The Untapped New York Podcast
Episodes
Heists at the Met Museum
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're following the heist at the Louvre, discover the heists that have occurred at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, including...
NYC Secrets: The Barthman Clock Beneath Your Feet
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you saw our latest Instagram reel that's going viral, making NYC horological history cool again! On the podcast, in honor of fall back tim...
Secrets of Grand Central: Find the Hidden Mural in the Wine Shop
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there's a mini version of Grand Central's ceiling mural inside the terminal's wine shop, Central Cellars? And that it us...
Secrets of Morningside Heights
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Young and Justin Rivers of Untapped New York discuss the neighborhood of Morningside Heights. Michelle and Justin will discuss five hidden an...
World's Fair Mosaics Removed from Flushing Meadows-Corona Park!
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sad news from Queens...After multiple patchwork repairs, a set of colorful mosaics depicting highlights from the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World's Fair...
Pandas in NYC, Oh My!
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re talking about a very adorable secret: pandas in New York City! Who doesn’t love pandas? In fact, the story of how pandas ca...
The Champagne Vaults in the Brooklyn Bridge
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We delve into one of our favorite New York City secrets: the champagne and wine vaults inside the Brooklyn Bridge. If you haven't heard of this d...
A WWII Resistance Spy and Her NYC Connections
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation between Michelle Young, Untapped New York's founder and Justin Rivers, our Chief Experience Officer, about Michelle's newest ...
Amelia Earhart's NYC Haunts
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re kicking off season 4 of the Untapped New York Podcast with New York City literary sensation, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, whose newest book The Aviato...
Why is the FDR Drive Purple?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Untapped New York Podcast, Michelle Young, author, journalist, and the founder of Untapped New York, tracks down the answ...
A Harrowing Tale of NYPD Corruption, the Mafia and Murder
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new book The Blood and the Badge, by former New York Times editor Michael Cannell, chronicles a true tale of police corruption, mafia, and murde...
The Stolen Queen: A Mystery Whodunnit Set in the Met Museum
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Stolen Queen, the newest historical fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, publishes today, January 7, and is set in the ...
Secret New York: An Unusual Guide
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The newest edition of Secret New York, An Unusual Guide, is out! Michelle Young, founder of Untapped New York and author of "Secret New York,&quo...
Take the 5: The Pets of NYC
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's "Take the 5" podcast episode is all about the pets and animals of New York City. We recorded the episode on Election Day, n...
How Long Does It Take to Become a New Yorker?
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The newest episode, "How Long Does it Take to Be a New Yorker?" features guest host, audio journalist Francisco Kilgore, and members get ear...
Take the 5: A Speakeasy Candy Store & all the latest news
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Untapped New York team is excited to revive our weekly (ish) show, Take the 5! In this short five(ish) minute episode, Michelle Young (Founder), N...
Scaffolding in NYC: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ah...scaffolding. That ubiquitous, necessary, and perpetually present part of New York City’s landscape. In this episode, we do a deep dive into the...
NYC's Fire Alarm Call Boxes
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we do a deep dive into one of New York City’s most recognizable pieces of street furniture: fire alarm call boxes. You know what we...
New York's Lost Opera Houses
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New York City's lost opera houses are having their fifteen minutes of fame, thanks to the HBO show, The Gilded Age, which brought their dramatic ...
The Main Streets of....NYC?
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there's a Main Street in New York City? Most people probably associate the idea of Main Street with quaint American towns and villag...
The World of Oppenheimer: From New York to Los Alamos
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about Oppenheimer, as the movie heads into the Academy Awards with thirteen Oscar nominations. Michelle Young and Justin Rivers fr...
The Jazz Age Murder that Took Down NYC
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the young and beautiful Vivian Gordon was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park in 1931, the case to find her killer unveiled the dark underbelly...
The Bronx Nobody Knows
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast is out! Discover a dozen of the most interesting places in the Bronx, from the book The Bronx No...
The Untold Story of Staten Island's Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Untapped New York podcast features a reading and interview with Maria Smilios, the author of the book The Black Angels: The Untold...
Take the 5: George Washington Bridge Opened This Week in 1931
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Take the 5, Michelle and Justin discuss the anniversary of opening day of the George Washington Bridge along with a new alligator ...
Take the 5: BQE Shut Down
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do all these three things have in common? Nothing except that they are all related to New York City! Welcome to our inaugural episode of Take the...
The Steam System in New York City
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered about those orange and white cones you see in the middle of New York’s streets with steam flowing out of them? To find out mo...
The Podcast is Back!
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You clamored for more episodes of the podcast and we listened! Michelle Young and Justin Rivers of Untapped New York share what's coming up, as w...
Manhole Covers in New York City
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a crash course into manhole covers 101 and why New Yorkers find them to be such curious objects. How many manhole covers are there in ...
The New York City Water Tower
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who doesn't love the New York City water tower? This episode, hosted by Michelle Young, founder of Untapped New York, is an exploration of how wa...
Pneumatic Tube Mail in New York City
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know mail used to be sent underground in New York City and other U.S. cities? Imagine an underground world where mail was zipping around in tu...