From the team that brought you Serial comes “METRO with Sarah Koenig,” stories about New York City and its most fascinating raw material: New Yorkers. Each week, “METRO” mines a city packed with personality to bring you investigations, personal stories, essays and interviews that take the bigness of New York and make it human-scale and relevant, no matter where you live. Tune in to hear the best storyteller in audio (Sarah Koenig) team up with the country’s best newsroom (the New York Times) to take on the world’s best talkers (New Yorkers). Too bold? Not in New York.
What this show covers
New York CityNarrative journalismSerial ProductionsInterviewsviral videodiamond districtshowmanshipTraxNYCbusiness growthlocal politicscrimecity life
What listeners will find here
Sarah Koenig heads to New York for a new series about the people who make the city
This trailer introduces METRO with Sarah Koenig, a new every-other-week show focused on New York City and the people who define it. The series promises investigations, personal stories, essays, and interviews that turn a huge city into something intimate and relatable.
A diamond-district brawl turns into a question about performance and reality
TraxNYC surges after a viral fight video shows its owner brawling with a rival jeweler. Sarah Koenig digs into whether the store’s success is driven by genuine chaos, calculated showmanship, or some mix of both.
Sarah Koenig kicks off METRO with a fast, funny scan of New York anxieties
New York City is the subject as Sarah Koenig launches METRO with a whirlwind tour of what residents are worrying about. The episode promises a street-level mix of big concerns like crime and the new mayor, plus smaller, more human obsessions like weak handshakes.
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