The Bowery Boys: New York City History
History

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

by Tom Meyers, Greg Young

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

100 episodes
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1
#481 How The West Village Became A Neighborhood
1:25:47 Mar 13, 2026
2
#480 The Streets of the West Village: Creating the Village
1:20:23 Feb 27, 2026
3
Frozen in Time: The Great Blizzard of 1888
47:48 Feb 22, 2026
4
How To Dig a Train Tunnel Under the Hudson River (from HISTORY This Week)
34:40 Feb 20, 2026
5
#479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante'
54:18 Feb 13, 2026
6
#478 The Disappearance of Judge Crater
1:04:40 Jan 30, 2026
7
The History of Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade
1:41:58 Jan 16, 2026
8
#477 Chester A. Arthur: The Gentleman Boss
46:44 Jan 2, 2026
9
#476 Hot Victorian Holiday: Bowery Boys History Live! at City Winery
1:15:43 Dec 23, 2025
10
#475 Subway Tokens, MetroCards and Other Historic Fare
1:16:40 Dec 19, 2025
11
The Great Fire That Transformed New York
34:56 Dec 12, 2025
12
#474 Made in France: The Statue of Liberty’s Forgotten Origin Story
1:21:33 Dec 5, 2025
13
The Last Ships From Hamburg: An Immigration Story
57:27 Nov 28, 2025
14
#473 The Other Side of Ellis Island
1:25:54 Nov 21, 2025
15
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: A History in Lights
47:18 Nov 14, 2025
16
#472 The Many Mysteries of Amelia Earhart
1:09:36 Nov 7, 2025
17
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Broadway History
57:15 Oct 24, 2025
18
#471 Ghost Stories of Long Island
1:33:41 Oct 10, 2025
19
#470 The Grand Tale of the Erie Canal
1:22:02 Sep 26, 2025
20
#469 Dominican New York: A History In The Heights
1:22:21 Sep 19, 2025
21
19th Century NoHo: Glamour, Greed, Money, and Murder
1:05:03 Sep 12, 2025
22
The Boy Mayor of New York
49:15 Sep 5, 2025
23
#468 Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue": A Jazz-Age Drama
1:06:27 Aug 29, 2025
24
History Daily: Pirate Tales!
32:49 Aug 22, 2025
25
#467 The Brooklyn Theatre Fire: The Forgotten Gilded Age Tragedy
48:53 Aug 15, 2025
26
#466 Pete's Tavern and McSorley's Old Ale House
1:23:56 Aug 8, 2025
27
#465 The Oldest Bars in New York City
1:20:03 Aug 1, 2025
28
#464 New York: The City of Oysters
1:24:27 Jul 25, 2025
29
#463 Gilded Age Golden Girls (Live At City Winery)
1:27:10 Jul 18, 2025
30
Spirits Podcast: Urban Legends with Greg Young
54:03 Jul 11, 2025
31
#462 The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916
48:58 Jul 3, 2025
32
The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue
1:29:27 Jun 27, 2025
33
#461 The Story of Inwood and Marble Hill
1:36:11 Jun 20, 2025
34
Children of the Gilded Age
50:01 Jun 13, 2025
35
#460 The Brooklyn Museum and the Birth of a New City
52:03 Jun 6, 2025
36
#459 Moses vs. Bard: The Battle for Castle Clinton
1:09:38 May 23, 2025
37
The Trial of John Peter Zenger (Rewind)
48:25 May 16, 2025
38
#458 Parkways and the Transformation of Brooklyn
55:43 May 9, 2025
39
#457 FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD
59:46 Apr 25, 2025
40
#456 Walking New York: Manhattan History on Foot with Keith Taillon
59:07 Apr 18, 2025
41
#455 House of Beauty: The Story of the Frick Collection
1:12:10 Apr 11, 2025
42
#454 Special Delivery: A History of the Post Office
1:22:59 Mar 28, 2025
43
#453 All The Beauty In The World: Guarding the Met with Patrick Bringley
58:53 Mar 21, 2025
44
#452 How New York Got Its Name
1:10:32 Mar 14, 2025
45
#451 The New Yorker Magazine: Talk of the Town for 100 Years
1:11:29 Feb 28, 2025
46
At The Movies with Meyers and Young (Side Streets)
59:35 Feb 21, 2025
47
#450 Harlem in the Jazz Age: A Renaissance in New York
1:23:32 Feb 14, 2025
48
#449 Italian Harlem: New York's Forgotten Little Italy
1:22:11 Jan 31, 2025
49
The Return of the Waldorf Astoria (Rewind)
51:52 Jan 17, 2025
50
#448 Inside the Memory Palace with Nate DiMeo
58:44 Jan 10, 2025
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