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Scott Joplin in New York: A Ragtime Mystery
EPISODE 284: Scott Joplin, the "King of Ragtime", moved to New York in 1907, at the height of his fame. And yet, he died a decade later, forgotten by…
7 years, 1 month ago
Walt Whitman in New York and Brooklyn
EPISODE 283: A very special episode of the Bowery Boys podcast, recorded live at the Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn, celebrating the legacy of Walt …
7 years, 1 month ago
Taxi Driver (Bowery Boys Movie Club)
EPISODE 282: Welcome to the Bowery Boys Movie Club, a new podcast exclusively for our Patreon supporters where Tom and Greg discuss classic New York …
7 years, 2 months ago
#281 The Treasures of Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn has a history that is often overlooked by New Yorkers. You'd be forgiven if you thought Brooklyn's civic center -- with a bustling …
7 years, 2 months ago
#280 House of Mystery: The Story of the Collyer Brothers
EPISODE 280: You'd better clean your room or you'll end up like the Collyer Brothers...
New York City, a city crammed of 8.6 million people, is fille…
7 years, 2 months ago
#279 A New Year in Old New York: From Times Square to Chinatown
The ultimate history of New Year's celebrations in New York City!
This is the story of the many ways in which New Yorkers have ushered in the coming …
7 years, 3 months ago
#278 Newark vs. LaGuardia: The Tale of Two Airports
Newark Liberty International Airport or LaGuardia Airport? Which do you prefer? (Or is the answer -- none of the above. Give me JFK!)
Fasten your seat…
7 years, 3 months ago
#277 The New York Comedy Scene: A Marvelous History
New York City has always cast a melodramatic profile in past Bowery Boys podcasts, but in this episode, we're walking on the funny side of the street…
7 years, 4 months ago
#276 Murder on Bond Street: Who Killed Dr. Burdell?
On January 31, 1857, a prominent dentist named Harvey Burdell was found brutally murdered -- strangled, then stabbed 15 times -- in his office and ho…
7 years, 4 months ago
#275 Return to Tin Pan Alley: Saving American Music History
The beat goes on! In 2009 we recorded a podcast about the history of Tin Pan Alley, the cluster of buildings on West 28th Street where the American p…
7 years, 5 months ago