We hear from the community on what Justice means to them, at the 2019 BRIC OPEN Festival. *** This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced and edited by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. The Collaborative Podcasting sessions at this year’s BRIC OPEN Festival were produced by Liam Billingham, Keith Kaminski, PJ Ryan and Greg Anderson-Elysee. Thanks again to everyone who stopped by to give us a piece of their mind. If you want to get in touch, leave us a comment, tweet @BRICradio , leave us a mes...
May 24, 2019•23 min
Stories of Humanity featuring Johnny Hincapie, Leroy Harris, Mark Denny, Carlos Sanchez, Phony Ppl and The Innocence Project – live at the BRIC Open Festival, 2019. *** This episode of Brooklyn, USA was produced by Sachar Mathias, Sriyanka Ray, Myra Al-Rahim and Emily Boghossian. Stories of Humanity: A Night With The Innocence Project and Phony People was produced by Lia Crockett and Vanity Gee for the 2019 BRIC Open festival. Thank you to The Innocence Project and Phony Ppl for such an incredib...
Apr 30, 2019•38 min
It has been said that he not busy being born is busy dying. *** Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. "Corpse Flower" was produced by Emily Boghossian and Brian Vines, with help from Mayumi Sato. You can follow Brian into the field, and inside the issues that matter on his BRIC TV series, "Going In With Brian Vines" https://bit.ly/2sesJ8k and on IG here: https://bit.ly/2EIgUA0 "Shatzi Weisberger Believes That Death," was produced by Shirin Barghi and edited by Myra Al...
Dec 19, 2018•41 min
What’s the deal with women and audio? *** Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. Thanks again to Annie Rose Malamet, Keisha “TK” Dutes, Paola Messina and Ah-Keisha McCants for putting this workshop together with us, and to TK for producing and editing all of the audio recorded therein. Annie hosts and produces a podcast called Relevant, over at Posture Magazine: https://bit.ly/2R8Ngq0 TK hosts the Bondfire Radio morning show “TK In The AM” on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fr...
Nov 25, 2018•16 min
This week, we're going home and we're taking you with us. Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. "NYCHA: The Cost of Living | A #BHeard Town Hall" was produced by Ro Johnson and Brian Vines, and can be viewed in its entirety here: https://bit.ly/2pYN8O2 Our sound walk through the Sea Park Apartments was produced by Emily Boghossian and Khyriel Palmer. Our Ebbets Field history lesson was produced by Victoria Marin. And special thanks to Najee Omar for dropping by the st...
Oct 18, 2018•37 min
Welcome back to Brooklyn, USA. We’re kicking off our second season with two stories that would’ve ended very differently, if it weren’t for a well-timed intervention. In the first, three sisters keep each other grounded while jumping over a series of hurdles. In the second, a war machine is rescued from its violent past, and given new life as a work of public art. Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Myra Al-Rahim and Sasha Whittle. Sasha who won the Best Young Creator ...
Sep 28, 2018•18 min
On Saturday, June 9th, thousands gathered along 5th Avenue in Park Slope to celebrate Brooklyn Pride. According to the 2017 census, New York City has the largest number of self-identifying LGBTQ+ residents in the country. However, Brooklyn’s LGBTQ+ population is threatened by the same exclusionary forces that marginalize gay, lesbian and transgender folks in conservative, small towns across America. Sarah Grochowski went out onto the streets and into the crowd to meet some loud & proud Brook...
Jun 29, 2018•6 min
We’re hitting the road for the summer– but before we do, we’re taking you on a ride. First, we go on an imaginary cab ride. Then, we get to the bottom of Brooklyn’s pothole problem. Next, we go deep underground to find out what’s happening with the New York City Subway. And finally, we head out west, and hit some turbulence on the way back. If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. And getting there is half the fun in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sacha...
May 25, 2018•40 min
For four days in April, BRIC Arts Media hosted the second annual BRIC Open Festival: an exploration of the borders that exist in and around our world. Today, we're bringing you stories from the borders people cross to get into, out of, around and through Brooklyn. In the first, a mother makes an impossible decision in order to give her children a better life. Then, a group of high school students leave Brooklyn for the weekend, and wind up all over the world. Then, back at home, a community is d...
