The 8 Best Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD Podcast Episodes
1) They Keep People Safe | 1
Chenjerai takes us back to the summer of 1835, when Black New Yorkers are being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the south. But their friends and families can’t call the cops, because it turns out t...Show More
2) If It Bleeds It Leads | 2
Before the NYPD existed, New Yorkers strongly opposed the idea of an armed police force – until a powerful news publisher changed everything. After a grisly murder takes place, the city’s newspapers s...Show More
3) What’s Done Can Be Undone | 3
New York’s power-hungry mayor weaponizes the police to help him control the city – and bulldoze a thriving Black community for his own real estate profits. The state, fearing that the mayor and his po...Show More
4) Introducing: Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD
Follow Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen early and ad-free on Wondery+ starting September 9th. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery ...Show More
5) The American Problem | 7
New York’s police start to realize that beating up and arresting immigrants is making them distrustful of cops. In response, a police chief has an idea, borne out of his time colonizing the Philippine...Show More
6) The Rotten Orchard | 6
It’s like clockwork: every 20 years or so, a corruption scandal forces the NYPD into the hot seat. But how did this cycle begin? To find out, we go back over a century ago to the very first investigat...Show More
7) The Moral Crusade | 5
Officers in early New York didn’t just police the city’s vice economy; they profited from it. But when America’s first professional vice fighter Anthony Comstock strong-arms the NYPD into enforcing hi...Show More
8) They’ve Got Weapons | 4
Horrific race riots erupt when New York City starts to draft soldiers into the Civil War. A mob of white people, who resent fighting for emancipation, direct their rage at the Black community as well ...Show More
9) Introducing: American Criminal
Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole are two of history’s most prolific serial killers. Or they’re liars who aren’t to be trusted. Either way, they’ve both got red in their ledger – all stemming from their...Show More
10) Listen Now: Lawless Planet
It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like a...Show More