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Inside The Newport Mansions

The Trudy Coxe Show

A deep dive into The Newport Mansions - one of the leading museums of American history and a top attraction in New England and nationwide hosted by award-winning Executive Director Trudy Coxe.

Inside The Newport Mansions

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Nick Benson Stonecarver

March 16 2026

March 16th, 2026 12:00am

March 16 2026 - Stonecarver Nick Benson and his family have owned The John Stevens Shop for three generations. Founded in 1705, The John Stevens Shop specializes in the design and execution of one of a kind inscriptions in stone and it is one of the oldest continuously run trade businesses in the country. All the work is still done by hand.Nick talks with Kevin O'Leary Inside The Newport Mansions as broadcast WADK AM/FM.

Trudy Coxe interviews Eve Kahn

January 21 2026

January 21st, 2026 12:00am

January 21 2026 - Trudy Coxe interviews author Eve Kahn, Kahn, a scholar and former New York Times columnist, who shared stories about journalist and suffragette Zoe Anderson Norris. As broadcast WADK AM/FM Newport RI.

The Gilded Age Cookbook

Nov 12 2025

November 26th, 2025 12:00am

Nov 12 2025 - Becky Libourel Diamond author of The Gilded Age Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from America's Golden Era talks with Marketing DIrector Kevin O'Leary. As broadcast on WADK AM/FM Newport RI.

A Weekend Of Coaching August 13 2025

Aug 13 2025

September 17th, 2025 12:00am

August 13 2025 Since 1968, the Preservation Society of Newport County has proudly hosted the Weekend of Coaching every three years. This year is particularly special as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Coaching Club itself. Trudy Coxe talks with Walter Eayrs, Chair of Coaching. As broadcast WADK AM/FM Newport RI.

Shelley Noble "The Tiffany Girls"

Sept 17 2025

September 17th, 2025 12:00am

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble talks to Communications Director Bill Tavares about her historical novel about the real-life “Tiffany Girls,” a fascinating and largely unknown group of women artists behind Tiffany’s most legendary glassworks.

Gatsby Memories

July 10 2025

July 10th, 2025 12:00am

July 10, 2025 - Trudy Coxe talks with Paul del Nero Nannie Wright Talbot Brown and Peter Neivert, spouse of Arthur Richter, all who were connected with the filming of “The Great Gatsby” more than 50 years ago and returned to Rosecliff.

Lark Mason Antiquities

June 18 2025

June 19th, 2025 12:00am

Trudy Coxe talks with Lark Mason, Chinese antiquities expert for Sotheby''s and "Antiques Roadshow" and a Preservation Society trustee. "Discovering America's Treasures." As broadcast WADK AM/FM Newport RI, June 18, 2025.

Newport Flower Show 2025 Cordelia de Castellane

June 20 2025

June 19th, 2025 12:00am

Cordelia De Castellane, French designer and artistic director of Dior Home and Baby Dior: "Flower Couture: From My Garden to My House." A French tastemaker celebrating her garden as an endless source of inspiration for entertaining and lecturing at the Newport Flower Show 2025. As broadcast on WADK AM/FM Radio Newport RI with Bruce Newbury June 19, 2025.

Newport Flower Show 2025 David Harber Sculpture

June 20 2025

June 19th, 2025 12:00am

Lior Kristal, creative director working with David Harber , award winning sculptor from Oxfordshire, England displaying at the 2025 Newport Flower Show. Interviewed by Bruce Newbury. As broadcast WADK AM/FM Radio Newport RI June 19, 2025.

Leslie Jones and William Morris Hunt

May 14 2025

May 8th, 2025 12:00am

Trudy Coxe talks with Director of Museum Affairs and Chief Curator Leslie Jones as broadcast on WADK AM/FM.

Sarah Cartwright

April 09 2025

April 11th, 2025 12:00am

Sarah Cartwright is Chief Curator and Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections at THE JOHN MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART | STATE ART MUSEUM OF FLORIDA | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. She presented "Italian Renaissance Inspiration, " a symposium held at the Breakers. Interviewed by Bill Tavares, Communications Director, for broadcast April 09, 2025.

March 12 2025 - Nathaniel Silver

March 12 2025

March 12th, 2025 12:00am

March 12 2025 - Nathaniel Silver of the Isabella Stuart Gardiner Museum talks with Communications Director Bill Tavares as broadcast WADK AM/FM Newport RI.

Feb 12 2025 David Norton Stone

Feb 12 2025

February 12th, 2025 12:00am

Feb 12 2025 - Trudy Coxe's guest is author and teacher David Norton Stone ("Newport Is Burning") as broadcast WADK AM/FM Newport RI.

Stephanie Gorton, "The Icon and the Idealist"

Jan 08 2025

January 13th, 2025 12:00am

Host: Trudy Coxe, Executive Director, Presernation Society Newport County - Guest: Stephanie Gorton, author, "The Icon and the Idealist." As broadcast WADK AM/FM Newport RI, January 8 2025.

Dec 11 History of Christmas

Dec 11 2024

December 10th, 2024 12:00am

Thomas Ruys Smith, professor of American literature and specialist in the study of 19th Century America discusses the history of Christmas with Bill Tavares, Communications Director.

Nov 13 2024 Annie Reed "Impostor Heiress"

Nov 13 2024

November 13th, 2024 12:00am

Nov 13 2024 - Trudy Coxe interviews author Annie Reed, "The Impostor Heiress-Cassie Chadwick" as broadcast on WADK AM/FM Newport RI.

Oct 09 2024 Kathryn Sheehan

Oct 09 2024

October 12th, 2024 12:00am

Oct 09 2024 - Trudy Coxe's guest: Kathryn Sheehan, Executive Director of the Hart Cluett Museum, formerly the Rensselaer County Historical Society.

August 14 2024 Dr Hugh Davies Monumenta At 50

August 14 2024

August 15th, 2024 12:00am

August 14 2024 - Host: Trudy Coxe - Guest: Dr. Hugh Davies, Director Emeritus of Museum Contemporary Art San Diego who was one of the artists participating in Monumenta in Newport 50 years ago.

July 10 The Great Elephant Migration

July 10 2024

July 10th, 2024 12:00am

July 10 2024 - Trudy Coxe, Executive Director, Preservation Society Newport County, interviews Ruth Ganesh from The Great Elephant Migration and Nicole Williams, who is curating our next exhibition, opening August 30.

June 17th, 2024 12:00am

June 12 2024 - Executive Director Trudy Coxe, host. Trudy's guest is historian and educator David Chaput, author of a definitive work on the famous Dorr's Rebellion in Rhode Island.

May 08 2024 - Myra Armstead

May 08 2024

May 10th, 2024 12:00am

May 08 2024 - Trudy Coxe's guest is Dr Myra Armstead who discusses her upcoming lecture, "Eclectic and Independent: Black Self-Advocacy Strategies, 1870 to 1930" June 6, 2024. As broadcast WADK AM/FM May 08 2024

April 17 2023 - The Gilded Age In Color - Keith Stokes

April 17 2024

April 16th, 2024 12:00am

April 24 2024 - Trudy Coxe's guest is Keith stokes exec director Rhode Island Black Heritage Society on "The Gilded Age In Color." As broadcast WADK AM/FM April 17 2024.

March 13 2024 - Dr Jonathan Michael Square

March 13 2024

March 11th, 2024 12:00am

Host: Bill Tavares sitting in for Trudy Cox. Guest: Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, assistant professor of black visual culture at Parsons School of Design. On April 11th at Rosecliff, Dr. Square will lecture on “The Measure of a Man - Double Consciousness and the Fashioning of WEB Dubois.”

Feb 14 - "Gilded Age Newport in Color"

Feb 14 2024

February 15th, 2024 12:00am

Feb 14 2024 - The Preservation Society of Newport County, in partnership with the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, will launch the exhibition "Gilded Age Newport in Color" at Rosecliff on March 15. Bill Tavares, communications director, previews the exhibition with Theresa “Soni” Guzmán Stokes, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. As broadcast WADK AM/FM Radio.

