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The Daily Beat is a daily news podcast that gives you 15 minutes of digestible investigations into an ongoing weekly story. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. with your host Lisa Autz to hear original reporting on events throughout New York City that speak to greater national and international issues.
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This week is Disruptive Week at BreakThru Radio, the Daily Beat will be investigating gentrification.
Don’t miss a beat!
Today: Friday, February 6, 2015 – We cover the BRIC House event entitled “Brooklyn For Sale: The Price of Gentrification” and delve into the emotional, political, cultural, and racial issues that arise in a gentrifying neighborhood. Today’s perspective is from a gentrifier. Ron Shiffman is an urban planner and professor at Pratt Institute’s Grad Center for Planning. He co-founded the Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, the nation’s largest public interest architectural community and planning development.
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