The 10 Best The Bowery Boys: New York City History Podcast Episodes
1) #319 The Tale of Charging Bull and Fearless Girl
EPISODE 319 In simpler times, thousands of tourists would flock to the northern tip of Bowling Greenin Lower Manhattan to take a picture with a rather unconventional New Yorker -- the bronze sculpture...Show More
2) #308 Andrew Carnegie and New York's Public Libraries
EPISODE 308 In the final decades of his life, steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie -- one of the richest Americans to ever live -- began giving his money away. The Scots American had worked his way up from...Show More
3) #387 Hyde Park: The Roosevelts on the Hudson
Tom and Greg visit Hyde Park, New York, and Springwood, the estate of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt. Learn about FDR's life in Hyde Park, tour his home, visit the couple's private cottages and go ...Show More
4) #354 Who Wrote the First American Cookbook?
One of America's most important books was published 225 years ago this year. You won't find it on a shelf of great American literature. It was not written by a great man of letters, but somebody w...Show More
5) #372 The Shuberts: The Brothers Who Built Broadway
There's no business like show business -- thanks to Lee, Sam and J.J. Shubert, the Syracuse brothers who forever changed the American theatrical business in the 20th century. At last Broadway is b...Show More
6) Rewind: The City in Flames - The Great Fire of 1835
PODCAST This month marks the 185th anniversary of one of the most devastating disasters in New York City history -- The Great Fire of 1835. This massive fire, among the worst in American history, d...Show More
7) #328 Chop Suey City: A History of Chinese Food in New York
EPISODE 328 New Yorkers eat a LOT of Chinese food and have enjoyed Chinese cuisine – either in a restaurant or as takeout – for well over 130 years. Chinese food entered the regular diet of the city b...Show More
8) #310 1918: The Harlem Hellfighters
On February 17, 1919, in the waning months of World War I, the Harlem Hellfighters – officially the 369th Infantry Regiment, originally a New York National Guard division that had just come from inten...Show More
9) #86 Boss Tweed and the Glory Days of Tammany Hall
You cannot understand New York without understanding its most corrupt politician -- William 'Boss' Tweed, a larger than life personality with lofty ambitions to steal millions of dollars from the city...Show More
10) #103: Case Files of the NYPD
We're playing Good Cop / Bad Cop this week, as we take a close look at four events from the early history of the New York Police Department. You'll meet shining stars of the force like Jacob Hays, who...Show More