At 2:30 ET, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast welcomes back Brooklyn borough historian Ron Schweiger to the program! Today, we'll focus our attention on the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, including its Dutch history, the two neighborhoods that combined for its namesake, as well as its roots in the black community. So, join us at 2:30 ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast revs back up, LIVE at 2:30pm ET! What better way to celebrate our 80th episode than to have our all-time favorite podcast guest, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine, on the episode?! We'll explore with Carl what a typical routine was like for the ballplayers of his era and what he would typically be into around ...…

Because of the way blog talk radio has their time zone set up, they keep screwing the listeners out of an appropriate episode by poor communication. Brian Sidney Parrott, son of sportswriter Harold Parrott, has been ever so patient with these issues, and I appreciate it from him. He has a vast amount of knowledge about the era, and I’m glad to ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back! For the first time in 2018, the research process of the HBO-style TV series on Brooklyn and its Dodgers continues! On today's show, Brian Sidney Parrott joins us to discuss his father, Harold Parrott. Harold was with the Brooklyn Eagle on the Dodgers beat for 15 years before joining the team as the travel ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast marches on with our 77th episode! We're thrilled to welcome Brooklyn-born Marty Appel to the program, former public relations director of the New York Yankees, and author of "Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character." We'll discuss Casey's playing time with both the Dodgers and the Giants, his time managing th ...…

On this episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast, Rick Elliott, the writer of "Clem Labine: Always a Dodger," will join me to welcome Brooklyn Dodgers 3rd baseman Randy "Ransom" Jackson! We'll discuss what his views of Brooklyn were before and after being traded from the Cubs to the Dodgers in Dec. '55, his views on Walter O'Malley, his feelin ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns with its 75th episode at 12pm ET! Sam Maxwell welcomes Jack Finkelstein to the program, who will discuss his life growing up in Washington Heights, going to watch the Giants in the Polo Grounds, and how he would throw off the suburban kids going to Yankee Stadium with bogus directions. So, join us at 12pm ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast chugs on to its 74th episode! The Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger joins us at 2pm ET. The man who was our first guest ever will discuss some Brooklyn weather history following the snow storm that hit our region this week...including one story having to do with the World Champion 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. So, ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns at 9:30am ET Monday with one of our favorite guests! Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine joins us for the 73rd episode to talk about a contentious individual in the history of the Brooklyn National League Baseball Club-- Mr. Walter O'Malley. Brooklyn has long had a pretty much one-sided opinion of the ma ...…

Continuing the research process of the development of the TV Series, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns for its 72nd episode! Today, Sam Maxwell and Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant talk generally about Brooklyn, catching up after so much time off the air. The resident of Bensonhurst has actually been underground at the corner of Atla ...…

Finally, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns to keep you active in the research for the developing TV series regarding Brooklyn and its Dodgers! To kickstart us back up, my friend, actor, writer and fellow New Yorker Owen Goldenberg joins to discuss his father's roots in Brooklyn and how he learned of the borough's camaradie through his dad' ...…

At 9:30am ET, The Bedford & Sullivan podcast keeps the research goin' at full steam, and today, for the 70th episode, we have one of our favorites on, legendary Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine! He'll be joined by Mr. Jim Denny, a fireman in Carl's town of Anderson, Indiana. They'll discuss what it has been like growing up in the area, as well as a ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast turns 69! And for the first time in 2016, we head up the 8th Avenue line to the Polo Grounds to check in on the New York Baseball Giants Franchise! Gary Mintz, prorietor, curator, and the brains behind the New York Giants Preservation Society joins us to talk that Orange and Black squad, including a look at the li ...…

