We Come From Small Places

The staff goes to one of the biggest parties in New York City, the Labor Day Carnival and the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn. Prologue: Guest host Neil Drumming wonders what it would be like to know exactly where he’s from. (4 minutes) 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. (11 minutes) Act Two: Producers Marlon Bishop and Nadia Reiman go inside a heated steel pan competition and meet a mother and daughter who could be competing together for the last time. (18 minutes) 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. (10 minutes)