The Bowery Boys: New York City History: episodes
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The Last Ships From Hamburg: An Immigration Story
Nov 28, 2025 · 57 min
Historian Steven Ujifusa discusses the unique circumstances surrounding the arrival of Russian Jewish immigrants to the United States -- and draws on his own personal story.
#473 The Other Side of Ellis Island
Nov 21, 2025 · 1h 26m
For over fifty years, most European immigrants arriving into the United States came through Ellis Island in New York Harbor. But for an unfortunate few, their new lives could not begin until they spent some time on "the other side" of the island -- the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: A History in Lights
Nov 14, 2025 · 47 min
The history of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and its annual lighting tradition -- through good times and bad.
#472 The Many Mysteries of Amelia Earhart
Nov 7, 2025 · 1h 10m
The secret world of Amelia Earhart -- from New York City to the skies -- as told by her biographer Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Broadway History
Oct 24, 2025 · 57 min
How Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II became two of the most important artists in Broadway history? The story of their incomparable legacy.
#471 Ghost Stories of Long Island
Oct 10, 2025 · 1h 34m
The haunted mansions, the ancient folktales, the spirited theaters, and the Revolutionary War ghosts of Long Island.
#470 The Grand Tale of the Erie Canal
Sep 26, 2025 · 1h 22m
Celebrating the construction of the Erie Canal, which opened 200 years ago this year.
#469 Dominican New York: A History In The Heights
Sep 19, 2025 · 1h 22m
The story of Dominican immigration into New York City -- from the very first immigrant (ever!) to the massive wave of new arrivals in theh 1960s.
19th Century NoHo: Glamour, Greed, Money, and Murder
Sep 12, 2025 · 1h 5m
The name 'NoHo' might be relatively new, but the history of those blocks north of Houston Street in Manhattan dates back to the beginnngs of New York City.
The Boy Mayor of New York
Sep 5, 2025 · 49 min
In 1913, a young reform candidate named John Purroy Mitchel navigated a very strange electorial year to become the city's new (and second youngest) mayor.
#468 Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue": A Jazz-Age Drama
Aug 29, 2025 · 1h 6m
The debut of George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue', one of the 20th century's most important pieces of music.
History Daily: Pirate Tales!
Aug 22, 2025 · 33 min
The swashbuckling tale of Captain William Kidd and the notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham
#467 The Brooklyn Theatre Fire: The Forgotten Gilded Age Tragedy
Aug 15, 2025 · 49 min
The strange, sad tale of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire, the Gilded Age disaster that has been nearly forgotten today.
#466 Pete's Tavern and McSorley's Old Ale House
Aug 8, 2025 · 1h 24m
The history of New York City's oldest surviving bars continues, recorded within two of the city's most treasured 19th century drinking establishments.
#465 The Oldest Bars in New York City
Aug 1, 2025 · 1h 20m
The history of New York City — as told through the stories of its oldest taverns and ale houses.
#464 New York: The City of Oysters
Jul 25, 2025 · 1h 24m
New York City used to be closely associated with the oyster but pollution and overfarming erased them from the harbor. Could they be making a return?
#463 Gilded Age Golden Girls (Live At City Winery)
Jul 18, 2025 · 1h 27m
A celebration of the Gilded Age's most interesting women and the world they created in New York society. Recorded live at City Winery.
Spirits Podcast: Urban Legends with Greg Young
Jul 11, 2025 · 54 min
#462 The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916
Jul 3, 2025 · 49 min
What was in the water when sharks began killing people in New Jersey in 1916?
The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue
Jun 27, 2025 · 1h 29m
The saga of Fifth Avenue's Gilded Age mansions, those that once stood in Midtown Manhattan and those survivors which still decorate the Upper East Side today.