'Sing Like An American'
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
Release Date: 04/17/2019
Burial Grounds
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
We'll uncover a Pre-Harlem World that’s been buried for more than 156 years and reconstruct the forgotten histories of Black migrants in Lower Manhattan in episode 3 of How To Be American.
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Relics Left Behind
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
Imagine that someone came to your house 150 years later: what would they find, what would those found objects say about you; about your way of life? Sometimes it’s the every-day things you leave behind that tell stories about your past.
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Our Game
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
Baseball has always had a special place in our nation’s history.
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Introducing How To Be American Season 2
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
How To Be American is the Tenement Museum’s podcast series. In its second season, eight new episodes will tell eight new stories that dig deeper into the tapestry of American immigration, stories of people who shaped American identity by doing everything from creating street games to traveling to outer space. Listen to the season 2 trailer now.
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BONUS: A New Voice
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
How To Be American has some exciting news! Host Brendan strolls down memory lane, looking back at season 1 and introduces who will continue our journey moving forward...
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The Avatar for America
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
There’s nothing more American than Coca-Cola, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and comic books. In the final episode of season 1 of How To Be American, we’ll uncover the history of diversity and representation in the panels, and discuss what comics tell us about our shared American identity since the dawn of Marvel, DC, and other comic book creators.
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BONUS: A truly American art form
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
Listen to the teaser for our sixth and final episode of the first series of How To Be American. Whose your favorite superhero? And why are comics considered a truly American art-form?
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Why Can't I Be Both?
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
Take a look inside the complicated diversity within the heart of two immigrant communities. We’ll begin with Kleindeutschland in the mid-19th century, and then head into Brooklyn, where we’ll get an inside look at Flatbush and an organization called CaribBeing with its founder, Shelley Worrell.
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BONUS: A walking tour of Flatbush
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
In this teaser host Brendan Murphy visits Flatbush, BK, to explore its Caribbean immigrant culture for How To Be American's fifth episode all about how immigrant groups have carved out communities for themselves throughout US history.
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'Sing Like An American'
How To Be American: The History of Immigration and Migration
Hundreds of sewing machines rattle and hiss—explore the industrial soundscape that shaped the American identities of young factory workers in 1911 with composer Julia Wolfe.
info_outlineHundreds of sewing machines rattle and hiss—explore the industrial soundscape that shaped the American identities of young factory workers in 1911 with composer Julia Wolfe.