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.
Episodes
Right now, experience New York City like you’ve never before. Will you make the right deal? Or fall to greed? But whatever you choose, just make sure you get out in time.
Out now on your favorite podcast app, Burning Gotham — The 2022 Tribeca Select audio soap opera about the fastest growing city in the world, and the opportunists who shaped it.
Find out more at BurningGotham.com
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 4
These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.
In this episode we’ll wrap up the first eight Burning Gotham chapters. Burning Gotham Chapter seven is called: Welcome To Hell Gate.
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BURNING GOTHAM 008: MIDNIGHT ON SOUTH STREET
Aaron and Sorina have a tense meeting with Captain Jones. Chaos and violence soon erupts as Aaron receives bad family news.
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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The Entire Cast:
Eirik Gislason
Alain Laforest
Kacie Laforest
Roland Lane
Mary Murphy
Anna Pirogov
Nancy Pop
Gustavo R...
BURNING GOTHAM 007: WELCOME TO HELL GATE
Aaron, Wyndham, Sorina, and Raisa go to John Jacob Astor’s estate, only to find he isn’t receiving. Sorina is angry. Aaron and Wyndham argue about mortgaging their future money on $2 Second National Bank plates.
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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Cast:
Eirik Gislason
Alain Laforest
Kacie Laforest
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 3
These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.
In this episode we’ll focus on The spoils system, John Jacob Astor, and development up Manhattan island. Burning Gotham Chapter five is called:...
BURNING GOTHAM 006: I PRAY FOR YOU TOO
Aaron Columbus runs a big errand for John Jacob Astor. It takes him to a rectory north of town. There, Brother Basil gives Aaron a tip on where to find genuine $2 Second National Bank plates.
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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Cast:
Alain Laforest
Roland Lane
Nancy Pop
Gustavo Rodriguez
James ...
BURNING GOTHAM 005: IRVING & ASTOR
Washington Irving calls upon Philip Hone. Aaron Columbus goes to pay John Jacob Astor at St. Paul’s Chapel.
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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Cast:
Eirik Gislason
Alain Laforest
Nancy Pop
Gustavo Rodriguez
James Scully
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Music:
The Hesperus Early Music Ensemble
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Engineer:
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 2
These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.
In this episode we’ll focus on New York immigration, disorder, and the richest woman in America. Burning Gotham Chapter three is called: Eliza ...
BURNING GOTHAM 004: THE DIAMONDS WILL BE LATE
Aaron returns from the docks with some bad news for Wyndham, Sorina, and Raisa.
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Written By:
Olga Lysenko & James Scully
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Cast:
Roland Lane
Anna Pirogov
Nancy Pop
James Scully
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Engineer:
Josh Wilcox of Brooklyn Podcasting Studio
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Director & Post-Producer:
James Scully
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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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BEYOND BURNING GOTHAM: EPISODE 1
These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.
In this episode we’ll focus on New York laws, infrastructure, and politics. Burning Gotham Chapter one begins on May 1st, 1835: Movin...
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 Lafor...
BURNING GOTHAM 001: MOVING DAY
May 1st, 1835 — It’s a cold and rainy Moving Day. Every renter in New York is out on the street looking for lodging. Most of the city’s quarter-million live below Houston Street in buildings four stories or smaller, but construction is booming.
New people are pouring onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets by the thousands. Rich and poor, many come to earn an honest living. Others for...
This November, experience New York City like you’ve never before. Will you make the right deal? Or fall to greed? But whatever you choose, just make sure you get out in time.
Coming This November to your favorite podcast app, Burning Gotham — The new audio fiction soap opera about the fastest growing city in the world, and the opportunists who shaped it.
Find out more at BurningGotham.com
It’s the Spring of 1835. We’re at the offices of The New York Sun, published by Benjamin Day and edited by George Wisner. When the Sun launched in 1833, it became New York’s first successful one-cent newspaper.
Prior to the Sun’s launch, the most widely-read city papers were the Courier and Enquirer, Evening Post, Evening Star, and Commercial Advertiser. The City’s eleven merchant papers had a combined circulation of only 26,500. A...
May 1st, 1835.
It’s a cold and rainy Moving Day. Every renter in New York is out on the street looking for lodging. Most of the city’s quarter-million live below Houston Street in buildings four stories or smaller, but construction is booming.
New people are pouring onto New York’s dangerously overcrowded streets by the thousands. Rich and poor, many come to earn an honest living. Others for more nefarious reasons.
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March 1835: Paris, France.
What does an inheritance, a proposition, and two lovely Russian countesses have in common?
Don’t be fooled, danger is coming.
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Premiering soon on your favorite podcast app, Burning Gotham, the new scripted audio fiction podcast, set in 1835 New York City. Subscribe to this audio feed to learn more, or go to BurningGotham.com.
COMING SOON
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...
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