Brooklyn, USA
81 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsBrooklyn, USA is a podcast that blends short documentary, hyperlocal journalism, personal narratives, sound art and audiovisual experimentation to reflect the diversity and beauty of our borough. We deliver New York stories told by the people who live them, and cover issues that impact our community in its own voice. #BKUSA
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20 | For Our Own Care
February 01, 2020 00:30 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBThis month, we’re looking for ways to get better without breaking the bank. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Sasha Whittle, and Charlie Hoxie. “The Life That They Want” was produced by Khyriel Palmer. “Parallels I See Between” was produced by Jasia Kaulbach. “Take Care Of Ourselves” was produced by Emily Boghossian. “Black Boys Play” was produced by Martine Granby. Tell us a story. Read the transcript here: sho...
More Than Slam | Part 3
January 20, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBWelcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next. ••• More Than Slam is hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic. The series is produced by Emily Boghossian, Nia I'man Smith and Jessica Sucher. It is recorded by Onel Mulet and Eric Haugesag, and edited by Shorouk Elmady. Our executive producer is Sachar Mathias. If you want to get in touch, leave us a comment, tweet @BR...
BONUS | L'offre Et La Demande
December 23, 2019 21:00 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBEvery November, people from all over the country come to Brooklyn to jockey for the best sidewalk corners and empty lots, set up their stands, and sling Christmas trees for up to $130 a pop. Producer James Dinneen spent the dog days of December wandering around Brooklyn, talking to the seasonal workers and year-round farmers running these pop-up stands. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. “L'offre Et La Demande” was produced and edited by James Di...
19 | It Doesn’t Happen Again
December 07, 2019 04:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBThis month, we’re staring down the barrel and looking for answers to America’s gun problem. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Sasha Whittle, and Charlie Hoxie. “Content Likely To Incite” was produced by Maria Luisa Tucker with music from Blue Dot Sessions “The God Squad” was produced by Sriyanka Ray and edited by Anna Lueck. You can watch the video version of this short documentary, here. “A Dot On A Map”, “YO S.O....
More Than Slam | Part 2
November 25, 2019 19:00 - 53 minutes - 74.4 MBWelcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next. ••• More Than Slam is hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic. The series is produced by Emily Boghossian, Nia I'man Smith and Jessica Sucher. It is recorded by Onel Mulet and Eric Haugesag, and edited by Shorouk Elmady. Our executive producer is Sachar Mathias. If you want to get in touch, leave us a comment, tweet @BR...
18 | A Duck In The Distance
November 01, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBThis month, we’re defining the relationship we’re in with the planet. Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Sasha Whittle, and Charlie Hoxie. Between a Human and a Fish was produced by Reva Goldberg. Thanks to Martice Smith, The World Science Festival, the Billion Oyster Project and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation for their help with the piece. These Rocks Don’t Belong Here was produced by James Dinneen. These Things...
17 | And They Just Boom Boom
October 07, 2019 23:00 - 40 minutes - 56.5 MBThis month, we’re finding sparks of joy and celebrating life. • The Brooklyn, USA podcast is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. The Summit was produced by Shirine Saad and edited by Khyriel Palmer. You can watch their documentary short on Brooklyn’s Soul Summit party here. Your Outside House was written and produced by Syd Baloue. God Bless His Taste In Music was produced by Shirin Barghi and Emily Boghossian. You can watch the trailer for Mohamed Abo El Wafa’s ...
More Than Slam | Part 1
September 27, 2019 16:30 - 45 minutes - 63.4 MBWelcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next. ••• More Than Slam is hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic. The series is produced by Emily Boghossian, Nia I'man Smith and Jessica Sucher. It is recorded by Onel Mulet and edited by Shorouk Elmady. Our executive producer is Sachar Mathias. If you want to get in touch, leave us a comment, tweet @BRICradio, leave us a m...
Introducing: More Than Slam
September 23, 2019 23:30 - 43 seconds - 2.43 MBThis season on Brooklyn, USA, we're taking you behind the scenes and into the minds of the Brooklyn Slam Team with More Than Slam. More Than Slam is a new, four-part series hosted by Mahogany Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the past, present, and future of slam poetry. Episode 1 of More Than Slam is coming soon! So keep your ears open and your eyes on the Brooklyn, USA feed. Read transcript here: shorturl.at/agFJN
16 | My Light Is A Bright Light
July 23, 2019 23:00 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBThis month, we’re finding our faith and losing our religion. ••• This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. • Sound Was A Medicine was produced and edited by Emily Boghossian. You can find out more about Nate Martinez and his sound healing practice here. • Skater Spirit was produced and edited by Khyriel Palmer. • Sisters on a Train was produced and edited by Sasha Whittle. • Is Santeria Real? was produced by writer and content creator Lorena ...
Introducing TELL!
June 14, 2019 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.37 MBTELL is a bimonthly, live storytelling podcast that centers queer voices and is hosted by Drae Campbell. #TELLqueerstories For more Drae Campbell, visit www.draecampbell.com Our theme song was written and recorded by Peter Lettre and Drae Campbell. ••• #TELL is part of the BRIC Radio family. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio.