Apr 26, 2018•34 min
A watched pot never boils, in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. This episode features Andie Milares, Brian Vines, Charlie Hoxie, Charles Hailer and music from the de Wolfe music library. If you like what you hear, wanna advertise on our show, or just want to get in touch, you can leave us a comment, tweet us @ BRIC RADIO or leave a message at (347) 504-0801. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit ww.bricartsmedia.org/rad...
Apr 01, 2018•6 min
Black History Month 2018 was one for the books. We saw millions of fans celebrate #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay on Superbowl Sunday, Sade announce her first musical release in seven years for the Ava Duvernay-directed A Wrinkle In Time, the Obama presidential portraits unveiled, and The Golden State Warriors opt out of the traditional White House visit to instead take a group of students to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. We even saw a Black Lives Matter f...
Feb 28, 2018•30 min
Welcome back to Brooklyn, USA. We're halfway through putting together our next episode, but wanted to wish you a happy Valentine's Day in the meantime. Here's Joan... ••• This piece was produced by Emily Boghossian and Khyriel Palmer, with Sachar Mathias, and featured music from the de Wolfe music library. Thanks to Joan Andre for telling her story. You can follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kingsilvy. If you like what you hear, think we got something wrong or just want to get ...
Feb 14, 2018•7 min
The conversations around sexual assault, harassment, and inequality that started last year continued into this one, amid half-baked apologies and the constant, widespread undermining of women’s rights and interests. Less than a day into 2018, actresses and activists teamed up to declare that the clock had run out on toxic masculinity. Two days later, Tina Smith was sworn into office, bringing the number of women currently serving in the Senate to a record-breaking 22. Meanwhile, women all over t...
Jan 07, 2018•30 min
Spend a day with us – a day out of our forgotten past – starting with a walk on the Brooklyn Heights promenade where a mysterious plaque asks more questions than it answers. Then, a tour takes us underground and back in time. And finally, a giant fossil, dug up out of Brooklyn’s industrial age gets retrofitted for its shiny new future. Can you dig it? Today's headlines: yesterday's news. Night or day, may it always grow in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is produced and edited by Sachar Mathias...
Nov 09, 2017•33 min
How did you spend your summer vacation? We spent ours in a park in Crown Heights. It’s hard to talk about Crown Heights without talking about how it’s changed in recent years— rising rents, shifting demographics, new businesses built on top of old wounds. But reducing a neighborhood to it's own displacement erases the people who've been there all along, who've built it up, and who often still call it home. We celebrated the end of summer by walking around Crown Heights and talking to people. We ...
Sep 26, 2017•32 min
For many, living in Brooklyn is an easy choice to make. But for those who have come to Brooklyn fleeing war and seeking asylum, the story is more complicated. On this trip through Brooklyn, USA, journalist Sriyanka Ray brings you the stories of three Brooklynites who are here not by choice, but by necessity. In the first, a 16-year-old from Yemen traverses international borders and high school girl-dom. In the second, a physician who misses his family in Libya dreams of raising his children in t...
Jun 28, 2017•24 min
Some rules weren't meant to be broken: do unto others as you would have them do unto you; look both ways before crossing the street; "i" before "e," except after "c." Some rules were born to bend: don't wear white after Labor Day; speak only when spoken to; don't talk politics or religion on a first date. And then there's the 2017 version of rules, where it's unclear if they even exist anymore and, if they do, whether or not that they apply to everyone– or just the people who can't afford to bre...
Feb 13, 2017•21 min
Wanna hear a good story? Come to Brooklyn, USA. You'll meet the people, the places, the moments and the memories that make Brooklyn the capital of the world. You can hear stories from Brooklyn, wherever you are, and stories you wont hear anywhere else. Here's a sneak peek at the tales we're gonna tell you. Wanna tell us a story? Send us an email at radiopitches@bricartsmedia.org Read the transcript here: https://rb.gy/nrlr2v
Sep 29, 2016•2 min
