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The podcast is hyper-focused on local news, issues and events in the New York City area. This podcast's purpose is to give New Yorkers New York news about their neighborhoods and shine a light on the issues happening in their backyard.

City Journal's 10 Blocks, a weekly podcast hosted by editor Brian C. Anderson, features discussions on urban policy and culture with City Journal editors, contributors, and special guests. Forthcoming episodes will be devoted to topics such as: predictive policing, the Bronx renaissance, reform of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, homelessness in Portland, Oregon, and more. City Journal is a quarterly print and regular online magazine published by the Manhattan Institute.

A behind the scenes look into the New York City Police Department. Hosted by retired NYPD detective turned author Vic Ferrari. To an outsider, the New York City Police Department is a mysterious well-oiled machine responsible for maintaining law and order in the world's greatest city while looking brilliant in blue. However, things are not always what they appear to be and may surprise you. NYPD: Through the Looking Glass is filled with action, suspense and nonstop laughs! A must listen for ...

Legendary NYPD detective and private investigator Bo Dietl gives his unfiltered and uncensored take on true crime, issues of the day and New York City stories.

Welcome to Trial Stories, an informative discussion of civil justice with a focus on the human story. I'm your host, Arkady Frekhtman, a New York City trial lawyer passionate about helping serious injury victims and their families. I am the founder of Frekhtman & Associates. We have offices in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx. You can find me on my website https://866attylaw.com.

Weekly radio show from the Democratic Socialists of America in NYC, recorded live at WBAI 99.5 in Brooklyn NY, Tuesday @ 7pm EST. Listen and call-in! Our vision for a democratic socialist future, from the minds and hearts of organizers fighting every day in NYC. Hear the latest news, analysis, and organizing experience from our members and partners and learn how to be part of a revolutionary political moment. Join the movement at socialists.nyc!

In each episode, join us as we dive deep into various aspects of New York personal injury law with esteemed trial lawyer Michael Joseph. Michael shares his wealth of knowledge and experience in navigating complex legal cases from the bustling streets of New York to the courtrooms of Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and White Plains. Join us on ”Trial Talk” as we demystify the legal landscape of personal injury law, offering valuable insights and practical advice for legal professionals ...

Connecting the Bronx to the World

Health, Politics, and Cultural storylines in The Bronx. The Bronx is New York’s culturally vibrant and historically rich northern borough, with a population approaching 1.5 million--greater than that of Dallas, or Atlanta and San Francisco combined. Threaded through the borough’s opportunity, hustle and bustle, and immense creativity, are socioeconomic and health challenges. In this podcast we will learn from the Bronx's community leaders, grassroots organizations, healthcare workers, and lo ...

From the co-creators of Slow Burn, Fiasco is a narrative podcast that transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of America’s most pivotal historical events. The fifth season of the show goes deep on the AIDS epidemic in America, with a special focus on the early years of the crisis, when a diagnosis was tantamount to a death sentence. The eight-part series looks at the mystery and missteps around identifying and treating a new, contagious disease, and what it took to get the public — ...

Real estate: the ultimate game of risk and reward. It's the biggest investment most people ever make Fortunes are won and lost every day. How do you stay ahead of the game? Who's buying, who's selling and why? You need an edge. Boroughs & Burbs This podcast is your secret weapon, giving you the insider knowledge and strategies you need to succeed in the high-stakes and cutthroat world of real estate. The Boroughs are New York City. The Burbs are wherever you are: Connecticut, Austin, the Ham ...

Conversations with scholars, creators and practitioners from around the CUNYverse (City University of New York). Produced by Kathleen Collins, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Welcome to ”You’ve Been Read” with Alicia Anabel! Join me on a journey through the pages of books that are shaping my spiritual development. Each episode, I’ll dive into the insightful texts I’m currently reading, exploring themes of growth, enlightenment, and self-discovery. What you will find here? Realness. No pretense. Unedited. Expect periodic tarot readings to add to our discussions and personal reflections. I will also be inviting impromptu guests to join the conversation. Together, w ...

