1 00:00:15,316 --> 00:00:39,596 Speaker 1: Pushkin m Ran next week for a conversation. This is 2 00:00:39,636 --> 00:00:43,356 Speaker 1: not Lost California, so far out of my feeling. I 3 00:00:43,356 --> 00:00:46,036 Speaker 1: am Brendan. Friends's new in him great, feel great that 4 00:00:46,036 --> 00:00:48,156 Speaker 1: it's not in New York. That's my friend, the audio 5 00:00:48,196 --> 00:00:52,116 Speaker 1: producer John Delor, just like it is an incredible joy 6 00:00:52,156 --> 00:01:08,476 Speaker 1: to just be out of the city. Yes, right, thank you, 7 00:01:09,156 --> 00:01:12,516 Speaker 1: thank you. Every day. Hey, Tony, how's Brooklyn's most popular 8 00:01:12,596 --> 00:01:15,676 Speaker 1: dry cleaner doing the most? You're always doing something, the 9 00:01:15,676 --> 00:01:21,876 Speaker 1: most famous guy in Greenpoint. I'm happy to have a 10 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:25,596 Speaker 1: presence with you. Listen. I'm glad that I see almost everything. 11 00:01:26,396 --> 00:01:29,196 Speaker 1: You are truly a fixture in this neighborhood. I don't 12 00:01:29,196 --> 00:01:30,316 Speaker 1: know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. 13 00:01:30,436 --> 00:01:32,716 Speaker 1: That's an amazing thing. Come on, you're like the original. 14 00:01:33,316 --> 00:01:39,676 Speaker 1: You're like the original. Don't don't don't. So what are 15 00:01:39,676 --> 00:01:42,276 Speaker 1: you up to? I got looking sharp, you're looking sharper. 16 00:01:42,876 --> 00:01:45,236 Speaker 1: I'm going to the office. But you drop these off, 17 00:01:45,476 --> 00:01:47,476 Speaker 1: all right? You got a couple of shirts, Just gonna 18 00:01:47,516 --> 00:01:49,676 Speaker 1: put them on the rock outside. I'm trying to get 19 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:51,076 Speaker 1: a lot of money from him. I'm gonna say this, 20 00:01:51,076 --> 00:01:58,876 Speaker 1: this is Brendan shirts. How you know I have a 21 00:01:58,956 --> 00:02:02,316 Speaker 1: feeling we're gonna have ninety degrees, but it's not what 22 00:02:02,436 --> 00:02:07,036 Speaker 1: you want, so dred degrees for like three months? Yeah? Yeah, never, No, 23 00:02:08,396 --> 00:02:13,076 Speaker 1: I not so hot today? What are we doing here? Why? 24 00:02:13,876 --> 00:02:15,836 Speaker 1: Why are we in New York City? Where would you 25 00:02:15,956 --> 00:02:18,996 Speaker 1: rather be? Like I I understand what you try, but 26 00:02:19,276 --> 00:02:21,596 Speaker 1: where would you rather be? Well that's the problem when 27 00:02:21,596 --> 00:02:23,556 Speaker 1: I really think about it, I don't know the answer. 28 00:02:23,596 --> 00:02:25,156 Speaker 1: And it seems like New York is a good place 29 00:02:25,236 --> 00:02:27,636 Speaker 1: to not have the answer. Yeah, but I mean where 30 00:02:27,636 --> 00:02:30,676 Speaker 1: else can you have this? You're you're pointing towards a 31 00:02:30,796 --> 00:02:33,716 Speaker 1: there's a bag of trash out front, and uh, well 32 00:02:33,716 --> 00:02:36,036 Speaker 1: it's part of the scenery. Welcome to New York. Look, 33 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,236 Speaker 1: there's a dog that wants to stop in. Do you 34 00:02:38,276 --> 00:02:39,996 Speaker 1: tell me? Where could you be? And you can have 35 00:02:40,076 --> 00:02:43,956 Speaker 1: this kind of interaction with people nowhere? It's fair. We're 36 00:02:43,996 --> 00:02:45,956 Speaker 1: both social people and this city is a gift that 37 00:02:46,036 --> 00:02:48,036 Speaker 1: keeps giving. Come on, I mean, you walked down a street, 38 00:02:48,076 --> 00:02:49,716 Speaker 1: you say hello to this one, that one, you talk 39 00:02:49,756 --> 00:02:52,196 Speaker 1: to this one. I mean, you're gonna be where. But 40 00:02:52,236 --> 00:02:53,916 Speaker 1: the thing about New York, though, it's like it does 41 00:02:54,036 --> 00:02:55,756 Speaker 1: like beat you down. Man, It's like it's not an 42 00:02:55,796 --> 00:02:57,796 Speaker 1: easy place to live. You got to tell me what's easy. 43 00:02:57,916 --> 00:02:59,556 Speaker 1: I mean, you can live up state and you're gonna 44 00:02:59,556 --> 00:03:02,476 Speaker 1: come out in the morning and complain about what snow 45 00:03:02,596 --> 00:03:08,516 Speaker 1: bears exactly the birds? And you grew up in the city, right, yes, yes, 46 00:03:08,596 --> 00:03:11,556 Speaker 1: I was born lebon On. I didn't Okay, you're born 47 00:03:11,636 --> 00:03:14,716 Speaker 1: in Beirut or I was one outside of me? Is 48 00:03:14,716 --> 00:03:17,636 Speaker 1: that when your parents came here? They came in eighty two, 49 00:03:18,076 --> 00:03:20,756 Speaker 1: right after the embassy Embassy bombing, and I went to 50 00:03:20,796 --> 00:03:28,276 Speaker 1: Canarsi High School and you turned out. Okay, I think, yeah, 51 00:03:28,676 --> 00:03:30,716 Speaker 1: I think you can have a dressed for my girlfriend 52 00:03:30,756 --> 00:03:36,356 Speaker 1: and paint and black dress. Thank you, thank you. So 53 00:03:36,396 --> 00:03:38,076 Speaker 1: you've seen me now for years. We've known each for 54 00:03:38,116 --> 00:03:41,196 Speaker 1: a long time. It's how have I changed it at all? 55 00:03:41,236 --> 00:03:43,196 Speaker 1: In your eyes in the past, like four or five years? 56 00:03:43,396 --> 00:03:50,596 Speaker 1: Grumpy year, that's true. I still love you, but you're 57 00:03:50,636 --> 00:03:53,436 Speaker 1: a different grumpy. You're like a cool grumpy you know. Okay, 58 00:03:53,516 --> 00:03:55,836 Speaker 1: thank you? You have to annoying grumpy like you want 59 00:03:55,876 --> 00:03:57,756 Speaker 1: to like get away from them. No, no, it's the 60 00:03:57,876 --> 00:04:01,316 Speaker 1: cool grumpy all right. So Tony, I have to travel 61 00:04:01,396 --> 00:04:04,596 Speaker 1: one more place. So what what's your show about? Is it. 62 00:04:04,716 --> 00:04:07,716 Speaker 1: I go places with a friend and I try to 63 00:04:07,716 --> 00:04:11,356 Speaker 1: get invited to a dinner party. So I've done it. Montreal, 64 00:04:11,476 --> 00:04:14,636 Speaker 1: Mexico City, Boza Montana, big sir, I've done this, and 65 00:04:14,676 --> 00:04:17,916 Speaker 1: I have one more episode to make. And your kid 66 00:04:17,956 --> 00:04:19,756 Speaker 1: who came up and out it didn't we us? Well? 67 00:04:19,796 --> 00:04:21,716 Speaker 1: I mean I could are you this weeking, aren't you? 68 00:04:22,836 --> 00:04:24,596 Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta make this show, man, I gott 69 00:04:24,596 --> 00:04:26,276 Speaker 1: if this is what I'm spending my afternoon doing, I 70 00:04:26,316 --> 00:04:28,236 Speaker 1: got I'm going to the office after this to kind 71 00:04:28,236 --> 00:04:31,756 Speaker 1: of I mean, what you want to come up like 72 00:04:31,916 --> 00:04:35,196 Speaker 1: Sunday night. That's tempting, but I seriously have to figure 73 00:04:35,236 --> 00:04:38,516 Speaker 1: out this episode first. But speaking of which, I gotta go, 74 00:04:38,676 --> 00:04:41,236 Speaker 1: So Tony, I'll see you later. Man, Thank you well. 75 00:04:41,076 --> 00:04:43,676 Speaker 1: I enjoy your beautiful day. And again you're looking sharp. 76 00:04:43,876 --> 00:04:45,956 Speaker 1: Thank you. Thanks man. I'm glad that you know you 77 00:04:45,996 --> 00:04:49,036 Speaker 1: help me stay this way. Oh look at this another 78 00:04:49,036 --> 00:05:03,276 Speaker 1: beautiful day. Hey Emma, Emma, Hi, what are you doing. 