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Tales of New York

The long-standing rivalry between Boston and New York. Is baseball to blame?

Boston and New York, both world class cities in the northeastern United States, enjoy a rivalry that by some accounts predates the American Revolution. We hear why the rivalry is most apparent on the baseball diamond when the New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox.

In this special New York edition of Boston Calling we鈥檒l also meet the man who makes those souvenir 鈥淟ady of Liberty鈥 statues that are so common in New York tourist shops. We鈥檒l also find out how creative some Muslim taxi drivers in New York can get when they hear the call to prayer. Also, Persian comfort food that鈥檚 being cooked up in the corner of a New York pizza parlour鈥 and a classic Peruvian cocktail wins over a food writer from Queens.

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27 minutes

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Sun 5 Jan 2014 15:32GMT

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  • Sat 4 Jan 2014 05:32GMT
  • Sun 5 Jan 2014 01:32GMT
  • Sun 5 Jan 2014 15:32GMT

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