Found in Philadelphia

Found in Philadelphia


Latest Episodes

Episode No. 9 – A Guide to Why Streets Matter, plus Philly’s Early Streets
May 09, 2022

Streets are our most basic, and fundamental, public spaces. Cities cant work without them. But we tend to take them for granted. The everyday-ness of

Episode No. 8 – History of the Street… Coming soon!
May 02, 2022

At long last the Found in Philadelphia podcast is back with a new series about the history of Phillys streets. Its been a pandemic. But

Episode No. 7 – Women and the Centennial
January 13, 2021

Women are organizing to fund raise for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, a moment when our city and our nation will be at the

Episode No. 6 – Philadelphia Public Schools and Caroline Le Count: Part 2
November 24, 2020

Philadelphia, 1867. A 21-year-old Black woman was recently appointed principal of a new public school on a small alley in the Seventh Ward. This woman

Episode No. 5 – Philadelphia Public Schools and Caroline R. Le Count: Part 1
October 27, 2020

In this city, there are very different educational opportunities for the wealthy and the poor. But reformers and activists are trying to find ways to

Episode No. 4 – The Life and Times of Caroline R. Le Count: Part 2
May 19, 2020

A city at war with a not-so-distant enemy, hospitals overwhelmed and spilling over into temporary tents, nurses asking citizens to donate critical supplies, its Philadelphia

Episode 2: The Aftermath of the Germantown Protest
January 25, 2020

Early colonial Philadelphia was a place of contention. Colonists had strong opinions about what this Quaker experiment should look like, and they didn’t always agree.

Episode 1: The Germantown Protest of 1688
November 19, 2019

The inaugural episode looks into the history of an important Philadelphia declaration, the radical thinkers who signed it, and how it all happened here in the Quaker City of Brotherly Love.