Jan 17 2024 Thomas Leslie

Jan 17 2024

January 18th, 2024 12:00am

Jan 17 2024 - Communications Director Bill Tavares fills in - Author Thomas Leslie

November 8 2023 - Richard Guy Wilson

Nov 8 2023

November 12th, 2023 12:00am

November 8 2023 - Architectural Historian Richard Guy Wilson talks with Trudy Coxe about Creating a New American Image: Architecture, 1870-1910.

Dr Cathleen Cahill - Our Sisters In China Are Free

October 11 2023

October 11th, 2023 12:00am

Inside The Newport Mansions - Trudy Coxe speaks with Dr Cathleen Cahill, distinguished guest lecturer: "Our Sisters In China Are Free". As broadcast October 11 2023 on WADK AM/FM.

Inside The Newport Mansions 08-09-23 Gary Lawrance

August 9 2023

August 9th, 2023 12:00am

As broadcast August 9 2023 - guest lecturer Gary Lawrance is Trudy Coxe's guest Inside The Newport Mansions

Michael Kathrens Summer Lecture

July 12 2023

July 16th, 2023 12:00am

Trudy Coxe's guest: Author Michael Kathrens, The David W. Dangremond Lecture Author Michael Kathrens reveals the luxury and splendor of Newport's 19th-century summer “cottages,” the subject of his most recent book.

Inside The Newport Mansions with TJ Stiles

May 10 2023

May 11th, 2023 12:00am

May 10 2023 - Trudy Coxe talks with Pulitzer Prize winning biographer TJ Stiles about The Age Of The Machine, his upcoming lecture. As broadcast

Inside The Newport Mansions

Matthew Bird Lecture

April 19th, 2023 12:00am

April 12 2023 - Trudy Coxe's guest: Matthew Bird, Industrial Design Faculty at Rhode Island School of Design. He teaches design and design history. On April 20 at 6 p.m. – in the Great Hall of The Breakers and live on Zoom – Matthew will present “The Gilded Age: The First Information Age.” This will be the second presentation in our special series, The Gilded Age Years: Transforming America

Inside The Newport Mansions with Dr Michael Patrick Cullinane

March 8 2023

March 11th, 2023 12:00am

March 8 2023 - Trudy Coxe's guest: Guest Lecturer in new Newport Mansions lecture series in April: Dr Michael Patrick Cullinane, historian, award-winning author, host of "Gilded Age and Progressive Era" podcast.

Inside Newport Mansions Feb 08 2023

Wed Feb 08 2023

February 9th, 2023 12:00am

Host: Trudy Coxe, Executive Director, Preservation Society Newport County Theresa Guzmán Stokes, President and founder of 1696 Heritage Group and Executive Director of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society – the oldest African Heritage society in the United States. Theresa will be one of the panelists for our lecture “African American Designers and Dressmakers,”

Inside The Newport Mansions Dec 2022

Dec 10 2022

December 16th, 2022 12:00am

Dec 2022 - Trudy Coxe's guest is Ken Turino of Historic New England "Expert On Christmas"

Inside The Newport Mansions Nov 9 2022

Nov 9 2022

November 9th, 2022 12:00am

Host Bill Tavares, PSNC Communications Director fills in for Trudy Coxe. Guest: Marc Seifer, the author of a new book on Nicola Tesla.

Inside The Newport Mansions Fall River Line Lecture

Wed Oct 12 2022

October 14th, 2022 12:00am

Wed Oct 12 2022 - Host Bill Tavares - Guest Travel Writer John Henry on "Night Boats - The Fall River Line" Oct 20 Gilded Age Lecture

Inside The Newport Mansions Aug 17 2022

Aug 17 2022

September 11th, 2022 12:00am

Aug 10 2022 - Trudy Coxe talks with Julian Fellowes, creator of "The Gilded Age" as well as "Downton Abbey." This chat was recorded during Lord Fellowes's appearance at The Breakers August 3, 2022.

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