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Burning Gotham
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New York 1835: A City at its tipping point. It’s ten years since the completion of the Erie Canal. New York City’s population is now over 270,000. Most of these people live below Fourteenth Street in wooden or brick buildings no taller than five stories. The gap between rich and poor is rapidly expanding as each week thousands of new men and women pour onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets. Many come to earn an honest living. Others for more nefarious reasons. Several historical lives converge in this scripted audio fiction series about the fastest growing city in the world, and the opportunists who shaped it.
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Right now, experience New York City like you’ve never before. Will you make the right deal? Or fall to greed? But whatever you choose, just make sure you get out in time.Out now on your favorite podcast app, Burning Gotham — The 2022 Tribeca Select audio soap opera about the fastest growing city in the world, and the opportunists who shaped it.Find out more at BurningGotham.com
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 4These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world. In this episode we’ll wrap up the first eight Burning Gotham chapters. Burning Gotham Chapter seven is called: Welcome To Hell Gate. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Featured interviews:Greg You...
BURNING GOTHAM 008: MIDNIGHT ON SOUTH STREETAaron and Sorina have a tense meeting with Captain Jones. Chaos and violence soon erupts as Aaron receives bad family news. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________The Entire Cast:Eirik GislasonAlain LaforestKacie LaforestRoland LaneMary MurphyAnna PirogovNancy PopGustavo RodriguezMatthew RoperJames Scully___________MusicThank you to both The Hesperus Early Music Ensemble and The Iti...
BURNING GOTHAM 007: WELCOME TO HELL GATEAaron, Wyndham, Sorina, and Raisa go to John Jacob Astor’s estate, only to find he isn’t receiving. Sorina is angry. Aaron and Wyndham argue about mortgaging their future money on $2 Second National Bank plates. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________Cast:Eirik GislasonAlain LaforestKacie LaforestRoland LaneNancy PopGustavo RodriguezJames Scully___________Music:The Itinerant Band______...
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 3These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world. In this episode we’ll focus on The spoils system, John Jacob Astor, and development up Manhattan island. Burning Gotham Chapter five is called: Irving and Astor. ___________Download Episode Transcript__________...
BURNING GOTHAM 006: I PRAY FOR YOU TOOAaron Columbus runs a big errand for John Jacob Astor. It takes him to a rectory north of town. There, Brother Basil gives Aaron a tip on where to find genuine $2 Second National Bank plates. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________Cast:Alain LaforestRoland LaneNancy PopGustavo RodriguezJames Scully___________Engineer:Josh Wilcox of Brooklyn Podcasting Studio___________Director & Post...
BURNING GOTHAM 005: IRVING & ASTORWashington Irving calls upon Philip Hone. Aaron Columbus goes to pay John Jacob Astor at St. Paul’s Chapel.___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________Cast:Eirik GislasonAlain LaforestNancy PopGustavo RodriguezJames Scully___________Music:The Hesperus Early Music Ensemble___________Engineer:Josh Wilcox of Brooklyn Podcasting Studio___________Director & Post-Producer:James Scully___________Suppo...
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 2These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world. In this episode we’ll focus on New York immigration, disorder, and the richest woman in America. Burning Gotham Chapter three is called: Eliza Jumel. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Featured in...
BURNING GOTHAM 004: THE DIAMONDS WILL BE LATEAaron returns from the docks with some bad news for Wyndham, Sorina, and Raisa. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________Cast:Roland LaneAnna PirogovNancy PopJames Scully___________Engineer:Josh Wilcox of Brooklyn Podcasting Studio___________Director & Post-Producer:James Scully___________Support Burning Gotham on Patreon
BURNING GOTHAM 003: ELIZA JUMELMay 1st, 1835 — Aaron takes a carriage ride downtown with his godmother, Ms. Eliza Jumel—the richest woman in New York. She’s got a lot to say about Aaron’s countesses. Will her suggestions only prove to be a temporary respite?___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________Cast:Eirik GislasonMary MurphyJames Scully___________Music:The Itinerant Band___________Engineer:Josh Wilcox of Brooklyn Podcasting Studi...
BEYOND BURNING GOTHAM: EPISODE 1These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world. In this episode we’ll focus on New York laws, infrastructure, and politics. Burning Gotham Chapter one begins on May 1st, 1835: Moving Day. ___________Download Episode Transcript___________Featured interviews:D...
BURNING GOTHAM 002: BANKRUPTCYMay 1st, 1835 — It’s 11AM and we’re in Mayor Lawrence’s office. The arguing men include Democrats and Whigs like Aaron Clark, Gideon Lee, Abraham Schermerhorn, Philip Hone, and Washington Irving. The argument: How will we pay for this damned water?___________Download Episode Transcript___________Written By:Olga Lysenko & James Scully___________Cast:Eirik GislasonAlain LaforestRoland LaneNancy PopGustavo RodriguezMatt RoperJames Scully___________Music:The Itin...
BURNING GOTHAM 001: MOVING DAYMay 1st, 1835 — It’s a cold and rainy Moving Day. Every renter in New York is out on the street looking for lodging. Most of the city’s quarter-million live below Houston Street in buildings four stories or smaller, but construction is booming. New people are pouring onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets by the thousands. Rich and poor, many come to earn an honest living. Others for more nefarious reasons. It’s the perfect place to begin.Aaron Colu...
This November, experience New York City like you’ve never before. Will you make the right deal? Or fall to greed? But whatever you choose, just make sure you get out in time. Coming This November to your favorite podcast app, Burning Gotham — The new audio fiction soap opera about the fastest growing city in the world, and the opportunists who shaped it.Find out more at BurningGotham.com
It’s the Spring of 1835. We’re at the offices of The New York Sun, published by Benjamin Day and edited by George Wisner. When the Sun launched in 1833, it became New York’s first successful one-cent newspaper. Prior to the Sun’s launch, the most widely-read city papers were the Courier and Enquirer, Evening Post, Evening Star, and Commercial Advertiser. The City’s eleven merchant papers had a combined circulation of only 26,500. All were produced within a few blocks of each other near W...
May 1st, 1835. It’s a cold and rainy Moving Day. Every renter in New York is out on the street looking for lodging. Most of the city’s quarter-million live below Houston Street in buildings four stories or smaller, but construction is booming. New people are pouring onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets by the thousands. Rich and poor, many come to earn an honest living. Others for more nefarious reasons. And it’s the perfect place to begin. ———————————Coming soon to your ...
March 1835: Paris, France. What does an inheritance, a proposition, and two lovely Russian countesses have in common? Don’t be fooled, danger is coming. ___________Premiering soon on your favorite podcast app, Burning Gotham, the new scripted audio fiction podcast, set in 1835 New York City. Subscribe to this audio feed to learn more, or go to BurningGotham.com.
COMING SOON New York, 1835: A city at its tipping point.It’s ten years since the completion of the Erie Canal. New York City’s population is now over 270,000. Most of these people live below Fourteenth Street in wooden or brick buildings no taller than five stories. The gap between rich and poor is rapidly expanding as each week thousands of new men and women pour onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets. Many come to earn an honest living.Others for more nefarious reasons.___________A...
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