Jason DeCanio
498 episodes listed below
Queens history, one record at a time.
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER builds patient historical timelines around Queens and the wider New York City record. Episodes move from listener updates and local asides into fact-packed accounts of newspapers, bands, broadcasters, transit, and borough history.
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THE QUEENS NEW YORKER is a Queens-centered history show with a broad definition of what belongs in the borough's orbit. New York City newspapers, Long Island media, transit, land history, rock bands, broadcasters, and public personalities all fit inside its frame. The show has a solo, research-read feel. It often begins before the topic begins. Recent episodes open with Mets opening day, Easter timing, daylight saving time, Spotify listener counts, follower milestones, platform thanks, or notes about missed shows and upcoming schedules. Those openings are part of its texture. They make the show feel local, ongoing, and personally maintained. Once the subject starts, the narration becomes dense and chronological. A newspaper episode might move through founding dates, ownership changes, editors, slogans, circulation peaks, staff photographers, Sunday editions, gossip columns, sports coverage, and shifts in political identity. A music episode might track band formation, member changes, hit singles, tours, side projects, breakup accounts, producers, album titles, and later reunions. The Legacy of Queens installments widen the same method to figures such as Barbara Walters and groups such as King Harvest and Talking Heads. Short reactions break up the research, but the core rhythm is factual accumulation. The show is not built around debate or slick narrative scenes. It is built around persistence. Jason DiCanio appears as the named host in the excerpts, steering the episodes through lists, dates, and practical reminders with a casual energy. The strongest appeal is for listeners who like hearing a subject's whole paper trail, even when that means a long chain of names and institutions. Its personality comes from the mismatch between humble delivery and encyclopedic ambition. THE QUEENS NEW YORKER keeps saying, in effect, that local history is not small. It is just specific.
Made for: For listeners who enjoy Queens, New York City history, old newspapers, local media, rock history, and public careers told through dates, names, and institutional detail. It best suits patient listeners who like a personal, lightly informal archive rather than a tightly produced narrative show.
What sets it apart: The show stands out for its combination of borough loyalty, platform housekeeping, and unusually dense factual timelines. It treats newspapers, bands, broadcasters, and local memory with the same archival seriousness.
Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thequeensnewyorker/subscribe HELLO EVERYONE IM JASON DECANIO A NATIVE NEW YORKER RESIDING IN OVIEDO FLORIDA, AND THE HOST OF THIS GREAT CHANNEL, THAT FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS AND NEW YORK CITY. EACH WEEK FOR 15-20 MINUTES WILL LOOK BACK AT WHAT MAKES QUEENS NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST BOROUGH OF THE 5 BUT HOW IT CAME ABOUT. THIS CHANNEL WILL ENTERTAIN, INFORM, INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH RICH HISTORY THAT MADE QUEENS THE TALK OF THE TOWN. JOIN ME TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FOR A LOOK AT ALL...
One minute you get Pulitzer history; the next, Jason Decanio is litigating how to pronounce Dreyfus.
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A brisk New York-framed guide to Talking Heads, their sound, their split, and what followed.
Talking Heads come into focus through a New York story built around movement: the band's formation, its restless sound, and the shifting control that shaped its run.
A grounded local-history look at the Daily News, from tabloid roots to its wider New York media presence.
The Queens New Yorker Episode 338 treats the New York Daily News as more than a famous masthead, placing it in the daily routines and media habits of the city it served.
A steady salute to Barbara Walters and the interviews that made her unavoidable.
Barbara Walters comes across as a New York-linked broadcast giant with Boston roots, and the piece keeps its focus on the career that made her matter: Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View, plus the interview chair where presidents, monarchs, actors, and pop stars all…
A researched, occasionally loose history of the New York Times that builds toward press power and New York Times v. Sullivan.
Episode 337 follows Queen's New Yorker as it turns toward the New York Times, moving through the paper's rise, wartime reporting, postwar scrutiny, labor conflict, and New York Times v. Sullivan as a compact history of media power.
A Queens-linked history detour that becomes a detailed Wall Street Journal origin story.
The Queens New Yorker starts with Long Island wrap-up and then pivots into a Queens-linked history of the Wall Street Journal. Jason handles the listener housekeeping first, then uses that local connection to open up the paper's early decades, its financial strain, and the push…
Indie filmmakers, festival stories, real movie talk.
Criterion completism with sharp, messy charm.
Entertainment stories with the polish left off.
Horror recaps with sharp teeth.
Horror talk with strange-case static.
Jason DiCanio's The Legacy of Queens episode 167 traces Talking Heads from David Byrne and Chris Frantz's 1973 Artistics project to the band's 1975 CBGB debut opening for the Ramones.
This episode explores the history and legacy of the 1970s French-American rock band King Harvest, known for their hit 'Dancing in the Moonlight'.
This episode discusses the New York Mets' opening day baseball victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates and the team's offseason changes.
Host Jason Kelly celebrates reaching over 13,000 listens and growing follower count on the Queens New Yorker podcast.
This episode discusses Newsday, a newspaper serving Long Island and the New York metropolitan area, as part of a series on New York City magazines and newspapers.
The Queens New Yorker episode 338, dated March 7, 2026, combines Spotify audience analytics with a history of the New York Daily News.
The host opens with a legacy tribute to Barbara Walters.
The Queens New Yorker opens episode 337 with a quick listen check, then returns to its New York newspapers-and-magazines series.
Jason opens March by kicking off a new Queens New Yorker series.
The host introduces episode 317 of The Queens New Yorker, discussing the hamlets of Islip and encouraging listeners to vote for Republican nominee Curtis Sleewald in the upcoming New York mayoral election.
This episode explores the life and career of actor Peter Falk, best known for his iconic role as Lieutenant Columbo, highlighting his awards, achievements, and connection to Queens, New York.
This episode explores the life and career of filmmaker and actor John Cassavetes, focusing on his contributions to American independent cinema and his work in television and film.
This episode explores the villages of Islip in Suffolk County, Long Island, as part of a series on local New York areas.
The host shares a personal story about buying a new wireless mouse from Staples for $13 and how it improves his setup.