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The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Rewind: Truman Capote and the Black and White Ball

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Truman Capote's 1966 masquerade ball at the Plaza Hotel would bring together a most outrageous collection of famous folks -- movie stars, socialites, politicians, publishing icons. An invite to the ball was the true golden ticket, coveted by every celebrity and social climber in America.

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0:00.0

Tune in the New York Historical Society's Must Listen to Podcast for the Ages, hosted by David M. Rubinstein.

0:09.0

In the episode, The Cabinet George Washington and the creation of an American institution.

0:14.6

David is joined by presidential historian Lindsey Trevinsky to dissect the reasons

0:19.7

behind Washington's first convening his department secretaries two and a half years

0:24.4

into his presidency and the far-reaching consequences that resulted.

0:29.1

Then in the episode Justice Deferred Race and the Court, prize-winning author and Professor of History

0:35.9

Orville Vernon Burton charts the Supreme Court's racial jurisprudence, discussing the many cases

0:42.0

involving America's racial minorities and the impact of

0:45.1

individual rulings. Then join David and author Andrew Meyer as they dive

0:50.6

into the history and the legacy of the Morgenthau family,

0:54.0

discussing Andrew's new book, Morgenthau, power, privilege, and the rise of an American

1:00.0

dynasty. That's for the ages, available on Apple and Spotify.

1:05.0

The old-style nightclub, like El Morocco, or Stork Club, well no, El Morocco is going. But but I mean the point is it was for rich people it wasn't for people

1:17.6

out well ostensibly they were all out to have a good time but it was for rich people.

1:22.5

Truman, your passion for poor people is a new hobby.

1:26.6

What are you talking about?

1:27.6

I've always liked all kinds of people.

1:29.5

You're always on people's yachts and at their great mansions on Long Island and you're in the Greek

1:34.8

islands cruising and you're at the Pamplona bull runs.

1:40.0

So what? That's just another thing to do isn't it? I don't see what that's got to do

1:44.1

is whether you like people or don't. I like all kinds of people. I like rich people because

1:48.6

they aren't always trying to borrow something from me. Are you trying to borrow something from them? Oh no I give a great

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