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Your Hometown

A show about growing up and how where we’re from shapes us forever. Join Kevin Burke as he interviews prominent and everyday guests about coming of age in their hometowns.

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Glenn Ligon – The Bronx

Glenn Ligon – The Bronx

Glenn Ligon is a renowned artist who gives us new ways of seeing American history, literature, and society. How can we s... Read more

16 Dec 2021

1hr 16mins

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Sewell Chan – Queens

Sewell Chan – Queens

This is the story of an “inquiring mind” who happens to be a journalist. Sewell Chan is the new editor-in-chief of The T... Read more

2 Dec 2021

59mins

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Tiffany Cabán – Queens

Tiffany Cabán – Queens

Tiffany Cabán captured national headlines when she came within a hair’s breadth of winning the primary for district atto... Read more

18 Nov 2021

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David Johansen Part 1 – Staten Island

David Johansen Part 1 – Staten Island

David Johansen is one of the all-time front men in music and an artist who keeps changing the game – not by degrees but ... Read more

4 Nov 2021

55mins

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David Johansen Part 2 – Staten Island

David Johansen Part 2 – Staten Island

Part two of David Johansen’s Your Hometown episode is the portrait of an artist in the process of becoming. If Staten Is... Read more

4 Nov 2021

49mins

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Chef Priyanka Naik – Staten Island

Chef Priyanka Naik – Staten Island

Chef Priyanka Naik is a self-taught vegan cook, Food Network champion, social media influencer, and author of the cookbo... Read more

21 Oct 2021

52mins

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Sonia Manzano Part 2 - The South Bronx

Sonia Manzano Part 2 - The South Bronx

Sonia Manzano is one of the most influential voices in the history of public television. For more than 40 years, she was... Read more

7 Oct 2021

53mins

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Sonia Manzano Part 1 - The South Bronx

Sonia Manzano Part 1 - The South Bronx

Emmy-winning writer and actress Sonia Manzano, who played “Maria” on Sesame Street for more than 40 years, talks to host... Read more

7 Oct 2021

52mins

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Suzanne Vega – East Harlem / Upper West Side, Manhattan

Suzanne Vega – East Harlem / Upper West Side, Manhattan

Suzanne Vega is that rare singer-songwriter whose work becomes part of the soundtrack of their hometown -- in her case, ... Read more

22 Jun 2021

1hr 10mins

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Sherrilyn Ifill – Jamaica, Queens

Sherrilyn Ifill – Jamaica, Queens

Sherrilyn Ifill walks into court with history behind her as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal and Educat... Read more

8 Jun 2021

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