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Dairy Cattle in New York City from 2023-12-01T17:45

We wonder about the missing herds of cattle in New York City and praise milk. 

Dispatches from the forests of New York City. 

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Re-Enchantment of the Hudson Valley - Origins of Central Park from 2023-12-01T17:42

Re-Enchantment of the Hudson Valley - Origins of Central Park 

We go in search of the mystical project behind Central Park. Also hamburgers. 

Dispatch from the forests of New York ...

The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park from 2023-11-03T12:00

The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park. 

We go in search of the missing Dairy in Propect Park, Brooklyn. 

Dispatches from the desk of the Chief Forester of NYC. 

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S2 EP15 - The French Connection from 2021-12-20T10:00

In this episode of City Between we watch 1971's "The French Connection" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep Popeye, 1970s Locations, Sea Lemons, shabby pizza, NY...

S2 EP14 - The Siege from 2021-08-16T11:00

In this episode of City Between we watch 1998's "The Siege" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep on deep on the Deep State, on Denzel Washington, FBI, Greenpoint,...

S2 EP13 - Three Days of the Condor from 2021-08-09T17:08:33

In this episode of City Between we unpack 1975's "Three Days of the Condor" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam discuss a *true* NY alley, CIA fronts in the city, sexy Ma...

S2 EP12 - Inbetweener - Next Theme Announcement: Deep State from 2021-08-05T14:21:26

In Season 2 of City Between we are watching films about New York City each month to talk about its history and culture. Each month we pick a theme and the next one is the "Deep State". We will b...

S2 - EP11 - The Godfather from 2021-07-19T23:24:08

This week we watch 1972's "The Godfather" to complete our theme of "Legendary Gangsters". Each week City Between uses a film to talk about the history and culture of NYC. Bruce and Sam dive in o...

S2 - EP10 - Harlem Nights from 2021-07-14T15:15:02

Join us in Season 2 as we watch NY films to explore the city's culture and history. This week we are in the middle of our Legendary Gangster theme and watched 1989's "Harlem Nights". It remains ...

S2 - EP9 - The Warriors from 2021-07-05T10:00

In Season 2 of City Between we take on a film each episode to talk about NYC's history and culture. In this episode we discuss Walter Hill's 1979 classic "The Warriors". Bruce and Sam talk Micha...

S2 - EP8 - Inbetweener - Next Trilogy - Legendary Gang Stories from 2021-06-28T20:16:22

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films - Legendary Gang Stories - as well as so...

S2 - EP7 - "His Girl Friday" from 2021-06-21T18:57:39

In this episode we discuss Howard Hawke's 1940 film "His Girl Friday" to conclude our trilogy on the theme of Women at Work. Bruce and Sam dive deep on fast "natural" dialogue, the last hanging ...

S2 EP6 - I Like it Like That from 2021-06-14T22:47:15

In this episode we discuss Darnell Martin's 1994 film "I Like it Like That" about a young woman in the Bronx trying to make sense of a faltering marriage, new career and her place in the world. ...

S2 EP5 - Working Girl from 2021-06-07T14:55:01

In this episode of City Between we discuss the film "Working Girl" 1988 to dive into NY's history and culture. Bruce and Sam go deep on the Staten Island Ferry, commu...

S2 EP4 - Inbetweener - Next Trilogy Announcement: Working Women from 2021-06-01T14:18:52

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films as well as some updates from NYC's reope...

S2 EP3 - The Great Gatsby (2013) from 2021-05-24T19:00

In this episode we discuss Baz Lurhmann's 2013 epic "The Great Gatsby" and talk about NY history and culture. Bruce and Sam get into speakeasies, Jazz and Hip-Hop, Fi...

SE2 EP2 - Metropolitan from 2021-05-18T02:10:03

City Between is a podcast about NY history and culture explored through film. In this episode we discuss Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan" (1990) and what the film can tell us about New York histor...

S2 EP1 - Age of Innocence from 2021-05-10T01:21:05

This is the first episode of Season 2 of City Between. In this episode we discuss the 1993 film Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese. Bruce and Sam talk about the 1870s in New Yo...

Ep 23 - Streets of Cairo in Coney Island from 2021-03-05T16:00:29

The City Between Podcast takes curiosity and adventure as its guiding principles in searching for unexpected corners of New York City history and culture. In today's episode we meet the "Turks o...

Ep 22 - An Omani Ship in NYC - 1840 from 2021-01-22T04:08:09

This is the City Between podcast where we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City's history. In this episode we go in search of the Sultanah, an Omani ship that reach...

Bonus In-Between Ep: King Cuomo Sandwiches from 2021-01-15T16:31:24

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City history. This is a bonus episode reviewing "King Cuomo Sandwiches", the food required to go without alcoholic...

Ep 21 - Kismet Temple - In Search of Moorish New York from 2021-01-08T03:51:57

This is the City Between Podcast where we explore the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. In this episode we travel into Crown Heights Brooklyn in search of a lost civilizatio...

Ep 20 - In Search of the Gowanus Oyster from 2020-11-20T17:00

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and unexpected corners (and canals) of New York history. Come with us in search of a rare specimen: the Gowanus oyster as we travel down the filthy c...

Bonus In-Between Ep - A Vision of St. Nick at The Battery - An Irving Reading from 2020-10-10T10:15:18

In the City Between Podcast we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City's history. In this bonus episode we visit part of a chapter of Washington Irving's "A History of New Yor...

