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The Untapped New York Podcast is an award-winning podcast about New York City’s secrets, like how does a water tower work? Why does steam come out of the ground? Do alligators live in the subway? We impart our knowledge, interview experts, and in many cases, literally go behind the scenes. Hosted by Michelle Young, founder, and Justin Rivers, Chief Experience Officer, at Untapped New York.
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- 1 weeks ago18 min
The Gilded Age Show Returns! A Sneak Peek at Season 4
Untapped New York got a sneak peak of the new season of The Gilded Age which premiered on November 1st! Michelle and Nicole discuss the real-life filming locations, recap the dramatic events of season 3, what happened in the first episode of season 4, some celebrity cameos, and tease what's to come. For even more Gilded Age join us on our related tours: Fifth Avenue Gilded Age Mansions tour, the Gilded Age Met Museum Tour: Art & Ambition, and Gilded Age Wealth and Power: Midtown tour. Our...
- Oct 5, 202636 min
NYC's Newest Waterfront Art
New York Harbor is the largest open-air museum in the world and almost nobody has curated it. Join Michelle and Justin as they talk about the newest art installations and highlights from our newest boat tour, The Unframed City, which treats 400 years of waterfront as a single, navigable exhibition space. Music by Kittens Ablaze. Our goal at Untapped New York is to surprise lifelong New Yorkers, so we keep digging until we find the story you've never heard, the hidden gems you've never s...
- Sep 28, 202638 min
Pop! into the Secret Brooklyn Bridge Champagne Vaults
In celebration of our new partnership with Apple Podcasts, we're re-releasing one of our favorite episodes about the secret champagne vaults in the Brooklyn Bridge! The location is now part of Apple's Hidden Histories Guides to New York City. If you haven't heard of this delicious tidbit, you're in for a ride through a bygone New York. If you do know about it, Michelle and Justin from Untapped New York are sharing additional insider secrets about this subject that are not publicly known, or h...
- Sep 21, 202633 min
The Macy's Bag Disappears from 34th Street
One of the biggest piece of news, at least for us urban nerds, is that the iconic, oversized Macy's bag that has long been on the corner of 34th Street at Herald Square is gone. There was no notice. Where did it go? What's going to happen? Michelle and Justin from Untapped New York talk about the history of the "Million Dollar Corner," how the kitschy shopping bag came to be, and what's coming next for that tiny piece of property next to Macy's, along with other holdout buildings to look out ...
- Sep 12, 202634 min
9/11: 25 Years Later
Welcome to the new season of The Untapped New York Podcast! On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City, Michelle and Justin from Untapped New York share their memories of that day, the history of rebuilding the site, and the impact on the city since. Justin was a brand new elementary school teacher, four days into the job, when the attack unfolded through the windows of his school on the Lower East Side. Music in the epis...
- Sep 10, 202651 min
The Art Curator Who Outsmarted the Nazis
Today we’re rereleasing a live conversation about Untapped New York founder Michelle Young's award-winning book, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland, in honor of its paperback release this week. The Art Spy was named a Best Book of 2025 by the New York Public Library, Library Journal, and Hyperallergic, and named the 2026 Massachusetts Book Awards Nonfiction Honors Title. Michelle and our Chief Experience Officer, Justin Rivers, delve into who Rose ...
- Nov 25, 202515 min
Heists at the Met Museum
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 the infamous "Valentine's Day Heist" of 1979! Untapped New York founder Michelle Young talks with Nicole Saraniero, our editor and director of events who wrote the article, "10 Major Art Heists at the Met Museum." If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' most hidden and secret places, jump onto some of our most exciting tours like the Gil...
- Nov 5, 202515 min
NYC Secrets: The Barthman Clock Beneath Your Feet
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 time this week, we deep dive into the Barthman clock, a historic clock beneath your feet in the Financial District. Michelle, Justin and Nicole talk about the history of the clock, share their experience going down into the secret room/basement underneath the clock, and more! If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' most hidden and ...
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