Introducing: TELL!
June 14, 2019 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.37 MBTELL is a bimonthly, live storytelling podcast that centers queer voices and is hosted by Drae Campbell. #TELLqueerstories For more Drae Campbell, visit www.draecampbell.com Our theme song was written and recorded by Peter Lettre and Drae Campbell. ••• #TELL is part of the BRIC Radio family. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio.
15 | At First They Were Completely Quiet
June 08, 2019 02:00 - 45 minutes - 103 MBLife is more than meets the eye, so today we’re celebrating its sound. ••• This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. The Cricket Song was produced by Lene Bech Sillesen, and featured music from Adam Brody and Jude Tallichet. The World As An Instrument was produced by Lindsay Skedgell and edited by Emily Boghossian. You can watch Lindsay’s short film about Angelica Negron on BRIC TV. Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was produ...
14 | We Witness Small Things
May 24, 2019 19:30 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBWe hear from the community on what Justice means to them, at the 2019 BRIC OPEN Festival. *** This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced and edited by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. The Collaborative Podcasting sessions at this year’s BRIC OPEN Festival were produced by Liam Billingham, Keith Kaminski, PJ Ryan and Greg Anderson-Elysee. Thanks again to everyone who stopped by to give us a piece of their mind. If you want to get in touch, leave us a comment, tweet @BRICradio,...
13 | I Gotta Get Outta Here
April 30, 2019 00:00 - 37 minutes - 86.6 MBStories of Humanity featuring Johnny Hincapie, Leroy Harris, Mark Denny, Carlos Sanchez, Phony Ppl and The Innocence Project – live at the BRIC Open Festival, 2019. *** This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced by Sachar Mathias, Sriyanka Ray, Myra Al-Rahim and Emily Boghossian. Stories of Humanity: A Night With The Innocence Project and Phony People was produced by Lia Crockett and Vanity Gee for the 2019 BRIC Open festival. Thank you to The Innocence Project and Phony Ppl for s...
12 | Big Deal, I’m Dead. So What? You Know.
December 19, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBIt has been said that he not busy being born is busy dying. *** Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. "Corpse Flower" was produced by Emily Boghossian and Brian Vines, with help from Mayumi Sato. You can follow Brian into the field, and inside the issues that matter on his BRIC TV series, "Going In With Brian Vines" https://bit.ly/2sesJ8k and on IG here: https://bit.ly/2EIgUA0 "Shatzi Weisberger Believes That Death," was produced by Shirin Barghi and e...
11 | This Day That We Had Together
November 25, 2018 00:00 - 15 minutes - 36 MBWhat’s the deal with women and audio? *** Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. Thanks again to Annie Rose Malamet, Keisha “TK” Dutes, Paola Messina and Ah-Keisha McCants for putting this workshop together with us, and to TK for producing and editing all of the audio recorded therein. Annie hosts and produces a podcast called Relevant, over at Posture Magazine: https://bit.ly/2R8Ngq0 TK hosts the Bondfire Radio morning show “TK In The AM” on Mondays, Wedn...
10 | A World-Class View of Next Door
October 18, 2018 23:04 - 37 minutes - 85.8 MBThis week, we're going home and we're taking you with us. Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. "NYCHA: The Cost of Living | A #BHeard Town Hall" was produced by Ro Johnson and Brian Vines, and can be viewed in its entirety here: https://bit.ly/2pYN8O2 Our sound walk through the Sea Park Apartments was produced by Emily Boghossian and Khyriel Palmer. Our Ebbets Field history lesson was produced by Victoria Marin. And special thanks to Najee Omar for dropp...
9 | I Remember I Forgot
September 28, 2018 00:00 - 17 minutes - 40.6 MBWelcome back to Brooklyn, USA. We’re kicking off our second season with two stories that would’ve ended very differently, if it weren’t for a well-timed intervention. In the first, three sisters keep each other grounded while jumping over a series of hurdles. In the second, a war machine is rescued from its violent past, and given new life as a work of public art. Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Myra Al-Rahim and Sasha Whittle. Sasha who won the Best Y...
#BKUSA | God Don’t Make No Junk
June 29, 2018 19:14 - 5 minutes - 13.9 MBOn Saturday, June 9th, thousands gathered along 5th Avenue in Park Slope to celebrate Brooklyn Pride. According to the 2017 census, New York City has the largest number of self-identifying LGBTQ+ residents in the country. However, Brooklyn’s LGBTQ+ population is threatened by the same exclusionary forces that marginalize gay, lesbian and transgender folks in conservative, small towns across America. Sarah Grochowski went out onto the streets and into the crowd to meet some loud & pr...
8 | These Roads Only Go So Many Places
May 25, 2018 00:00 - 40 minutes - 92.2 MBWe’re hitting the road for the summer– but before we do, we’re taking you on a ride. First, we go on an imaginary cab ride. Then, we get to the bottom of Brooklyn’s pothole problem. Next, we go deep underground to find out what’s happening with the New York City Subway. And finally, we head out west, and hit some turbulence on the way back. If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. And getting there is half the fun in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is prod...
