http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts Podcasts from The City University of New York Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:02:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Podcasts from The City University of New York CUNY Radio Podcasts no Podcasts from The City University of New York College, Education, News, Public Affiars http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/category/inside-out/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-the-rise-of-a-reformer/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-the-rise-of-a-reformer/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:28:54 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=382 Listen Now ]]> In part 1 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s lifelong commitment to make city government belong to all the people, from his war with Tammany Hall (New York’s Democratic machine) to his fights against gamblers, racketeers, and “tin horns,” and his ability to “out demagogue the best of demagogues.”
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-the-rise-of-a-reformer/feed/ 0 In part 1 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia's lifelong commitment to make city government belong to all the people, In part 1 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia's lifelong commitment to make city government belong to all the people, from his war with Tammany Hall (New York's Democratic machine) to his fights against gamblers, racketeers, and "tin horns,” and his ability to "out demagogue the best of demagogues.” Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=382-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-health-and-housing/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-health-and-housing/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:00:23 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=383 Listen Now ]]> In part 2 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia makes providing proper housing a function of city government. The 1921 deaths of his first wife and infant daughter from tuberculosis inspire the greatest public health effort in the city’s history.
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-health-and-housing/feed/ 0 In part 2 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia makes providing proper housing a function of city government. In part 2 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia makes providing proper housing a function of city government. The 1921 deaths of his first wife and infant daughter from tuberculosis inspire the greatest public health effort in the city's history. Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=383-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-organized-labor/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-organized-labor/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:19:09 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=388 Listen Now ]]> In part 3 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, organized labor leaders praised him as friend and inspiration. As a congressman, Fiorello H. La Guardia was one of labor’s best friends, but as New York City mayor he opposed unionization of city workers both as a threat to the city budget and to his authority.
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-organized-labor/feed/ 0 In part 3 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, organized labor leaders praised him as friend and inspiration. As a congressman, Fiorello H. In part 3 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, organized labor leaders praised him as friend and inspiration. As a congressman, Fiorello H. La Guardia was one of labor's best friends, but as New York City mayor he opposed unionization of city workers both as a threat to the city budget and to his authority. Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=388-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-the-aviation/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-the-aviation/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:15:49 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=387 Listen Now ]]> In part 4 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York City’s La Guardia Airport was named after Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in recognition of his lifelong support for aviation. He learned to fly only a dozen years after the Wright Brothers made motorized flight a reality, and in World War One he flew bombing missions for the U.S. Army.
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-the-aviation/feed/ 0 In part 4 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York City's La Guardia Airport was named after Mayor Fiorello H. In part 4 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, New York City's La Guardia Airport was named after Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in recognition of his lifelong support for aviation. He learned to fly only a dozen years after the Wright Brothers made motorized flight a reality, and in World War One he flew bombing missions for the U.S. Army. Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=387-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-the-physical-city/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-the-physical-city/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:14:27 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=386 Listen Now ]]> In part 5 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, from the time he took office on January 1, 1934, until American entry into World War Two, Fiorello H. La Guardia’s public works brought about in New York the greatest government-sponsored municipal transformation in America since Washington, D.C. was created out of Potomac marshlands.
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-the-physical-city/feed/ 0 In part 5 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, from the time he took office on January 1, 1934, until American entry into World War Two, Fiorello H. In part 5 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, from the time he took office on January 1, 1934, until American entry into World War Two, Fiorello H. La Guardia's public works brought about in New York the greatest government-sponsored municipal transformation in America since Washington, D.C. was created out of Potomac marshlands. Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=386-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-relief/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-relief/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:10:20 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=385 Listen Now ]]> In part 6 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, Bing Crosby’s recording of “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?” is the musical background against which Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia makes public assistance a reality in New York City. Feeding a million hungry, poor people, says La Guardia, “is not done by speeches.”
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-laguardia-and-relief/feed/ 0 In part 6 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, Bing Crosby's recording of "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?” is the musical background against which Mayor Fi... In part 6 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, Bing Crosby's recording of "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?” is the musical background against which Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia makes public assistance a reality in New York City. Feeding a million hungry, poor people, says La Guardia, "is not done by speeches.” Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=385-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-the-last-days-world-war-two/ http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-the-last-days-world-war-two/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:08:18 +0000 mboutros http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?p=384 Listen Now ]]> In part 7 of 7 of “The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, Fiorello H. La Guardia’s third term as Mayor of the City of New York was not his finest hour, but to many it will be his best remembered. The reason? He achieves fame as a radio personality with a weekly program on WNYC. The freewheeling mayor runs a radio grab-bag featuring everything from recipes to the Sunday comics.
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]]> http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/15/the-dreamer-and-the-doer-the-last-days-world-war-two/feed/ 0 In part 7 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, Fiorello H. La Guardia's third term as Mayor of the City of New York was not his finest hour, In part 7 of 7 of "The Dreamer and the Doer –The Life and Work of Fiorello H. La Guardia” produced by the La Guardia and Wagner archives, Fiorello H. La Guardia's third term as Mayor of the City of New York was not his finest hour, but to many it will be his best remembered. The reason? He achieves fame as a radio personality with a weekly program on WNYC. The freewheeling mayor runs a radio grab-bag featuring everything from recipes to the Sunday comics. Listen Now CUNY Radio Podcasts no <iframe width="320" height="24" src="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/?powerpress_embed=384-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>