Podcasts about Gowanus Canal

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Scalable Meat, Marriage, Gorillas, Crpws, Gowanus Canal, Fiddler Crabs, Bird Song, Cats, Healthcare, Sensory, and Much More Science you can trust! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in […] The post 16 April, 2025 – Episode 1011 – You Can't Trust This appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

We need clean water for boats! Get wise on water pollution and the Gowanus Canal toxic waste cleanup from a Superfund expert who wishes to remain anonymous.  We learn how our rivers, lakes, streams, and bays in the US went from industrial dumping grounds and sewars to the beautiful places we boat today, and how the worst of the polluted sites from hundreds of years ago got cleaned up through public private collaboration.  Like the easter egg after the outro? Check out Mac Glocky on YouTube, brilliant.  New merch available at https://www.stickermule.com/theboatyshow check us out on YouTube @theboatyshow.  Thanks for listening! 

This is a good one. From the Gowanus Canal to Rockaway beaches, Jamaica Bay to Red Hook, Stephan von Muehlen takes us along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront.  Stephan has lived, worked, and loved the hidden littoral spaces of New York City for over twenty years.  Learn about a waterborne art and activist community that plays hard and works harder to keep Brooklyn grounded and show people that they don't have to go to the Hamptons to enjoy the water.  We're joined by Stephan's wife and our longtime friend Anna who shares her own view and experiences from a life on the water.  Stephan believes in making stuff in Brooklyn, where he leads a company that builds pour-over coffee machines a block away from the Gowanus Canal. Check out Stephan's company www.poursteady.com and enjoy the show! Thanks so much for listening, look for video of the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheBoatyShow.

David Briggs, founding partner of Loci Architecture, discusses the Gowanus Canal and the challenges and opportunities of urban design. The Gowanus Canal, located in Brooklyn, was heavily polluted due to industrial activities in the past. Briggs and his team at Loci Architecture have been working on designing urban solutions and engaging with the community to revitalize the area. They have organized design competitions, created the Gowanus Atlas, and proposed projects for the industrial business zone. Briggs emphasizes the importance of understanding the community and their needs, as well as the need for creative and visionary urban planning.If you enjoy our content, you can check out similar content from our fellow creators at Gābl Media. Spaces Podcast Spaces Podcast website Spaces Podcast // Gābl Media All rights reserved Mentioned in this episode:ArchIT

The woman who ran a Bronx day care where a child died from fentanyl poisoning has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges. She faces decades in prison. Meanwhile, a top city official is under scrutiny for appearing in a promotional video for a warehouse the city plans to buy. WNYC's David Brand has more. Plus, WNYC's Liam Quigley reports on a lawsuit filed by the utility National Grid over the cleanup of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.

Episode 449 ~ September 26, 2024 Podcast Info / Topics One term you don’t want to hear on a holiday to the Grand Canyon is “Death Cluster” The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is welcoming back paddlers after years of extensive industrial pollution The ‘Ghost’ project in Lancashire is a multi-sensory art experience

Episode 449 ~ September 26, 2024 Podcast Info / Topics One term you don’t want to hear on a holiday to the Grand Canyon is “Death Cluster” The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is welcoming back paddlers after years of extensive industrial pollution The ‘Ghost’ project in Lancashire is a multi-sensory art experience

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed when they were hit by a suspected drunk driver while riding their bicycle in their home state of New Jersey, police said. Well, that stinks. The city sprayed “Christmas”-scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal — but it'll take a lot more than holiday cheer to neutralize the stench seeping from the notorious polluted Brooklyn waterway. And in Decision 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign, but insisted her “values have not changed” even as she is “seeking consensus.”

Prosecutors say Rikers Island Correctional Officer Anthony Martin Jr., accused of sexually assaulting at least two women in jail, was arraigned Monday on allegations that he lured a woman to his Springfield Gardens home by pretending to be a TV producer and then raped her. Meanwhile, eligible New York families have until Tuesday, September 3rd, to apply for a new food benefits program providing up to $120 per child in EBT benefits. Plus, the U.S. Open saw a record-breaking 75,000 fans at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on opening day. Finally, the state is investigating potentially toxic air in 100 blocks around Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. WNYC's Sean Carlson speaks with Jack Riccobono of Voice of Gowanus and Walter Hang, founder of Toxics Targeting, for more details.

Today's guest is what I call a gentle genius. His name is Randy Polumbo, and I think he might be one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's an artist, a builder, a thinker, a father, a propagator of mycelium, a fan of eating bugs, and a kindhearted creative of the highest order. I met with him at his shop in Brooklyn to talk about childhood toys, owl pellets, the Gowanus Canal, art, sound, and more. Share and Enjoy!LinksPolumbo.comInstagramTunes in This EpisodeOscar Aleman - DelicadoTenzin Choegyal - Heart Sutra Song Gone Beyond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is what I call a gentle genius. His name is Randy Polumbo, and I think he might be one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's an artist, a builder, a thinker, a father, a propagator of mycelium, a fan of eating bugs, and a kindhearted creative of the highest order. I met with him at his shop in Brooklyn to talk about childhood toys, owl pellets, the Gowanus Canal, art, sound, and more. Share and Enjoy! Links Polumbo.com Instagram Tunes in This Episode Oscar Aleman - Delicado Tenzin Choegyal - Heart Sutra Song Gone Beyond

