Best Cbgb Podcasts (2024)

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Whatever Happened to Dorothy Arnold? (Rewind) 45:52

6d ago45:52

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The young socialite Dorothy Arnold seemingly led a charmed and privileged life. The niece of a Supreme Court justice, Dorothy was the belle of 1900s New York, an attractive and vibrant young woman living on the Upper East Side with her family. She hoped to become a published magazine writer and perhaps someday live by herself in Greenwich Village. …

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#443 Ghost Stories of the Five Boroughs 1:24:13

19d ago1:24:13

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On January 1, 1898, Greater New York was formed from the union of two cities – New York and Brooklyn, along with other towns and villages of the region, creating the five boroughs we know and love today. But each of those five boroughs brings their own unique histories and personalities. And so for this year’s annual Bowery Boys Halloween Special, …

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19 | Uh-oh 53:24

29d ago53:24

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David Byrne's follow up to Rei Momo, the 1992 LP "Uh-oh" co-incided with the official end of Talking Heads. A new producer helped bring a clean, commercial sound to David's oddball instrumentation and left of center lyrics. While the songs were still like children to him, the overall album needed to walk the line of appealing to his previous Talkin…

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#442 Urban Legends of New York City 1:14:19

1M ago1:14:19

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New York City has its fair share of famous 'urban legends' -- persistent rumors, too good to be true, often macabre and dark. No, we're not talking about just about ghost stories. (Those arrive next episode.) We mean far fetched, reality defying fantasies sometimes rooted in science fiction and horror – with just enough bearing to the real world th…

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#441 The Recluse of Herald Square: The Ida Wood Mystery 1:00:49

2M ago1:00:49

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Ida Wood had a secret. Born Ida Mayfield in New Orleans, Ida moved to New York in the 1850s and through her marriage to Benjamin Wood, publisher of the New York Daily News, she entered society. By the 1870s, Ida’s name was regularly found in the social columns of the city’s newspapers. So why, in 1907, did Ida Wood cash in – withdrawing her fortune…

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The Ghosty Men: Inside the Collyer Mansion (Rewind) 52:42

2M ago52:42

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In 2022, Greg received a large box in the mail, containing hundreds of news clippings and documents related to the Collyer Brothers. This expanded, newly edited version of his 2019 show on the Collyer Brothers includes some of this research. New York City, with over 8 million people, is filled with stories of people who just want to be left alone –…

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#440 When Longacre Square Became Times Square 1:04:05

2M ago1:04:05

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What was Times Square before the electric billboards, before the Broadway theaters and theme restaurants, before the thousands and thousands of tourists? What was Times Square before it was Times Square? Today it’s virtually impossible to find traces of the area’s 18th and 19th century past. But in this episode, Tom and Greg will peel away the glam…

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Interview | Michelangelo Carubba on touring "Remain In Light" with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew 1:06:27

2M ago1:06:27

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For Mikey, the last few years have been a wild ride to say the least. When the opportunity of a lifetime presented itself and his band joined Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew to tour for the 40th anniversary of Remain In Light it should have been a high point of his career. Instead, it triggered a tailspin that saw his band disintegrate and strained…

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#439 The Ticker-Tape Parade: A Very New York Celebration 58:34

3M ago58:34

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In 1886, during a miles-long parade celebrating the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, office workers in lower Manhattan began heaving ticker tape out the windows, creating a magical, blizzard-like landscape. That tradition stuck. Today that particular corridor of Broadway -- connecting Battery Park to City Hall -- is known as the "Canyon of Hero…

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#438 The Ramones at CBGB: Revolution on the Bowery 1:04:54

3M ago1:04:54

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One-two-three-four! The Ramones, a four-man rock band from Forest Hills, Queens, played the Bowery music club CBGB for the very first time on August 16, 1974. Not only would Joey, Johnny, Tommy and Dee Dee reinvigorate downtown New York nightlife here -- creating a unique and energetic form of punk -- but they would join with a small group of music…

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The Hidden World of Gramercy Park 58:38

4M ago58:38

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Carl Raymond of The Gilded Gentleman podcast and his guest Keith Taillon invite you into one of the most historically exclusive spaces in New York City -- the romantic and peaceful escape known as Gramercy Park. This small two-acre square, constructed in the 1830s, has been called “America’s Bloomsbury”. Taking the reference from London’s famous ne…

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#437 Haarlem, Breukelen, Utrecht: Exploring New York's Dutch Roots 1:27:12

4M ago1:27:12

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Follow along with Greg and Tom in this stand-alone travelogue episode as they visit several historic cities and towns in the Netherlands -- Utrecht, De Bilt, Breukelen and Haarlem -- wandering through cafe-filled streets and old cobblestone alleyways, the air ringing with church bells and street music. But of course, their mission remains the same …

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#436 Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: Finding Peter Stuyvesant 1:21:00

4M ago1:21:00

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The name Stuyvesant can be found everywhere in New York City -- in the names of neighborhoods, apartments, parks and high schools. Peter Stuyvesant, the last director-general of New Amsterdam, is a hero to some, a villain to others -- and probably a caricature to all. What do we really know about Peter Stuyvesant? In their last days in Amsterdam (b…

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#435 Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Radical Walloons 1:17:42

5M ago1:17:42

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Our adventure in the Netherlands continues with a quest to find the Walloons, the French-speaking religious refugees who became the first settlers of New Netherland in 1624. Their descendants would last well beyond the existence of New Amsterdam and were among the first people to become New Yorkers. But you can't tell the Walloon story without that…

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#434 Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: Empire of the Seas 1:18:29

5M ago1:18:29

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The epic journey begins! The Bowery Boys Podcast heads to old Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, to find traces of New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlement which became New York. We begin our journey at Amsterdam's Centraal Station and spend the day wandering the streets and canals, peeling back the centuries in search of New York's roots. Our t…

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#433 New Amsterdam Man: An Interview with Russell Shorto 1:07:34

5M ago1:07:34

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The Bowery Boys Podcast is going to Amsterdam and other parts of the Netherlands for a very special mini-series, marking the 400th anniversary of the Dutch first settling in North America in the region that today we call New York City. But before they go, they're kicking off their international voyage with a special conversation -- with the man who…

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The Bowery Boys Adventures in the Netherlands TRAILER 2:40

5M ago2:40

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Announcing an epic new Bowery Boys mini series -- The Bowery Boys Adventures in the Netherlands. Exploring the connections between New York City and that fascinating European country. Simply put, you don't get New York City as it is today without the Dutch who first settled here 400 years ago. The names of Staten Island, Broadway, Bushwick, Greenwi…

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#432 The Lenape Nation: Past, Present and Future 1:22:02

5M ago1:22:02

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Consider the following show an acknowledgment – of people. For the foundations of 400 years of New York City history were built upon the homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, the tribal stewards of a vast natural area stretching from eastern Pennsylvania to western Long Island. The Lenape were among the first in northeast North America to be displaced by w…

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Interview | Michelangelo Carubba on touring "Remain In Light" with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew 1:06:27

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#439 The Ticker-Tape Parade: A Very New York Celebration 58:34

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#438 The Ramones at CBGB: Revolution on the Bowery 1:04:54

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The Hidden World of Gramercy Park 58:38

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#437 Haarlem, Breukelen, Utrecht: Exploring New York's Dutch Roots 1:27:12

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#436 Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: Finding Peter Stuyvesant 1:21:00

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#435 Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Radical Walloons 1:17:42

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#434 Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: Empire of the Seas 1:18:29

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#433 New Amsterdam Man: An Interview with Russell Shorto 1:07:34

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#432 The Lenape Nation: Past, Present and Future 1:22:02

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