We’re bringing you something special this week. The trailer for a new podcast produced by Pineapple Street Studios called Love Thy Neighbor.

Hosted by journalist Collier Meyerson, this five-episode series is about two communities in the New York City neighborhood of Crown Heights: the Lubavitch Jewish community and the Caribbean-American community.

It’s a story about immigration; white flight; the downfall of New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins; and the rise of Rudolph Giuliani. But it’s also a story about Meyerson’s own journey as a Black, Jewish New Yorker and what it means to be a neighbor.

Love Thy Neighbor is available now wherever you listen to your favorite shows!

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Introducing: Love Thy Neighbor

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

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Documentary

The New York City subway system turns 120 years old later this year so we thought we'd honor the world's longest subway system with a supersized overview history.

Rewind: History of the New York City Subway

The story of a filthy and dangerous train ditch that became one of the swankiest addresses in the world -- Park Avenue.

#431 Park Avenue: History with a Penthouse View

Few areas of the United States have as endured as long as Flushing, Queens, a neighborhood with almost over 375 years of history and an evolving cultural landscape that includes Quakers, trees, Hollywood films, world fairs, and new Asian immigration.

#430 The Story of Flushing: Queens History, Old and New

Tom visits the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side to walk through the reconstructed two-room apartment of an African-American couple who lived in 1870 on Laurens Street in today’s Soho neighborhood.

#429 The Moores: A Black Family in 1860s New York

The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s most famous novel, an enduring classic of Old New York that has been rediscovered by a new generation. What is it about this story of Newland Archer, May Welland and Countess Olenska that readers respond to today?

Introducing: Love Thy Neighbor

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