An inside look at the people, places and spirit of New York City and its surroundings, with host George Bodarky, Sundays at 6:30am. Subscribe to the Cityscape Podcast through NPR.

Cityscape: NYC the Not So Concrete Jungle

June 08, 2013|George Bodarky
We're taking time to smell the flowers

New York City is known as the “concrete jungle,” but you won’t be hard pressed to find...

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Cityscape: Private Lives in the Big City

June 01, 2013|George Bodarky
This week we talk with author Constance Rosenblum about her book.

Walking around the streets of New York City, its usually...

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Cityscape: Glenn Close and Family Battle Stigma of Mental Illness

May 25, 2013|George Bodarky
Actress Glenn Close co-founded an organization to fight the stigma associated with mental illness.

Mental illness is a...

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Cityscape: Typhoid Mary

May 18, 2013|George Bodarky
This week we talk with Mary Beth Keane, author of the new book, "Fever."

Her story reads like a Hollywood screenplay: A woman...

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Cityscape: A Show about Moms

May 11, 2013|George Bodarky
We're exploring the role of mothers in our own lives and in society as a whole.

Sunday is Mother’s Day. A day to celebrate...

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Cityscape: The Roaring 20s

May 04, 2013|George Bodarky
The glamour, the music, the fashion, the mobsters and more from the 1920s

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 masterpiece novel “The...

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Cityscape: NYC for Kids

April 27, 2013|George Bodarky
We're exploring cool things for kids to do and see in NYC.

New York City is a great big playground for kids. Take a journey...

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Cityscape: Show Us Some Love!

April 20, 2013|George Bodarky
We look back at some of our favorite segments during WFUV's Spring Fund Drive

Each week Cityscape explores the people, places...

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Cityscape: Broadway Tails

April 13, 2013|George Bodarky
From the pound to a Broadway stage.

In the musical Annie, the lead character meets and comforts a stray dog named Sandy. ...

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Cityscape: Struggling to "Make It" in NYC

April 06, 2013|George Bodarky
Being successful in New York City isn't always easy.

As the song goes, if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere.  A...

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