"Get the Lead Out" with Doctor Chuck Stead
Season 2
Lead Paint
Season 1
Lead, Plastic and Nail Polish - Part 1
Fordism - Part 4
Fordism - Part 3
Fordism - Part 2
Fordism
The Ramapoughs - Part 3
The Ramapoughs - Part 2
The Ramapoughs - Part 1
by Doctor Chuck Stead Phd.
: Long before lead based paint was regulated in the market place, lead finishes were promoted as ‘safe, hygienic, and healthy’ by the Lead Industry of America. In this episode, Stead looks into the carcinogenic effects of lead paint and antimony, a lead alloy, which are the bounding agents in the Ford Toxic Waste dumped in the Ramapo Watershed. You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
Ford’s paint campaign which was developed by Dupont Chemical, was a complex cocktail of carcinogenic compounds, the lead base was just one of the toxins. This episode looks into the auto paint substance that has left its mark upon the Ramapo Watershed. In this first section Chuck initiates a discussion of story and policy: story the ever changing thread of history, and policy being the mechanics of objectivity. You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
Having grown up with the New York State Thruway and as it was discovered tens of thousands of tons of Ford toxic waste from the Mahwah NJ plant, Chuck shares his research into the emergence and impact of the Thruway and the Ford Plant. At best Fordism was a successful profit-making management system, and at worse it was the undermining of the American workforce. You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
Ford had his critiques but his campaign to wash his public persona clean clearly worked its magic, his popularity with Adolf Hitler seemed to be tolerated by car driving public, and during the Second World War his arsenal of democracy was also an arsenal of fascism. His legacy of Fordism being worker management theory informed populace management, and carried on after his death into the second half of the 20th century.You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu1
We continue our deep dive into Henry Ford, the American Industrialist, and examine the childhood roots of his deep-seated anti-Semitism. During his elaborately stage camp outings with notables Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs, Ford shared his dark side and Burroughs made note of it.You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
Episode: 8 Fordism, Part One, Into the little Ramapo Valley, Ford Motor Company set up shop in 1955. But what was behind this American Icon? In today's episode we look back at the origin of Fordism. You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
Episode 7: The Ramapoughs, Part Three, Whether it is genealogists or ethnographers, the Keepers of the Pass face institutionalized racism, Still, as the locals know, the Ramapough Nation is undaunted in their drive toward recognition. Guest: Chief Mann of the Turtle ClanYou can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
Episode 6: The Ramapoughs, Part Two, In this episode we learn more about the 'People of the Land', and how they are continually identified according to the lens of a white dominant society. Guest: Chief Mann of the Turtle ClanYou can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu
In this episode from Get the Lead Out, Chuck is introduced to a thread of culture that runs through the members of the Ramapough Nation. Sharing a church kneeler with a childhood friend many years ago he hears the whispered prayer of an ancient people. Guest: Chief Mann of the Turtle Clan.You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.ed
Family stories, history, and folklore mix to embody the nature of place. The Ramapo Pass with an industrial history emerging in the 18th century adjusted to a manufacturing economy by the 20th century, and experienced an ever-changing valley as it depended upon technology. You can buy Chuck's original book "Get the Lead Out" by clicking this link: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/get-the-lead-out--custom--428867-1 Please remember to tell your friends and family about our podcast and feel free to email us with some of your own stories at: cstead@ramapo.edu