Flatbush + Main is a podcast dedicated to Brooklyn history, co-hosted by Brooklyn Historical Society's historians Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia, who talk to scholars, and use archives and oral history to explore Brooklyn’s past. Learn more at brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main. Email: flatbushandmain@brooklynhistory.org.

Flatbush + Main: A Podcast from Brooklyn Historical Society

In Episode 17 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia examine the meanings and global roots of a time-honored tradition in Brooklyn, the West Indian Carnival.

Index:
02:57 - Histories and Ideas
23:08 - Into the Archives
41:32 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to www.brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 17: Brooklyn's West Indian Carnival (August 30, 2017)

In Episode 18 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia consider what it means to remember and document Hurricane Sandy five years after the storm devastated many parts of Brooklyn. 

02:37 - Histories and Ideas: Robin Michals
18:21 - Into the Archives: Julie May
32:06 - Voices of Brooklyn: Pam Harris

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 18: Hurricane Sandy, Five Years Later (October 3, 2017)

In Episode 19 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia examine an important but long-forgotten tragedy in Brooklyn's past: the Brooklyn Theatre Fire of 1876, and discuss the Gilded Age, municipal reform, class relations, the culture of leisure, and the politics of memory in the 19th century - and today.

Flatbush + Main Ep 19: The Brooklyn Theatre Fire (November 3, 2017)

In Episode 20 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia use one seemingly inconsequential manuscript collection about Williamsburg, to explore themes of memory and history-making over many generations. 

03:07 - Histories and Ideas 
23:58 - Into the Archives
35:10 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 20: Memories of Old Williamsburgh (December 5, 2017)

In Episode 21 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia dig into what we do at Brooklyn Historical Society: engaging our many visitors and constituents in the process of doing history.

Index
02:58 - Histories and Ideas
18:03 - Into the Archives
39:22 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 21: Doing History (January 4, 2018)

In Episode 22 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia examine the legacy of black-owned businesses in Brooklyn. 

INDEX
03:13 - Histories and Ideas
22:32 - Into the Archives
38:48 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 22: Black Businesses in Brooklyn (February 14, 2018)

In Episode 23 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia revisit Brooklyn Historical Society DUMBO to celebrate the opening of its new longterm exhibition, Waterfront. 

Index
03:10 - Histories and Ideas
20:16 - Into the Archives
31:09 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to www.brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 23: Revisiting Brooklyn Historical Society DUMBO (March 2018)

In Episode 24 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia discuss a Revolutionary War tragedy: the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans inside prison ships during the British wartime occupation of New York from 1776 to 1783.

Index
03:22 - Histories and Ideas
23:43 - Into the Archives
46:10 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to www.brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 24: Brooklyn's Revolutionary War Prison Ships (April 2018)

In Episode 25 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia, joined by fellow BHS historian Erin Wuebker, explore the fascinating history of gender and medicine in Brooklyn and learn about some of Brooklyn's pioneering female physicians. For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

INDEX
03:03 Histories and Ideas
25:26 Into the Archives
43:57 Voices of Brooklyn

Flatbush + Main Ep 25: Brooklyn's Pioneering Women Doctors (May 2018)

In Episode 26 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia discuss the tragic 1978 killing of Crown Heights resident Arthur Miller Jr. by police, and consider his important legacy as a community leader, activist, and businessman.

Flatbush + Main Ep 26: The Police Killing of Arthur Miller Jr. (June 2018)

In Episode 27 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia are joined by guest Joshua B. Freeman, author of "Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World." They consider the impact of factories on Brooklyn's social and economic history, and discuss the experiences of factory workers that worked and lived in Brooklyn. 

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

INDEX
02:58 Histories and Ideas with Joshua B. Freeman
26:27 Into the Archives
39.44 Voices of Brooklyn

Flatbush + Main Ep 27: Factories in Brooklyn (July 2018)

In Episode 28 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia discuss the impact on Brooklyn of the 1863 New York City draft riots, the largest domestic uprising in American history after the Civil War itself, resulting in the death of hundreds of Black New Yorkers. Zaheer and Julie consider the complex--and sometimes violent--racial dynamics that made Brooklyn a place of both refuge and danger for its Black residents during this perilous moment. 

INDEX
03:23 - Histories and Ideas
24:47 - Into the Archives
42:21 - Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 28: The New York City Draft Riots (August 2018)

In Episode 29 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, host Zaheer Ali and guest-host Erin Wuebker, fellow BHS historian, discuss the impact of cholera on Brooklyn, which led to the illness and death of thousands of residents in the 19th century.

Index
02:49 Histories and Ideas
22:29 Into the Archives
45:59 Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 29: Cholera in Brooklyn (September 2018)

In Episode 30 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia discuss Brooklyn Historical Society's Puerto Rican Oral History Project (1973-1975), the institution's first oral history collection, which resulted in over 80 interviews with narrators born as early as the 1880s. They situate this landmark undertaking in the social and intellectual developments of the 1960s and 1970s, from the Civil Rights Movement to the rise of Ethnic Studies programs. 

Index
02:35 Histories and Ideas
20:30 Into the Archives
36:28 Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 30: Listening to Puerto Rican Brooklynites (October 2018)

In Episode 31 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia discuss the infamous Blackout of 1977, the economic and social context that led up to the event, its impact on many Brooklyn neighborhoods, and its enduring legacy.

Index
02:15 Histories and Ideas
20:58 Into the Archives
30:42 Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 31: The Blackout of 1977 (January 2019)

In Episode 32 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia examine the history of Muslims in Brooklyn, drawing on BHS's groundbreaking public and oral history project that launched in 2018.

Index
02:04 Histories and Ideas
16:34 Into the Archives
27:35 Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 32: Muslims in Brooklyn (February 2019)

In Episode 33 of Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia and guest Hugh Ryan explore Coney Island's queer history. For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 33: Queer Coney Island (April 2019)

In Episode 34 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia discuss Brooklyn's long farming history, and the complex interplay of power, land, and labor in Kings County. For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 34: Land and Labor in Agricultural Brooklyn (May 2019)

In Episode 35 of Flatbush + Main, we celebrate the 200th birthday of Brooklyn's bard, Walt Whitman. Whitman was a journalist, a poet, a lover, a wanderer, and a Brooklynite. We consider his experiences walking Brooklyn's streets and the inspiration he drew from the places and people he encountered. For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 35: Wandering Brooklyn with Walt Whitman (June 2019)

In Episode 36 of Flatbush + Main, Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia say farewell to Brooklyn Historical Society by revisiting their favorite segments from the podcast's history.

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main

Flatbush + Main Ep 36: Making Brooklyn History (July 2020)

The Center for Brooklyn History collects, preserves and makes accessible the most comprehensive collection of materials related to Brooklyn’s history and culture in the world.