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Heists at the Met Museum
Nov 25, 2025
15m 38s
NYC Secrets: The Barthman Clock Beneath Your Feet
Nov 5, 2025
15m 50s
Secrets of Grand Central: Find the Hidden Mural in the Wine Shop
Oct 30, 2025
12m 31s
Secrets of Morningside Heights
Oct 23, 2025
36m 56s
World's Fair Mosaics Removed from Flushing Meadows-Corona Park!
Oct 16, 2025
24m 55s
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| 11/25/25 |  Heists at the Met Museum | If you're following the heist at the Louvre, discover the heists that have occurred at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, including the infamous "Valentine's Day Heist" of 1979! Untapped New York founder Michelle Young talks with Nicole Saraniero, our editor and director of events who wrote the article, "10 Major Art Heists at the Met Museum." If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' most hidden and secret places, jump onto some of our most exciting tours like the Gil... | 15m 38s | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | NYC Secrets: The Barthman Clock Beneath Your Feet | Maybe you saw our latest Instagram reel that's going viral, making NYC horological history cool again! On the podcast, in honor of fall back time this week, we deep dive into the Barthman clock, a historic clock beneath your feet in the Financial District. Michelle, Justin and Nicole talk about the history of the clock, share their experience going down into the secret room/basement underneath the clock, and more! If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' most hidden and ... | 15m 50s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | Secrets of Grand Central: Find the Hidden Mural in the Wine Shop | Did you know there's a mini version of Grand Central's ceiling mural inside the terminal's wine shop, Central Cellars? And that it used to be part of a movie theater? We talk to the experts: the authors of a book about the artist who did the painting, the passionate and informed store manager and employees, and historian Justin Rivers, Untapped New York's Chief Experience Officer who perfected our Secrets of Grand Central tour. If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' m... | 12m 31s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 | Secrets of Morningside Heights | Michelle Young and Justin Rivers of Untapped New York discuss the neighborhood of Morningside Heights. Michelle and Justin will discuss five hidden and unique spots including Columbia University's Alma Mater, the Guastavino Dome at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church’s Labyrinth, Ulysses S. Grant’s Tomb, and the meeting of 125th and 129th Streets. This podcast episode was originally produced in partnership with Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Plann... | 36m 56s | ||||||
| 10/16/25 | World's Fair Mosaics Removed from Flushing Meadows-Corona Park! | Sad news from Queens...After multiple patchwork repairs, a set of colorful mosaics depicting highlights from the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World's Fairs have been completely replaced with pavers. Michelle, Justin and Nicole discuss this piece of very sad news, broken by Untapped New York and the most read article this month so far. The Passarelle Plaza mosaics were installed in 1997 to commemorate the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World's Fairs. Now, they are another lost relic of World's Fair history. ... | 24m 55s | ||||||
| 10/9/25 | Pandas in NYC, Oh My! | In this episode, we’re talking about a very adorable secret: pandas in New York City! Who doesn’t love pandas? In fact, the story of how pandas came to America is deeply tied to New York City. We're joined by an expert on this story, Nathalia Holt, author of The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda. Learn the New York City origin story behind the discovery of the panda, about Theodore Roosevelt and his sons in Prohibition Era New York, all... | 39m 18s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | The Champagne Vaults in the Brooklyn Bridge | We delve into one of our favorite New York City secrets: the champagne and wine vaults inside the Brooklyn Bridge. If you haven't heard of this delicious tidbit, you're in for a ride through a bygone New York. If you do know about it, Michelle and Justin from Untapped New York are sharing additional insider secrets about this subject that are not publicly known, or have ever been written about. Cheers! Music by Kittens Ablaze. If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' mo... | 34m 25s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | A WWII Resistance Spy and Her NYC Connections | A conversation between Michelle Young, Untapped New York's founder and Justin Rivers, our Chief Experience Officer, about Michelle's newest book, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland. Michelle and Justin delve into who Rose Valland was and the brave things she did, the story of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg and his family, which allowed Michelle to write about her first love, New York City, and Rosenberg's clients including characters like Pablo P... | 54m 48s | ||||||
