Media and Social Change Podcast MASCLab

New York, New York - A Brief History of the Broadway Musical: New York’s Broadway theater district has a world-renowned reputation as the center of the American theater world, particularly musical theater. Kate Elizabeth Orgera discusses how New York City created and shaped musical theater, and how Broadway has influenced New York City in turn.

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Episode produced and edited by: Kate Elizabeth Orgera

Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist

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NYC Mom Chat: What is it like to be a mom in New York City? Three graduate students discuss various aspects of being moms to young children in NYC.

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Episode produced and edited by: Jacqueline Cofield

Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist

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Big Apple Educators: What's unique about being a teacher in New York City? This episode investigates this question through the stories of three New York City educators with backgrounds in environmental justice education, art education, deaf education, international education, and adult education.

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Episode produced and edited by: Joy Yang

Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist

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The Rat Takeover: When was the last time you saw Rats? Do you like them or are you like most of us? Terrified of them? And where were they? In the subway, in the rubbish on the streets or did you see them scurry across the road? This episode chronicles the ecosystem and history of New York City's rat population. Though they cause a lot of damage to the city, are they underrated creatures?

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Episode produced and edited by: Avukile Zoya

Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist

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NYC Open Streets And Public Space: Streets are often seen as a place of transit, exclusively for the person on the move, but streets also have a history as spaces for community, as public spaces where people come together rather than just pass by one another. This podcast episode shares a brief history of the New York City Open Streets program and how it has shaped public space in New York City since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Episode produced and edited by: Michael Cerda

Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist

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Unique New York: This season, the MASC Lab’s Podcasts series focuses on themes connected to place, in this case New York City, and the many interconnected realities of life in the big apple. Our process is inquiry based and we chose this season’s focus by starting with the question: What is unique or strange about NYC? Our collaborative podcast series this semester grew out of that question, in one way or another.

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Season produced and edited by: Jacqueline Cofield, Avukile Zoya, Joy Yang, Michael Cerda, Kate Elizabeth Orgera, and Shoshana Gottesman

Episode produced and edited by: Jacqueline Cofield, Michael Cerda, Kate Elizabeth Orgera, and Shoshana Gottesman

Music: Grandma's Impala by Sarah, The Instrumentalist

The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.