Local Switchboard NYC

A hyperlocal podcast covering NYC. Co-founded: @jgasspoore, @birdyuws, @BetsyDaraL, @HeatherJChin, and Sarah Montague. Contact: localswitchboardnyc(at)

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On the latest episode of Local Switchboard NYC, we revisit the poet Dorothy Parker’s famous quip, that New York “will be a nice town if they ever get it finished” from two perspectives. Listen: https://t.co/ByEePNE8Uu

#highline #NYC #gowanus #Brooklyn #Construction

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Local Switchboard NYC co-founders @jgasspoore & @HeatherJChin at #kleincamp24 in #Philly.

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Mark Segal, founder of a radical gay activism group known as Gay Raiders, holds a sign that reads "GAY POWER" while crashing a Nixon fundraiser in 1972.

The photo is on display @stonewallvisctr

Listen to learn more: https://t.co/3d1LFqmjYS

[Local Switchboard NYC @switchboardnyc]

As #WomensHistoryMonth    winds down, we're looking back at the women who helped influence #theatre.

In this bonus episode, we hear from Ellen Lauren, the founder & principal actor w/ @siticompany: https://t.co/3d1LFqlM9k

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For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're celebrating women's contributions to #NYC theatre:

-Adrienne Campbell-Holt, artistic director, @Colt_Coeur
-Amelia Bathke, librarian/curator, @ThePlayersNYC
-Cecilia Rubino, associate prof. theater, @TheNewSchool

Listen: https://t.co/x4WM6P072z

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We celebrate the end of #PrideMonth by looking back at #LGBTQIA history.

@jgasspoore Interviews:
-Robert Sember, a former member of ACT UP.

-Steven Reigns, founder of @thegayrub, a project devoted to collecting rubbings from #LGBTQIA markers.

Listen: https://t.co/x4WM6P072z

[Alex Brook Lynn @AlexBrookLynn]

This week on @faqnyc
@KarenHinton who worked for both Andrew Cuomo & De Blasio, joins to discuss her new book, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power.

@harrysiegel @Dr_CMGreer
@AlexBrookLynn @katie_honan

BTYB
@brickhousecoop
@NYUMcSilver

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Congrats to Local Switchboard producer @BetsyDaraL for @charmcirclefilm now playing online with @DOCNYCfest through Nov. 28th! https://t.co/CFO3YS3HzM

[DOC NYC @DOCNYCfest]

“I want to play a character like that.” - Fred Armisen, Executive Producer of CHARM CIRCLE

Watch Metropolis Special Jury Recognition Recipient CHARM CIRCLE at https://t.co/IS6Jg6BCKy through 11/28.

[Charm Circle @charmcirclefilm]

Thank you @jstorypartners for supporting independent filmmakers & including CHARM CIRCLE alongside such amazing films! https://t.co/wE0ZQKnBcM

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. @ANTINOMOVIES interviews Director @nira_isanalog @FilmmakerMag “My parents are both independently very creative people, very artistically inclined. They supported me making this art about them, so they jumped in with two feet. They didn’t hold back.” https://t.co/wrylQIetp9

[Charm Circle @charmcirclefilm]

Honored to represent #Queens in @DOCNYCfest Metropolis Competition alongside some fantastic NYC films!

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Guess who showed up on the @IDAorg shortlist for best feature doc?! 🐝

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Congrats to #Queens native @nira_isanalog! #filmmakermag

[Charm Circle @charmcirclefilm]

We’ve got news - Director @nira_isanalog is one of @FilmmakerMag 25 new faces of independent film! 💫 https://t.co/h1km8a3FkB

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Catch our latest episode on how the press covered the #StonewallUprising (and so much more!) before the last sunset of Pride Month! 🌈 Full episode: https://t.co/RHWFnxQQZf

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On the 50th anniversary of the #stonewalluprising, I wrote w/ @MotherJones about 10 other places that map #LGBTQ history in the U.S.: https://t.co/DQ6gibj6YT

[Local Switchboard NYC @switchboardnyc]

A look at the #stonewalluprising, 52 years later on the latest ep of Local Switchboard #NYC: https://t.co/x4WM6P072z Interviews w/ @ExilesOn12th's @TenuredRadical & more. #Pride2021 #PrideMonth

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Happy Election Day! Polls are open 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. Rank up to five candidates for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President, and City Council. Find your poll site: https://t.co/1nmP8G4Rva #VoteNYC

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Interested in audio production? Love #localnews? Then consider collaborating with us @switchboardnyc. I co-founded this #women-led #audio collective about three years ago and we're still going strong with our local #news #podcast, Local Switchboard NYC: https://t.co/gqWQrwj04z

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For our latest episode, Local Switchboard’s @jgasspoore booked a room at the fabled Roosevelt Hotel right before it closed. Take the tour and get the inside scoop from architecture critic @paulgoldberger Full episode: https://t.co/b7xnvkME2B or link in bio! #architecture

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

What NYC jobs are in most danger of being automated? And how can New Yorkers prepare for the transformation? @nycfuture’s new report breaks it all down. https://t.co/fXVJNvJa2k