Burning Gotham
New York 1835: A City at its tipping point. It’s ten years since the completion of the Erie Canal. New York City’s population is now over 270,000. Most of these people live below Fourteenth Street in wooden or brick buildings no taller than five stories. The gap between rich and poor is rapidly expanding as each week thousands of new men and women pour onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets. Many come to earn an honest living. Others for more nefarious reasons. Several historical lives converge in this scripted audio fiction series about the fastest growing city in the world, and the opportunists who shaped it.
Burning Gotham
Burning Gotham 002: Bankruptcy
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The WallBreakers
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Season 1
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Episode 2
BURNING GOTHAM 002: BANKRUPTCY
May 1st, 1835 — It’s 11AM and we’re in Mayor Lawrence’s office. The arguing men include Democrats and Whigs like Aaron Clark, Gideon Lee, Abraham Schermerhorn, Philip Hone, and Washington Irving. The argument: How will we pay for this damned water?
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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Cast:
Eirik Gislason
Alain Laforest
Roland Lane
Nancy Pop
Gustavo Rodriguez
Matt Roper
James Scully
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Music:
The Itinerant Band
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Engineer:
Josh Wilcox of Brooklyn Podcasting Studio
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Director & Post-Producer:
James Scully
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