Each issue features an eclectic mix of stories, essays, audio drama, and short fiction about the past, present, and future of a borough that’s always changing. Brooklyn, USA is the home for all things seen, heard, felt, and experienced on Brooklyn’s streets, and in its farthest corners, that make the borough so brilliant, varied, and unique. 

 

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Brooklyn, USA Season 7 (Fall 2022) will take an in-depth look at “work” and the history and future of labor in Brooklyn and New York City. Each episode will approach the subject of “work” from a different angle – interviewing historians, sociologists, artists, activists, unionizing workers, co-workers, and anti-work movement builders to understand how “what we do” does and doesn’t define us.

*NEW* Issue 66 - The Solidarity Economy

Issue 65 - Slow Down A Little Bit
Issue 64 -  You Wanna Play?
Issue 63 - Get Up, Get Down, Brooklyn Is a Union Town
Issue 62 - The Worker Doesn't Go Away 
Issue 61 - Unions Are Cool Again

 

 

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Flatbush Fists
ISSUE NO. 43

Flatbush Fists

Watch this 5-part documentary series that explores the influence that the Martial Arts have had on New York City culture since the 1960s and 70s.

When You Listen To Them Now
ISSUE No. 40

When You Listen To Them Now

Since anything’s possible when you’re speaking hypothetically, let’s just assume that the future's so bright, we gotta wear shades.

I've Never Seen The Sun Like That Here
ISSUE No. 39

I've Never Seen The Sun Like That Here

We thought that we were maybe getting back to normal, but instead, we’re redefining it. Again. And again.

It Gets Hotter as the Day Goes Along
ISSUE No. 37

It Gets Hotter as the Day Goes Along

BRIC Radio Junior Meteorologist Griff City is your guide for another trip through this moment in time.

All These Deserted Dining Halls
ISSUE No. 36

All These Deserted Dining Halls

We all know that New York will never be the same, and won’t feel anything near normal until it’s fully back in business, buying, selling, and never asleep.

Being Awoken
ISSUE No. 33

Being Awoken

This week, instead of our regularly scheduled audio salad, we’re serving up a full TV Dinner.

Something I Never Thought I'd See
ISSUE No. 31

Something I Never Thought I'd See

Until we get exactly what we want, we’ll be pumping our fists at the intersection of stand up and fight back.

A Woodpecker Without A Beak | -19,’20
ISSUE No. 29

A Woodpecker Without A Beak | -19,’20

While we wait for things to turn around, we’ll be six feet apart at the intersection of immunity and incumbency, on a corner we’ve been calling -19,’20.

If We Die, We Die & Maybe There Are More | -19,’20
ISSUE No. 25.1 & 25.2

If We Die, We Die & Maybe There Are More | -19,’20

New York’s COVID death count is apparently leveling off, but may be quietly miscounting those who die at home, or of unrelated illness that goes fatally untreated by an overburdened system. 

I Dreamt I Donated My Heart | -19,’20
ISSUE NO. 24

I Dreamt I Donated My Heart | -19,’20

Recession can be opportunity if you can afford it, and a cold you caught at work can be a killer, if you can’t.

It's All Sold Out, It's Nothing | -19,’20
ISSUE No. 23

It's All Sold Out, It's Nothing | -19,’20

If the constant wail of sirens blaring on eerily empty streets wasn’t indication enough, the sight of more masked Brooklynites is certainly a sign that something’s shifted. 

Last Fall, Pt. 2: All The Paper, All The Stuff, All The Flags
ISSUE No. 21

Last Fall, Pt. 2: All The Paper, All The Stuff, All The Flags

Hear the work of the Podcast Intensive cohort, who took us into the basements and backrooms of the food service industry, on a life-and-death search through three million acres of national park, into the music that defines our existence, and inside a memory from seven summers ago.

For Our Own Care
ISSUE No. 20

For Our Own Care

They say the first cut is the deepest, but it’s often the bill for the band-aid that leaves the worse bruise.

It Doesn't Happen Again
ISSUE No. 19

It Doesn't Happen Again

We grabbed a mic, hit the streets, and asked Brooklyn what it's doing about all of these goddamn guns.

I Gotta Get Outta Here
ISSUE No. 13

I Gotta Get Outta Here

Stories of Humanity with The Innocence Project and Phony Ppl. 

Issue 60