7 | Between Us And The Other
April 26, 2018 00:00 - 33 minutes - 77.2 MBFor four days in April, BRIC Arts Media hosted the second annual BRIC Open Festival: an exploration of the borders that exist in and around our world. Today, we're bringing you stories from the borders people cross to get into, out of, around and through Brooklyn. In the first, a mother makes an impossible decision in order to give her children a better life. Then, a group of high school students leave Brooklyn for the weekend, and wind up all over the world. Then, back at home, a c...
#BKUSA | Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire
April 01, 2018 12:33 - 5 minutes - 13.4 MBA watched pot never boils, in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. This episode features Andie Milares, Brian Vines, Charlie Hoxie, Charles Hailer and music from the de Wolfe music library. If you like what you hear, wanna advertise on our show, or just want to get in touch, you can leave us a comment, tweet us @ BRIC RADIO or leave a message at (347) 504-0801. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit ww.bricarts...
6 | I Get To Carry Those Stories Around With Me
February 28, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 68.1 MBBlack History Month 2018 was one for the books. We saw millions of fans celebrate #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay on Superbowl Sunday, Sade announce her first musical release in seven years for the Ava Duvernay-directed A Wrinkle In Time, the Obama presidential portraits unveiled, and The Golden State Warriors opt out of the traditional White House visit to instead take a group of students to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. We even saw a Black L...
#BKUSA | I Am Not A Valentine’s Day Person, Anymore
February 14, 2018 00:00 - 6 minutes - 9.57 MBWelcome back to Brooklyn, USA. We're halfway through putting together our next episode, but wanted to wish you a happy Valentine's Day in the meantime. Here's Joan... ••• This piece was produced by Emily Boghossian and Khyriel Palmer, with Sachar Mathias, and featured music from the de Wolfe music library. Thanks to Joan Andre for telling her story. You can follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kingsilvy. If you like what you hear, think we got something wrong or just...
5 | I Didn't Know How Easily The Ocean Could Be Reached
January 07, 2018 00:00 - 30 minutes - 70.1 MBThe conversations around sexual assault, harassment, and inequality that started last year continued into this one, amid half-baked apologies and the constant, widespread undermining of women’s rights and interests. Less than a day into 2018, actresses and activists teamed up to declare that the clock had run out on toxic masculinity. Two days later, Tina Smith was sworn into office, bringing the number of women currently serving in the Senate to a record-breaking 22. Meanwhile, wom...
4 | It Crumples Into Dust While You're Turning The Pages
November 09, 2017 00:00 - 33 minutes - 76.9 MBSpend a day with us – a day out of our forgotten past – starting with a walk on the Brooklyn Heights promenade where a mysterious plaque asks more questions than it answers. Then, a tour takes us underground and back in time. And finally, a giant fossil, dug up out of Brooklyn’s industrial age gets retrofitted for its shiny new future. Can you dig it? Today's headlines: yesterday's news. Night or day, may it always grow in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is produced and edited by S...
3 | This Can't Be The End of This (I'm Having Too Much Fun)
September 26, 2017 00:00 - 32 minutes - 49.3 MBHow did you spend your summer vacation? We spent ours in a park in Crown Heights. It’s hard to talk about Crown Heights without talking about how it’s changed in recent years— rising rents, shifting demographics, new businesses built on top of old wounds. But reducing a neighborhood to it's own displacement erases the people who've been there all along, who've built it up, and who often still call it home. We celebrated the end of summer by walking around Crown Heights and talking t...
2 | A Big Plate of Rice
June 28, 2017 00:00 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBFor many, living in Brooklyn is an easy choice to make. But for those who have come to Brooklyn fleeing war and seeking asylum, the story is more complicated. On this trip through Brooklyn, USA, journalist Sriyanka Ray brings you the stories of three Brooklynites who are here not by choice, but by necessity. In the first, a 16-year-old from Yemen traverses international borders and high school girl-dom. In the second, a physician who misses his family in Libya dreams of raising his ...
1 | Truth Rules
February 13, 2017 15:36 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBSome rules weren't meant to be broken: do unto others as you would have them do unto you; look both ways before crossing the street; "i" before "e," except after "c." Some rules were born to bend: don't wear white after Labor Day; speak only when spoken to; don't talk politics or religion on a first date. And then there's the 2017 version of rules, where it's unclear if they even exist anymore and, if they do, whether or not that they apply to everyone– or just the people who can't ...
Welcome to Brooklyn, USA
September 29, 2016 19:58 - 1 minute - 1.57 MBWanna hear a good story? Come to Brooklyn, USA. You'll meet the people, the places, the moments and the memories that make Brooklyn the capital of the world. You can hear stories from Brooklyn, wherever you are, and stories you wont hear anywhere else. Here's a sneak peek at the tales we're gonna tell you. Wanna tell us a story? Send us an email at [email protected] Read the transcript here: https://rb.gy/nrlr2v