In this AudioFiles episode, we report on a mega project plan that would transform Brooklyn’s waterfront, check in on striking Starbucks workers, and hear about tension between different faith groups at City College.

Host: Tyler Paz

Producers: Jarrod Barry and Rebecca Raghunath

Associate Producers: Mary Beech and Tyler Paz

Reporters: Niamh McAuliffe, Steve Kastenbaum, Rebecca Raghunath, Mary Beech, and Gabrielle Santas

Editors: Curtis Fox, Richard Yeh, and Kalli Anderson

Audio Engineers: Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson

Guests: Tasnim Jackson and Elaine Sanders

Music by Megatrax

In this episode of AudioFiles, we check in on a number of legislation being considered at the city and state levels in the waning weeks of the legislative sessions, on issues ranging from pay raises for teaching assistants to protection of horseshoe crabs. And we have a dispatch from East Harlem on how small businesses are feeling the effects of “La Migra.”

Host: Mary Beech

Producer: Niamh McAuliffe

Associate Producer: Steve Kastenbaum

Reporters: Jarrod Barry, Rebecca Raghunath, Tyler Paz, Carlin McCarthy, and Sophie Hayssen

Editors: Richard Yeh, Curtis Fox, and Kalli Anderson

Engineers: Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson

Guests: Sahalie Donaldson and Matan Diner

Music by Megatrax

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In this AudioFiles episode, we report on environmental advocates’ pushback on a natural pipeline off the south shore of Staten Island that's been given the go-ahead from the NYS DEC. Then, a look at NYC's plan to bring relief to the chronically flood-prone neighborhood of Jewel Streets near the Brooklyn-Queens border. And we hear the story of one New Yorker's endeavor to rehabilitate and rehome red-eared sliders abandoned in NYC to their native habitat in the south.

Host: Niamh McAuliffe

Producer: Steve Kastenbaum

Associate Producer: Rebecca Raghunath

Reporters: Steve Kastenbaum, Jarrod Barry, Jenna Post, Bella Week, and Ella Walsh

Editors: Richard Yeh and Curtis Fox

Audio Engineers: Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson

Guests: Gwynne Hogan and Neela Jain

Music Credits: Megatrax

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Taxpayers across New York State are poised to get inflation refund checks between $150 and $400. But just what do they plan to do with that money?

After sundown, a group of New Yorkers gather in Prospect Park to learn more about one of the city’s most elusive residents: bats.

Reported and produced by Niamh McAuliffe

Guest: Ronnie Almonte

Bat sounds provided by Nic Comparato

In this AudioFiles episode, we get the final arguments from mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, head to Prospect Park after dark to hear from flying mammals, and ask New Yorkers what they plan to do with their inflation refund checks.

Host: Rebecca Raghunath

Producer: Mary Beech

Associate Producer: Jarrod Barry

Reporters: Niamh McAuliffe, Steve Kastenbaum, Jarrod Barry, Tyler Paz, and Mary Beech

Editors: Richard Yeh and Curtis Fox

Audio Engineers: Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson

Guests: Grace Rauh, John Samuelsen, and Annie McDonough

Music Credits: Felix Toma, Citokid, Felix Mannherz, and Michael Bibo

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In this season premiere of AudioFiles, we explore the proliferation of sports betting apps, check in on NYC voters ahead of the mayoral election, visit a popular night market at Fordham Plaza, and drop in on urban keepers in Battery Park.

Host: Steve Kastenbaum

Producer: Tyler Paz

Associate Producer: Niamh McAuliffe

Reporters: Rebecca Raghunath, Jarrod Barry and Mary Beech

Guests: Emily Swanson, Kristin LaBuz and Jane Carbonaro

Editors: Richard Yeh and Curtis Fox

Audio Engineer: Chad Bernhard

Music Credits: Felix Thoma, David Casas Berges and Yurii Tereshchenko

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Kristin LaBuz of Open House New York in conversation with Steve Kastenbaum of AudioFiles.

Photo of Gowanus Canal self-guided canoe trips by Nicole Vergalla.

Auditioning in New York City is challenging, especially for a living. For foreign-born artists, attempting to succeed on the Great White Way is even more complicated. In this episode, Costa Rican actress Nea Somogyi takes us behind the curtain of the auditioning world in the eyes of an international performer.

Content Warning: This episode may include some mature language.

Hosted and reported by Max Martinez Villalobos. Reported and produced by Owen Racer. Edited by Curtis Fox. Engineering support by Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson. Music by Owen Racer and Kevin Macleod. Special thanks to the cast and crew of “Suitcase of Dreams, Next Stop: New York”.

Reporters Lauren Rapp and Perry Gregory explore what it's like to create a new life in New York City after decades of incarceration. Older adults are a growing population in US prison systems. When these individuals get out, they have to deal with a whole new set of problems: understanding technology, finding housing, and navigating the city.

In this episode, “What’s is Like” reporters visit the Marcus Garvey Supportive Housing apartment complex in Brooklyn, New York, where all the residents are older adults adjusting to a life of freedom.

Please be advised this episode mentions violent crime and adult language.

Credits

Reported, produced, voiced, and edited by Lauren Rapp and Perry Gregory. Edited by Curtis Fox. Studio Recording and Audio Engineering by Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson.

Featured music: “Lakkalia” and “Only Lara”— all by Blue Dot Sessions. [https://www.sessions.blue/]

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