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 003: Eliza Jumel
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The WallBreakers
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Season 1
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Episode 3
BURNING GOTHAM 003: ELIZA JUMEL
May 1st, 1835 — Aaron takes a carriage ride downtown with his godmother, Ms. Eliza Jumel—the richest woman in New York. She’s got a lot to say about Aaron’s countesses. Will her suggestions only prove to be a temporary respite?
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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Cast:
Eirik Gislason
Mary Murphy
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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