4 episodes
What The Hell Happened In East New York? Digg
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3.8 • 33 Ratings
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Podcast by Digg
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What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 4: Escape
Kevin’s long journey comes to end. But does that mean that he has found answers? Or does the story and fate of East New York defy clarity?
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What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 3: Outrage
The mystery of how so much danger and despair can afflict one neighborhood gives way to Kevin’s growing anger, as he walks the streets and pours through statistics trying to make sense of the place that obsesses him.
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What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 2: Religion
Kevin Heldman grew up next to East New York. His journey since has been anything but easy -- a troubled youth, an army stint, a flourishing journalism career all but abandoned in the wake of a tragic death. Then he rediscovered his calling, not far from where he once played in the city dump.
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What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 1: Obsession
For 25 years one neighborhood has remained New York’s most crime ridden, most polluted, most neglected, most hopeless — cut off from Brooklyn’s emergence as the hippest place on earth. Award-winning journalist Kevin Heldman wants to know why.
Customer Reviews
Promising but with some flaws
This is superbly-crafted audio journalism, but I have too say, it seems slightly amiss that they don’t feature any tape with the actual residents of East New York.
I get that it’s as much a profile of Kevin H. as it is an exploration of the neighborhood, but the whole “It’s terrible, it’s a mess, this horrible thing happened while I was here” starts to get tired around episodes 3 and 4. I found myself really wanting more voices in the story, and the sensationalism of ENY’s legacy almost feels fetishized at times. Like “This is so bad and terrible, but I’m not going to feature the people who actually LIVE here,” it seems to erase them from the picture. I hope they can amend this if the series continues.
Can't understand a word
I can't understand a word Kevin H says. He rambles like a guy on speed and makes about as much sense. What's the point of this podcast?
Pointless rambles
One of the oddest pieces of journalism I've ever heard. One disturbed man repeatedly spouting off questionable statistics and providing no real answers or solid information. Stories from residents are absent. Disjointed, no narrative structure at all... Just the ramblings of a broken man.