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Believe it or not, we've got one more brand new Bowery Boys: New York City History podcast for 2021. Look for it on January 31.\n\nBut for today we wanted to give you another sampling of our new spin-off podcast calledThe Gilded Gentleman, a look at America's Gilded Age period, hosted by social and culinary historian Carl Raymond.\xa0\n\nIn this new episode, Carl looks at one of the most legendary figures of the period \u2013 Caroline Astor, or the Mrs Astor, the ruler and creator of New York\u2019s Gilded Age high society in the early 1870s. In collaboration with Southern social climber Ward McAllister, Astor essentially created the rules for who was 'acceptable' in New York social circles.\n\nBut she's also known for her battles with family members -- most notably with her nephew (and next door neighbor) William Waldorf Astor. What was behind her unusual motivations? And in what unusual way did she decide to cap her legacy at the end of her life?\n\nCarl is joined by Tom Miller, creator of the website Daytonian in Manhattan, documenting the history of New York City, one building at a time.\xa0\n\nSubscribe to the Gilded Gentleman now and you\u2019ll get ANOTHER new episode on the life of Murray Hall, a Tammany Hall politician and operator of an employment agency for domestic help in the late 19th century.\n\nBut Murray had a secret \u2013 one that he took to his grave. A remarkable story and one we think will move you.\xa0\n\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys