The Long Island History Project podcast

The Long Island History Project

Interviews with historians, scholars, authors and anyone with a story to tell and a passion for this unique region of New York.

Interviews with historians, scholars, authors and anyone with a story to tell and a passion for this unique region of New York.

 

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Episode 212: For Nothing is Hidden with John Valenti

Steven Damman disappeared from outside a supermarket in East Meadow on Halloween day, 1955... more

24 Nov 2025

38 MINS

38:03

24 Nov 2025


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Episode 211: To Outwit Them All: Agent 355 and Peggy Wirgau

Where history fails to provide, authors of historical fiction can fill the gap. In her new... more

10 Nov 2025

23 MINS

23:35

10 Nov 2025


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Episode 210: Christopher Verga and Nazis of Long Island

Even as Hitler and his Nazi regime ran roughshod over Germany and Europe in the 1930s, the... more

27 Oct 2025

37 MINS

37:41

27 Oct 2025


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Episode 209: Three Village Historical Society Oral Histories

Christian Avenue sits at the heart of the Three Village area on the North Shore of Long Is... more

10 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:59

10 Oct 2025


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Episode 208: Culper Spy Day

Culper Spy Day has been an annual tradition on Long Island for over a decade. Created by M... more

12 Sep 2025

42 MINS

42:19

12 Sep 2025


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Episode 207: Oral History with Erica Fugger

Are you curious about the past and love talking to people? Do you have a keen eye for deta... more

29 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:15

29 Jul 2025


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Episode 206: Natalie Korsavidis and Farmingdale Local History

Chances are that your local public library has a local history librarian who oversees a ri... more

15 Jul 2025

30 MINS

30:08

15 Jul 2025


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Episode 205: Long Beach Oral Histories

We continue our tour of Long Island-based oral history collections. This time out, Robert ... more

30 Jun 2025

38 MINS

38:54

30 Jun 2025


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Episode 204: Robert Beattie, Long Island Architect w Richard Beattie

Robert Beattie was many things: an architect, a designer of iconic public buildings on Lon... more

09 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:49

09 Jun 2025


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Episode 203: Madeleine Bessell‑Koprek and the Paleoecology of Long Island, Australia

There's a rough stretch of water between Australia and Tasmania called the Bass Strait. Wi... more

23 May 2025

30 MINS

30:24

23 May 2025


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Episode 202: Robert Anen and Manhasset Oral Histories

The voices of the past are all around us, if you know how to listen. And sometimes those v... more

08 Apr 2025

29 MINS

29:34

08 Apr 2025


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Episode 201: Isle of Ever w Jen Calonita

Isle of Ever is Jen Calonita's newest middle grade novel, a story grounded in the history ... more

22 Mar 2025

24 MINS

24:15

22 Mar 2025


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Episode 200: The 1975 Babylon High School Panthers w Tom McKeown

Tom McKeown lived and breathed basketball throughout junior and senior high school in Baby... more

10 Mar 2025

29 MINS

29:22

10 Mar 2025