The Bowery Boys: New York City History
Tom Meyers, Greg Young
Decade-by-decade walking tours through Manhattan's physical evolution, hosted by two longtime amateur researchers.
Why we picked this
We picked The Bowery Boys: New York City History because it treats the city's past as a sprawling narrative rather than a list of dates. The hosts spend hours tracing forgotten street corners, architectural ghosts, and minor historical figures who shaped the five boroughs. The show trades dry academic distance for rigorous, steady storytelling. Its back catalog functions as a vast archive for anyone who wants to understand how a modern metropolis grew out of a swamp.
Recent episodes
Boss Tweed and His Gilded Age House of Corruption (Rewind)
Oct 23, 202655 min
Ghost Stories of Old New York (Live At Joe's Pub 2025)
Oct 16, 20261h 7m
#494 Scary Stories of Old New York
Oct 9, 20261h 26m
New York's Most Haunted Historic Places (Best of)
Oct 2, 20261h 4m
#493 The Fox Sisters: Summoning the Spirits
Sep 25, 20261h 24m
#492 How Mamie Fish Partied Her Way to Gilded Age Power
Sep 18, 20261h 1m
The World Trade Center in the 1970s (Rewind)
Sep 11, 20261h 4m
Little Italy: From Immigrant Enclave To Italian Theme Park (Rewind)
Sep 4, 202654 min
What's Up With Downtown Brooklyn? (Rewind)
Aug 28, 202659 min
The Story of SoHo: A Lofty History (Rewind)
Aug 21, 202655 min
The Gossip Game: The Man Who Blackmailed the Gilded Age
Aug 14, 202659 min
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