New York City in the 1860s, yet travel by horse or by foot, that's it.

Then somebody builds an underground train, precursor to subways, using giant fans to literally blow you from station to station.

But then a legendary political blowhard blows it up.

I'm Patty Steele, New York City's secret subway, next on the backstory.

The Black Information Network and six-time Emmy-nominated news anchor Vanessa Tyler

welcome you to Blackland a podcast about the ground on

which the black community stands right now from stories about salvation and

loss they did not love themselves enough to know their HIV status to not pass it on to me.

To dreams achieved or still yet unfulfilled.

From people who have made it.

We started a hospital-based violence intervention program called the Ivy Project and it stands for interrupting violence and using young adults.

To those who have been left behind.

But no one talks about the survivors of the gun violence and the numbers rising because the gun violence has risen.

Politically, financially, emotionally, spiritually.

This is where we are.

This is Blackland. And one of the things that my father said to me before he passed away,

it's almost like a prophecy.

He said that I would be helping men.

Listen to Blackland on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get. in the Johnny Carson theme, right? Hey, who wrote that?

Skiff, who do you think?

It's your buddy.

Hi everyone, I'm Paul Anka.

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