National Public Radio’s Art Silverman locates the headwaters of New Jersey’s
Passaic River and follows the waterway to the sea, through its industrial history
and layer-upon-layer of environmental abuses.

It’s not a pretty story but it’s lively and instructive, and it introduces us to a song
or two about the river and to a few quintessential New Jersey characters.

Listen to the story here. Then check out its video companion below.