A TRUE CRIME PODCAST Hosted by Joshua Diaz Chris McDonough and Dr. Gary Brucato Here is a just some of Dr. Brucato's credentials. Click the link to read the full bio. https://www.coldcasefoundation.org/dr-gary-brucato.html Dr. Brucato, who earned his Ph.D. at the New School for Social Research in New York City, is a clinical psychologist, researcher and author in the areas of psychotic illness and violence. Dr. Brucato has over two decades of clinical experience, having trained at Creedmoor ...

Shoe Leather is an investigative podcast that goes behind the scenes of forgotten stories that shaped New York City. Go along with the team as they knock on doors and track down the people who were at the center of the news. This season we are looking at the aftermath of the killing of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Black man who was shot by four white NYPD officers in the Bronx on February 4, 1999. They fired 41 bullets at Amadou while he stood in the doorway where he lived. Nineteen hit him. Th ...

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My artist name is SnapShotNYC. I am from New York City. A Super Hip-Hop fanatic who listens to everything. I grew up in the Bronx. Went to college for engineering and ended up wanting to learn the art of beat making. I been messing around crafting music for about 20 years. I wanted to keep diving into music and learn most of every genre . I have a few beats uploaded on here which focuses on my different styles and quality as I progressed through the years. I released my first album two years ...

Hailing from two very different walks of life, hosts Nalyse Seymore is from the Bronx and Courtney Fostvedt is from Iowa. Together they mesh two unique perspectives on life and hustling in New York City as ex-bartenders, artists and entrepreneurs. They present a cocktail of views on race issues, sexuality, mental health and wellness to arrive at a place of empathy.

By the early 1970s, heroin was flooding the streets of New York City. Black and Puerto Rican neighbourhoods like Harlem and the South Bronx were hardest hit. This four part podcast series explores how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of the late Tupac Shakur, along with members of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America. Over the course of the 1970s, the Lincoln Detox People’s ...

Join Mark Levine from EBMG, a New York City real estate property management firm as he talks everything NYC real estate with special guests and experts in the field. Mark has been in the NYC real estate sector since 1998 and enjoys talking about some of the hottest topics and questions on everything related to real estate in New York City. Have a question or something you want to add to the show, send us an email at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com and we'll try and cover it.

Teachers are tired and want to be excited about teaching again. Too often, professional development is boring, not substantive, or lacks a practical how-to approach. The Literacy View invites viewers to sit with Faith Borkowsky and Judy Boksner to discuss best literacy practices in easy-to-implement ways. The two women are educators and literacy coaches. Faith and Judy encourage all educators to enter lively discussions about literacy's most pressing issues. Faith's Bio-Faith Borkowsky, the ...

In the mid 60s, Joe from the Bronx and Beth the orphan escape New York City for Canada, hoping to leave their past lives — and American politics —behind them. At a peace march on their way north, their fortunes intertwine with the fate of Dick, a Royal Military College Officer Cadet. Armed with naïveté, optimism and a little weed, the three homestead on Nova Scotia’s North Mountain. Unlike many of the fair-weather hippies of summer, they make it through the first winter with a little help fr ...

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“As you see, we’re flying over an island. A city. A particular city. And this is a story of a number of people, and a story also of the city itself.” That’s from the opening voice-over of the 1948 movie The Naked City, which was a very big deal when it was made, because it was a rare studio film that was shot entirely, lock stock and barrel, on the streets of New York City. You see, the American motion picture industry began in New York, at the end of the 19th century – Thomas Edison and oth ...

Behind The Bricks is a podcast about New York City Multifamily Real Estate Investing. Specifically, I’ll interview and have discussions with the most active and fascinating NYC apartment building owners in the industry. The goal of these talks is to go behind the transactions and explore what drives these individuals and the investment choices they make. How do they balance opportunity with the obstacles and the risk with the rewards? Some shows are biographical, some are about management op ...

Beginning in 1979, the Reagan decade is counted down with each years pop hits, underground club classics, and obscure gems. Youll start with the genres block party roots in the South Bronx with Grandmaster Flash and work your way through its mainstream acceptance with Run D.M.C. and LL Cool J. Get ready for the boombox breakdance era of early rap in New York City. Its the History of Hip-Hop: The 80s. After a tour of the 80s, the crew digs into the genre as it becomes a pop culture phenomenom ...

A look back in history at a time of great promise and great disappointment for Black Americans who dreamed of and struggled for the promise of community and full citizenship.