The Birthday Party
On January 21, 1998, the night before his 38th birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan. This is the story of what happened next… Alpert was taken by a...
View ArticleSecuring the City
As we’ve previously talked about on the show, after 9/11 the NYPD stopped relying on Federal agencies for intelligence, and started gathering their own. Well, Christopher Dickey has written an amazing...
View ArticleA Terrible Mistake
On November 28, 1953, U.S. Army biochemist Dr. Frank Olson crashed through a hotel window in New York City and fell over 150 feet to the sidewalk below where he died. The New York City Police...
View ArticleNYPD Confidential.
Power and Corruption in the Country’s Greatest Police Force On the heels of a botched car bombing attempt in Times Square – Mike and Mark are joined by author and veteran reporter Leonard Levitt to...
View ArticleThis Week – Support WBAI
Since 1996, we’ve been doing this for nothing. We couldn’t have done it without WBAI. Tonight, we feature some of our favorite guests and topics from over the past year. While you may only listen to...
View ArticleThe more things (don’t) change….
On the anniversary of 9/11, we cover a variety of stories, and get a visit from Henry Schoenberger to talk about the possible impending failure of the investigation / prosecution of the Wall Street...
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