| 7/16/25 | Amelia Earhart's NYC Haunts | We’re kicking off season 4 of the Untapped New York Podcast with New York City literary sensation, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, whose newest book The Aviator and the Showman, just came out about Amelia Earhart’s marriage with publisher George Putnam, which set her on a collision course with fate. Because we’re a New York City obsessed podcast, we’ll be talking with Laurie about all of Amelia’s New York City connections (there are many!)—from studying at Columbia, riding the subway, and eating Chinese... | 42m 19s | ||||||
| 2/27/25 | Why is the FDR Drive Purple? | In the latest episode of the Untapped New York Podcast, Michelle Young, author, journalist, and the founder of Untapped New York, tracks down the answer to her latest burning question about New York City: Why is the FDR Drive Purple? If you’ve been wondering or…have yet to notice, prepare to have your mind blown. A lot of myths abound, none of them true. No, the New York State D.O.T. did not just happen to have a ton of extra purple paint. It's also not inspired by the color of someone's tie ... | 30m 20s | ||||||
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| 1/23/25 | A Harrowing Tale of NYPD Corruption, the Mafia and Murder | The new book The Blood and the Badge, by former New York Times editor Michael Cannell, chronicles a true tale of police corruption, mafia, and murderous mayhem in 1980s New York City. Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy describes the book as a “harrowing story...Cannell misses nothing." In our latest episode of the Untapped New York podcast, Untapped New York founder Michelle Young (the author of the forthcoming book The Art Spy) talks with Cannell about the crazier than fiction story.&... | 27m 22s | ||||||
| 1/7/25 | The Stolen Queen: A Mystery Whodunnit Set in the Met Museum | The Stolen Queen, the newest historical fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, publishes today, January 7, and is set in the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When the Met’s prized Egyptian artifact goes missing, an unlikely female duo—curator and anthropologist Charlotte Cross and eighteen-year-old Annie Jenkins from the Met’s costume department—team up to investigate the theft, unraveling decades old secrets particularly in Charlotte’s own past. Char... | 24m 41s | ||||||
| 12/3/24 | Secret New York: An Unusual Guide | The newest edition of Secret New York, An Unusual Guide, is out! Michelle Young, founder of Untapped New York and author of "Secret New York," interviews her co-author Hannah Frishberg, a native New Yorker and arts and culture reporter with Gothamist/WNYC. Discover some of the exciting new entries in the guidebook, including the IFC Center's spy holes, the Hess Triangle, a section of the Berlin Wall, and two quirky lighthouses in the Bronx and Staten Island. They also highlight the Red Room a... | 20m 17s | ||||||
| 11/10/24 | Take the 5: The Pets of NYC | This week's "Take the 5" podcast episode is all about the pets and animals of New York City. We recorded the episode on Election Day, not knowing who would become President. But regardless of the outcome at the time, we hoped it will be a respite from political news for all of you! Michelle, Justin, and Nicole talk about the new Pets of NYC exhibition at New York Historical, the former Canine Chief of Engine 203, the euthanization of squirrel Instagram star, Peanut, and more. We even have an ... | 16m 40s | ||||||
| 11/5/24 | How Long Does It Take to Become a New Yorker? | The newest episode, "How Long Does it Take to Be a New Yorker?" features guest host, audio journalist Francisco Kilgore, and members get early access to the episode! Francisco is a more recent transplant to New York City, and spent many months investigating how long it takes to become a New Yorker. Everyone has a different take on this question. Francisco went on the ground to interview everyone from his local bodega owner to experts in the city to find out an answer. You'll hear from Valerie... | 36m 38s | ||||||
| 10/31/24 | Take the 5: A Speakeasy Candy Store & all the latest news | The Untapped New York team is excited to revive our weekly (ish) show, Take the 5! In this short five(ish) minute episode, Michelle Young (Founder), Nicole Saraniero (Editor + Director of Events), and Justin Rivers (Chief Experience Officer) will discuss all of the timely, weird, wacky, and fun current events we covered over the week. We’ll also which upcoming Untapped New York events we’re most excited about in the week ahead. To close each episode, Justin will reveal a fun fact from New Yor... | 13m 53s | ||||||
