The Gotham Variety podcast, created and produced by Joe Rubenstein, presents cutting edge audio drama, movie reviews, interviews on a wide range of topics, and a baseball show, "Gotham Hardball." For the drama episodes, listening with headphones is recommended, as we do everything possible - state of the art sound effects & sound design, gripping original music and some of the best actors in NYC - to create that sense that you are there, so that afterward you'll feel as though these stories actually happened to you.
President Kennedy speaks out on the Berlin crisis; General Maxwell Taylor is headed to South Vietnam; Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie charges racial discrim...
Sixty years after "The Hustler" was released, Joe Rubenstein reveals personal observations and fascinating facts about the production, director, and c...
In this second installment of a two-part episode, host Joe Rubenstein takes an in-depth look at the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and its many repercussio...
In this first installment of a two-part episode, host Joe Rubenstein explores the evolution of the C.I.A. plan to invade Cuba and topple Premier Fidel...
In this second installment of a 2-part episode, host Joe Rubenstein discusses 3 of Steve McQueen's best films of the ‘60s -- Nevada Smith (1965), The ...
In this first installment of a two-part episode, host Joe Rubenstein explores the action-packed early life of Steve McQueen and discusses three of his...
In this final installment of a two-part episode, host Joe Rubenstein tells the story of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann's capture by Israeli operativ...
In this first installment of a two-part episode, host Joe Rubenstein explores the life and crimes of Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann, his years as ...
David Pietrusza, author of "1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies," joins the show for a discussion of the lat...
Host Joe Rubenstein explains why three mind-blowing Twilight Zone episodes of 1960 are a cut above the rest. Fascinating background, deep analysis, an...