In this episode we talk to the heroes at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya who rescue orphaned baby elephants, raising them until they can return to the wild. They tell us all about a special baby elephant named Toto. We're also joined by musician, historian, and creator of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, Eli Smith. He talks about his life in folk music, plays us the same song on two very different banjos, and explains the competition he invented that involves tossing banjos into Brooklyn's murky Gowanus Canal (if you have an iPhone or Apple device, be sure to check out his banjo toss video game). Next we hit the slopes with Ariana and learn about the history, hard work, and thrill of ski racing in Vermont. We also get a report from our on-the-ground correspondent Nola, who walks us through the city of New Orleans with all its special flavors and sounds. Not to be outdone, Bobby the Bigfoot returns to chat with Evan and (try to) play a banjo. Plus, we have our usual favorite sounds, jokes, riddles, and general hijinks. It's wild!Timestamps for this episode are available below. Parents: visit our website to help your kids contribute jokes or favorite sounds, or to send us a message:  www.wildinterest.com/submissionsTimestamps:(0:00) Episode 5 Intro(1:11) NOLA in New Orleans(5:09) Favorite Sound(5:56) Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage (14:55) Riddle Question(15:13) Taste Explained(19:21) Grandparent Story(24:13) Ski Racing on Stowe Mountain(27:06) Bobby the Bigfoot Calls In (28:57) Cryptid Corner(31:17) Eli Smith Banjo(39:51) Jokes(40:48) Bobby the Bigfoot On Banjo(41:45) Riddle Answer(42:06) Episode 6 Previewwww.wildinterest.com

TikTok is still thriving, at least for now! Dena and Catalina have very active algorithms this week. First, Dena shares a reaction to Jojo Siwa by @therealsanaiblue before Catalina shares the Vegan Donut drama ripping through Long Island (@bakeanddestroy) and @mananamariee's discussion of bathroom etiquette with her boyfriend. The audio trend of the week is a sped up version of Jess Glynne's “Hold my Hand” including videos by @adison.geer22 and @kayla.gramm. According to @theaugustdiaries short nails are in, and in on the New York side of TikTok @dhtoomey makes a wonderful promo for the Gowanus Canal and surroundings. In another segment on drama, the girls discuss a very troubling story about a girl's mother and ex husband, featuring videos by @diamondpretzel, @katenacious, and @jolly_good_ginger that reminds them of the recent celebrity news about Noah and Trish Cyrus. Next up is the food segment, and this week it's all about egg salad, including videos by @violetnuit and @rissy_roo_, and chopped sandwiches/salads (@jenneatsgoood). After briefly discussing where paprika comes from (@goodluckkarly) the ladies close with @mollybmcpherson's take on the ever evolving Kate Middleton speculation. They're rooting for the BBL theory!   Check out all the videos we mention and more on our blog (2old4tiktok.com), Instagram (@2old4tiktokpod), and TikTok (@2old4tiktok_podcast).  

The Gowanus Canal is a “toxic Wonderland” in the midst of a neighborhood undergoing a complicated transformation. Hear from locals, government officials and developers about the future of the area — and what challenges stand in the way of a cleaner, more resilient community. Samantha Maldonado, senior reporter at THE CITY,  and independent journalist Jordan Gass-Pooré dig in on the final episode of Hazard NYC, a four-part FAQ NYC Presents limited series exploring the city's Superfund sites.

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: A powerful storm is striking New York City and the surrounding region, with the National Weather Service predicting 2 to 4 inches of rainfall.Also, a state investigation into toxic fumes possibly entering buildings by the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is expanding.

In s3e40, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Luther Davis, master printer and director of Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn. This is a two-parter. For this interview, Platemark collaborated with its sister podcast Hello, Print Friend. Miranda Metcalf, Hello, Print Friend's host and creator interviewed Luther about his background and early career; Ann Shafer spoke with Luther about the present and future at Powerhouse Arts, a new non-profit arts center in a renovated transit power station on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Both Hello, Print Friend and Platemark's episodes will be available on both podcast channels. Luther has been in the biz for a long time and has great stories about the printing industry in Brooklyn. We talk about industrial printing and ask what the differences are between "art" and everything else. We talk about how important accessible shops are for artists to fabricate large projects (in addition to a print shop, Powerhouse has a ceramics studio, and a large sculpture fabrication shop). We talk about the state of print publishing today.   Luther has brought his prodigious experience to bear at Powerhouse Arts, a fairly new player in the field. He is taking the reigns of the Print Shop and running with it. Episode image: Dana Zinsser. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Pulled in Brooklyn, exhibition curated by Roberta Waddell and Samantha Rippner. IPCNY, April 4–June 15, 2019. Industrial map of New York City showing manufacturing industries. New York Public Library. Printing industries are marked in orange. Grand Hall, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Inaugural artist-in-residence Ivan Forde working at Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Jasper Johns (American, born 1930). Leo from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio, 1997. Color etching. Plate: 17 11/16 × 11 13/16 in. (45 × 30 cm.); sheet: 36 13/16 × 27 in. (93.5 × 68.6 cm.). Published by Jean-Christoph Castelli; printed by Noblet Serigraphie. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Ed Ruscha (American, born 1937). News from the portfolio News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues, 1970. Screenprint. Image: 18 1/16 x 27 1/16 in. (45.8 x 68.8 cm.); sheet: 23 1/16 x 31 7/8 in. (58.6 x 81 cm.). Published by Editions Alecto; printed by Alecto Studios. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Peacock Visual Arts' Risograph color chart. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Printer Zaire Anderson coating screens for Avram Finkelstein's Who Died. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. With backs turned, left: Chris Kinsler; right: Dennis Hrehowsik. Facing camera, left: Zaire Anderson; right: Dana Zinsser. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Nellie Davis and Kyle Goen working on his giant rainbow roll at Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Printer John Bartolo working on a screenprint by Aziz and Cucher at Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn. Donald Baechler installation shot. Galerie Forsblom, 2014. Kara Walker (American, born 1969). The Emancipation Approximation, 1999–2000. Portfolio of 26 screenprints. Sheet (each): 45 3/4 x 45 3/4 in (116.2 x 116.2 cm.). Published by Sikkema Jenkins Editions; printed by Jean Yves Noblet. Phillips Auctions, New York. Fourth Estate www.fourthestate.com Alex Dodge (American, born 1977). Unread Messages, 2017. Screenprint. 20 x 30 in. Haystack Editions.   USEFUL LINKS Poster House www.posterhouse.org Jungle Press Editions www.junglepress.com Avant Arte www.avantearte.com Radix Media & Graphics NY Printing & Graphics www.nyprintinggraphics.com Du-Good Press www.du-goodpress.com Carousel's Press www.carouselpress.com Kayrock Screenprinting www.shop.kayrock.org Bushwick Print Lab www.bushwickprintlab.org Ulano Corp. www.ulano.com KIWO Inc. www.kiwo.com Guerra Paint & Pigment www.guerrapaint.com Labor statistics on fine artists from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes271013.htm#nat  

