Guest host Neil Drumming wonders what it would be like to know exactly where he’s from. (4 minutes)
More in New York City
Act One
Writer and poet Imani Brown takes us through her experience at the parade that takes place in the early hours before the parade.
Act Three
Our regular host Ira Glass talks to some Hasidic Jews who also live in the neighborhood to get a different take on the parade. (10 minutes)
Act Four
One of New York’s biggest and most successful masquerade bands goes down the parade route for the last time.
More by Neil Drumming
Act One: Metropolis Now
Producer Neil Drumming spends a couple days exploring Detroit, first with a quirky mayoral candidate running an Afrofuturist campaign, and then with a couple of locals.
Act Four: Childhood’s End
Producer Neil Drumming looks into two videos he found on YouTube—one that takes place in Atlantic City, another in Brooklyn—that deal with the trouble kids face walking home from school.
Act Four: It Takes a Villa
Producer Neil Drumming tells the story of his dad and his family’s timeshare in Orlando, Florida.