Philadelphia Reflections
By George Ross Fisher III MD
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Podcast Description
A history of the Philadelphia area: William Penn's Quaker Colonies. A wide-ranging series of discussions touching on the politics, economics, history and people of the Philadelphia area. A supplement to the very popular Philadelphia Reflections blog.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoLin (Slideshow) | Dr. Fisher on one of the best surgeons ever to grace Pennsylvania Hospital. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoSwashbuckler | Dr. Fisher Howard Hughes in this famou 1947 hearing. | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoContemporary Germantown (Slideshow) | Dr. Fisher shares the rather embarrassing exchange between Jonathan Rhoads' and Henry Bockus at the American Philosophical Society. | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoBetsy Ross on Hard Times (Slideshow) | Dr. Fisher on the startling revelation of Betsy Ross' financially difficult last years. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoSwedenborgian Church | Dr. Fisher on the famously independent thinking Swedenborgians and its local connection. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Wyoming Massacre of July 3, 1778 (Slideshow) | Dr. Fisher on the bloody consequences of the white settlement to the American West. | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoLaundered Money Slideshow | Dr. Fisher recounts what a team of Secret Service men were doing in a local laundromat. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoMadame Butterfly Slideshow | Dr. Fisher compares John Luther Long's writing with the more famous opera by Puccini. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoAbortion Slideshow | Dr. Fisher on role of medicine in the shaping of our current abortion debate. | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoHelis the Whale Slideshow | Dr. Fisher on the visit of a thirty year old Beluga whale to the Philadelphia waterways. | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoChristmas Reflections Slideshow | Dr. Fisher on the commercialization of Christmas and its shift away from the city. | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSanctuaria Mariposa Slideshow | Dr. Fisher visits the mountains of Mexico to witness the vacation spot of the Monarch butterfly. | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoCurtis: Fainting Spells Slideshow | Dr. Fisher on the hidden world of the Curtis publishing building and the fainting that ensued. | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Abortion | Dr. Fisher on the dialogue between the Medical field and the subject of abortion. | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sanctuaria Mariposa | Dr. George Fisher recounts his trip to the mountains of Mexico to witness the destination of the great migration of the monarch butterflies. | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Easter Sunrise | William Penn intended the numbered streets of Philadelphia to run due north and south, but he used magnetic North not True North | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoEaster Sunrise | William Penn intended the numbered streets of Philadelphia to run due north and south, but he used magnetic North not True North | 1/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christmas Reflections | Dr. Fisher narrates one of his favorite posts on the evolving traditions of Christmas shopping and consumerism in Philadelphia | 1/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 18 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Christmas past
Wonderful! Really brings back memories, and what feel like memories even if not my own. Very evocative sound effects.
Interesting, eclectic mixture
Dr. Fisher's blog, from which he is now drawing for his podcasts, is an extrodinary potpourri of history, medicine and economics. His podcasts promise to be both entertaining and informative and his first, his small-town Christmas recollections is exactly that.
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