On this week's special Earth Day edition of the CityAge Podcast we sat down with Rit Aggarwala, Chief Climate Officer of New York City and the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. Anna and Rit discuss recent wins for the city's climate efforts, some challenges they're facing, how it feels to lead a city like New York through the climate crisis, and what all of us can do in our own lives to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. To learn more about the city's work:Gowanus Canal cleanup:https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/186-23/mayor-adams-epa-break-ground-1-6-billion-project-protect-gowanus-canal-sewageCloudburst:https://www.nyc.gov/site/dep/news/023-23/mayor-adams-construction-new-cloudburst-resiliency-projects-better-manage-intenseLocal Law 97: https://www.nyc.gov/site/sustainablebuildings/ll97/local-law-97.pagehttps://www.nyc.gov/site/buildings/codes/sustainability.page

This might be the single best pitch ever thrown.Like, not hyperbole. That might be the single best pitch ever thrown.Since Shohei Ohtani is beyond describing with words, numbers, music, electromagnetic fields… let's let baseball sit for a moment and focus on the home front.The folks at Hell Gate have presented a field of 64 for NYC hot takes, and, yeah, okay… it's good to have this forum because this could be an entire day's worth of tweets.So, I'm just gonna go through their bracket, give you the winners, and provide all the correct analysis along the way to find out the champion take. My analysis in bold, winners in italics.BROOKLYN REGION(1) The best pizza in NYC can be found at Domino's. Domino's is underrated, but no. vs. (16) No one should live remotely close to Newtown Creek or the Gowanus Canal. Probably, and Willets Pod just touched on this.(8) Free concerts are a trap. You get what you pay for. vs. (9) Coney Island is a better beach than the Rockaways. If you'd said Brighton Beach, maybe. Coney Island is a lousy beach.(5) There are too many bars in NYC. No, there are too many bars in close proximity to each other. vs. (12) Jazz in bars should be banned. This is ludicrous. Don't go to jazz bars, then.(4) Public urination should not be against the law. Correct, especially given the public bathroom situation in this town. vs. (13) Chinese food ranking: Sunset Park > College Point > Flushing > Chinatown. How are you even quantifying this? Remarkably stupid to even try wading into it. Go away.(6) We should bring back speed dating. Okay? Isn't that just what apps are now, basically? vs. (11) The City MUST subsidize beer at BRIC events (should cost no more than $5). Oh please.(3) You should be able to park for free at metered spots on Saturdays, too, not just Sundays. If anything, you should have to pay on Sundays, too. vs. (14) To find the best Italian food, look for an elderly man whose political views are not for public consumption. This is a lazy take, but at least it's not completely wrong.(7) Prospect Park > Central Park. In some ways, at least, sure. vs. (10) Prospect Park is boring and I don't want to go to your birthday picnic there. That's a you problem.(2) Rats are fine. They're not, but this is a better take than its more obnoxious opponent. vs. (15) If well drinks cost more than $10 at a bar, vandalism should be legal there. Good lord, people, dive bar attendance is not a personality.REGIONALS: (4) Legalize public urination > (8) Free concets are a trap; (7) Prospect Park > (14) Old racists know good food. Winner: (4) Public urination should not be against the law.MANHATTAN REGION(1) The Astor Place cube sucks. Yeah. vs. (16) East River park was falling apart and it's fine to rebuild it. They should expand the park and close the FDR forever.(8) The Oculus is actually pretty cool. But it still sucks. vs. (9) Cars should be banned below 96th Street. Cars should be banned on the entire island.(5) The NYU student who hated studying abroad in Florence is right – studying abroad sucks. This is another you problem. vs. (12) The Empire State Building is ugly and the Chrysler Building should be more famous instead. The Empire State Building is maybe the most overrated place in the entire city.(4) All Broadway musicals are terrible. Ludicrous blanket statement. vs. (13) Gramercy Park should be municipalized. And all of the key holders should be egged on opening day.(6) The Elizabeth Street Garden should absolutely become housing. Eh… there are so few gardens, and turning that one into housing is not going to solve anything, really. vs. (11) It's fine to wear open-toed shoes out and about. Grow up! Why are you looking at everyone's feet, Quentin? Mind your business.(3) The new white CitiBike e-bikes are too heavy and bumpy and bad. They look ridiculous, too. vs. (14) Tammany Hall was good. I'm gonna do the whole Matt Damon “do you like apples” scene if this becomes an actual topic.(7) Everyone should shop at Whole Foods – it's cheaper! This is just weird? vs. (10) We must drain and pave over the East River. Pave, no. Turn into a miles-long wildlife preserve? Let's talk.(2) The Vessel is actually cool/good/beautiful. No it ain't. vs. (15) Food halls are overrated. It's not exciting on I-95 and it's not exciting in the city.REGIONALS: (13) Municipalize Gramercy Park > (9) Ban cars below 96th Street; (3) Disappointing CitiBikes > (10) Drain and pave the East River. Winner: (13) Municipalize Gramercy Park.QUEENS REGION(1) George Santos rules. Way funnier than the last fascist we sent to Washington. vs. (16) Kiss > Ramones > Simon and Garfunkel. Put Simon and Garfunkel according to your taste, but the order is Ramones > Kiss, and that's not up for debate.