Podcasts by Brooklyn, USA

66 | The Solidarity Economy from 2022-12-14T02:00

The idea of a cooperative, or co-op, where everyone who works at a company is also a part-owner, is nothing new. New York state is home to more co-ops than anywhere else in the country. To wrap ...

65 | Slow Down A Little Bit from 2022-12-07T02:00

Historian Benjamin Hunnicutt has called the push for more free time the “forgotten American dream"; but somewhere along the way the pursuit of that happiness was replaced by the idea that work a...

64 | You Wanna Play? from 2022-11-30T02:00

They say, “love your job, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” But what happens when you turn a hobby or interest into a profession? This week, we spoke with members of the Nets Gaming Cre...

63 | Get Up, Get Down, Brooklyn Is A Union Town from 2022-11-23T02:00

The COVID-19 pandemic demanded more of workers: longer hours, angrier customers, and increased exposure to disease. Now, workers across the country — from baristas to warehouse workers to nurses...

62 | The Worker Doesn't Go Away from 2022-11-16T02:00

Art has long been a lever for working class solidarity and social justice. It’s also a collaborative form of labor that props up some workers and devalues others. This week, we're taking a long,...

61 | Unions Are Cool Again from 2022-11-09T02:00

This season, we’re taking an in-depth look at work and the history and future of labor organizing in Brooklyn. To kick off our series, we spoke with Dr. Joshua Freeman, CUNY professor and author...

60 | Carry Your Language In Your Heart from 2022-02-09T00:06

Ekushey February (or 21st of February) is commemorated by Bangladeshis across the world to honor students and activists who died in the 1952 Bengali Language Movement in what was then East Pakis...

59 | P U L Double-A R from 2022-02-09T00:05

The Pulaar Speaking Association on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy provides the Fulani community in Brooklyn with a space to gather, connect, pray, and preserve their culture and language. Shirin Barg...

58 | A Different Kind Of Crossover from 2022-02-09T00:04

It is believed that around 80% of the words in the English dictionary are borrowed from other languages. Musician Karim Douaidy grew up speaking French, Arabic, and English. In this episode, he ...

57 | The Language That We Feel In from 2022-02-09T00:03

The question of which came first between language and music is one that scholars will likely debate forever, but what is indisputable is how intertwined the modes of expression are. In this epis...

56 | This Is Who We Are from 2022-02-09T00:02

For over three thousand years, the Aramaic language has been used throughout Mesopotamia. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a community of Syrian immigrants preserves this ancient language – and a connect...

55 | Where The Spirit Of The Culture Comes Out from 2022-02-09T00:01

Before European colonization, varieties of Lenape were spoken for thousands of years in the New York City metropolitan area. Today, after centuries of genocide, dispersal, and diaspora, Lenape s...

54 | What’s All Around Us from 2022-02-09T00:00

This season, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s linguistic diversity. To kick off the season, we spoke with New York-based linguist, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin. •...

53 | سيف ذو حدين (A Double-Edged Sword) from 2021-06-25T02:00

This week, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emi...

52 | Thicker Than Blood, Sisters By Oil from 2021-06-02T02:00

This week, we head out on the highway with the oldest and largest women's motorcycle club in New York. • Brooklyn, USA i...

51 | But Mostly, We’re Still Screaming from 2021-05-19T02:00

This week, we’re sitting down with a new generation of Arab activists. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Em...

50 | This Is Where It’s Supposed To Happen from 2021-05-05T02:00

This week, we’re sharing work and stories from Indigenous documentarians, poets, and performers who are setting the art world and its history of cultural and historical theft on fire. • Listen

49 | To Have A Voice from 2021-04-21T02:00

This week, public access television rules the nation. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, S...

48 | We’ve Been Waiting For You from 2021-04-07T02:00

This week, we’re imagining our disability justice future, and asking you to do the same. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by ...

47 | How We Want To Be Now That We Know from 2021-03-24T02:00

This week, we’re sending radical love and care to our AAPI neighbors. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emi...

46 | We Close Our Eyes And We See The Whole Picture from 2021-03-10T02:00

This week, we’re going on an audio tour of BRIC’s Latinx Abstract exhibition. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Pal...

45 | This Is Not To Be Lost from 2021-02-24T02:00

This week and every week, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s Black history and future. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, an...

44 | Home Alone from 2020-12-23T02:00

This week, we gear up for the long winter by taking a look at loneliness. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias,...

43 | People Know About It, And They’ve Been Doing It For A Long Time from 2020-12-09T02:00

This week, we go behind the scenes of Flatbush Fists – our 5-part documentary series on the influence that martial arts has had on New York culture. You can watch the entire series here...

42 | You Can’t Help But Feel Happy from 2020-11-18T02:00

This week, we reflect on the last two, then we hear from our friends up north at Free City Radio on how the U.S. Election impacts worker’s justice in Canada, and share more election experiences ...

41 | All Of This Couldn’t Just End Simply from 2020-11-04T02:00

This week, we tag along with voters across the country as they cast their ballots in the highest-stakes election in American history. • Listen

40 | When You Listen To Them Now from 2020-10-14T02:00

This week, we join research studio Extrapolation Factory, Brooklyn’s Speculative Fiction Writers Group, NYC Prepper Jason Charles and other community members in charting a course for what’s next...

