WAMC News Podcast - Episode 350

November 17, 2022 00:16:33
WAMC News Podcast - Episode 350
WAMC News Podcast
WAMC News Podcast - Episode 350

Nov 17 2022 | 00:16:33

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Show Notes

In this post-election, post-World Series moment, the intersection of baseball and politics nearly a century ago is the subject of a lecture this week at the New York State Museum. University of Maryland historian Robert Chiles will speak Thursday in Albany with a talk titled “Babe Ruth Gets Political: Sports and Identity Politics in the Roaring Twenties.” Chiles, research associate in history with the state museum, is co-editor of “New York History” and the author of a book on Gov. Al Smith and the progressive era.

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