(8) Clubs and dive bars should have a separate bathroom for people who want to do drugs. Suck it up. Or snort it up. Whatever. vs. (9) Breezy Point should be seized through eminent domain and turned into a public beach. Obviously.(5) People who say there's good BBQ in NYC are lying to themselves. It's not as bad as people make it out to be, but it's also not GOOD BBQ. vs. v(12) Either the Whitestone Bridge or the Throggs-Neck must be torn down – we can't have both. Put trains on them.(4) Street cleaning should always be just once a week. Duh. vs. (13) There are too many firehouses. What drugs were you doing in that bathroom?(6) The NYC public school year should end in May, not the end of June. Then they'd start in August, which is worse. vs. (11) The subway should have a smoking car. Deranged, but in the new weed capital of the world…(3) The Mets are not uniquely cursed. Oh baby, how much time do you got? vs. (14) Douglaston is on Long Island, not in Queens. You can't just make shit up and call it a take.(7) The Queens/Nassau border doesn't exist. This is a way better version of the 14 seed, and spiritually accurate. vs. (10) People that throw bread for pigeons are assholes. Mind your business.(2) Actually, the street numbers make sense, you just want an excuse not to go to Queens. It's a little confusing in Astoria, for about 30 seconds. But keep not coming to Queens, you don't deserve it. vs. (15) Sunnyside Spider-Man > Forest Hills Spider-Man. This isn't even a hot take, it's just true. Unfortunate matchup.REGIONALS: (4) Die, alternate side parking! > (1) George Santos; (3) Mets > (7) Queens/Nassau border isn't real. Winner: (3) The Mets are not uniquely cursed.THE BRONX REGION(1) Bill de Blasio is the best mayor NYC has ever had. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. vs. (16) Riverdale is not in the Bronx. Spiritually, again, understandable, but stop arguing with maps.(8) The New York City Council should be dissolved. I'd like to hear more? Useless organization for the most part. vs. (9) The ferries are the best way to get around the city. From a comfort standpoint, absolutely.(5) The Yankees should allow facial hair, but only full handlebar mustaches and failing that their players must be completely hairless. Are we talking full body wax, too? vs. (12) City outdoor pools should be open year-round. In some form or another… yes.(4) The city's health rules for restaurants are too strict (and racist…….) The famously strict New York City restaurant health codes??? vs. (13) We should have corporal punishment for a select few absentee landlords, just to keep them all in line. Embrace having to live in the places they neglect as “corporal punishment,” and let's roll.(6) Showtime subway dancers deserve more love and respect. A lot of them suck. Standards have dropped. But they're still out there putting on better shows than Jerry Seinfeld reading a list of complaints. vs. (11) Staten Island should be given independence (come what may). Here's my hot take: Staten Island is actually good.(3) We need to give firefighters more things to do. THEY. FIGHT. FIRES. vs. (14) Park conservancies should be abolished. NIMBYs dressed up as environmental advocates. 100% accurate take.(7) Just make Marble Hill part of the Bronx, this is stupid. Unlike some of the others, this one is a good take. They changed the course of the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between the tip of Manhattan and the Bronx, and it left Marble Hill, once part of Manhattan Island, as part of the mainland. If you redraw the river, redraw the map. vs. (10) New York City should not have any zoos. Quite possibly the worst take on the list.(2) Bagels have become too big. You've become too weak. vs. (15) All cars entering the city must have internal horns that are louder than their external horns. It's really not the horns that are the problem, but love the idea.REGIONALS: (5) Yankees must be either mustachioed or fully hairless > (9) Ferries; (7) Marble Hill should be part of the Bronx > (14) Abolish park conservancies. Winner: (7) Just make Marble Hill part of the Bronx, this is stupid.CITY CHAMPIONSHIP(13) Gramercy Park should be a public park > (3) The Mets are not uniquely cursed.The nature of the Mets' cursing may not be unique, but the way they go about living through it sure is. Way too many of these takes were simply awful, so here's the First Four Out, as I see it anyway…Brooklyn: (17) The Nathan's on the Coney Island boardwalk is better than the main Nathan's on Surf Avenue.Manhattan: (17) They should've built that stadium at Hudson Yards even though NYC didn't get the Olympics, at least everyone expects the Jets to suck.Queens: (17) LaGuardia > JFK and it isn't even really that close. MUCH LIKE KENNEDY AIRPORT.Bronx: (17) Orchard Beach is the best beach in the city.Staten Island (1): The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail should be extended over the Bayonne Bridge and to the St. George ferry terminal along Richmond Terrace.But the champion of all NYC takes? Every road in the city with multiple lanes for automobile traffic should be reduced to one lane, with the rest of the space given to bikes, light rail, green space… anything but cars. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thecitylife.org/2023/03/15/1-6-billion-project-to-protect-gowanus-canal-from-sewage-overflow-add-3-6-acres-of-public-waterfront-space/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylifeorg/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylifeorg/support

This is the All Local Afternoon for Wednesday, March 15th 2023

The 4:00 PM All-Local for March 15th, 2023. 1010 WINS anchor Larry Mullins reports. 

