# Peter Aigner: New York City Was the Central Stage of the American Revolution (7 min) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/77-wabc-minicasts-5907352/peter-aigner-new-york-city-was-the-central-stage-of-the-american-revolution-7-min Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/77-wabc-minicasts-5907352/peter-aigner-new-york-city-was-the-central-stage-of-the-american-revolution-7-min.md Podcast: [77 WABC MiniCasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/77-wabc-minicasts-5907352) Published: 2026-05-24T14:04:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/WABC5925098052.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/WABC5925098052.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/77-wabc-minicasts-5907352/episodes/peter-aigner-new-york-city-was-the-central-stage-of-the-american-revolution-7-min Duration seconds: 520 ## Resource John talks with Peter Aigner of the Gotham Center for New York City History. He discusses how New York City was the true epicenter of the American Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/77-wabc-minicasts-5907352/episodes/peter-aigner-new-york-city-was-the-central-stage-of-the-american-revolution-7-min/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/77-wabc-minicasts-5907352/peter-aigner-new-york-city-was-the-central-stage-of-the-american-revolution-7-min.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.