Russell Shorto
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238 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 9 Jun
Russell Shorto’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think so, yeah.
It's like the acorn in the oak tree.
If you looked at New Amsterdam, what it looked like, you know, it's this tiny little kind of wild west town with a couple of windmills and these rickety buildings and things.
It bears no resemblance to New York City, but the genetic material was there.
Sure.
Well, first, thanks for having me on the show.
And I share your mom's enthusiasm for the island center of the world, as do Knicks fans currently.
So how did I get into this?
I was living in New York City.
This is going back 20-some years.
And my...
I lived in East Village.
My daughter was a toddler.
The nearest place for me to take her that she could run around and play was the churchyard of St.
Mark's in the Bowery, which is at 10th Street and 2nd Avenue.
And Peter Stuyvesant's tomb is there.
That was once his family chapel.
And there's a monument to him.
And I knew New York had once been New Amsterdam.
I knew it was founded by the Dutch.
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