Well folks, as the end days keep on keeping on, we decided to talk to you about the one place on earth that brings us great joy- New York, New York. Sure it's smelly and hot and oppressively expensive. And yes, the powers that be are evil and corrupt, but there's amazing pizza, and The Strand is fabulous, and who doesn't love a black & white cookie!?! On part 1 of this week's New York-isode we bring you the history of our acclaimed drinking water, plus, the origin story of street vendors! So grab yourself a bagel with a life time supply of cream cheese on it, and float on down the Gowanus Canal, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! HRN is home to transformative exchanges about food. Our 35+ member-supported food podcasts empower eaters to cultivate a radically better world. This month, we're asking you to join us. Become a monthly sustaining member at heritageradionetwork.org/donate.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.

On this week's Talkhouse Podcast we've got two leading lights of modern psychedelic indie-rock, Melody Prochet and Lila Ramani. Prochet is the creative force behind Melody's Echo Chamber, whose evocative name is taken from a dream she once had. Her debut album under the name, which Prochet recorded with help from Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, was released in 2012. She has since released two more full-lengths while bouncing around the planet and raising children. The new one, Emotional Eternal, was partly inspired by Prochet's move from Paris to the idyllic quiet of the Swiss Alps. It features assists from members of the Swedish band Dungen, though it's more spare and stripped down than that might suggest—and more spare than her past work, too. There are bits of psych in there, along with echoes of bands like Stereolab. Lila Ramani of the New York band Crumb shares some of those influences, and Melody Prochet's music influenced what Ramani wanted to do in her band, too. Crumb got going while its members were still in college in 2016, but really picked up speed with their debut full length, Jinx, which came out in 2019. Crumb released a second album, Ice Melt, in 2021, further incorporating jazzy rhythms into their psychedelic stew. In this conversation, the mutual admirers talk about their personal lives, including Prochet's side gig as an art therapist as well as Ramani's childhood growing up near the Gowanus Canal. They chat about Coachella, “grinding vs floating,” and Prochet's favorite American city—which will almost certainly surprise you. Enjoy. Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast, and thanks to Melody Prochet and Lila Ramani for chatting. If you liked what you heard, please subscribe to Talkhouse on your favorite platform, and tell your friends that we're the best. This episode was produced by Myron Kaplan, and the Talkhouse theme is composed and performed by the Range. See you next time! View the full transcript of this podcast here.

Arts Gowanus is a not-for-profit organization working to support hundreds of local artists. Last October they hosted the 25th annual Gowanus Open Studios, which invites the public into galleries and studios for a weekend of browsing. This month they are co-presenting “Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal” which explores what a “utopia” in Gowanus would look like—not a purely academic exercise considering that the neighborhood is undergoing a massive and not uncontroversial rezoning that along the shores of the Gowanus Canal. Thornton joins us to discuss advocating for the artistic community there, his own art and growing up in apartheid South Africa before moving to the States.   Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com  Email: hello@bkmag.com  Follow along on Facebook: Brooklyn Magazine  Twitter: @brooklynmag  Instagram: @brooklynmagazine  Follow Brian Braiker on Twitter: @slarkpope    

Google describes Gowanus in these terms, “In a former industrial zone around Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, Gowanus is a developing area with a mix of classic rowhouses and converted warehouses. Hipsters and creative types head up studios and cool art galleries. After dark, the neighborhood livens up as young professionals spillover from the nearby Barclay's Center Arena and head to the trendy bars, casual eateries and funky music venues around 4th Avenue.”Gowanus is also the site of an artistic experiment, community center and creative laboratory for directors and choreographers (those creatives writing their drafts in three dimensions) called the Mercury Store which was founded by and is directed by Will Frears. Will and his team have thoughtfully engineered a space that allows the asking of the most difficult questions with the most love for those who are brave enough (maybe foolish enough) to try to rethink what the creative process looks like for performance art – theater, dance and the like. In moments, the Mercury Store plays revolutionary to creative processes that need to be shook; then it is a gathering spot for old friends to run into one another and share an idea or conversation. And while the space is beautiful and the goal is equal parts ambition, loftiness and trailblazing, at the center of it all sits Will Frears, searching for the answer to the central question that he posits in our conversation, “What would it be like if you just stood in the middle of your process for a minute and thought about ‘Well what do I need?'” The answer to his question? Deciding that he can be happy. And that happiness includes his wife Amy, walking his girls to school and his building in Gowanus.The Mercury StoreWill Frears on FacebookPatrick's WebsitePatrick on IGAt the Podium on IGPatrick on LinkedIn

Hoping that the years-long effort to rezone the Gowanus is coming to fruition, guests describe their commitment to the Gowanus Canal, and their views of the location as the focus of development in Kings County, creating market rate units, affordable to low-income and working-class families, mixed use commercial, industrial space, schools, spurring business and job growth.

