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Ramones/CBGB fans! Wanna be on the Bowery Boys Podcast? Just call us.
Did you ever see the Ramones play live -- either here in New York or elsewhere? Did you ever go to CBGBs during its heydey --…
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EventsThe Gilded Age Unplugged: A Special Event at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn
August 15, 2024
Are you a fan of HBO’s The Gilded Age, created by Julian Fellowes? Are you emotionally invested in the lives of Agnes van Rhijn, Bertha and George Russell, Peggy Scott and Marian Brook? Then we have a special event for you! Greg Young of…
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Announcing an epic new Bowery Boys podcast mini-series -- The Bowery Boys Adventures in the Netherlands. Exploring the connections between New York City and that fascinating…
American History
The Lenape Nation: Past, Present and Future
Consider the following show an acknowledgment – of people. For the foundations of 400 years of New York City history were built upon the homeland of…
Adventures In Old New York
In June: A globetrotting Bowery Boys Podcast mini-series adventure
Tom and Greg are out on the road again -- and this time, they need their passports. The Bowery Boys are currently recording material for an…
Mysterious Stories
The Earthquake of 1884! A few parallels to today’s quake
New York has never suffered severely from the effects of an earthquake. Most recently, the one felt in 2011— reportedly of 5.8 or 5.9 magnitude, centered around Virginia and affecting…
Gilded Age New York
What did Mrs. Astor Wear (Under There)? The Story of Gilded Age Undergarments
Fashion historian and author, Dr. Elizabeth L. Block returns to The Gilded Gentleman podcast for a truly “undercover” investigation. This time, Liz joins Carl to take a look at…
Black History
The Moores: A Black Family in 1860s New York
Tom visits the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side to walk through the reconstructed two-room apartment of an African-American couple, Joseph and Rachel Moore, who…
The Gilded Gentleman
The Age of Innocence: Celebrating Edith Wharton’s Masterpiece Novel
Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence is a perfect novel to read in the spring — maybe it's all the flowers — so we are presenting…
Amusements and Thrills
The New York Game: Baseball in the Early Years
Baseball, as American as apple pie, really is “the New York game.” While its precursors come from many places – from Jamestown to Prague – the…
Bowery Boys Bookshelf
Aarrgh Privateers and Pirates! Join Greg for the special book event with Eric Jay Dolin
PRIVATEERS, PIRATES AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Tuesday, March 26, 6:30pm at the New-York Historical Society (170 Central Park West) The story of the founding of the…