79 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:05,716 Speaker 1: I'm coming out of the library right. Do you only 80 00:05:05,756 --> 00:05:08,116 Speaker 1: get one book at a time? Yeah, because I never 81 00:05:08,196 --> 00:05:11,556 Speaker 1: want to have a fi ever, that's probably wise. So 82 00:05:11,556 --> 00:05:15,356 Speaker 1: where's your mom? My favorite former college classmate? Oh? She 83 00:05:15,476 --> 00:05:17,676 Speaker 1: left me here. But I guess you're old enough. Now, 84 00:05:17,676 --> 00:05:20,156 Speaker 1: how old are you? I'm twelve. See, I thought I 85 00:05:20,196 --> 00:05:22,196 Speaker 1: was young in New York when I moved here in 86 00:05:22,236 --> 00:05:24,436 Speaker 1: my twenties, But you're like really young in New York. 87 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:26,916 Speaker 1: Where are you going? I'm actually going to the office. 88 00:05:27,236 --> 00:05:29,596 Speaker 1: It's a Saturday though, I know. But remember I told 89 00:05:29,636 --> 00:05:32,076 Speaker 1: you about that travel podcast I was working on. I 90 00:05:32,156 --> 00:05:35,196 Speaker 1: have to make one more episode, and I have no 91 00:05:35,236 --> 00:05:37,836 Speaker 1: idea where I'm going. All right, where do you think 92 00:05:37,836 --> 00:05:41,956 Speaker 1: I should go? Um? Maybe I saw it in some 93 00:05:42,036 --> 00:05:47,556 Speaker 1: TV show Reno Reno. Yeah, yeah, I did Las Vegas already, 94 00:05:47,636 --> 00:05:49,876 Speaker 1: so I think I'm gonna I'm gonna skip Reno. But um, 95 00:05:50,076 --> 00:05:51,516 Speaker 1: are you walking this way? I'm going up to the 96 00:05:51,676 --> 00:05:55,916 Speaker 1: l Yeah, all right, let's do it. This neighborhood when 97 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:58,756 Speaker 1: I first moved here was nothing. This was like auto repair. 98 00:05:58,876 --> 00:06:02,796 Speaker 1: Only my mom talks about it being like Williamsburg. Like 99 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:05,156 Speaker 1: when she was younger, it was like who But now 100 00:06:05,156 --> 00:06:10,156 Speaker 1: Williamsburg is like chic. Yeah, it's like vegan, gluten free, 101 00:06:10,796 --> 00:06:14,276 Speaker 1: food free restaurants. So what do you think about Waysber? 102 00:06:14,356 --> 00:06:17,356 Speaker 1: Do you like living here? Yeah? I want to live 103 00:06:17,436 --> 00:06:20,716 Speaker 1: in New York for my whole life. My mom tells 104 00:06:20,716 --> 00:06:24,076 Speaker 1: me that I'm too young to decide that, But I 105 00:06:24,116 --> 00:06:26,996 Speaker 1: like the fact that being a New Yorker is like 106 00:06:27,036 --> 00:06:30,676 Speaker 1: being in a club. So what are the membership benefits 107 00:06:30,676 --> 00:06:32,476 Speaker 1: of being part of that club. There's a lot of 108 00:06:32,516 --> 00:06:35,636 Speaker 1: like arts and performing arts stuff in New York, I 109 00:06:35,676 --> 00:06:40,036 Speaker 1: mean Broadway, but like it's just all these different things 110 00:06:40,076 --> 00:06:44,876 Speaker 1: that are like New Yorker experiences. And also like pizza 111 00:06:44,956 --> 00:06:47,916 Speaker 1: and bagels. I mean, pizza isn't specific to New York, 112 00:06:47,996 --> 00:06:50,116 Speaker 1: but the best pizza it's in New York. Now you're 113 00:06:50,116 --> 00:06:52,436 Speaker 1: making me hungry. Should we get a Joe's get a 114 00:06:52,436 --> 00:06:56,796 Speaker 1: slice of pizza? Yeah? Okay, let's do it feel so 115 00:06:56,796 --> 00:07:01,436 Speaker 1: far away though, it's let's to get there every single day. 116 00:07:01,636 --> 00:07:08,676 Speaker 1: So day a little hectic up here. It appears to 117 00:07:08,716 --> 00:07:13,996 Speaker 1: be an out door sports bar, so what happens when 118 00:07:13,996 --> 00:07:16,836 Speaker 1: it rains exactly? But it's also a thing wonder of 119 00:07:16,876 --> 00:07:19,516 Speaker 1: having so many So much partying is bad for kids 120 00:07:19,556 --> 00:07:23,716 Speaker 1: like you, No, because to be living in New York 121 00:07:23,756 --> 00:07:26,716 Speaker 1: you have to be good at ignoring things. Because we're 122 00:07:26,716 --> 00:07:28,956 Speaker 1: also tightly packed together, right, you got to just keep 123 00:07:28,956 --> 00:07:33,236 Speaker 1: it cool. Yeah, you just have to kind of not engage. 