Belmont Voices

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Your guide to one small neighborhood in the Bronx. A way to listen to the sounds, voices, and stories of New York today.

Fr. Jack Bentz SJ

  • Oct 6, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 28m AVG DURATION
  • 14 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Belmont Voices

Bronx Beer Hall - The Ramirez Brothers.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 23:43


Anthony and Paul Ramirez are lovers of all things Bronx! They grew up local and look for any excuse to bring people together. Listen to how they got started and how they keep going strong even during a pandemic. Oh, and they have the best selection of local beers in New York, many of them they commissioned.

Ivan con Mario Montemayor SJ- Belmont Voices en español.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 28:49


Mario en conversación con Ivan Sunida que trabaja en un café de opciones saludables en el barrio de Belmont. Mario in conversation with Ivan Sunida who works at a healthy options café in the Belmont Neighborhood.

Hermana Adriana Rodriguez - con Mario Montemayor SJ en español.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 39:30


La hermana Adriana Rodriguez es parte de un pequeño grupo de hermanas que viven con los pobres, evangelizando familias y acompañando a los jóvenes en el Bronx. El anfitrión invitado, Mario Montemayor S.J. dirige esta entrevista en español.---Sister Adriana Rodriguez is part of a small group of sisters living with the poor, evangelizing families, and accompanying young people in the Bronx. Guest host, Mario Montemayor S.J. leads this interview in Spanish.

Belmont Voices in Spanish! - Mario Montemajor SJ

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 29:26


Una vista única al Bronx desde Mario Montemayor, un jesuita mexicano en formación. - A unique view into the Bronx from Mario Montemayor, a Mexican Jesuit in formation.

Mexican Indigenous Peoples in the Bronx. Fr. Alfredo Zepeda SJ

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 24:21


Mexican Jesuit, Fr. Alfredo has been working with several groups of indigenous peoples in Mexico for decades. He has a close up view of the pressures that lead to immigration and the hard challenges of being on the outside.

Ignayra at the Belmont Library

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2019 22:11


A library is a whole lot more than just books- it's a community center, really. Belmont library manager, Ignayra Lopez walks us through it.

On Fordham Road with Dan

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 38:16


Dan and his girlfriend Wendy live on Fordham Road. And like all New Yorkers, finding the right real estate is tough, finding a public bathroom is even harder, and outlasting the competition is a full time job. Listen to a guy who is making it work, for now.

Sr. Mary Catherine Redmond PBVM - How to build a friendship.

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 29:53


Sr. Mary Catherine Redmond works as a physician's assistant in a busy Bronx emergency room. Her days are long and filled with grace and humor as she lives an authentic life with the poor.

Mr. Frank Franz - a Big Voice in Little Italy - Bronx

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 31:29


A Big Voice in Little Italy. Mr. Franz talks about all of it, and then some -- Italian Social Clubs, Catholic processions in the streets, gravy, and how to accidentally own several pieces of NY real estate. Find all of it here.

Coffee with Kosovars - Albanians in Little Italy.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 26:45


A conversation with Blerta Komoni at Prince Coffee. One person's search for opportunity and community.

The Forces behind NY Gentrification - Two Books about New York

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 12:36


Why does gentrification happen? Talking about the books - Fear City by Kim Phillips - Fein and Vanishing New York by Jeremiah Moss

View from a Mexican market in the heart of Little Italy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 39:49


Interview with Sammy Vigueras

The Future of Catholic Education - Ms. Valerie Savino

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 34:24


Valerie Savino, principle at the local Catholic grade school, has family roots in the neighborhood and a heart for Catholic education. Plus, she is great to be with!

The D Train - Fr. George Drance SJ

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 17:16


The obliging Fr. George Drance SJ lets us know what its like to move into the Bronx. He clears up why yogurt and burek go together and how being an actor prepared him for getting a seat on the D Train.

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