| 7/2/24 | Scaffolding in NYC: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know | Ah...scaffolding. That ubiquitous, necessary, and perpetually present part of New York City’s landscape. In this episode, we do a deep dive into the history of scaffolding, reveal just how much scaffolding there is in the city, why it exists, how long it stays up, why it's always green, how much it costs, and answer everything you've ever wanted to know about this scourge/icon. You’ll hear from three experts: Ken Buettner from York Scaffolding Equipment Corporation, based in Long Island Cit... | 59m 17s | ||||||
| 5/8/24 | NYC's Fire Alarm Call Boxes | In this episode, we do a deep dive into one of New York City’s most recognizable pieces of street furniture: fire alarm call boxes. You know what we're talking about. They're (often) red and sit prettily on sidewalks with the ability to call the fire department and the police. Fire alarm call boxes have been around for more than a hundred years and come in different shapes and sizes, from the ornate Victorian ones to the more modern ones. Before the advent of telephones and much later, cell p... | 34m 52s | ||||||
| 4/23/24 | New York's Lost Opera Houses | New York City's lost opera houses are having their fifteen minutes of fame, thanks to the HBO show, The Gilded Age, which brought their dramatic histories to life in the most recent season. We dug into these former opera houses in our new extended episode which weaves in clips from The Gilded Age. We'll cover some of the earliest of opera houses (some of which where were Italian!), the Astor Place Opera house which inspired one of the deadliest riots in the city's history, the Academy o... | 1h 01m 34s | ||||||
| 4/11/24 | The Main Streets of....NYC? | Did you know there's a Main Street in New York City? Most people probably associate the idea of Main Street with quaint American towns and villages but New York City has not just one but five Main Streets. Join Untapped New York's founder Michelle Young as she goes on a quixotic mission to find all of NYC's Main Streets. The Untapped New York Podcast is produced by Michelle Young and co-hosted by Justin Rivers. Music by Kittens Ablaze ("Hotel Room"). Additional sounds by Daniel Simon ... | 26m 25s | ||||||
| 2/24/24 | The World of Oppenheimer: From New York to Los Alamos | This episode is all about Oppenheimer, as the movie heads into the Academy Awards with thirteen Oscar nominations. Michelle Young and Justin Rivers from Untapped New York first delve into J. Robert Oppenheimer's early life in New York City where the character and moral beliefs of the precocious future scientist were forged. Our hosts also discover their mutual connection to the atomic bomb itself. Then, Michelle interviews Oppenheimer's production designer Ruth de Jong who is up for an Oscar ... | 45m 47s | ||||||
| 2/19/24 | The Jazz Age Murder that Took Down NYC | When the young and beautiful Vivian Gordon was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park in 1931, the case to find her killer unveiled the dark underbelly of New York City political power and policing. In this episode, author Michael Wolraich of the new book The Bishop and the Butterfly, which the New York Times calls a “propulsive” “political thriller," recounts this story along with Pulitzer Prize winner Debby Applegate, author of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler at the inaugural Lit S... | 48m 46s | ||||||
| 1/31/24 | The Bronx Nobody Knows | The newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast is out! Discover a dozen of the most interesting places in the Bronx, from the book The Bronx Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide by William Helmreich, who walked every street in New York City’s five boroughs. That's more than 6,000 miles! The book was published posthumously, as Helmreich sadly passed away from COVID in 2020. His wife, Helaine, who walked much of the city with William had the book published after his death and jo... | 55m 57s | ||||||
| 1/24/24 | The Untold Story of Staten Island's Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis | This episode of the Untapped New York podcast features a reading and interview with Maria Smilios, the author of the book The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. Her eloquently and meticulously researched narrative non-fiction book is told with first hand interviews with the Black Angel nurses of Sea View Hospital on Staten Island. In the episode, Smilios brings to light this important but forgotten story in a moving, lyrical recounting of the brav... | 52m 18s | ||||||
| 10/24/23 | Take the 5: George Washington Bridge Opened This Week in 1931 | In this week's Take the 5, Michelle and Justin discuss the anniversary of opening day of the George Washington Bridge along with a new alligator art installation you can find in Manhattan. The Untapped New York Podcast is produced by Untapped New York. Music by Kittens Ablaze ("Gloom Doom Buttercups"). New York City skyline in icon by Bernadette Moke, the Downtown Doodler. If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' most hidden and secret places, jump onto some of our most exci... | 6m 58s | ||||||
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