The Bowery Boys: New York City History
Hosted by The Bowery Boys · Tom Meyers, Greg Young
4.7from 4,306 ratings
- 577
- Episodes
- 103
- Transcribed
- 4,306
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2008
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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.
- Publisher
- Tom Meyers, Greg Young
- Category
- history · society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Sept 2008
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
103 of 577 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#492 How Mamie Fish Partied Her Way to Gilded Age Power
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The World Trade Center in the 1970s (Rewind)
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Little Italy: From Immigrant Enclave To Italian Theme Park (Rewind)
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#492 How Mamie Fish Partied Her Way to Gilded Age Power
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So Mamie's immediately starting to defy convention in a way that people really like and really appreciate. And if you have gone to five very formal dinners that week, you really welcome the opportunity to have a party where there are farm animals running around, where all the women are encouraged to pet baby goats. Right. And it's worth saying that, you know, theme parties are a thing today. Yeah, and they're a thing because of Mamie Fish. That's incredible. Yeah. But they were so novel at the time and they were even shocking to people that they would be asked to dress up in this way and to play these parts. […]
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- YouTube views
- 1,216,434,706
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 3,762 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 544 ratings
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- 86
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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