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'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning': New York City in the 1970s

'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning': New York City in the 1970s

FromCriminalia


'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning': New York City in the 1970s

FromCriminalia

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Bronx in the 1970s was a perfect storm of things going wrong in New York City: poor urban planning, white flight, budget cuts to municipal and social services, and discriminatory practices coverged into a pressure cooker -- and the outcome was fiery and devastating. But we can't talk about the Bronx burning without ending on the phoenix that emerged from the rubble: the birth of hip-hop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time?