Full disclosure, this episode is chalk full of nonsense. The boys get the episode started with some discussion about international time changes, live hockey games, and the fanciest dinner Sam has been to. After talking about which LA Clippers player deserves to have their jersey retired, they finally get to World Series talk including some Jorge Soler love, some Matzek love, and some Max Fried love. After all that though, no 60 Second Stories, no Feast or Famine, and almost no Feature Future Fans. Thank God Brandon remembered though.  Follow Brandon on Twitter @BrandoGrossoFollow Sam on Twitter @NLFeastSamFollow the podcast on Twitter @NLFeast

happy Diwali - time to let go of our resentments / our minds are like the Gowanus Canal / the more we engage in the matrix, the more we forget our nature / practicing bhakti-yoga with intensity is the way out / friendship is encouraging you to raise the bar / Visvamitra & Menaka / Raghu loses it at the airport / our conditioned nature can be engaged in yoga SB 3.27.5

happy Diwali - time to let go of our resentments / our minds are like the Gowanus Canal / the more we engage in the matrix, the more we forget our nature / practicing bhakti-yoga with intensity is the way out / friendship is encouraging you to raise the bar / Visvamitra & Menaka / Raghu loses it at the airport / our conditioned nature can be engaged in yoga SB 3.27.5

Joseph Alexiou, author of Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal, on the notoriously polluted creek, and the Conservancy working to restore it.

Live coverage of a neighborhood protest in Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn over the ongoing contentious rezoning issue that has residents at odds with developers.

Summer of 2020: talkPOPc sets up next to the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn and speechwriter Marjorie Sweeney talks about social role of art. She agrees to the obvious fact that there is great individualism in art, but her point is that there are also great social and political functions. Wanting to create is a natural human urge & all children show this, but adults are far more inhibited - we would look askance at some adult dancing down the street, whereas if a child does it we say "how cute". But public dancing and public singing is incredibly important for a society and one of the real problems with contemporary American culture is the highly individualistic mode, and so we don't understand our physicality with relation to one another. She points out there's a lot of money in individualizing everything - your own streaming service, etc. Instead, public dancing would be an antidote: "a pro-dance platform could take us somewhere". Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkpopc)

All Local for noon, January 27th, 2021 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 298 - 2020 Holiday Special with Joel Shelton Happy Almost 2021, Thieves! It's a holiday tradition around these parts to close out a calendar year with a visit by Joel Shelton. We weren't going to let a pandemic or the recent closure of his brother's beer import business get in the way. We dialed up Joel to talk about the shit show of the year that was. He has some stories. Since the postal service stranded Justin's Bodega beers (Hey, we have tote bags available) at some sorting facility near the Gowanus Canal for weeks, we had to dip into our cellars to open something special. From talking about reconnecting with his music career, to holiday traditions, and what the future might hold for travel, beers coming to our shores, and more Joel was a real delight to connect with as usual. So, open up something from your cellar and toast us as we end 2020 and get ready for the new year. Cheers! Augie, John, Justin, and Brian***As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at stealthisbeerpodcast@gmail.com. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton & John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant.

Gowanus Canal Dredging Begins, Monica Hunter-Hart by Uptown Radio

John Tarleton, the editor-in-chief of The Indypendent, interviews: -Savitri D., Director of the Church of Stop Shopping and the organizer of a protest against NYC's Police Benevolent Association (PBA) on 10/27/20, about the protest and the reactionary antics of the PBA. -Jordan Teicher, who recently wrote “Showdown at Gowanus Canal” for The Indypendent, about the the growing controversy in Brooklyn around a massive rezoning proposal the city is pushing for Gowanus.

John Tarleton interviews Jordan Teicher, who recently wrote “Showdown at Gowanus Canal” for The Indypendent, about the the growing controversy in Brooklyn around a massive rezoning proposal the city is pushing for Gowanus. Here is Jordan's article: https://indypendent.org/2020/10/showdown-at-the-gowanus-canal/

On this episode, major changes afoot for Gowanus, with a much debated upcoming rezoning. We hear about the history of the Gowanus Canal and some concerns about the clean-up. Neighborhood artists fight to keep their spaces during the pandemic, and more.

Elizabeth Hénaff discusses her collaborative investigations of microbial life in the waters of the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, as well as her interdisciplinary practice that brings together plant biology, metagenomics, and design. As a scientist, artist, and teacher, Henaff describes the various methods, apparatuses, and creative improvisations she uses in order to understand how multispecies dynamics work and thrive beyond human control.Henaff teaches at the Department of Integrated Digital Media at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, where she also runs the Laboratory for Living Interfaces. For her work on the Gowanus Canal, she collaborates with architects, scientists, and designers at the BK BioReactor project.BKBioReactor bkcioreactor.comLaboratory for Living Interfaces http://idm.engineering.nyu.edu/henafflab/Henaff Studio http://elizabeth-henaff.netinstagram ehenafftwitter henafflab

Joseph Alexiou, author of Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal, on the notoriously polluted creek, and the Conservancy working to restore it

