The idea of a cooperative, or co-op, where everyone who works at a company is also a part-owner, is nothing new. New York state is home to more co-ops than anywhere else in the country. To wrap up our series on work and labor, we’re checking in with Brooklynites who are organizing and maintaining worker co-ops, and in the process creating a less ex…

Historian Benjamin Hunnicutt has called the push for more free time the “forgotten American dream"; but somewhere along the way the pursuit of that happiness was replaced by the idea that work and wealth are ends in themselves. This week, we're imagining the utopian and dystopian futures of work. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shi…

They say, “love your job, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” But what happens when you turn a hobby or interest into a profession? This week, we spoke with members of the Nets Gaming Crew – a professional NBA2K team affiliated with the Brooklyn Nets, and the founder of CoExist gaming – a hub for professional gamers in the NYC area, about wh…

The COVID-19 pandemic demanded more of workers: longer hours, angrier customers, and increased exposure to disease. Now, workers across the country — from baristas to warehouse workers to nurses — are organizing to demand safer, fairer workplaces. Workers in New York City are leading this wave of action, unionizing more workers than anywhere else i…

Art has long been a lever for working class solidarity and social justice. It’s also a collaborative form of labor that props up some workers and devalues others. This week, we're taking a long, hard look at two works of art: Rodrigo Valenzuela: New Works for a Post Worker’s World, an exhibition on view at BRIC House through December 23rd, and 7 MI…

This season, we’re taking an in-depth look at work and the history and future of labor organizing in Brooklyn. To kick off our series, we spoke with Dr. Joshua Freeman, CUNY professor and author of Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II; Celeste Headlee, NPR journalist and author of Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking,…

Ekushey February (or 21st of February) is commemorated by Bangladeshis across the world to honor students and activists who died in the 1952 Bengali Language Movement in what was then East Pakistan. Many years later, February 21st became known as “International Mother Language Day” across the world, a time for all people to reflect on, cherish, and…

The Pulaar Speaking Association on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy provides the Fulani community in Brooklyn with a space to gather, connect, pray, and preserve their culture and language. Shirin Barghi dropped by after Friday prayers to speak with the association’s president and membership. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi,…

It is believed that around 80% of the words in the English dictionary are borrowed from other languages. Musician Karim Douaidy grew up speaking French, Arabic, and English. In this episode, he reflects on the linguistic crossover between Arabic and English – two languages thought to have little in common. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Bogho…

The question of which came first between language and music is one that scholars will likely debate forever, but what is indisputable is how intertwined the modes of expression are. In this episode, husband and wife Riva Nyri and Monvelyno, who comprise the musical group Bohio Music, sit down with producer Tadia Toussaint to discuss the complex his…

For over three thousand years, the Aramaic language has been used throughout Mesopotamia. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a community of Syrian immigrants preserves this ancient language – and a connection to their homeland – through prayer and song. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi S…

Before European colonization, varieties of Lenape were spoken for thousands of years in the New York City metropolitan area. Today, after centuries of genocide, dispersal, and diaspora, Lenape speakers, teachers, archivists and activists keep the language alive. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel …

This season, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s linguistic diversity. To kick off the season, we spoke with New York-based linguist, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to s…

This week, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Sriyanka Ray, Karim Douaid…

This week, we head out on the highway with the oldest and largest women's motorcycle club in New York. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. No Siren Left Behind is the title of an upcoming documentary short co-directed by Shirin Barghi and Martine Granby. Keep an eye out for…

This week, we’re sitting down with a new generation of Arab activists. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Ro Johnson, Sriyanka Ray,…

This week, we’re sharing work and stories from Indigenous documentarians, poets, and performers who are setting the art world and its history of cultural and historical theft on fire. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it o…

This week, public access television rules the nation. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Alease Annan, Anthony Riddle, and the Free…

This week, we’re imagining our disability justice future, and asking you to do the same. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Nader B…

This week, we’re sending radical love and care to our AAPI neighbors. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Hui and Jeffrey Su. • LINK…

This week, we’re going on an audio tour of BRIC’s Latinx Abstract exhibition. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to BRIC Radio Junior …

This week and every week, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s Black history and future. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to…

This week, we gear up for the long winter by taking a look at loneliness. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • LISTENER SURVEY: ht…

This week, we go behind the scenes of Flatbush Fists – our 5-part documentary series on the influence that martial arts has had on New York culture. You can watch the entire series here: https://bit.ly/2K1s4DS • "Sensei Chad" was produced by Charlie Hoxie • "Fight Like a Girl" was produced by Sasha Whittle • "Lyrical Mantis" was produced by Khyriel…

This week, we reflect on the last two, then we hear from our friends up north at Free City Radio on how the U.S. Election impacts worker’s justice in Canada, and share more election experiences from across the nation. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If y…

This week, we tag along with voters across the country as they cast their ballots in the highest-stakes election in American history. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. Suzie Kim provided the soundtrack for this week’s episode. If you have something to say …

This week, we join research studio Extrapolation Factory, Brooklyn’s Speculative Fiction Writers Group, NYC Prepper Jason Charles and other community members in charting a course for what’s next. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. Suzie Kim provided the sou…

This week, we thought that we were getting back to normal, but instead, we’re redefining it. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato • “Suncut” was produced by Fred Brown • “New York’s Not Dead” was produced by Emily Boghossian • “NYC Nightlife United” was produc…

