Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sixty miles north of New York City, two cities sit across the Hudson River from each other, but they couldn't be more different. We went to Newburgh and Beacon to find out how two places with so much in common ended up so far apart.

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0:00 Intro
1:17 Newburgh History
1:50 Lifelong Newburgher
2:25 Italian Mafia
3:30 Leaving Newburgh
4:10 Guys on Corner
5:00 Pregnant Woman
7:03 Nini
7:45 Latinos
9:25 Newburgh & Beacon Diverge
10:30 Hispanic (50% of Town)
12:20 Glimpses of Change
13:25 Beacon
14:00 Transplants
15:06 Affordability
15:53 Beacon Local
17:20 Outro


Episode 154
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