On this week’s show we journey to Gowanus, a Brooklyn neighborhood with an extraordinary local history, and home to the famous canal that bears the same name! My guests will be Brad Vogel, co-founder of the Gowanus Landmarking Coalition, and Aaron Lefkove, co-founder and managing partner of Littleneck Restaurants, including one in Gowanus. Segment 1 Jeff kicks off the show by introducing his first guest, Brad Vogel. Brad talks about his background and how he ended up in Gowanus in 2011 after coming from Wisconsin. Brad talks about how he was always drawn to conservation, and the topography of the original area of Gowanus in Brooklyn. Brad talks about how people are farming around the area and there are actually slaves involved in the farms. Brad then talks about the Battle of Long Island also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the commercials around Gowanus. Segment 2 Brad talks about what makes Gowanus different and how he banded together to get buildings before the rezoning of Gowanus. Both Brad and Jeff talk about the Gowanus Canal and how ever since the 1800s, the Canal has been suffering from various forms of pollution from all kinds of industrial plants. The Canal became a place that people strongly avoided, but now it they are working on getting the area around it to become a little nicer. Brad talks about the actual structures around Gowanus, like certain steel bridges. Brad also mentions the Gowanus canoe club, which are people who row on the canal. Segment 3 Jeff came back introducing his second guest, Aaron Lefkove. Aaron talks about how he decided to move to New York after he started making money. He then talks about how music and art bring him and his partner to work together and started their business Littleneck Restaurants.  Aaron also talks about how they came to the name of the Littleneck Restaurant. He then talks about what he likes about Gowanus’ neighborhood. Segment 4 Aaron continues to talk about what he likes about Gowanus’ neighborhood and how he sees Gowanus changes. Jeff then asks Aaron about the struggles that they experienced in the process of building the restaurant. Aaron explained that they struggle with the structure of the building. Aaron also talks about the struggle of having a restaurant in New York City.

Coal tar, oil, and used contraceptives are only some of the items routinely found floating on the highly polluted Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek — Brooklyn’s two federal Superfund sites. Though the waterways are only a few miles away from each other, they have vastly different stories.

Kevin Howard, TV commercial producer, had an office right by the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn - That was before hurricane Sandy!

"Fresh-faced" Kevin Howard, TV commercial producer,  can tell you more than you wanna know about what's in the Gowanus Canal. In this episode Kevin tells the tale of arriving at his office in Brooklyn, only yards from the canal, and what he saw - and SMELLED. Hint, it wasn't pretty!

Combined Sewer Overflow, aka CSO. If you don’t know what that is, you’re not the only one. When it rains, stormwater runoff and human waste combine to overwhelm the city’s sewer system, forcing the liquid to be expelled into New York Harbor and its tributaries.

Neighborhood rezonings are complicated enough without having to worry about building around a federal Superfund site.Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week:iTunesSpotifyStitcher

These days / the world seems to split up / into those who need to dredge / and those who shrug their shoulders / and say, It’s just something / that happened. While Maggie Nelson refers here to a polluted urban waterway, the Gowanus Canal, these words could just as easily describe Nelson’s incisive approach to desire, heartbreak, and emotional excavation in Something Bright, Then Holes. Whether writing from the debris-strewn shores of a contaminated canal or from the hospital room of a friend, Nelson charts each emotional landscape she encounters with unparalleled precision and empathy. Since its publication in 2007, the collection has proven itself to be both a record of a singular vision in the making as well as a timeless meditation on love, loss, and—perhaps most frightening of all—freedom. Nelson is joined by Ali Liebegott, author of three books: The Beautifully Worthless, The IHOP Papers, and Cha-Ching!

The Gowanus Canal is home to microbes that can only live there — because every other place in the world is just too clean! […]

Edward A. Coleman, Esq. starts the show with a rundown of events that led to his supposed abduction. Producer Ken Lucas disagrees. Ed then explains every detail of his harrowing experience. We find out that Ed fell into the Gowanus Canal and is plagued with a toxic virus. Ian stops in to hang out and imbue Ed with positive vibes. Out of nowhere, Ed accuses Ted Goldman of being the mole. Ed replies to tweets regarding the “Guess My Middle Name?” and “Ask an Attorney” segments and then we hear a word from this week’s sponsor, DAT. After the break, we are joined by our guest, Human Resources Director, Janet Jort. After an aggressive back and forth between Janet and Ed, we end the show on an inappropriate note. Don’t forget to subscribe to Unwinnable Monthly, the best cultural criticism in your inbox every month. http://www.unwinnable.com/subscribe/ Email us at info@unwinnable.com Tweet questions for the “Ask An Attorney” and “What’s My Middle Name?” segment to Edward A. Coleman, Esq. @UnwinnableOotGC www.twitter.com/UnwinnableOotGC Follow the staff on Twitter Kenneth Lucas @Kursse www.twitter.com/kursse Stu Horvath @stuhorvath www.twiter.com/stuhorvath Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-f

This week, Christopher Swain — the only man with enough guts to swim the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek — tells us what its like to be the only mammal to ever survive a dunk in both.

Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal has been called many things over the years. A cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, a blemish. But, our guest on this edition of Cityscape says the 1.8 mile canal is also one of the most important waterways in the history of New York Harbor. Joseph Alexiou is a licensed New York City tour guide, and the author of Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal. 

Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal has been called many things over the years. A cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, a blemish. But, our guest on this edition of Cityscape says the 1.8 mile canal is also one of the most important waterways in the history of New York Harbor. Joseph Alexiou is a licensed New York City tour guide, and the author of Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal. 

"The Gowanus Canal, a nearly two mile body of water in Brooklyn, is one of the most polluted sites in New York City. In 2010 the Canal was placed on the EPA's Superfund Priorities List. With this designation, the EPA can compel parties responsible for the pollution to pay for the Canal's cleanup. Holding the appropriate parties responsible, however, is not a simple matter. The Canal has been the entryway for contaminants almost continuously since the nineteenth century. Determining which entities – factories, shippers, New York City itself – caused harm and determining their proportion of liability is almost impossible decades after the event. Indeed, many of the original polluters are companies that no longer exist. Nonetheless, the EPA is in the process of identifying “potentially responsible parties” and is prepared to bring legal action to force them to pay their share of the cleanup. The EPA's actions raise a number of compelling legal, ethical and policy issues regarding our approach to the restoration of polluted public areas. In this program, the panel addresses the question of who should pay for the Gowanus Canal cleanup."