124 00:07:33,476 --> 00:07:36,556 Speaker 1: We also just point out. Sorry to interrupt, but I'm 125 00:07:36,596 --> 00:07:40,316 Speaker 1: six foot three and I've just been walking like full pace, 126 00:07:40,476 --> 00:07:45,076 Speaker 1: not even calibrating, and you are just right along my side. 127 00:07:45,596 --> 00:07:48,316 Speaker 1: I also walk really fast to get to school, and 128 00:07:48,436 --> 00:07:50,196 Speaker 1: I think that dozes in New York, so that everyone's 129 00:07:50,196 --> 00:07:53,356 Speaker 1: just trucking like we don't have time for that. Also, 130 00:07:53,636 --> 00:07:57,036 Speaker 1: you've gotten taller, which helps with the fast walking. You're 131 00:07:57,116 --> 00:08:02,116 Speaker 1: like shot up like stalks of corn. Yeah, that's the thing. 132 00:08:02,436 --> 00:08:04,196 Speaker 1: A lot of the boys in my class haven't gone 133 00:08:04,236 --> 00:08:06,276 Speaker 1: to that yet. Some I think I'm taller than all 134 00:08:06,276 --> 00:08:10,756 Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, the boys will catch up, but their 135 00:08:10,796 --> 00:08:14,156 Speaker 1: brains won't. They'll always be behind you. They think they're 136 00:08:14,156 --> 00:08:17,996 Speaker 1: so funny too. They think that they just they got 137 00:08:17,996 --> 00:08:20,396 Speaker 1: the whole crowd laughing with their jokes, but they really didn't. 138 00:08:20,716 --> 00:08:24,196 Speaker 1: And like they're not funny. Can't you can't get like 139 00:08:24,396 --> 00:08:28,556 Speaker 1: knock on their heads and nothing in there? No, I 140 00:08:28,636 --> 00:08:31,396 Speaker 1: mean I can't talk. You know, I have this show. 141 00:08:31,516 --> 00:08:34,756 Speaker 1: But I'm just being a boy who thinks he's funny sometimes. 142 00:08:35,676 --> 00:08:40,916 Speaker 1: All right, pizza, wow, pizza plates is packed? Oh my god, 143 00:08:41,036 --> 00:08:45,436 Speaker 1: what's your pizza move? Just plane perni if it's at 144 00:08:45,436 --> 00:08:53,956 Speaker 1: a party, Let's get to plane. All right, thanks, have 145 00:08:53,996 --> 00:08:57,996 Speaker 1: a good It just came out of the oven. It's 146 00:08:58,116 --> 00:09:02,076 Speaker 1: very hot. I'm very passionate about this. Every time we 147 00:09:02,116 --> 00:09:04,396 Speaker 1: get into talking about the correct way to eat pizza, 148 00:09:04,796 --> 00:09:07,916 Speaker 1: which is to fold the pizza, people argue about it, 149 00:09:07,956 --> 00:09:12,396 Speaker 1: and that's not fold your pizza. It is better and 150 00:09:12,876 --> 00:09:15,196 Speaker 1: everyone should do it. Why do you think it's better? 151 00:09:16,036 --> 00:09:19,876 Speaker 1: It's better for walking traveling, and it's also I think 152 00:09:19,916 --> 00:09:22,556 Speaker 1: it's like you get a better mouth feel and you 153 00:09:22,636 --> 00:09:26,676 Speaker 1: get more more per bite. It's like a pizza sandwich. 154 00:09:27,356 --> 00:09:29,436 Speaker 1: We can walk a little bit and then I'll go 155 00:09:29,476 --> 00:09:35,476 Speaker 1: into the subway. Look how crazy Bedford is though, Wasn't 156 00:09:35,476 --> 00:09:40,236 Speaker 1: this busy when you were when you're young? But I 157 00:09:40,276 --> 00:09:43,196 Speaker 1: feel like New York City has so many different people. 158 00:09:43,356 --> 00:09:45,036 Speaker 1: That's one of the things I love most about it. 159 00:09:46,156 --> 00:09:50,996 Speaker 1: What do you mean, like there are such huge communities 160 00:09:51,596 --> 00:09:54,556 Speaker 1: and you can be whoever you want to be in 161 00:09:54,556 --> 00:09:57,156 Speaker 1: New York City and there will be a community of 162 00:09:57,236 --> 00:10:01,396 Speaker 1: people that like relate to you when are the same 163 00:10:02,156 --> 00:10:04,276 Speaker 1: like and feel the same way as you about something. 