HUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History

Where two history buffs go far beyond the Freedom Trail to share our favorite stories from the history of Boston, the hub of the universe.

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Founding Martyr (episode 103)


In this week’s show, we are talking about all things Joseph Warren. Author Christopher di Spigna joins us to discuss his book Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero, a new biography of our favori ...


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 October 22, 2018  1h3m
 
 

Jubilee Days (episode 102)


In 1869, an eccentric entrepreneur and musical visionary built one of the largest buildings in 19th Century Boston. It was a concert hall with twice the capacity of the modern TD garden, and it was built to house the largest musical spectacular the ...


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 October 15, 2018  38m
 
 

Riot Classics (episode 101)


For this week’s show, we’re revisiting three highlights from Boston’s long and storied history of rioting. We’ll include stories from past episodes covering the 1919 Boston police strike, 1747 impressment riots, and the 1837 Broad Street riot. Liste ...


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 October 8, 2018  1h3m
 
 

The Occupation of Boston (episode 100)


250 years ago this week, British troops landed in Boston.  Author J.L. Bell joins us to discuss the British government's decision to send troops in an attempt to keep peace after Boston's years of upheaval.  Instead of bringing peace, the tense occup ...


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 October 1, 2018  1h4m
 
 

Boston's Wild West (episode 99)


Brighton is one of our westernmost neighborhoods, and it’s often associated with Boston’s large and sometimes unruly student population, but in the mid 19th century, Brighton was home to all the elements of a western movie. There were cattle drives, ...


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 September 23, 2018  55m
 
 

Margaret Sanger, Uncensored (episode 98)


his week, we’re discussing Margaret Sanger’s thwarted attempt to present a lecture on birth control to the good citizens of Boston in April of 1929. The 1920s were a fairly liberating time for women – women were voting, drinking alcohol socially, cu ...


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 September 17, 2018  34m
 
 

Hunting the King Killers (episode 97)


This week, we tell a story from very early in Boston’s history, a story partly shrouded in legend.  The cast of characters includes everyone from Increase Mather to Nathaniel Hawthorne, encompassing two kings, two continents, two colonies, and Royal ...


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 September 9, 2018  47m
 
 

September 1918, with Skip Desjardin (episode 96)


This week, author Skip Desjardin tells us about his new book September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series. He introduces us to a pivotal month, when world history was being made in Boston and Bostonians were making history around the world. Th ...


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 September 2, 2018  1h14m
 
 

Pandemic 1918! (episode 95)


On August 27,  1918 Boston became acquainted with the epidemic that has gone down in history as the “Spanish flu.”  A more accurate name for this disease outbreak might be the “Boston flu,” because our city is where this influenza variant mutated and ...


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 August 26, 2018  1h4m
 
 

Amelia Earhart in Boston (episode 94)


You probably know about Amelia Earhart’s famous career as a groundbreaking aviator, and you almost certainly know about her famous disappearance over the Pacific. But you may not know about Amelia Earhart’s first career as a social worker in one of ...


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 August 20, 2018  37m