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On June 1, 2021, Julie spoke with Marshall Poe, founder and editor of the New Books Network, about her book, Newspaper Confessions: A History of Advice Columns in a Pre-Internet Age, on the podcast “In Conversation: An OUP Podcast.”


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The Most Radical Advice Columnist of the 1920s.” On May 16, 2021, historian and journalist Rebecca Onion interviewed Julie about Princess Mysteria, an advice columnist featured in Newspaper Confessions.


Alen MacWeeney, “Tiger Man: Animal Graffiti, 14 St,” 1977-1979; NYPL Digital Collections.

Alen MacWeeney, “Tiger Man: Animal Graffiti, 14 St,” 1977-1979; NYPL Digital Collections.

Remarkable Photographs Capture The Late 1970s Subway System And Its Straphangers” “This 19th Century "Gentleman's Directory" Provided A Guide To NYC's Brothels.” In December 2020, Julie shared two of her favorite NYPL collections with reporters at Gothamist as part of their month-long “Dear NYC” initiative highlighting some of the Library’s hidden gems.


New York Public Library’s ‘Pandemic Diaries’ Is Your Chance to Make Your Mark on History.” On September 7, 2020, Julie spoke to Inside Edition about NYPL’s Pandemic Diaries project, which collected audio diaries of people all over the world sharing their experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


Photo by Rachel Papo for the New York Times

Photo by Rachel Papo for the New York Times

Brooklyn’s Muslim Presence Goes Back Centuries. Here’s Proof from 1643.” On December 3, 2019, Julie spoke with New York Times reporter Jennifer Schuessler about a rare 17th century deed acquired by Brooklyn Historical Society documenting the first land purchase in Brooklyn by a person of Muslim origin.


Photo by Shaye Weaver

Photo by Shaye Weaver

Brooklyn’s History With Public Health on Display at Brooklyn Historical Society.” On October 21, 2019, Julie took Shaye Weaver of AM New York behind the scenes of the making of Brooklyn Historical Society’s exhibition “Taking Care of Brooklyn.”


Photo by Matthew Priestley

Photo by Matthew Priestley

Historian Julie Golia is Excited To Be Wrong.” In September 2019, Julie was the featured Woman of the Week on The M Dash, the digital magazine of fashion startup MM.LaFleur.


Stories of Sickness & Health.” On September 19, 2019, Julie was a guest on PBS’s Metrofocus to discuss Brooklyn Historical Society’s “Taking Care of Brooklyn” exhibition and the history of public health in the city’s most populous borough.


Photo by Nicole Saraniero

Photo by Nicole Saraniero

Top Ten Secrets of the Brooklyn Historical Society.” On July 24, 2019, Julie welcomed Untapped Cities to Brooklyn Historical Society, revealing ten of the most interested details about the institution’s history and architecture.


Taking Care of Brooklyn on 112BK.” On June 17, 2019, Julie was a guest on 112BK, BRIC’s podcast and broadcast program, to speak about Brooklyn Historical Society’s “Taking Care of Brooklyn” exhibition, which tells stories about sickness and health over 400 years of Brooklyn’s history.


The Killing of Arthur Miller Jr., 40 Years Later.” Julie was a guest on Errol Louis’s Inside City Hall on June 8, 2018 to discuss the death of Arthur Miller Jr., who was killed by police chokehold in 1978.


Roasted: The History of Coffee in NYC.” On April 26, 2018, Julie spoke on a panel at Brooklyn Historical Society about the history of coffee in New York City.


The Brooklyn Waterfront - A History With Julie Golia.” On March 27, 2018, Julie was a featured speaker at St. Francis College’s Spring 2018 Senior Citizen Lecture Series, "From New Nation to World Power: Culture, Politics, and Society in the United States, 1789-1896."


Photo by Caleb Caldwell

Photo by Caleb Caldwell

“A Shore Thing: Uncovering the History of Brooklyn’s Waterfront.” Julie gave a behind-the-scenes look of Waterfront, BHS’s new landmark exhibition, to Julianne Cuba of the Brooklyn Daily on January 26, 2018.


131 Miles and Countless Stories: Finding the Lost Histories of Brooklyn’s Waterfront.” In a January 19, 2018 Medium post, Julie chronicled how the BHS public history team conceived, researched, and developed WATERFRONT, a long-term exhibition and multimedia experience at Brooklyn Historical Society DUMBO.


Woman Suffrage Turns 100!: Reshaping Politics.” On November 6, 2017, Julie moderated a panel with Christine Quinn and A'Shanti F. Gholar about the relationship between gender and politics. This was the second in a three-part series honoring the centennial of woman suffrage in New York state.


Photo by David Williams

Photo by David Williams

Feeling DUMBO.” Julie was featured in this Village Voice article by Joshua David Stein about the Empire Stores building and the history of DUMBO. It was the cover story for the August 29, 2017 issue, which the last printed edition of the Voice.


