THE QUEENS NEW YORKER

Nov 10 2024 365 ep. 26 mins 13
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thequeensnewyorker/subscribe HELLO EVERYONE IM JASON DECANIO A NATIVE NEW YORKER RESIDING IN OVIEDO FLORIDA, AND THE HOST OF THIS GREAT CHANNEL, THAT FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS AND NEW YORK CITY. EACH WEEK FOR 15-20 MINUTES WILL LOOK BACK AT WHAT MAKES QUEENS NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST BOROUGH OF THE 5 BUT HOW IT CAME ABOUT. THIS CHANNEL WILL ENTERTAIN, INFORM, INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH RICH HISTORY THAT MADE QUEENS THE TALK OF THE TOWN. JOIN ME TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FOR A LOOK AT ALL THAT QUEENS HAS TO OFFER.

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THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 122: DAN RATHER(

Nov 10 2024 36 mins  
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (/ˈræðər/; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people.

THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 276: THE HISTORY OF NASSAU COUNTY PART 2

Nov 09 2024 26 mins  
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 453.2 square miles (1,174 km2), of which 284.7 square miles (737 km2) is land and 168.5 square miles (436 km2) (37%) is water.[39] Nassau County borders the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean on the south. The county occupies a portion of Long Island immediately east of the New York City b

THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 121: WALTER CRONKITE(broadcast journalist)

Nov 03 2024 57 mins  
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News[1] for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll.[2][3][4] Cronkite received numerous honors including two Peabody Awards

THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 120: CHARLES KURALT( television, newspaper and radio journalist and author.)

Oct 27 2024 20 mins  
Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934[1] – July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author.[2][3] He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.[4] In 199

THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 119: AL ROKER(weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author)

Oct 20 2024 20 mins  
Albert Lincoln Roker Jr.[1] (born August 20, 1954)[1] is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is the current weather anchor on NBC's Today,[2] and occasionally co-hosts 3rd Hour Today. He has an inactive American Meteorological Society Television Seal #238.[3] PICTURE: By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/ind

THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 275: THE HISTORY OF NASSAU COUNTY

Oct 15 2024 24 mins  
Nassau County (/ˈnæsɔː/ NASS-aw) is a suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south. As of the 2020 United States census, Nassau County's population was 1,395,774, making it the sixth-most populous county in the State of New York,[1] and reflecting an incr

THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 118: JACK KELLY(film, television actor)

Oct 13 2024 27 mins  
John Augustus Kelly Jr. (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the television series Maverick, which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957–1960) then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick (19

THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 274: THE HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND PART 5

Oct 03 2024 13 mins  
THE FINAL PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT PIECE OF LAND CONNECTED TO THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS. PICTURE: By No machine-readable author provided. NE2 assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1456479

THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 273: THE HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND PART 4

Oct 01 2024 28 mins  
Long Island has played a prominent role in scientific research and in engineering. It is the home of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in nuclear physics and Department of Energy research. Long Island is also home to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which was directed for 35 years by James D. Watson (who, along with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin, discovered the double hel

THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 117: LORI LOUGHLIN(actress)

Sep 29 2024 14 mins  
Lori Anne Loughlin[1] (/ˈlɒklɪn/; born July 28, 1964)[1] is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House, and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel Fuller House (2016–2018). Loughlin is also known for her roles of Jody Travis in The Edge of Night (1980–1983), Debbie Wilson in The CW series 90210 (2008–201