This week, we’re getting ready for school. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato • “Learning Pods” was produced by Shirin Barghi • “Blended Learning” was produced by Emily Boghossian • “Going Back To School” was produced by Khyriel Palmer • “Griffin’s World” wa…

This week, we’re taking flight. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • The song "Door Hoté (from a distance)" was written by Ifti Chowdhury • “Weekend Weather with Junior Meteorologist Griff City” was produced by Emily Boghossian, Taylor Cook and …

This week, we’re (re)open for business. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “Anthony” was produced by Charlie Hoxie • “Neighborhood Spot” was produced by Sachar Mathias and Ross Tuttle • “The Person I Am Today” was produced by Shirin Barghi • “…

This week we’re giving up the ghost of summers past. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “The God Squad” was produced by Sriyanka Ray and Anna Lueck • “Hands, Kings and Brooklyn Streets” was written and performed by Najee Omar • “Skater Spirit”…

This week we’re catching up with old friends. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “Dr. Mert, MD” was produced by Ross Tuttle • Suzie Kim provided the soundtrack for this week’s episode • Brooklyn, USA’s “Messages From Over Here” are produced by…

This week, we’re serving up a full TV Dinner, complete with documentary shorts, animated stories, collaborative poetry, video art, and creative meditations on resistance and resilience. You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube.com/BRICtv • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie,…

This week we get a higher education. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “A Sink in Every Single Classroom” was produced by Brian Vines, Sachar Mathias, and Ross Tuttle • “Concrete Stories: Youth Media Festival” was produced by Charlie Hoxie an…

This week we’re comin’ straight from the underground. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “It Just All Feels Wrong” was produced by Sachar Mathias, Shirin Barghi and Ross Tuttle • “Different Parts of Life” was produced by Khyriel Palmer • “A Do…

This week we’re going back to the future. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “We Are Strong, We Are Resilient” was produced by Sachar Mathias • “TAROT READING” was produced by Emily Boghossian • “Complicated Questions That We Know We Can’t Sol…

This week we go from -19,’20 all the way down to zero. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “Hyphen Comma Apostrophe” was produced by Emily Boghossian • “Start To Fade Away” was produced by Shirin Barghi • “Colds And Coughs And That Sort Of Thin…

This week we're learning how to get along. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “And The Leaves Are Good In Salad” was produced by Charlie Hoxie • “This Prisoner In My Room” was produced by Khyriel Palmer • “A Lifetime of Stuff” was produced by …

This week: an experiment in finding the truth. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “I Think I’m Okay” was produced by Ross Tuttle • “Sentinel Surveillance” was produced by Emily Boghossian • “What Is A Virus?” was produced by Charlie Hoxie • “H…

This week we’re overwhelmed, almost inoperable, and having trouble figuring anything out at all. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Ross Tuttle, and Mayumi Sato • “The Sickness Is The Cure” was produced by Shirin Barghi • “Those Who Had Come Into Contact” was produced by Ro…

This week, we’re seeing the world, the way the world sees itself. (Part 2) • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Ross Tuttle • Suzie Kim provided the soundtrack for this week’s episode. • All the thanks in the world to the following people for helping us colle…

This week, we’re seeing the world, the way the world sees itself. (Part 1) • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, Ross Tuttle and Sriyanka Ray. • “Radio Quarantine Kolkata” was produced by Sriyanka Ray • “Mert Erogul, M.D.” was produced by Ross Tuttle • “E.B. White…

This week, we’re washing the invisible hand. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Charlie Hoxie. Suzie Kim provided the soundtrack for this week’s episode. • Read the transcript here: shorturl.at/akBNO • La Colmena was produced by Shirin Barghi • With Those Who Have Less wa…

This week, we’re doing it all from home. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Charlie Hoxie. Suzie Kim provided the soundtrack for this week’s episode. • It’s Like Nothing’s Even Going On was produced by Justin Bryant and Chrisopher Murrell • Alone In A Studio was produced …

This month, we’re surviving a plague. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Mayumi Sato, and Charlie Hoxie. • Read the episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/3lS4oAD • Jason Charles, Doomsday Prepper was produced by Charlie Hoxie • Ahmed Hozain, Surgical Resident was produced by Ahmed Ali A…

This month, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, and Charlie Hoxie with help from Liam Billingham and Nicole Solomon. "The Industry Is Watching" is produced by DeMarius “Champ” Kilpatrick "The Usable Past" is produced by Marie Nahik…

This month, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, and Charlie Hoxie with help from Sriyanka Ray and Sharrington Haynes. This episode was edited by Nicole Solomon. #BHeard Amplified is supported by Lincoln Center’s Cultural Innovation…

This month, we’re looking for ways to get better without breaking the bank. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, Sasha Whittle, and Charlie Hoxie. “The Life That They Want” was produced by Khyriel Palmer. “Parallels I See Between” was produced by Jasia Kaulbach. “Take Care Of Ourselves” was…

Welcome to More Than Slam, a four-part series hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic about the history of slam poetry, and where it’s going next. ••• More Than Slam is hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and DJ Jive Poetic. The series is produced by Emily Boghossian, Nia I'man Smith and Jessica Sucher. It is recorded by Onel Mulet and Eric Hauges…