- 33
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- 799
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Empire City
The police tell us they are here to protect us. But what if their original purpose was something else altogether? Peabody Award-winning host Chenjerai Kumanyika takes listeners on a journey to uncover the hidden history of the largest police force in the world – from its roots in slavery, to rival police gangs battling across the city, to everyday people who resisted every step of the way. As our society debates where policing is going, Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD explores where the police came from. From Wondery, Crooked Media and PushBlack. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
- Publisher
- Audible | Crooked Media
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Jun 2024
- Latest episode
- 28 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
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[…] I used to work in finance and now work in communications for a large tech company. My life has pretty much always been about work, my family and my friends. My day to day has just never been anything out of the ordinary. Then in June of 2020, a few months into the global pandemic that had us all in lockdown, something happened that changed my life forever. I got this Facebook message from a woman asking me if I was the daughter of Lori Malloy. I had an Aunt Allison from East Providence, Rhode Island. And I was like, sorry, but who are you? And like, what is this? She tells me her name is Louise and some info about my family that I don't understand how she knows. […]
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- Dan Taberski
- Leon Neyfakh
- Gracie Canaan
- Lamont Jones
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 440 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 359 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100
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- Quality
- 50
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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