. Gehring

    The one and only Charles T. Gehring
    2025/05/18

    Dr. Charles T. Gehring is the preeminent authority on the lost colony of New Netherland, but exactly how he happened upon the study of this place that has become his life's work is almost as fascinating as the insights he has to the Dutch and Walloon souls that built a colony out of the untamed wilderness. Join me for a fun and informative look at the incredible career and expertise of Dr. Charles T. Gehring author/scholar/New Netherland ambassador Available on YouTube and wherever you LISTEN to podcasts. Climb aboard. History is cool™.
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    20 分
  • Mike Martz on Kurt Warner, NFL Glory & Football’s Future!

    Mike Martz on Kurt Warner, NFL Glory & Football’s Future!
    2025/01/29

    Step into the world of Coach Mike Martz, the mastermind behind the legendary Greatest Show on Turf! In this exclusive interview, we dive deep into his incredible journey, the magic he built with Kurt Warner, and the future of college football. From Super Bowl XXXIV glory to the evolving game, Martz shares raw insights, bold opinions, and untold stories.

    🏈 Did college football get it all wrong?
    🔥 Should struggling teams be relegated like European soccer?
    💰 How NIL is reshaping the game—and why smaller schools are suffering
    🚨 Will Bill Belichick coach in college? Coach Martz has a take!

    This is a must-watch for football fans, sports historians, and anyone who loves the game’s most brilliant minds! Like, comment, and subscribe for more legendary football stories.

    #MikeMartz #KurtWarner #NFL #SuperBowl #GreatestShowOnTurf #FootballHistory #CollegeFootball #SportsTalk
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  • America First, by H.W. Brands

    America First, by H.W. Brands
    2024/09/24

    Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling historian H.W. Brands: AMERICA FIRST: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War (September 24, 2024).

    Brands is a world-renowned historian known for his storytelling prowess and dynamic dual biographies, featuring key figures such as William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo, John Brown and Abraham Lincoln, and Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman. In AMERICA FIRST, Brands turns his vivid lens to the fierce debate between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and world-famous aviator Charles Lindbergh over America’s role in world affairs.

    AMERICA FIRST kick offs in the 1930s as fascism is taking root in Europe. Across the globe, tension is high, reaching a boiling point with Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939. As the European continent braces for war, many Americans are still smarting from World War I, and they are reluctant to get involved in another bloody conflict across the Atlantic. Yet President Franklin Roosevelt recognizes that Hitler’s threat goes beyond the democracies in mainland Europe and that even an ocean won’t protect the U.S. from Hitler’s aggression. In order to convince a wary nation to go to war, FDR must square up against a vocal isolationist camp, led by Charles Lindbergh. Handsome, accomplished, Lindbergh uses his platform to encourage “Americanism” at every turn, becoming the nominal head of the America First Committee and Germany’s most respectable defender—and a major obstacle to FDR. Brands has been praised for writing “with a novelist’s feel for pacing and detail” (Wall Street Journal) and he brings this sensibility to AMERICA FIRST, capturing this high-stakes showdown in an account that is both highly researched and readable.

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    39 分
  • MOOKIE!

    MOOKIE!
    2024/05/24

    Mets legend and savior - Mookie Wilson

    1986 World Champion, his career will be forever marked by ONE miraculous play, but he can never be defined by any one play. As his friend and teammate Keith Hernandez said, Mookie is "one of baseball's all-time class acts."

    Available on YouTube and wherever you LISTEN to podcasts. Climb aboard. History is cool.

    And please hire https://legacycatering.net/ for your next outing. Legacycatering21@gmail.com

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    51 分
  • Gerard Helferich author

    Gerard Helferich author
    2024/04/24

    The characters define the history. And in August of 1896, as New York sweated through one of the hottest months on written record, two of those pivotal characters come center stage as JP Morgan and Teddy Roosevelt find themselves ensnared in a murder investigation that holds this Island hostage in the midst of a Presidential election year. You never heard of this event? Well, then, you need to tune in and meet the brilliant writer who has recounted this fascinating piece of history for us in his new book HOT TIME. Island Voices welcomes brilliant author Gerard Helferich (aka: WH Flint).

    📖 **Get Your Copy Now!** Ready to embark on an extraordinary journey? Click the link below to secure your copy of "Hot Time" by Gerard Helferich and let the magic of Manhattan's history unfold before your eyes. 🔗 [Grab Your Copy Here!] (https://www.gerardhelferich.com/an-unlikely-trust.html) Climb aboard. History is cool.
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    36 分
  • Actress Indira Varma

    Actress Indira Varma
    2021/07/31
    After coming out of the gate very strong in 1996 in the provocative and seductive, I also think, sad film Kama Sutra, she astutely perceived the realities of type-casting, she turned away many, many early offers and turned to an entirely different medium -- the stage -- and over the ensuing years established herself as one of the foremost theatre actresses anywhere. Whether you've seen her in Game of Thrones, Rome, ABC's For Life, anywhere on the stage or in the upcoming THIS WAY UP (Hulu) or OBI WAN (Disney+), then you know what a dynamic talent she is -- as well as a lovely spirit, as you will see. Come along to hear all about her remarkable career that shows absolutely no sign of slowing. Dames en heren, I present to you, the one and only Indira Varma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGjGgkYDvc&t=246s https://linktr.ee/Thepodcastisland https://deadline.com/2021/03/obi-wan-kenobi-series-star-wars-game-of-thrones-indira-varma-disney-plus-1234704207/ @indyv9 instagram @indypindy9 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890055/

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    38 分
  • Singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III

    Singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III
    2021/07/02
    Loudon Wainwright III has been singing and songwriting for over fifty years. His dozens of studio albums are complemented by several live albums. And more recently has emerged yet another dimension to this multi-dimensional career with "I'd Rather Lead a Band"  (http://www.lw3.com/album/id-rather-le...) a collaboration with orchestra leader Vince Giordano, a project that introduces an entire new musical genre for Loudy, bringing us his personalized version of "the great American songbook" of old-time standards: A Ship Without a Sail, Ain't Misbehaving, My Blue Heaven and many more. And after vowing to "never be a writer" like his famous writer father, he has done just that by penning his own, hilarious autobiography "Liner Notes" which is a must on Audible.com (https://www.audible.com/pd/Liner-Note...) Loudy also just happens to have some deep, DEEP roots in this city -- not just in "New York" but going back all the way to "New Netherland."  (This particular family connection even sort of blew me away :)  Join us for a retrospective on this inimitably self-styled "one-man guy", discussing the likes of Harry Chapin, Warren Zevon, "Dylan in 1963", dead skunks, along with Loudy's large and illustriously musical family.   Loudon Wainwright III is a living part of this incredible city's rich history. Climb aboard and meet this uniquely talented "rascal" of a performer whose incredible career just seems to keep on going and going...

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    52 分