It was a pleasure to talk to D. Scott Molloy, a former transit employee turned scholar of transit labor history. Scott is a wealth of information related to RI's labor history, and I'm sure you will learn a lot from our conversation. 

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This episode is brought to you in part by the Bristol Historical & Preservation Society, which occupies the old County Jail at 48 Court St.  Learn more about Bristol’s history and what’s currently on display at www.bhpsri.org

In this episode, I talk with Joey DeFrancesco about the Pawtucket mill strikes of 1824. We go over causes, dynamics, and implications. 

Joey's article can be found here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/06/factory-workers-strike-textile-mill-women

In this episode Lori Urso talks a bit about the history of preserving a New England treasure, Slater Mill, in Pawtucket. Because history encompasses a wide array or archival, preservation, and interpretive work, we also talked about the task of preservation, what it's value, and how you can help. 

Visit the website of the Old Slater Mill Association: https://www.oldslatermillassociation.org/

Read one of Lori's articles in Small State, Big History: http://smallstatebighistory.com/the-unexpected-preservationist-of-old-slater-mill-s-willard-thayer-1869-1925/

In the past week this podcast received an endorsement from the The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society, which occupies the old County Jail at 48 Court St. Learn more about Bristol’s history and what’s currently on display at www.bhpsri.org.

Halloween special on the classic Rhode Island tale of Sarah Tillinghast, the vampire of Exeter. 

Alex talks a little about the myth of halloween creatures and what they mean. Then he reads the 1888 tale of the daughter of  "Snuffy Stuke." 

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The reading can be found here: https://books.google.com/books?id=aTw8AQAAMAAJ

In this inaugural episode of the Rhode Island History Podcast, I talk with local historian Russel DeSimone about the 1914 Macaroni Riots. 

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