The John Batchelor Show

S8 Ep428: Guest: Tyler Anbinder. Highlighting Phelan and Collender's billiard empire, Anbinder concludes by emphasizing the surprising upward mobility and resilience of Famine immigrants in American society

S8 Ep428: Guest: Tyler Anbinder. The author recounts how immigrants moved west for opportunity, such as the Lynch family farming in Minnesota and Edmund Butler fighting in the Indian Wars.

S8 Ep428: uest: Tyler Anbinder. Anbinder describes Hubert Glynn's record-keeping at Castle Garden and the political challenges posed by the nativist Know-Nothing Party seeking to disenfranchise Irish Catholic immigrants.

S8 Ep428: Guest: Tyler Anbinder. The discussion turns to the Civil War, focusing on the Irish Brigade's heroism and Captain James Cavanagh's leadership at Antietam and Fredericksburg to preserve the Union.

S8 Ep428: Guest: Tyler Anbinder. This segment profiles George Fox, a tailor who attained wealth through self-promotion to elites, exemplifying the ambitious, entrepreneurial spirit of many Irish Famine immigrants.