The Bowery Boys

10/01/2025

Greg Young from the Bowery Boys has been podcasting about history for a very long time, and so has Nate DiMeo from The Memory Palace. In this special interview episode, Greg and Nate discuss the nature of memory and imagination in telling stories -- whether those stories be about elephant hotels or the Brooklyn Bridge. Listen today:

There were very few history podcasts around back in the year 2008, but the Bowery Boys Podcast was certainly here … and so was the Memory Palace, hosted by Nate DiMeo, presenting small, often forgotten vignettes from history in a descriptive narrative format. In this special interview episode, Gre...

06/01/2025

New in the Bowery Boys podcast feed this week -- a look at the world of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the incredible output of beautiful glass lamps and windows which helped to define the Gilded Age. WIth special guest Lindsy R. Parrott, the executive director at The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass. Listen today!

Lets start the new year with something beautiful shall we? The latest in the Bowery Boys podcast feed — join Carl Raymond, host of The Gilded Gentleman podcast, and Lindsy Parrott of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass at the Queens Museum, as the luxury and elegant behind the name — Tiffan...

20/12/2024

In the latest Bowery Boys podcast, we celebrate Greenwich Village as an American musical capital. The careers of many music legends sprouted from the small cellars and tenement stages of the Village, from Billie Holiday to Barbra Streisand. And on January 24, 1961, another young artist took to the stage of the Cafe Wha? -- Bob Dylan.

Greenwich Village is one of America’s great music capitals, an extraordinary distinction for an old neighborhood of tenements, townhouses, dive bars and a college campus. So many musical titans of jazz, folk, pop and rock and roll got their start in the Village’s many small nightclubs and coffee...

10/12/2024

Wanna put a little Halloween into your holidays? On Saturday, December 14 the Morris-Jumel Mansion hosts an after-dark event to investigate the spirits of the historic house. Explore the house with electro-magnetic detectors and dousing rods or get your tarot read! You might run into George Washington himself. (The home was famously his headquarters during the Revolutionary War.)Visit their website (morrisjumel.org) for more details. And happy Hallo … er, holidays!

06/12/2024

In the new Bowery Boys podcast, a beautiful library built for one of America's most powerful financiers celebrates its 100th year as a public institution -- the Morgan Library and Museum. Walk with Greg and Tom as they explore this unusual New York City landmark. Listen today on your favorite podcast player:

Does your personal library overwhelm your home? Are there too many books in your life — but you’ll never get rid of them? Then you have a lot in common with Gilded Age mogul J.P. Morgan! Morgan was a defining figure of the late 19th century, engineering corporate mergers and crafting monopolies ...

05/12/2024

A wonderful new show at the Morgan Library and Museum looks at the brief life and lasting legacy of Franz Kafka. The show features many printed works by Kafka including the original manuscript to The Metamorphosis. Loved it!

04/12/2024

The tradition began in 1931 during the Great Depression. Over the years, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and the tree lighting ceremony has both reflected the nation's mood and provided a brief relief from the real world.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has brought sparkle to Midtown Manhattan since the early 1930s. The holiday icon has a surprisingly dramatic history

30/11/2024

We've got the history of the Rockettes in this week's podcast. The precision dance troupe is a genuine New York City icon -- but the Rockettes got their start in Missouri (as the Rockets)!

The Rockettes are America’s best known dance troupe — and a staple of the holiday season — but you may not know the origin of this iconic New York City symbol. For one, they’re not even from the Big Apple! Formerly the Missouri Rockets, the dancers and their famed choreographer Russell Marke...

27/11/2024

Heading up to the balloon inflation today -- or planning on tuning into the parade on Thursday? Or just looking for something interesting to listen to while cooking for the holiday? Here's some perfect listening for the next two days -- our show on the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

What is Thanksgiving without the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? The annual march through Manhattan — terminating at Macy’s Department Store — has delighted New Yorkers for a century and been a part of the American tradition of Thanksgiving since it was first broadcast nationally on televisi...

22/11/2024

One of the stranger podcasts we've ever recorded -- a history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Ann episode full of strange creatures, B-list celebrities, ragamuffins, live animals, a forgotten fifty-mile Brooklyn parade rival and a caterpillar smoking a cigarette. PLUS some tips for seeing the parade in person. Listen today:

What is Thanksgiving without the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? The annual march through Manhattan — terminating at Macy’s Department Store — has delighted New Yorkers for a century and been a part of the American tradition of Thanksgiving since it was first broadcast nationally on televisi...

18/11/2024

We've had listeners for years asking how to give Bowery Boys Patreon memberships as gifts. Well FINALLY Patreon has come up with gift plans in case you're looking for a neat little present for the holidays.

Listeners have been asking us for years about ‘gift subscriptions’ to our Patreon page, where you can find hundreds of Patreon-only audio podcasts from the Bowery Boys — including our 40+ episodes of our new series Side Streets. Well good news! Patreon has just come up with a new program to gi...

08/11/2024

The energy and personality of New York City runs through its local businesses — mom-and-pop shops, independently run stores and restaurants, often family run operations. In this week's new podcast, we’re celebrating them with Nicolas Heller (aka New York Nico) whose new book highlights 100 of his favorite small businesses. Listen today! And share your favorite local places in the comments.

 The energy and personality of New York City runs through its local businesses — mom-and-pop shops, independently run stores and restaurants, often family run operations. We live in a world of chain stores, franchises, corporate run operations and online retailers that have run many of these kind...