Greg Young
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Twitter feed of Greg Young, co-host of the Bowery Boys Podcast, Robert Moses' least favorite podcast. Alternate universe CEO of Waystar Royco
Up next on the Bowery Boys Podcast: Three episodes about the immigrant experience and how New York harbor became the gateway for millions of people into the United States. On Friday, we head first to a major American landmark to immigration -- but from a perspective few have ever seen.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Up next on the Bowery Boys Podcast: Three episodes about the immigrant experience and how New York harbor became the gateway for millions of people into the United States. On Friday, we head first to a major American landmark to immigration -- but from a perspective few have ever seen.
In Friday's new Bowery Boys podcast, a tale 200 years in the making and an event which might fairly be called the most important in all of New York history. It made fortunes, created cities and jumpstarted America's western expansion.
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In Friday's new Bowery Boys podcast, a tale 200 years in the making and an event which might fairly be called the most important in all of New York history. It made fortunes, created cities and jumpstarted America's western expansion.
On tomorrow's new Bowery Boys podcast, a look at the terrible Gilded Age disaster which New York seems to have forgotten. The largest loss of life in Brooklyn's history -- with no marker of any kind to show for it, save for a lone obelisk in Green-Wood Cemetery.
August 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On tomorrow's new Bowery Boys podcast, a look at the terrible Gilded Age disaster which New York seems to have forgotten. The largest loss of life in Brooklyn's history -- with no marker of any kind to show for it, save for a lone obelisk in Green-Wood Cemetery.
On the new Gilded Gentleman podcast, Carl chats with Kelley Curran about her role as Mrs Winterton (the former Miss Turner) who just became a LOT more central to the story in last night's season finale of #TheGildedAge. apple.co/4mzPEEL
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On the new Gilded Gentleman podcast, Carl chats with Kelley Curran about her role as Mrs Winterton (the former Miss Turner) who just became a LOT more central to the story in last night's season finale of #TheGildedAge. apple.co/4mzPEEL
On tomorrow's new episode of The Gilded Gentleman Podcast, a look at the deliciously complicated Mrs. Winterton. #TheGildedAge apple.co/4mzPEEL
August 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
On tomorrow's new episode of The Gilded Gentleman Podcast, a look at the deliciously complicated Mrs. Winterton. #TheGildedAge apple.co/4mzPEEL
Tomorrow on the podcast: We present the ultimate New York City historic bar crawl in the first of a two-part series, celebrating the city's oldest taverns, ale houses, pubs and saloons.
July 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tomorrow on the podcast: We present the ultimate New York City historic bar crawl in the first of a two-part series, celebrating the city's oldest taverns, ale houses, pubs and saloons.
The story of Newport’s Gilded Age Black residents is even more fascinating that what you see on television. On the Gilded Gentleman podcast, Carl is joined by Rhode Island historian laureate Keith Stokes, who shares his own ancestry as it relates to the tides of Newport’s own remarkable story.
July 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The story of Newport’s Gilded Age Black residents is even more fascinating that what you see on television. On the Gilded Gentleman podcast, Carl is joined by Rhode Island historian laureate Keith Stokes, who shares his own ancestry as it relates to the tides of Newport’s own remarkable story.
P. T. Barnum was born 215 years ago today in Bethel, Connecticut.
July 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
P. T. Barnum was born 215 years ago today in Bethel, Connecticut.
My second favorite results comes from Flushing:
June 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My second favorite results comes from Flushing:
My favorite result from the New York Times electoral map from last night -- the one person who apparently lives in the Brooklyn Navy Yard somewhere and voted for Brad Lander.
June 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My favorite result from the New York Times electoral map from last night -- the one person who apparently lives in the Brooklyn Navy Yard somewhere and voted for Brad Lander.
Happy ten year anniversary to me walking by Trump Tower, seeing volunteers passing out tee-shirts and saying to myself, "Oh is he filming a new season of The Apprentice?" This was the Day of the Escalator.
June 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy ten year anniversary to me walking by Trump Tower, seeing volunteers passing out tee-shirts and saying to myself, "Oh is he filming a new season of The Apprentice?" This was the Day of the Escalator.
Today we mark the anniversary of the General Slocum Steamboat disaster, which killed 1,021 people, mostly women and children, and was the worst disaster in New York City history before September 11, 2001.
