360. Fear City: New York in the 1970s
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360. Fear City: New York in the 1970s mentions The Power Broker by Robert Caro, Mad as Hell by Dominic Sandbrook, Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, and Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right by Dominic Sandbrook with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
Robert Caro wrote this fantastic book called The Power Broker about how you reshape New York with expressways, cutting through what had once been set…
Now that, Dominic Sandbrook, was written by a top historian of 1970s America.
Is that the expressway that in Bonfire of Vanities?
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The host mentions 'The Power Broker' to illustrate how urban planning decisions, particularly by Robert Moses, have d…
The host mentioned 'Mad as Hell' to highlight the extensive research and writing process behind the book, which cover…
The host mentions 'Bonfire of the Vanities' to illustrate the socio-economic divide and urban challenges faced in New…
The host briefly mentions Dominic Sandbrook's book to highlight a specific historical event. This reference serves to…
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- A second recurring theme is looting and destruction in Bushwick.
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“Robert Caro wrote this fantastic book called The Power Broker about how you reshape New York with expressways, cutting through what had once been settled, kind of contented working class neighborhoods.”
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“Dominic Sandbrook's magnum opus, 'Mad as Hell', discusses 1970s America and was originally commissioned for 140,000 words but ended up being 500,000 words.”
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“The Tom Wolfe novel where the yuppie accidentally goes off the wrong exit. Bonfire of the Vanities, the whole Tom Wolfe book is written, I suppose, at the very end of this period in the mid-1980s.”
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“A passage is read from Dominic's book discussing the looting and destruction in Bushwick during the summer of 1977.”
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The host mentions 'The Power Broker' to illustrate how urban planning decisions, particularly by Robert Moses, have drastically reshaped New York C…
The host mentioned 'Mad as Hell' to highlight the extensive research and writing process behind the book, which covers 1970s America. They also ref…
The host mentions 'Bonfire of the Vanities' to illustrate the socio-economic divide and urban challenges faced in New York during the 1980s. The bo…
Movies & Documentaries Mentioned
Serpico
“The story of Frank Serpico, the first officer to speak out publicly about corruption in the NYPD, who was shot and framed by his colleagues.”
Escape from New York
“The film in which New York becomes a prison and the president crashes into it, featuring Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken.”
Taxi Driver
“A famous film featuring Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a disturbed Vietnam veteran navigating a crime-ridden New York City.”
The Warriors
“A film directed by Walter Hill released in 1979, based on Xenophon's March of the 10,000, where a gang fights their way out of New York.”
Saturday Night Fever
“A film that embraces disco as a means to escape the reality of a decaying Brooklyn, described as pretty depressing.”
Dog Day Afternoon
“Mentioned as a very depressing film, part of the discussion on films related to the urban experience.”
Death Wish
“Described as a very dark film, included in the list of films discussed in relation to urban decay.”