City Between - A New York History Podcast 2a4d5m

What (real) books can do differently. It's not exactly what you think. To read the essay and more, head to:  https://greenshade.substack.com/p/read-old-books-readiness-for-ai 

Introduction to the A.I. mines and the problem of Education.... Original essay here:  https://greenshade.substack.com/p/we-all-work-in-the-a-i-mines-explained 

The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park.  We go in search of the missing Dairy in Propect Park, Brooklyn.  Dispatches from the forests of New York City.  For the written version, images of the Dairy and more go to dovecote.substack.com 

Re-Enchantment of the Hudson Valley - Origins of Central Park  We go in search of the mystical project behind Central Park. Also hamburgers.  Dispatch from the forests of New York City.  For the written version and images head to dovecote.substack.com

  We wonder about the missing herds of cattle in New York City and praise milk.  Dispatches from the forests of New York City.  For the written verion and images go to dovecote.substack.com

The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park.  We go in search of the missing Dairy in Propect Park, Brooklyn.  Dispatches from the desk of the Chief Forester of NYC.  For the written version, images of the Dairy and more go to dovecote.substack.com   

Horses have been and should be a timeless feature of NYC. us as we review the horses at the dawn of the skyscraper age, their disappearance, and the future of our hood today. Read the article and find images at https://dovecote.substack.com/p/horses-make-nyc-beautiful

us as we reveal an on-going 200-year-old milk war in New York City, from the loss of our country milk to the current skim-milk law for our school children. To read this piece and see photos, etc, head over to dovecote.substack.com and subscribe. 

Come on a journey as we spot the goats in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, the sheep of Central Park, and contemplate beauty, pasture, health, and the future of our world. Find images and morea at the post for this episode at https://dovecote.substack.com/p/bring-the-sheep-back-to-central-park

In which we introduce a new season of City Between: Dovecote. New York City history, culture, animals, health and adventure. 

In this episode we go deep into a pressing issue of our time: Was the Brooklyn Bridge a Mistake?  This is the audio version of the article featured on the new Substack page Ever On from the creator of City Between. It is all about New York City travel, adventure, history and more. You can subscribe at everon.substack.com - lots more coming soon. 

In this episode of City Between we watch 1971's "The French Connection" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep Popeye, 1970s Locations, Sea Lemons, shabby pizza, NYPD, the French and more - us! Find out more information at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode of City Between we watch 1998's "The Siege" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep on deep on the Deep State, on Denzel Washington, FBI, Greenpoint, martial law in NYC, CIA working with the NYPD's "demographic unit", eating oranges and more. us! Find out more information at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurston.com. 

In this episode of City Between we unpack 1975's "Three Days of the Condor" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam discuss a *true* NY alley, CIA fronts in the city, sexy Max von Sydow, Robert Redford as "bookish", KGB's reaction to the film, the Faye Dunaway kidnapping and more... us! This is the first film in the trilogy of this month's theme: The Deep State. Find out more at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurson.com. 

In Season 2 of City Between we are watching films about New York City each month to talk about its history and culture. Each month we pick a theme and the next one is the "Deep State". We will be watching "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "The Siege" (1998), and "The Art of War" (2000). us! More info at www.citybetween.com and music by www.dylanthurston.com. 

This week we watch 1972's "The Godfather" to complete our theme of "Legendary Gangsters". Each week City Between uses a film to talk about the history and culture of NYC. Bruce and Sam dive in on the absence of the word "mafia", Marlon Brando, Andrew and Chris Cuomo's antagonistic relationship to the film, Frank Sinatra, Little Italy demographics, the America Italian Anti-Defamation League's mob problem, and more - us! Our theme music is by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and you can find our more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

us in Season 2 as we watch NY films to explore the city's culture and history. This week we are in the middle of our Legendary Gangster theme and watched 1989's "Harlem Nights". It remains the only time Eddie Murphy directed a film. For this one Bruce and Sam dig in on gangsters in 1930s Harlem, alley ways, Richard Pryor, Red Fox, Eddie Murphy's crazy career high at this time, the many strange and fascinating scenes in this idiosyncratic film, "The Cotton Club", and more - us! Music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and find our more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Next week we will watch "The Godfather". 

In Season 2 of City Between we take on a film each episode to talk about NYC's history and culture. In this episode we discuss Walter Hill's 1979 classic "The Warriors". Bruce and Sam talk Michael Jackson's "Bad" video, gang names in NY in the 1970s, the failing subway system, Xenophon, Greek themes, production trouble, the Furies, Riverside Park, Hoyt-Schermerhorn, cemeteries and more in our "Legendary Gang Stories" theme.  Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com). 

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films - Legendary Gang Stories - as well as some updates from NYC's reopening. We discuss what happened to the Raymond Street Jail, give a tip on the "The Great Gatsby" swimming pool and a report from Montero's Bar. Our new trilogy will begin next week. Find our more at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode we discuss Howard Hawke's 1940 film "His Girl Friday" to conclude our trilogy on the theme of Women at Work. Bruce and Sam dive deep on fast "natural" dialogue, the last hanging in NYC, rum in coffee, what is a "girl Friday", newspapers, corrupt mayors and more of NY culture and history. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com).