It’s a warm evening in August 1991. Two Guyanese children are playing on the sidewalk when a car in the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s motorcade crashes into the two children. The moment ignites a series of events that will change not just Crown Heights, but New York City and policing throughout America, forever.
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Feb 2022
Episode 2: Coming to America
How did Chabad-Lubavitchers and Caribbeans end up buying homes and settling in Crown Heights? Collier Meyerson goes back to the first half of the 20th century to understand how these two groups, from such different places, changed New York City, how New York City changed them, an ... Show More
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Jul 2021
BIG NEWS! (No full episode this week. But this is still fun!)
Hi folks, we're taking the week off to get ahead of things here at PBO corporate. Use the break wisely and go check out an old episode you may have missed or, even better, send our show to a friend and introduce someone you love to how awesome we are! And come see us on tour in A ... Show More
7m 11s
Aug 3
Ep. 3137 - Weekend Workshop: The Art of Professional Networking
This new segment is all about helping you learn the key steps to a new side hustle in 2025, one step or concept per week. It includes activities, examples, and more—and of course it’s all free. Today’s topic: developing your skills as a “connector.” Side Hustle School features a ... Show More
7m 41s
Aug 2024
HISTORY This Week is coming back!
After a long, long wait, we are very happy to be bringing HISTORY This Week back to our listeners around the world. New episodes start releasing on September 16th, but in the meantime, we’ll be airing some favorite HTW classics in our feed. If you haven’t already, make sure to fo ... Show More
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