535 Episodes

  1. #255 The Rescue of Grand Central

    Published: 2/23/2018

  2. #254 The Destruction of Penn Station

    Published: 2/16/2018

  3. #253 Opening Day of the New York City Subway

    Published: 2/9/2018

  4. #252 The Underground Railroad: Escape through New York

    Published: 2/2/2018

  5. #251 McGurk's Suicide Hall: The Bowery's Most Notorious Dive

    Published: 1/18/2018

  6. #250 The Empire State Building: Story of an Icon

    Published: 1/12/2018

  7. #249 Madam C.J. Walker: Harlem's Hair Care Millionaire

    Published: 1/4/2018

  8. #248 Sitting Down with Roz Chast of the New Yorker

    Published: 12/22/2017

  9. #247 Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Golden Age of Broadway

    Published: 12/15/2017

  10. #246 Tales from a Tenement: Three Families on the Lower East Side

    Published: 12/7/2017

  11. #245 The Fall of the Fifth Avenue Mansions

    Published: 12/1/2017

  12. #244 The Rise of the Fifth Avenue Mansions

    Published: 11/24/2017

  13. #243 New York In Neon: Signs of the City

    Published: 11/17/2017

  14. #242 New York and the Dawn of Photography

    Published: 11/10/2017

  15. #241 Edgar Allan Poe in New York

    Published: 10/26/2017

  16. #240 The Ghosts of Greenwich Village

    Published: 10/20/2017

  17. #239 Murder at the Manhattan Well

    Published: 10/13/2017

  18. #238 Astoria and Long Island City

    Published: 9/29/2017

  19. #237 Columbus Circle: A Century of Controversy

    Published: 9/15/2017

  20. #236 Times Square in the '70s

    Published: 9/8/2017

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The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.