June 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today we mark the anniversary of the General Slocum Steamboat disaster, which killed 1,021 people, mostly women and children, and was the worst disaster in New York City history before September 11, 2001.
Google AI offered me this helpful data point.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Google AI offered me this helpful data point.
In tomorrow's new Bowery Boys podcast: The story of how New York almost got this thing, a bridge linking the Battery with Brooklyn that would have eliminated one of New York's oldest standing landmarks.
May 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In tomorrow's new Bowery Boys podcast: The story of how New York almost got this thing, a bridge linking the Battery with Brooklyn that would have eliminated one of New York's oldest standing landmarks.
When Olmsted and Vaux designed Prospect Park, they included two pleasure drives which would eventually link to other parks: Eastern Parkway and Ocean Parkway, down to the Coney Island beach. And so the parkway was born! Learn more in the latest Bowery Boys podcast, available now: bit.ly/4jV7QYI
May 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When Olmsted and Vaux designed Prospect Park, they included two pleasure drives which would eventually link to other parks: Eastern Parkway and Ocean Parkway, down to the Coney Island beach. And so the parkway was born! Learn more in the latest Bowery Boys podcast, available now: bit.ly/4jV7QYI
Finally we’re doing a boat party! Join Tom and Greg from the Bowery Boys for a three-hour dinner cruise around lower Manhattan through New York Harbor and up to the Statue of Liberty. Tickets and more details here: likemindstravel.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Finally we’re doing a boat party! Join Tom and Greg from the Bowery Boys for a three-hour dinner cruise around lower Manhattan through New York Harbor and up to the Statue of Liberty. Tickets and more details here: likemindstravel.com
Doing some research for next week's show and came across this bicycle map of Brooklyn from the New York Times -- on April 28, 1895. By this time Ocean Parkway had its own dedicated bike lane; the others marked are recommendations from Times reporters of where best to bike.
May 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Doing some research for next week's show and came across this bicycle map of Brooklyn from the New York Times -- on April 28, 1895. By this time Ocean Parkway had its own dedicated bike lane; the others marked are recommendations from Times reporters of where best to bike.
Tomorrow on the Bowery Boys podcast: The story behind this headline.
April 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Tomorrow on the Bowery Boys podcast: The story behind this headline.
We just won our first Webby Award! Best History Podcast, Individual Episode for the first part of our Amsterdam/New Amsterdam series, tracing New York’s Dutch origins back to the Netherlands. Big thank you to our brilliant producer Kieran Gannon and our magnificent guest Jaap Jacobs.
April 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We just won our first Webby Award! Best History Podcast, Individual Episode for the first part of our Amsterdam/New Amsterdam series, tracing New York’s Dutch origins back to the Netherlands. Big thank you to our brilliant producer Kieran Gannon and our magnificent guest Jaap Jacobs.
Yes it's tax day, and the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, and the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, and the day Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. But did you know today also marks the 70th anniversary of the first McDonalds (in Des Plaines, Illinois)? Ad from May 1955:
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yes it's tax day, and the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, and the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, and the day Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. But did you know today also marks the 70th anniversary of the first McDonalds (in Des Plaines, Illinois)? Ad from May 1955:
In the new Gilded Gentleman podcast, see the newly renovated Frick Collection in a whole different way. Carl is joined by Frick managing educator Caitlin Henningsen to discuss her work researching the domestic staff of the former Frick mansion. Who were the people that kept the house running?
April 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In the new Gilded Gentleman podcast, see the newly renovated Frick Collection in a whole different way. Carl is joined by Frick managing educator Caitlin Henningsen to discuss her work researching the domestic staff of the former Frick mansion. Who were the people that kept the house running?
Tomorrow on the Bowery Boys podcast: A two-part crossover show with the Gilded Gentleman podcast, celebrating the return of one of New York City's most fascinating museums.
April 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tomorrow on the Bowery Boys podcast: A two-part crossover show with the Gilded Gentleman podcast, celebrating the return of one of New York City's most fascinating museums.
On tomorrow's new Bowery Boys podcast: The epic history of the post office in New York City -- from the creation of the Boston Post Road to the various (and unusual) buildings which have served the city over the last 200 years.
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
On tomorrow's new Bowery Boys podcast: The epic history of the post office in New York City -- from the creation of the Boston Post Road to the various (and unusual) buildings which have served the city over the last 200 years.