Happy New Year everyone! To get things going for the first time in the New Year, the Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant joins Sam for the 68th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! At 11pm ET, they will discuss a couple Brooklyn neighborhoods Mike has lived in his life: Flatbush and Bensonhurst. Make sure to join them then!…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast continues with its 67th edition at 11am ET! A long-time friend of the show dating back to the inaugural episode, Ron Schweiger joins us to discuss the Brooklyn highway system. From the Gowanus to the Prospect to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Ron and I will go over their history and what the town looked like prio ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back! And today at 12p ET, we go where we've never been before...Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn! A quiet residential area near the bay in the southeast side of the former city, Bob Catherwood, who runs a website titled Our Gerritsen Beach, spent his formidable years in the community. We'll discuss what it was like g ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns as the heat rises in the neighborhood surrounding the former ballpark. Today we go back to 1953, with the help of author Andy Mele, writer of "Tearin' Up the Pea Patch: The Brooklyn Dodgers, 1953", as well as a member of that squad, 20-game winner Carl Erskine. We'll discuss things such as what made that p ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back! And even though I, Sam Maxwell, a living back in Crown Heights, incredibly close to the actual Bedford & Sullivan corner, we will catch up with our boys from Upper Manhattan, checking in with former NY Giants bat boy, Ed Logan, Jr. Ed and I will first discuss the current happenings of the World Champion S ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back as the summer heat gets underway! On this episode, my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Stan will once more call in to talk about Brooklyn. We'll discuss such things as the similarities and differences between Queens and Brooklyn (as Barbara spent a couple years in the other Borough), taking the trolleys, trains and ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan Podcast is Back! and this time, you need a token. The Brooklyn CITY Historian Ron Schweiger will join us to discuss the history of the transit system as it pertains to the City of Brooklyn, including the Trolley map that one had to dodge. So, join us at 11amET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast!…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back! And heading up the B from Prospect Park (or whatever the line was called back then [more on that later...]) to 155th St where the Giants played at the Polo Grounds. Today, we welcome the legacy of NY/SF Giants owner Horace Stoneham, his granddaughter Jaime Rupert. Jaime and I will discuss growing up with ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan research process continues with the 60th episode of the podcast! Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant, a senior staff writier at Rising Apple as well, joins me to chat about Brooklyn as I walk around near the Parade Grounds and the southern tip of Prospect Park. So, join us for a late night sesh at 11pm ET, on the lates ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back after a long haitus to keep the TV series research process going! On this week's episode, podcast regular Carl Erskine, formerly of Brooklyn Dodgers pitching fame, will join Clem Labine family friend Rick Elliott, who has written a memoir of his time around Clem. We will discuss Clem, Carl's relationship w ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns for its 58th episode! Howard Kellman grew up in Sheepshead Bay, on East 23rd Street between Avenue U and Avenue V, a block from the border of Sheepshead Bay and Flatbush. He began doing play-by-play for St. Johns basketball while a junior at Brooklyn College, but he couldn't keep away from his passion, cal ...…

After a few attempts this week, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast finally gets the 57th episode off the ground. On this episode, Carl Erskine and I immerse ourselves talk of pitching. Carl and I have discussed many a things about Brooklyn and the Dodgers over our many episodes on air. We haven't, however, devoted an entire episode to the art of pi ...…

After a July off, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast gets back into the swing of things with Faith and Fear in Flushing's Greg Prince joining us duiring the Mets/Nats game to help jumpstart the podcast after this brief haitus. And that's just what Greg will do. As always, in the context of the legacy of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants, Gre ...…

Remarkably, we have already reached the namesake of the Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship year. Episode 55 has arrived, and what better way to celebrate than with a man who spent his formative years in the heart of Brooklyn on the border of Borough Park and Bensonhurst. John Fricelli would sing Doo Wop with his buddies on the streetcorners an ...…

It is fitting that the 54th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast is Giants-themed, as they celebrate their 60th anniversary of the 1954 World Championship. And now that the Mets have been swept out of town, the animosity will be much less so in my tone. Live from outside the ballpark in San Francisco, Jersey native and Giants fan Rich Rodg ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back for its 53rd episode! Joining the show today is Faith and Fear in Flushing's Greg Prince, back to talk more New York National League legacy. With the Mets in the middle of playing the Phillies for 5 games, we'll discuss some of the history behind the Philly/New York rivalry, as well as some other Giants/Do ...…

Back for episode 52 is the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Today, longtime friend of the show, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine, calls in to talk about the memories he has of facing the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, when the Subway lines involved were the IND, the IRT and the BMT (Independant Subway System, Interborough Rapid Trans ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan enters its 50's in style with another extended episode! The Brooklyn Trolley BloggerMike Lecolant joins the program once more for an another atmospheric journey through the streets of Brooklyn. I will begin with my bike at the Ebbets Field flagpole outside Barclays Center, make my way down to Washington Park in Park Slope ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns after a brief haitus. Today, with my another guest unfortunately having to postpone, The Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant calls in for the 50th episode to discuss whatever comes to their minds on the former city of Brooklyn and/or the Dodgers. So, join us at 2pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedfo ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back for its 49th episode! And today, we are LIVE from outside Citi Field! At Noon ET, we welcome back the Brooklyn Borough Historian, Mr. Ron Schweiger. Once upon a time, Brooklyn sat across the river from the City of New York as a healthy and ever-growing city of its own. Then, on New Years Day 1898, the City ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast marches on towards the new baseball season, and today, we will continue talking Brooklyn Legacy. Danny Abriano, a Brooklyn native and site editor for Rising Apple, learned his love of the game from his grandfather, a die-hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan who adopted the Mets in 1962. We'll talk Brooklyn, Dodgers, and of c ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast almost sat out this week after the initial guest had to take a rain check...but instead of riding the bench, we've gotten a pinch-hitter on board in Brooklyn Dodgers Reader author Andrew Mele! Andy, who has been on the podcast before, has a mind filled with endless Brooklyn discussions. We haven't had much time to ...…