Ep 19 - Oyster Night Life in NYC - Toujours de la gaîté from 2020-10-03T22:15:03

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City history. Come join us as we go in search of the secret origin of New York City's night life... the oyster? Of...

Ep 18 - Sandy Ground - The African American Oyster Community from 2020-07-22T11:20:41

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of Sandy Ground, a disappeared oystering community on Staten Island. ...

Ep 17 - In Search of Lost Oysters - Dobbs Ferry Midden from 2020-05-20T01:20:52

City Between is the podcast that explores the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. In this episode we solve a mystery of the oldest relic of our region's civilization - the anc...

Bonus In-Between Episode - Rip Van Winkle Read Aloud from 2020-04-18T01:32:19

In the City Between Podcast we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City's history. This bonus episode builds on the previous regular episode about Rip Van Winkle and the Little...

Ep 16 - Rip Van Winkle and the Little Church Around the Corner from 2020-03-14T00:51:08

Welcome to City Between, a podcast about New York City's history. In this episode we go in search of one of the most beautiful tributes to Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, hidden away in the ...

Bonus In-between Episode - The Mailbag from 2020-02-21T15:40:56

This is the City Between podcast where we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City history. In this In-between episode today I take on the mailbag and answer listener questions...

Ep 15 -Bethesda Terrace - A Moorish Paradise in Central Park from 2020-02-08T17:42:30

In the City Between podcast explore the unexpected corners of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of traces of the Moorish palace, the Alhambra, in NYC's Central Park. We are ...

Ep 14 - Matilda Hoffman and the Tomb of Washington Irving's Fiance - St. Mark's in the Bowery from 2020-01-04T02:24:34

In this episode we go in search of the tomb of Matilda Hoffman, the fiancé of New York's first great writer, Washington Irving. She died in 1809 at the age of 17 just as Irving was finishing his...

Ep 13 - In Search of New York's Pompeii - A Voyage to Communipaw from 2019-10-04T19:31:43

In this episode of City Between we go in search of New York's ur-city, its ancient origin... in New Jersey. Just across the bay once lied the small village of Communipaw where the first Dutch in...

Ep 12 - A Hanging on the Lower East Side - Betrayal in the Rebel Ranks from 2019-08-18T18:09:11

Welcome to the City Between podcast, a podcast about many of the forgotten and neglected corners of New York City history. Today we are going in search of the execution ground of one of George W...

BONUS: Anti-Revolutionary War Walking Tour announcement! from 2019-08-13T00:50:16

Announcing The Anti-Revolutionary War Walking Tour 

Sunday, AUGUST 25! Tour starts at 11am. Listen

Ep 11 - Behind Enemy Lines - The Unguarded Jamaica Pass from 2019-07-22T00:10:50

Welcome to the City Between Podcast where we explore the unexpected and forgotten corners of New York City's History. In the last few episodes we have explored the Revolutionary War i...

Ep 10 - Rise up and Fight Washington! - A Vision on Water Street from 2019-06-21T14:33:35

In this episode of the City Between we continue our exploration of New York in war time, as the city’s residents endured seven long years of war against Rebel forces from 1776-1783. We are going...

Ep 9 - To Kidnap a Prince - Hanover Square from 2019-05-15T15:12:03

In this episode we travel to the heart of the Anti-Revolutionary War - New York City in 1781. A city teeming with Loyalists and the headquarters of the British in their campaign against the Rebe...

Ep 8 - A Conspiracy Afoot - A Walk in the Village from 2019-04-10T13:42:28

In this episode of the City Between podcast we go on a walk in Greenwich Village in the cold winter of 1864 with two men - one who was contemplating the worst treachery - as they took a walk aro...

Ep 7 - The Lost Moorish Tower of Coney Island - A Mirage from 2018-10-19T20:46:25

City Between is a podcast about the unusual corners and nooks of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of a medieval Moorish tower built on the sands of Coney Island. Find more ...

Ep 6 - A Pirate Farm in Brooklyn - The Turk's Plantation from 2018-08-03T18:59:42

In this episode of City Between – the podcast of New York History’s forgotten and mysterious corners – we go on a slightly Quixotic hunt in Brooklyn for a remanent of the farm of Anthony Jansen ...

Ep 5 - Fernet Branca: Made in NYC from 2018-07-25T17:53:53

This is the City Between Podcast where we find and explore unusual stories about New York City that gives us fresh and unexpected perspective on this amazing town. 

In this episode we go ...

Ep 4 - A Vanished Mohawk Village in Brooklyn from 2018-07-25T17:45:03

In the City Between Podcast we seek after the lost and forgotten stories of New York City's history. Join us! 

In this episode we ask what became of a "Downtown Mohawk" - A community of N...

Ep 3 - The Kingdom of Ice from 2018-07-25T17:38:29

The City Between Podcast goes in search of the uncommon and forgotten stories of New York City's history. 

In this episode we seek out the lost kingdom of ice. We begin on a corner of Bed...

Ep 2 - A Tavern in Exile from 2018-07-25T17:32:49

The City Between Podcast searches out the hidden corners and forgotten stories of New York City and its history. Join us!

In this episode we travel to Queens to visit a bar in exile: Gott...

Ep 1 - Santa Claus is from New York City from 2018-07-25T17:22:17

The City Between podcast explores the unexpected and forgotten corners of New York City History. 

In this episode we uncover the astounding but forgotten story of New York City's greatest...