Episode 248 of the Bowry Boys. Sitting down with our favorite New Yorker, Ross Chast.

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Hi there, welcome to the Bowry Boys. This is Greg Young.

And this is Tom Myers.

And today we're in the holiday mood because here we are at the end of the year, at the

end of 2017. And we're looking back on a rather, well in many ways, unusual, momentarily.

Certainly.

Certainly in most ways.

Momentous year. We've been through a lot on this show this year, covered a lot of topics

from the pirate of New Amsterdam to George Washington's inauguration in New York City.

We've done a couple 19th century murder mysteries. A couple that's.

Yeah, from the early 19th century. And even covered the ghosts of Washington Square Park.

Right, that orb, that my asthma.

The my asthma.

We were stuck for three weeks in the roaring 20s where we looked at it from every angle, including the nightlife mayor

to the good times of prohibition and then the stock market crash.

I think some of our favorite shows this year were our neighborhood shows.

We got to visit a story on Long Island City. We got to go to Soho, Fifth Avenue and many other places.

40 Seconds Street. Don't forget 40 Seconds Street.

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