Bedford & Sullivan Brooklyn

Happy July 4th, everybody! What better way to celebrate on the Bedford & Sullivan podcast than by talking to our all-time favorite, Carl Erskine?!LIVE at 10am ET, our 91st episode will pertain to Carl's memories of July 4th while pitching for the Dodgers, as well as some other random memories from past July's. So, join us at 10am ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sulliva...

We Amazin'ly turn 90 today as the research process continues on the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! This is research from the eomtional point of view, as Faith and Fear in Flushing's Greg Prince helps us dissect what makes National League baseball in New York tick. Continuing our conversation from May 9th, the thing I am wondering today is when does waiting "Till Next Year" rea...

LIVE at noon ET, Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger calls into the Bedford & Sullivan podcast to talk the history of the Southeastern neighborhood of Brooklyn known as Canarsie. He'll discuss its farm roots, the Native American tribe whos namesake the neighborhood borrows from and what its demographic makeup has been over the years. So, make sure to tune in at noon ET for the latest...

The Bedford & Sullivan Podcast returns for its 88th episode! Today, we broadcast our first ever pre-recorded one! Joining us on the program is Brooklyn Dodgers fan and Queens native Susie Salomon! We talk about her roots in Forest Hills, Queens, her own athletic background, how she became a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, her favorite players like Gil Hodges and Jackie Robinson, and her disappointment w...

At 12pm ET, Gil Hodges, Jr. will talk to us on the 87th episode to discuss his father's upcoming Golden Era candidacy for the Hall of Fame next January. After so many years and so many chances, we feel this will finally be the time the wrong is righted, and Gil will discuss why he feels, and why so many others do too, his father lines up with his contemporaries already inducted years ago. We&...

We're on the 86th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast and we're excited to welcome Rob Barnes to the program at 11:30am ET! Rob Barnes became a Dodgers fan back in 1969, getting hooked all the way out in Illinois watching the LA version whenever they would come into Wrigley Field. This led him to also explore the history of the team and he has since, in his words, become an &qu...

Eighty-five episodes and going strong! The Bedford and Sullivan podcast continues the TV series research process with one of our favorites, Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger calling in to discuss the Brooklyn neighborhood Bay Ridge. So, listen in LIVE at noon ET for the latest edition of the Bedford and Sullivan Podcast!

At noon eastern time, Faith and Fear in Flushing's Greg Prince joins the Bedford & Sullivan podcast to brief our audience on how the Dodgers National League New York Legacy, the Mets, are doing in 2019, and how the echoes of both the Dodgers and the Giants still ring loudly through the Mets franchise. Join us at 12pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

LIVE at 3:30pm ET, the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast returns with the Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant calling in to talk Brooklyn, wherever and whichever direction the briefing takes us. His job has him roaming all around the borough and we'll find out once we're on-air where the job took him today. So, tune in this afternoon at 3:30pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford &am...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast turns 82! Lately, they've been few and far between but we felt like we needed to get back on the horse by traveling up to 155th and 8th Ave in Manhattan. Gary Mintz, head of the New York Giants Preservation Society, will catch us up on all things New York Giants, both what we've missed over the last few months and how the current team is doing in this e...

At 2:30 ET, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast welcomes back Brooklyn borough historian Ron Schweiger to the program! Today, we'll focus our attention on the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, including its Dutch history, the two neighborhoods that combined for its namesake, as well as its roots in the black community. So, join us at 2:30pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford &...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast revs back up, LIVE at 2:30pm ET!What better way to celebrate our 80th episode than to have our all-time favorite podcast guest, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine, on the episode?! We'll explore with Carl what a typical routine was like for the ballplayers of his era and what he would typically be into around the end of November back in the day. So, make...

 Because of the way blog talk radio has their time zone set up, they keep screwing the listeners  out of an appropriate episode by poor communication.  Brian Sidney Parrott, son of sportswriter Harold Parrott,  has been ever so patient with these issues, and I appreciate it from him. He has a vast amount of knowledge about the era, and I’m glad to have him here for the research process 

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast is back! For the first time in 2018, the research process of the HBO-style TV series on Brooklyn and its Dodgers continues! On today's show, Brian Sidney Parrott joins us to discuss his father, Harold Parrott. Harold was with the Brooklyn Eagle on the Dodgers beat for 15 years before joining the team as the traveling secretary and publicist. We'll discu...

 The Bedford & Sullivan podcast marches on with our 77th episode! We're thrilled to welcome Brooklyn-born Marty Appel to the program, former public relations director of the New York Yankees, and author of "Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character." We'll discuss Casey's playing time with both the Dodgers and the Giants, his time managing the Dodgers in the 30...

On this episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast, Rick Elliott, the writer of "Clem Labine: Always a Dodger," will join me to welcome Brooklyn Dodgers 3rd baseman Randy "Ransom" Jackson! We'll discuss what his views of Brooklyn were before and after being traded from the Cubs to the Dodgers in Dec. '55, his views on Walter O'Malley, his feelings on being in...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns with its 75th episode at 12pm ET! Sam Maxwell welcomes Jack Finkelstein to the program, who will discuss his life growing up in Washington Heights, going to watch the Giants in the Polo Grounds, and how he would throw off the suburban kids going to Yankee Stadium with bogus directions. So, join us at 12pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sul...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast chugs on to its 74th episode! The Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger joins us at 2pm ET. The man who was our first guest ever will discuss some Brooklyn weather history following the snow storm that hit our region this week...including one story having to do with the World Champion 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. So, join us at 2pm ET for the latest edition of the B...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns at 9:30am ET Monday with one of our favorite guests! Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine joins us for the 73rd episode to talk about a contentious individual in the history of the Brooklyn National League Baseball Club-- Mr. Walter O'Malley. Brooklyn has long had a pretty much one-sided opinion of the man who moved the Dodgers thousands of miles aw...

Continuing the research process of the development of the TV Series, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns for its 72nd episode! Today, Sam Maxwell and Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant talk generally about Brooklyn, catching up after so much time off the air. The resident of Bensonhurst has actually been underground at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush recently as he is want to do at...

Finally, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast returns to keep you active in the research for the developing TV series regarding Brooklyn and its Dodgers! To kickstart us back up, my friend, actor, writer and fellow New Yorker Owen Goldenberg joins to discuss his father's roots in Brooklyn and how he learned of the borough's camaradie through his dad's love of baseball and the Mets. So...

At 9:30am ET, The Bedford & Sullivan podcast keeps the research goin' at full steam, and today, for the 70th episode, we have one of our favorites on, legendary Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine! He'll be joined by Mr. Jim Denny, a fireman in Carl's town of Anderson, Indiana. They'll discuss what it has been like growing up in the area, as well as a history lesson in the town or...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast turns 69! And for the first time in 2016, we head up the 8th Avenue line to the Polo Grounds to check in on the New York Baseball Giants Franchise! Gary Mintz, prorietor, curator, and the brains behind the New York Giants Preservation Society joins us to talk that Orange and Black squad, including a look at the life and career of Monte Irvin, who unfortunately pa...

Happy New Year everyone! To get things going for the first time in the New Year, the Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant joins Sam for the 68th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! At 11pm ET, they will discuss a couple Brooklyn neighborhoods Mike has lived in his life: Flatbush and Bensonhurst. Make sure to join them then!

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast continues with its 67th edition at 11am ET!A long-time friend of the show dating back to the inaugural episode, Ron Schweiger joins us to discuss the Brooklyn highway system. From the Gowanus to the Prospect to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Ron and I will go over their history and what the town looked like prior to their construction (that was brought to you by...