Walt Whitman in New York and Brooklyn

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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EPISODE 283: A very special episode of the Bowery Boys podcast, recorded live at the Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn, celebrating the legacy of Walt Whitman, a writer with deep ties to New York City. On May 31, 2019, the world will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Whitman, a journalist who revolutionized American literature with his long-crafted work “Leaves of Grass.” The 19th-century cities of New York and Brooklyn helped shape the man Whitman would become, from its bustling newspaper offices to bohemian haunts like Pfaff’s Beer Cellar. To help us tell this story, Greg and Tom are joined by guests from the worlds of academia, literature and preservation: Karen Karbiener, NYU professor and head of the Walt Whitman Initiative, an international collective bringing together all people interested in the life and work of Walt Whitman Jason Koo, award-winning poet and founder and executive director of Brooklyn Poets, celebrating and cultivating the literary heritage of Brooklyn, the birthplace of American poetry Brad Vogel, executive director at the New York Preservation Archive Project and board member of the Walt Whitman Initiative, leading the drive to protect New York City-based Whitman landmark. Recorded as part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival presented by Pandora. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Support for the Bowrie Boys is provided by Ballet Next.
0:03.6	Be prepared for a blast of fresh air when Michelle Wiles Ballet Next returns to New York live arts, February 19th through 23rd.
0:14.2	Look out for the debut of a crop of new dancers handpicked from the University of Utah's Ballet program,
0:20.7	at which Wiles is currently a visiting professor.
0:23.7	These stars in the making will join Wiles and principal guest artists to perform two new ballets by Wiles and two ballets choreographed for Ballet Next by Mora Bigganzetti.
0:35.9	All set to live music.
0:37.8	Tickets are 90, 25, and $10 for students and seniors and available at New York Live Arts.org.
0:47.3	New York Live Arts is located at 219 West 19th Street in Chelsea.
0:53.6	The Bowrie Boys episode 282, Whitmania, celebrating Waltz, New York, and Brooklyn.
1:02.8	Hey, it's the Bowrie Boys.
1:04.6	Hey!
1:05.6	Support for the Bowrie Boys is provided by our listeners.
1:09.1	Join us for as little as a dollar a month by visiting patreon.com slash Bowrie Boys.
1:18.1	Hi there, welcome to the Bowrie Boys. This is Greg Young.
1:20.6	And this is Tom Myers.
1:22.1	And today we are celebrating all things Walt Whitman at Whitmania, a short history of the poet, the author and the journalist, with a focus on his years in Brooklyn and New York.
1:35.6	And welcome to a live Bowrie Boys recording.
1:39.1	We're honored to be recording today as part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival live here at the Bellhouse in Gowonis, Brooklyn.
1:48.6	Hello lovely audience.
1:50.6	Thank you.
1:55.1	Yes.
2:03.6	Obviously we wanted to call this originally the Whitman Sampler, but we thought that that was like too obvious and maybe a little old fashioned.
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