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The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

By: Michael Patrick Cullinane
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The Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a free podcast about the seismic transitions that took place in the United States from the 1870s to 1920s. It's for students, teachers, researchers, history buffs, and anyone who wants to learn more about how our past connects us to the present. It is hosted by Boyd Cothran, professor of U.S. and Global history at York University, and Cathleen D. Cahill, Walter L. Ferree and Helen P. Ferree Professor in Middle-American History at Penn State University.

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Episodes
  • 122: The History and Legacy of Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Laws Part 1

    122: The History and Legacy of Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Laws Part 1
    Jun 3 2026

    This week we talk to the editors and authors of a forum on The History and Legacy of Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Laws which was published in the Journal of Gilded Age and Progressive Era.


    Link to the introduction in the Journal of GAPE https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-gilded-age-and-progressive-era/article/abs/history-and-legacy-of-anthony-comstock-and-the-comstock-laws/C48D5A1CAA131C5745E4A979A431B65D?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark


    JGAPE's webpage: https://www.shgape.org/journal/about-jgape/


    Lauren Thompson’s NYT piece on advertisements for abortifacients:

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/13/opinion/sunday/abortion-history-women.html


    Kimberly A. Hamlin’s Free Thinker: The Extraordinary Life of the Fallen Woman Who Won the Vote

    https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324004974


    Allison K. Lange’s book, Picturing Political Power: Images in the Woman Suffrage Movement https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo50270913.html

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 121: Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America

    121: Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America
    May 20 2026
    Today our guest is Dr. Brian Ingrassia Associate Professor of History at West Texas A&M University. He specializes in modern American history with a focus on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, as well as sport history, cultural/intellectual history, and Texas history. He is also the current editor of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. If you listened to our OAH sampler episode last week you heard a little bit about the excellent work he does with the journal. This week we are here to talk about his most recent book, Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America, which was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2024. We’re particularly grateful to Brian for talking with us because as many of you may know, the Indy 500 always takes place on Memorial Day Weekend, so this is a very timely episode.

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    45 mins
  • 120.5 OAH Conference Sampler

    120.5 OAH Conference Sampler
    May 13 2026

    Here's a little bonus for you. A couple of weeks ago, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) held its annual conference in Philadelphia, PA.The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a sponsored organization of the OAH and have a large presence at the conference. It is where we hold our annual business meeting, journal editorial meeting, present our awards, sponsor panels, as well as hold a luncheon and a reception! For those of you who may not have been to the conference to participate in these events, we thought we'd bring the conference to you by providing a few short interviews with different folks who participated in SHGAPE events. This includes Dr. Eric Yellin's introduction to our sponsored panel, Government Corruption in the First Gilded Age; a short conversation with Dr. Ryan Hall who was one of the panelists on that panel, our distinguished luncheon lecturer, Dr. Mia Bay, the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era's editor, Dr. Brian Ingrassia; and finally, Dr. Amy Wood and Dr. Jim Connelly, the conference co-chairs for the upcoming stand along SHGAPE conference being held in Chicago June 4-6, 2026, give a preview of what you can expect at that conference -- and there's still time to register at SHGAPE.org!

    Enjoy.

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    42 mins
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