ABC Gotham

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In Episode F, your hosts Kate and Kathleen describe the fetid rancid squalid nightmare that was the Five Points neighborhood.  This was the worst slum in the history of the planet.  (Okay, tied for worst with London's East End circa 1841.)  Learn where it was and how it came about.  Hear about the horrific living conditions, famous criminals from the area (including Hellcat Maggie!), and the reformers who helped spur unprecedented recovery. If you want to learn more: Five Points: The Book! Gangs of New York: The Book!

In Episode F, your hosts Kate and Kathleen describe the fetid rancid squalid nightmare that was the Five Points neighborhood.  This was the worst slum in the history of the planet.  (Okay, tied for worst with London's East End circa 1841.)  Learn where it was and how it came about.  Hear about the horrific living conditions, famous criminals from the area (including Hellcat Maggie!), and the reformers who helped spur unprecedented recovery. If you want to learn more: Five Points: The Book! Gangs of New York: The Book!

In Episode F, your hosts Kate and Kathleen describe the fetid rancid squalid nightmare that was the Five Points neighborhood.  This was the worst slum in the history of the planet.  (Okay, tied for worst with London's East End circa 1841.)  Learn where it was and how it came about.  Hear about the horrific living conditions, famous criminals from the area (including Hellcat Maggie!), and the reformers who helped spur unprecedented recovery. If you want to learn more: Five Points: The Book! Gangs of New York: The Book!

The Trial of the Century was a smoking- hot mess that made a mockery of justice and ultimately destroyed the life of  the luminously beautiful It Girl  Evelyn Nesbit.  Her cracked-out husband, Pittsburgh heir Harry K. Thaw, shot her paramour, world- class architect Stanford White, in the FACE, killing him before hundreds of witnesses.   The resulting arrests, court cases, and aftermath gripped a nation obsessed with the kinky stories of the rich and famous.  And NONE of this is exaggeration.

The Trial of the Century was a smoking- hot mess that made a mockery of justice and ultimately destroyed the life of  the luminously beautiful It Girl  Evelyn Nesbit.  Her cracked-out husband, Pittsburgh heir Harry K. Thaw, shot her paramour, world- class architect Stanford White, in the FACE, killing him before hundreds of witnesses.   The resulting arrests, court cases, and aftermath gripped a nation obsessed with the kinky stories of the rich and famous.  And NONE of this is exaggeration.

The Trial of the Century was a smoking- hot mess that made a mockery of justice and ultimately destroyed the life of  the luminously beautiful It Girl  Evelyn Nesbit.  Her cracked-out husband, Pittsburgh heir Harry K. Thaw, shot her paramour, world- class architect Stanford White, in the FACE, killing him before hundreds of witnesses.   The resulting arrests, court cases, and aftermath gripped a nation obsessed with the kinky stories of the rich and famous.  And NONE of this is exaggeration.

Kate and Kathleen debunk some of the NYC stories you learned in school or heard from friends. Albino alligators in the sewers are just the beginning. There are a million myths in this town and we deliver the truth about the best of them. If your grandparents came through Ellis Island, if you're afraid of the Mole People, or if the cops in your precinct can seem a bit TOO ticket- crazy, you need to listen.

Kate and Kathleen debunk some of the NYC stories you learned in school or heard from friends. Albino alligators in the sewers are just the beginning. There are a million myths in this town and we deliver the truth about the best of them. If your grandparents came through Ellis Island, if you're afraid of the Mole People, or if the cops in your precinct can seem a bit TOO ticket- crazy, you need to listen.

Kate and Kathleen debunk some of the NYC stories you learned in school or heard from friends. Albino alligators in the sewers are just the beginning. There are a million myths in this town and we deliver the truth about the best of them. If your grandparents came through Ellis Island, if you're afraid of the Mole People, or if the cops in your precinct can seem a bit TOO ticket- crazy, you need to listen.

In Episode 3,  ABC Gotham's amateur historians, Kate and Kathleen,  discuss the history of contagions  NYC, including intractable battles with yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, and Spanish influenza.  This mega- episode will tell you about famous patients, major hospitals, heartless conspiracies, and the leisurely beginnings of the New York City Board of Health.  You'll want to wash your hands both before and after hearing this podcast. Links to check out after listening: Amazing pictures of North Brother Island Our theme song in its entirety Big Rude Jake, the composer and performer of our theme song

In Episode 3,  ABC Gotham's amateur historians, Kate and Kathleen,  discuss the history of contagions  NYC, including intractable battles with yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, and Spanish influenza.  This mega- episode will tell you about famous patients, major hospitals, heartless conspiracies, and the leisurely beginnings of the New York City Board of Health.  You'll want to wash your hands both before and after hearing this podcast. Links to check out after listening: Amazing pictures of North Brother Island Our theme song in its entirety Big Rude Jake, the composer and performer of our theme song

In Episode 3,  ABC Gotham's amateur historians, Kate and Kathleen,  discuss the history of contagions  NYC, including intractable battles with yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, and Spanish influenza.  This mega- episode will tell you about famous patients, major hospitals, heartless conspiracies, and the leisurely beginnings of the New York City Board of Health.  You'll want to wash your hands both before and after hearing this podcast. Links to check out after listening: Amazing pictures of North Brother Island Our theme song in its entirety Big Rude Jake, the composer and performer of our theme song

In Episode 2,  ABC Gotham's amateur historians, Kate and Kathleen, discuss beer and breweries  in the 5 boroughs throughout history.  We start in the 1850's with Knickerbocker, Ruppert, Ballantine, Schlitz, Rhenigold, and Piels, and take you all the way up to today with Brooklyn Brewery, Bronx Brewery, Sixpoint, and Chelsea.  Beer is unstoppable!  Neither Prohibition nor anti- German sentiment could stop NYC brewing for good.  You better grab a pint for this episode, because all that talking is going to make you thirsty. Links to check out after listening: Website of Gotham Center for NYC History, a CUNY center that provided a lot of info for this episode Brooklyn Brewery Bronx Brewery Urban Oyster-- excellent, informative walking/ bus tours of NYC NY Historical Society Beer Here Exhibition NY Historical Society Beer Appreciation Night on July 10-- see you there!

In Episode 2,  ABC Gotham's amateur historians, Kate and Kathleen, discuss beer and breweries  in the 5 boroughs throughout history.  We start in the 1850's with Knickerbocker, Ruppert, Ballantine, Schlitz, Rhenigold, and Piels, and take you all the way up to today with Brooklyn Brewery, Bronx Brewery, Sixpoint, and Chelsea.  Beer is unstoppable!  Neither Prohibition nor anti- German sentiment could stop NYC brewing for good.  You better grab a pint for this episode, because all that talking is going to make you thirsty. Links to check out after listening: Website of Gotham Center for NYC History, a CUNY center that provided a lot of info for this episode Brooklyn Brewery Bronx Brewery Urban Oyster-- excellent, informative walking/ bus tours of NYC NY Historical Society Beer Here Exhibition NY Historical Society Beer Appreciation Night on July 10-- see you there!