John Strausbaugh

Nicholas Britell on "If Beale Street Could Talk." John Strausbaugh on "Victory City." Danielle Macdonald & Julie Murphy on “Dumplin’.”

How New York City played a central role in the abolitionist movement, as well as the anti-war effort during the Civil War. 

Fifty-five years ago, WNYC addressed the "tension" in Greenwich Village over interracial couples and beatniks. We hear your memories of the era.

President Jimmy Carter, author and activist Kevin Powell, and theater director Charlotte Moore share their remembrances of the poet.

This interview originally aired live on April 11, 2013. An edited version was re-aired on August 9, 2013 as part of a special episode of The Brian Lehrer Show. 

John Strausbaugh, author of The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village, tells the story of Greenwich Village, from Dutch farmers to movie stars and bankers.  Is the Village still an "engine of culture"?

What happened after World War II that made artists want to improvise? Produced by John Strausbaugh.