Photo by Matthew John

Photo by Matthew John

Bombshell report! Historians: Cannonball found at Bklyn Heights home dates to Revolutionary War.” Julie spoke to reporter Lauren Gill about the discovery of a Revolutionary War-era cannonball in Brooklyn Heights. The story appeared in the Brooklyn Paper on August 4, 2017. 


Photo by Rafi Letzter for Tech Insider

Photo by Rafi Letzter for Tech Insider

"The National Park Service just turned 100. We visited one of its filthiest, most forgotten sites." Julie spoke to reporter Rafi Letzler about the smelly, dirty history of Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay. The piece appeared in Business Insider on August 25, 2016.


Photo by Claudio Papapietro for the Wall Street Journal

Photo by Claudio Papapietro for the Wall Street Journal

"Brooklyn's Waterfront Yields Treasures." Reporter Hannah Furfaro interviewed Julie about BHS's new public history project, Waterfront, and the material history of Empire Stores, the 19th century warehouse that will house BHS DUMBO, the institution's new satellite museum. The story appeared in the Wall Street Journal on July 25, 2016.


"Bernie's Brooklyn. Nearby, and Far, Far Away." Julie spoke with reporter Andrea Bernstein about Bernie Sanders' roots in mid-twentieth-century Brooklyn. The piece aired on WNYC on April 13, 2016. 


Along with iconic feminist Gloria Steinem, Julie was the first guest on "Uninterrupted," a podcast from Women's Health Magazine hosted by Caitlin Abber.


NY1

NY1

"Unusual Names of Brooklyn Neighborhoods and Streets Rooted in Borough's Past." Julie helped NY1's Jeanine Ramirez explore the history of some of Brooklyn's unusual place names. This was part 5 in a series of segments about Brooklyn names produced by NY1 in October 2015. 


NY1

NY1

"Going off the Grid: How Brooklyn's Streets Got their Name." Julie spoke with Jeanine Ramirez from NY1 about the history embedded in Brooklyn's street names. Part 4 in a series of segments about Brooklyn names produced by NY1 in October 2015, this piece also features documents from BHS's archives.


NY1

NY1

"The American Revolution Gave Names to Some Brooklyn Nabes." Along with other historians, Julie spoke with Jeanine Ramirez from NY1 about places in Brooklyn named after Revolutionary War participants. This was part 3 in a series of segments about Brooklyn names produced by NY1 in October 2015. 


On September 30, 2015, Julie spoke on a panel at BHS, "Lost, Found, and Stewarded: Collecting Stories of African American Ciivil War Soldiers." 


"Park Slope and the Story of Brownstone Brooklyn." Julie was one of the first special guests on the Bowery Boys' popular history podcast. She spoke to them about the development of Park Slope in May 2015.


"In Rescued Letters, a Civil War Soldier from Brooklyn Faces Death." Julie spoke to reporter Jim O'Grady about Samuel Sims, a Civil War soldier featured in the BHS exhibition Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn. The piece aired on WNYC on May 5, 2015.


Photo: Hiroko Masuike

Photo: Hiroko Masuike

"Snapshots of Wounded Limbs, Pride and Psyches." New York Times, April 10, 2015. A thoughtful review of BHS exhibition Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn, curated by Julie.


Photo: Meredith Duncan

Photo: Meredith Duncan

"Civil War Remembered in Photos and Letters of Brooklyn Soldiers." Newsweek, April 9, 2015. Julie discussed some of the major themes and interpretive challenges of the BHS exhibition Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn. 


Photo: Ozier Muhammad

Photo: Ozier Muhammad

"A Brooklyn Map that Shows Battle Positions Instead of Trader Joe's.New York Times, August 20, 2014. Julie spoke to reporter David Dunlap about BHS and Green-Wood's recent acquisition of a rare Revolutionary Map - and what we can learn from the historic document.


Photo: Nicole Bengiveno

Photo: Nicole Bengiveno

"Q&A: Julie Golia of the Brooklyn Historical Society," BKLYNR, June 26, 2014. Julie spoke to Madeline Joyce about Gowanus' industrial past and the cultural significance of the area's Kentile sign. 


"Brooklyn Historical Society Exhibit to Highlight the Borough's Ferry History." New York Daily News, April 28, 2014. Julie discussed her experiences curating the BHS exhibition Full Steam Ahead: 200 Years of Ferries in Brooklyn.


In conjunction with BHS's exhibition, The Emancipation Proclamation: Americans Respond, Julie sat down with Eric Foner at BHS in December 2013 to discuss the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation 150 years later.


"The Emancipation Proclamation: Americans Respond." From December 2013 to February 2014, Julie wrote and edited a blogging series, in conjunction with a BHS exhibition of the same name, that examined the varied ways that Americans of different backgrounds, regions, and beliefs responded to the Emancipation Proclamation and to the topic of slavery during the Civil War.


Lefferts House-Prospect Park, May 30, 1938, V1973.5.1600; Brooklyn photograph and illustration collection, ARC.202; Brooklyn Historical Society.

"Early America, With a Brooklyn Accent." The Junto Blog, January 19, 2013. Julie spoke with historian Sarah Georgini about a digital exhibition she created about the Lefferts Family, and the benefits and challenges of doing family history.