Brooklyn, USA

Last year, 8 of Brooklyn’s best and brightest were selected to spend 12 weeks learning how to write, produce, record and edit a podcast as part of BRIC’s second-ever Podcast Intensive. Armed with zoom recorders and with headphones up, these burgeoning audio stars took us into the basements and backrooms of the foodservice industry, on a life-and-death search through 3 million acres of national park, into the music that defines our existence, and inside a memory from seven summers ago. In November, the cohort gathered in the BRIC ballroom for a live showcase of their work hosted by special projects manager Liam Billingham, and media artist and program instructor Nicole Solomon.

Read the transcript here: shorturl.at/abyJK

Show Notes

This month, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. 
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Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Khyriel Palmer, and Charlie Hoxie with help from Liam Billingham and Nicole Solomon.

"The Industry Is Watching" is produced by DeMarius “Champ” Kilpatrick

"The Usable Past" is produced by Marie Nahikian

"Under The Table" is produced by Vera Rios

"SONIC BLACKNUSS" is produced by Nia I'man Smith

"My Latinidad" is produced by Maria Patricia Slee

"#WeMakinIt" is produced by Kadie Henderson

"Cinema Iran" is produced by Arzoo Hansen

"The Search" is produced by Maria Luisa Tucker

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Read the transcript here: shorturl.at/abyJK

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What is Brooklyn, USA?

Brooklyn, USA is a podcast that blends short documentary, hyperlocal journalism, personal narratives, sound art and audiovisual experimentation to reflect the diversity and beauty of our borough. We deliver New York stories told by the people who live them, and cover issues that impact our community in its own voice. #BKUSA