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#225 P. T. Barnum and the Greatest Show on Earth
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages -- the Bowery Boys present to you the tale of P. T. Barnum and his "Greatest Show on Earth," the wor…
9 years ago
#224 The Arrival of the Irish: An Immigrant Story
You don't have a New York City without the Irish. In fact, you don't have a United States of America as we know it today. This diverse and misunders…
9 years ago
#223 The Algonquin Round Table
EPISODE 223 One June afternoon in the spring of 1919, a group of writers and theatrical folk got together at the Algonquin Hotel to roast the inimita…
9 years, 1 month ago
#222 Who Killed Helen Jewett? A Mystery By Gaslight
In the spring of 1836, a young woman named Helen Jewett was brutally murdered with a hatchet in a townhouse on Thomas Street, just a few blocks north…
9 years, 1 month ago
#221 New York: Capital City of the United States
During a handful of months in 1789 and 1790, representatives of the new nation of the United States came together in New York City to make decisions …
9 years, 2 months ago
#220 George Washington's New York Inauguration
The story of New York City's role in the birth of American government is sometimes forgotten. Most of the buildings important to the first U.S. Congr…
9 years, 2 months ago
#219 Newsies on Strike!
We're in the mood for a good old-fashioned Gilded Age story so we're replaying one of our favorite Bowery Boys episodes ever -- Joseph Pulitzer and W…
9 years, 3 months ago
#218 Lincoln Center and West Side Story
Warm up the orchestra, lace up your dance slippers, and bring the diva to the stage! For our latest show we’re telling the origin story of Lincoln Ce…
9 years, 3 months ago
#217: Truman Capote's Black And White Ball
Truman Capote is a true New York character, a Southern boy who wielded his immense writing talents to secure a place within Manhattan high society. E…
9 years, 4 months ago
#216: Edwin Booth and the Players Club
Edwin Booth was the greatest actor of the Gilded Age, a superstar of the theater who entertained millions over his long career. In this podcast, we p…
9 years, 4 months ago