Keepin' goin' with our new weekend routine, The Bedford & Sullivan podcast turns 46 today, the TV Series research process truckin' along strong. Today, we have a Mr. Alan Newmark on the show, who has been on once before and is also a fellow alum of the summer camp I spent 9 summers at as a child. Alan, like my mother, had children go to this Tr ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast reaches number 45! For this episode, the Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant, a writer on the Mets site Rising Apple as well, calls in to discuss the all things Brooklyn...from his neighborhood of Bay Ridge to the history of baseball dating back to the 1800's. So, join us at 12:30PM ET for the latest edition of ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast has reached episode 44! For this one, we bring on a man who has as much knowledge of the game of baseball as I have ever come across. Greg Prince has been a Mets fan virtually since he was born in 1962. In 2005, he started a blog titled Faith and Fear in Flushing, which he runs with his blogging partner Jason Fry. ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns after a brief haitus, and we're focusing on the upper part of Manhattan. With myself (Sam Maxwell) on location at the foot of the Giants ballpark in San Francisco, New York Giants Preservation Society member Steve Rothschild, as well as Moe Resner, will call in to discuss the Giants legacy, both out here a ...…

Episode 42 has arrived for the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! An old friend of the show, Dodgers team historian Mark Langill, calls in to discuss, in honor of the episode number, Jackie Robinson. We will also discuss the life and legacy of the late, great Ralph Kiner. And of course, we will get a rundown of how the modern Dodgers offseason has gon ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast has entered its 40's, kicking them off with quite the namesake. Today we welcome Gil Hodges, Jr. to the program to discuss his father, the Hodges legacy, and growing up in Brooklyn. So, join us at 10AM ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast has hit its 40th episode! And a fantastic 40th episode it is! Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine, a regular in these here parts, calls in once more to discuss some of his teammates, from Gil Hodges to Junior Gilliam. So, join us at 10:30AM ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!…

The New York Giant-themed weekend continues with the 39th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Today, Moe Resner, who has told his stories on the podcast before, will join us to discuss catching on film the last game the Giants played in the Polo Grounds as a New York team, a film he calls, "An End of an Era." He will also discuss growing ...…

Truckin' forward on this Saturday Morning is the 38th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast. John McLaughlin has stated to me that him and I "are in the same ballpark but different dugouts" when it comes to our individual baseball writing projects. He is working on a book about the Giants' departure from New York, a topic that has gotten le ...…

We are settling into the New Year with the first 2014 edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast, and we're keeping it in the family. My mother's sister Barbara and Stan, her husband of 43 years, both grew up in Brooklyn and have their own unique perspective of the time we are focusing on in the development of the TV series. My aunt Barbara will ...…

The last couple holidays in the season are almost here, and Bedford & Sullivan certainly wishes you and your loved ones the very best Christmas and New Year. Thank you for listening and making this one so special. Today on what will most likely be our last episode of the year, Author Andy Mele will discuss all things Brooklyn Dodgers. Whether i ...…

We truck on with the Bedford & Sullivan research process as the winter season grows thicker around us. Former Associate Press Writer Hal Bock had a long and illustrious career covering all and everything he could possibly cover in sports, whether that was World Series ballgames or Olympics overseas. When he was a kid, he would first turn to the ...…

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast marches on with the 34th episode of the year! Today, we continue the research process with LIU Brooklyn Professor Joe Dorinson, a guest returning from our 7th episode of the year. Today, we will shift a bit away from baseball to discuss the social, political and cultural elements of the late-1930's. So, join us at ...…

After a brief hiatus, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast picks back up the research process with its 33rd episode! The founder of the NY Giants Preservation Society, Gary Mintz, joins to discuss how the Society got started, some of the highlights so far for the group since its inception, and stories Gary's late father told him regarding the Upper M ...…

Though it is a cliche to say, the year has gone flying by. We've reached the tailend of November, and for Bedford & Sullivan's last podcast of the month, we bring on a regular of the program, Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger. On this episode, Ron and I will dive into where some of the streets of Brooklyn get their names from. Whether it ...…