Your Hometown Podcast

@Kevin_M_Burke interviews prominent & everyday guests about their hometowns to explore how where we're from shapes who we are. Season 1 #NYC w/ @MuseumofCityNY

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Each of us has our own unique connection to the place we call #home. What does yours mean to you? Don’t miss renowned artist #GlennLigon exploring his #NewYork at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk (or wherever you listen to #podcasts).

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“I’m not very good at dates…But I do remember emotions.” #GlennLigon

Glenn Ligon. #Artist. #NewYorker. Hear him explore his memories of #growingup in #NYC and the map of feelings that overlays the wide landscape he traveled on his journey of becoming at https://t.co/W1ttHJCcpS.

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Out now‼️ A new episode with artist #GlennLigon, who gives us fresh ways of seeing our #history and ourselves. How can we see him better? Hear his #NY story — from the #Bronx to the #UpperWestSide to the #world. 🎧Listen today at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk

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Can't wait for tomorrow! Internationally-acclaimed artist #GlennLigon talks about growing up in #NYC in the '60s and '70s. Glenn's work gives us new ways of seeing our history and ourselves. Don't miss his story of becoming. Subscribe to our podcast at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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“I don't feel I'm trying to live up to someone else's standard – just my own. Maybe there's something very #NewYork about that, too.”

@sewellchan's curiosity led him to the @QPLNYC, @metmuseum, @MetOpera, and #Broadway. Discover his #NYC journey only at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk

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The only child born in the #US to immigrants, @sewellchan grew up singing “#NewYork, New York” in school like it was the national anthem. Hear him discuss #growingup in #NYC and how it was a “third space, that wasn't #Asia but wasn't #America either.” - https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk

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In episode 18, @sewellchan reflects on what in his childhood in #NYC led him to become a reporter: “I guess I did feel a little bit like an #outsider, and that may have influenced my interest in journalism where curiosity is rewarded – as well as nosiness.”https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk

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@SewellChan didn’t take a bus to school in #NYC. His father drove him in his taxi at the start of his shift. The rides were quiet but echo across time in Sewell’s work as an incisive #journalist today. Hear about the deeper roots of his work at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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Today! We welcome @sewellchan, editor-in-chief of The @TexasTribune. Before working at the @latimes, @nytimes, and @washingtonpost, he was a kid growing up in an #immigrant family in #NYC. What's at the root of his calling as a journalist? Listen today at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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"I feel really safe with my dog. #GrowingUp, we had a Siberian #Husky. I loved her so much. The first death I experienced that really shook me was hers. We were inseparable." Hear about @tiffany_caban's story growing up in #Queens to #activism in #NYC - https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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"I have an older brother, Eddie Jr. He took care of me growing up. He has done maybe more than anyone to shape me into the human being that I am." Learn how the bond @tiffany_caban shares with her brother made her someone who stands up for others today at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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Live 2 pm today — @Kevin_M_Burke speaks to @tiffany_caban about her childhood in #Queens and how it led her to become a #publicdefender & Council Member. It's part of the @MuseumofCityNY’s "Leading Cities Today" series. Register for this free virtual event https://t.co/lIuYjbzl19

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What makes you the person you are today? Think about it. It's the many experiences you encounter; even the smallest moments of life can shape you.🎧Listen to @tiffany_caban as we explore the experiences that shaped her desire to fight for #socialjustice - https://t.co/W1ttHJTfrS.

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Thank you for allowing us to tell your story, @tiffany_caban! If you missed it, listen now to Tiffany's Your Hometown episode as she shares her story -- from growing up in #Queens to fighting for its people today at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk or your favorite #podcast app!

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Thank you @MuseumofCityNY , @YHTPodcast, and Kevin Burke not just for the opportunity to share my story, but for the care you took in helping me tell it.

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Great time filming with @tiffany_caban at @MuseumofCityNY. Don't miss her compelling @YHTPodcast episode ahead of our conversation for MCNY's Leading Cities Today series on Sun @ 2pm. If you want to understand where Tiffany's going on the NYC Council, listen to where she’s from.

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Where on your map is the happiest place for you? For @tiffany_caban it's the softball field, #CunninghamPark. "I never felt as joy-filled as I did growing up playing #softball." Hear stories like this, from growing up in #Queens to fighting for its people→https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk

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New‼️ Running against the establishment, @tiffany_caban came within a few votes of winning the primary for DA of #Queens. Now she's won a Council seat and her voice will help shape #NYC. Learn how it shaped her and the power of grace in our lives at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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Tomorrow! What in @tiffany_caban's childhood made her someone who marches to the front lines for change?
Hear this new #CityCouncil member-public defender, activist, and queer #Latina — talk about her journey of becoming in #Queens and the call to action in her soul. @YHTPodcast

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Can you spot #DavidJohansen or maybe you know him as #BusterPoindexter? In this episode, David reminisced about his boyhood with his friends, from swimming in the #KillVanKull to biking in #Brooklyn to riding the #StatenIslandFerry. Listen to his tales at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.

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"My older brother and I used to kind of fight like Cain and Abel, but he had a record player, and he had a lot of records. And when he wasn't around, I used to play his records."

🎧Listen to more tales from music legend #David Johansen's childhood at https://t.co/W1ttHJBEAk.