39 | I’ve Never Seen The Sun Like That Here from 2020-09-25T23:47

This week, we thought that we were getting back to normal, but instead, we’re redefining it. •  Brooklyn, USA is produce...

38 | I’ve Never Seen A Rainbow In My Life from 2020-09-11T19:30

This week, we’re getting ready for school. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barg...

37 | It Gets Hotter As The Day Goes Along | -19,'20 from 2020-07-31T21:30

This week, we’re taking flight. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie...

36 | All These Deserted Dining Halls | -19,'20 from 2020-07-24T21:30

This week, we’re (re)open for business. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi,...

35 | Where The Sun Disappeared | -19,'20 from 2020-07-17T18:00

This week we’re giving up the ghost of summers past. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, S...

34 | For The Second Time | -19,'20 from 2020-07-10T18:00

This week we’re catching up with old friends. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin B...

33 | Being Awoken | -19,'20 from 2020-07-03T09:00

This week, we’re serving up a full TV Dinner, complete with documentary shorts, animated stories, collaborative poetry, video art, and creative meditations on resistance and resilience. You can ...

32 | Of A Time And A Place | -19,'20 from 2020-06-14T07:30

This week we get a higher education. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Ch...

31 | Something I Never Thought I’d See | -19,'20 from 2020-06-08T20:00

This week we’re comin’ straight from the underground. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, ...

30 | Cut My Heart Out With Baking Supplies | -19,'20 from 2020-05-23T20:00

This week we’re going back to the future. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Bargh...

29 | A Woodpecker Without A Beak | -19,'20 from 2020-05-15T23:00

This week we go from -19,’20 all the way down to zero. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian,...

28 | Next To The Playground and Up By The Hill | -19,'20 from 2020-05-09T20:30

This week we're learning how to get along. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barg...

27 | Wrap It In Some Tissue, And Stick It In Your Nose | -19,'20 from 2020-05-02T16:30

This week: an experiment in finding the truth. •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin ...

26 | It Looks Crazy Over The Sea Right Now | -19,'20 from 2020-04-24T22:30

This week we’re overwhelmed, almost inoperable, and having trouble figuring anything out at all. •  Brooklyn, USA is pro...

25.2 | Maybe There Are More | -19,'20 from 2020-04-17T23:59

This week, we’re seeing the world, the way the world sees itself. (Part 2)  •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyri...

25.1 | If We Die, We Die | -19,'20 from 2020-04-17T23:55

This week, we’re seeing the world, the way the world sees itself. (Part 1) •  Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyrie...

24 | I Dreamt I Donated My Heart | -19,'20 from 2020-04-10T18:00

This week, we’re washing the invisible hand.

• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Charlie Hoxie...

23 | It's All Sold Out, It's Nothing | -19,'20 from 2020-04-03T22:30

This week, we’re doing it all from home.

• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Charlie Hoxie. Su...

22 | Does Anybody Have A Thermometer? | -19,'20 from 2020-03-27T19:00

This month, we’re surviving a plague.

• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Charlie Hoxi...

21 | Last Fall, Part 2: All The Paper, All The Stuff, All The Flags from 2020-02-28T14:05

This month, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. 

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Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palm...

21 | Last Fall, Part 1: A Tale of Two Brownsvilles from 2020-02-28T14:00

This month, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. 

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Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palm...

20 | For Our Own Care from 2020-01-31T19:30

This month, we’re looking for ways to get better without breaking the bank.

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Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel ...

More Than Slam | Part 3 from 2020-01-20T12:00

Welcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next.

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More Than Slam is hoste...

BONUS | L'offre Et La Demande from 2019-12-23T16:00

Every November, people from all over the country come to Brooklyn to jockey for the best sidewalk corners and empty lots, set up their stands, and sling Christmas trees for up to $130 a pop. Pro...

19 | It Doesn’t Happen Again from 2019-12-06T23:00

This month, we’re staring down the barrel and looking for answers to America’s gun problem.

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Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin ...

More Than Slam | Part 2 from 2019-11-25T14:00

Welcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next.

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More Than Slam is hoste...

18 | A Duck In The Distance from 2019-11-01T15:00

This month, we’re defining the relationship we’re in with the planet.

Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Bar...

17 | And They Just Boom Boom from 2019-10-07T19:00

This month, we’re finding sparks of joy and celebrating life. 
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The Brooklyn, USA podcast is produced by Sachar Mathias...

More Than Slam | Part 1 from 2019-09-27T12:30

Welcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next.
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Introducing: More Than Slam from 2019-09-23T19:30

This season on Brooklyn, USA, we're taking you behind the scenes and into the minds of the Brooklyn Slam Team with More Than Slam. More Than Slam is a new, four-part series hosted by Mahogany Br...

16 | My Light Is A Bright Light from 2019-07-23T19:00

This month, we’re finding our faith and losing our religion.
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This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. • Sound Was A Medicine<...