"The Gowanus Canal, a nearly two mile body of water in Brooklyn, is one of the most polluted sites in New York City. In 2010 the Canal was placed on the EPA’s Superfund Priorities List. With this designation, the EPA can compel parties responsible for the pollution to pay for the Canal’s cleanup. Holding the appropriate parties responsible, however, is not a simple matter. The Canal has been the entryway for contaminants almost continuously since the nineteenth century. Determining which entities – factories, shippers, New York City itself – caused harm and determining their proportion of liability is almost impossible decades after the event. Indeed, many of the original polluters are companies that no longer exist. Nonetheless, the EPA is in the process of identifying “potentially responsible parties” and is prepared to bring legal action to force them to pay their share of the cleanup. The EPA’s actions raise a number of compelling legal, ethical and policy issues regarding our approach to the restoration of polluted public areas. In this program, the panel addresses the question of who should pay for the Gowanus Canal cleanup."

There’s a warehouse space near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn where pallets of wheatgrass are carefully grown in a temperature controlled environment and gently misted every three hours. Sounds like a pretty sweet life, right? Stewart Borowsky, also known as the Union Square Grassman, has been growing wheatgrass and selling it at the Union Square farmers market since 1994. He said that spring is when his wheatgrass thrives. “Wheatgrass is really a young wheat plant [that] is grown for about seven days until it’s in initial grass stage,” Borowsky said. Wheatgrass, which is from the same plant that produces wheat for bread, has a reputation for being a super health food favored by hippies, and he says that hasn’t really changed much in the last two decades. There’s some science behind that reputation. “[Wheatgrass] is a microgreen and microgreens generally will have the nutrients that are associated with green vegetables, as well as some of the original nutrition that comes from the seed itself,” Borowsky explained. The difference between wheatgrass and something you’d put in your salad is primarily taste and texture. “The truth is that the wheatgrass has a lot of fiber,” Borowsky said. “I always try and compare it to sugarcane in that you would chew the sugar cane or you would juice it but you wouldn’t really chop it up and put it in fruit salad. And that would be kind of the same example I would give for wheatgrass.” Human teeth would have to put in an onerous amount of work to break down those fibers. “If you’ve ever seen a cow having a good time, that’s what’s going on,” Borowsky said. (Photo: Stewart Borowsky/Courtesy of Union Square Grassman) That’s also why a traditional juicer or blender won’t do the trick in liquefying wheatgrass. Instead, it needs to be processed with machines that are better designed to crush and press the greens. The bright green color helps attract New Yorkers and tourists alike to his stand, said Borowsky. He notes that many people find the sharp and, at times, startling flavor of wheatgrass to be familiar. “I think a lot of people, when they drink the wheatgrass, no matter where they’re from, they will recall having had it in their youth,” he said, adding that a lot of older generations from the Caribbean, Asia, and Eastern Europe also consume wheatgrass. Of course, animals are also drawn to the greenery, which is why wheatgrass is also known as “cat grass.” The greens helps animals’ digestive systems. Even domesticated pets who have little access to the outdoors have a natural inclination to graze on it, according to Borowsky.  The added bonus is that, even if you don’t have the infrastructure in place to gently mist wheatgrass every three hours, it’s still makes for a lively house plant. “The truth is that wheatgrass is one of the easiest things for people to grow at home,” said Borowsky. “It really requires only a clean, well-lit area that’s not too hot.” Below, try Borowsky’s suggestions for juices that use wheatgrass. Fruit Mix 1 or 2 oz. of wheatgrass juice per 12 oz. of fruit juice or coconut water Vegetable Mix 1/4 lb (two handfuls) clipped wheatgrass 3 large carrots 1/2 medium beet 1/2 oz (1" cube) of ginger    

This week on We Dig Plants gets down and dirty with the Gowanus Canal. Joined by Jeff Hutchinson and Erikof the Gowanus Canal Conservancy hosts Alice Marcus-Krieg and Carmen DeVito talk about what the Conservancy is doing to follow their mission to be a “steward for the preservation, restoration and green development of the Gowanus Canal and its environs for the greater good of the community”, from their compost project to volunteerism. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

The new patent reform law that tech entrepreneurs don’t like, an online game solves a scientific problem, WhatWasThere.com maps historical photos, taking aerial photos of the Gowanus Canal, and a graphic designer redesigns software terms of service.

When it comes to murky waters, it doesn't get much murkier than Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. In fact, the waterway was once dubbed “Lavender Lake” for its purplish chemical hue. The Environmental Protection Agency designated the 1-point-8 mile canal a Superfund site in March 2010. On this week's Cityscape, we're learning all about the Gowanus.

When it comes to murky waters, it doesn’t get much murkier than Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal. In fact, the waterway was once dubbed “Lavender Lake” for its purplish chemical hue. The Environmental Protection Agency designated the 1-point-8 mile canal a Superfund site in March 2010. On this week's Cityscape, we're learning all about the Gowanus.

For the last decade, a group of New Yorkers has been boating on one of the city's most polluted waterways. City Portraits takes you to the Gowanus Canal to meet them.