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(Ferdinand Magellan)
The gurus of how-to, Alvin and Larry Ubell, answer listeners’ home-repair questions. Then Laurence Bergreen describes Ferdinand Magellan’s 16th c. circumnavigation of the globe. Magellan never made it back; he was killed in the Philippines, and a skeleton crew made it back to Spain three years later. Brian Cudahy talks about the New York City subway system. And photographer Allan Tannenbaum on life in New York in the 1970s.
Alvin and Larry Ubell
Building inspectors Alvin and Larry Ubell take listeners’ calls on the air. Call 212-267-WNYC (212-267-9692) with your home-repair questions.
Visit the Ubell’s website
Visit the Ubell’s website
Laurence Bergreen
Laurence Bergreen writes that Ferdinand Magellan’s 16th circumnavigation of the globe “was a dream as old as the imagination: a voyage to the ends of the earth...Mariners feared they could literally sail over the edge of the world." Bergreen’s recent book is Over the Edge of the World.
Music: ...
Music: ...
Brian Cudahy
New York City’s subway system has been officially open since October 27, 1904. Brian Cudahy’s new book is A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways.
Music: Take the A Train by Bob Wills, and Subway Song by Nicola Paone
Music: Take the A Train by Bob Wills, and Subway Song by Nicola Paone
Allan Tannenbaum
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