164 00:10:05,116 --> 00:10:07,156 Speaker 1: And that's like pretty much a guarantee living in New 165 00:10:07,236 --> 00:10:10,676 Speaker 1: York City. Because there's just so many individuals, there's bound 166 00:10:10,716 --> 00:10:12,196 Speaker 1: to be a person who looks the same thing as 167 00:10:12,196 --> 00:10:15,396 Speaker 1: you go. Yeah, I agree with that. It makes me 168 00:10:15,436 --> 00:10:18,796 Speaker 1: feel less alone, even if I don't know all those people. 169 00:10:19,676 --> 00:10:21,676 Speaker 1: You're right, I always feel like I'll figure it out here. 170 00:10:23,196 --> 00:10:24,876 Speaker 1: All right, This is I gotta hop into the l 171 00:10:25,316 --> 00:10:28,196 Speaker 1: It was nice chatting with you. You too, see you later. 172 00:10:41,076 --> 00:10:46,236 Speaker 1: Dance clear of the closing doors, please, it's so time, 173 00:10:46,316 --> 00:10:50,876 Speaker 1: basic gentlemen, gather around. It's about to begin, So time, 174 00:10:51,076 --> 00:10:59,636 Speaker 1: So time, dude. Is this called showtime what you're doing? 175 00:10:59,716 --> 00:11:02,356 Speaker 1: Or is this dance? It's actually we call it hitting. 176 00:11:02,636 --> 00:11:04,756 Speaker 1: It's called hitting. What he want? Is it called hits? 177 00:11:04,756 --> 00:11:06,756 Speaker 1: Anically a street performing what we callte it hitting because 178 00:11:06,796 --> 00:11:08,956 Speaker 1: it's like it's a hit. It's a lot of him 179 00:11:09,556 --> 00:11:11,356 Speaker 1: when we come out here and do this. It's a 180 00:11:11,396 --> 00:11:14,036 Speaker 1: big impact on New York City. It's a hit. How 181 00:11:14,036 --> 00:11:15,756 Speaker 1: did you get into it? It's such a it's such 182 00:11:15,836 --> 00:11:18,436 Speaker 1: intense activity. Yeah. I got into it because but I 183 00:11:18,436 --> 00:11:20,316 Speaker 1: was in high school. I met a friend freshman year 184 00:11:20,436 --> 00:11:22,996 Speaker 1: and he was a dancer because his father did it, 185 00:11:23,236 --> 00:11:25,036 Speaker 1: and he ain't mighty meet downtown because he seen I 186 00:11:25,076 --> 00:11:26,916 Speaker 1: was a good dancer, and I took her from there 187 00:11:26,956 --> 00:11:28,876 Speaker 1: and I was like, what over fifteen years ago, what's 188 00:11:28,916 --> 00:11:30,916 Speaker 1: the craziest thing that's happened to you while you've been 189 00:11:30,916 --> 00:11:34,076 Speaker 1: doing this. The craziest thing that happened to me was 190 00:11:34,476 --> 00:11:37,556 Speaker 1: one guy gave me eight hundred dollars and yeah in 191 00:11:37,636 --> 00:11:40,476 Speaker 1: one setting, just like because he's just so blown away. 192 00:11:40,516 --> 00:11:43,396 Speaker 1: He was blowing away and he split it amongst the teams. 193 00:11:44,036 --> 00:11:45,196 Speaker 1: A lot of people want to train and they get 194 00:11:45,196 --> 00:11:47,276 Speaker 1: annoyed and aggravated in general. So when they come in 195 00:11:47,356 --> 00:11:48,556 Speaker 1: here a lot of music on the train, it's like, 196 00:11:48,596 --> 00:11:50,396 Speaker 1: oh boy, here we go. And I have to admit 197 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:52,396 Speaker 1: I love it. I've been that guy because like you, 198 00:11:52,636 --> 00:11:54,396 Speaker 1: I'm going to work at a long night, you're getting 199 00:11:54,436 --> 00:11:56,036 Speaker 1: an argument and you're on the train. They turn there 200 00:11:56,076 --> 00:11:57,676 Speaker 1: and you're like, oh no, I'm on the longest link 201 00:11:57,716 --> 00:11:59,836 Speaker 1: of the train. Yeah, And it makes sense. It's such 202 00:11:59,836 --> 00:12:03,756 Speaker 1: a small area and it's it's sometimes you're flipping and 203 00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:05,196 Speaker 1: you're like so close to them, they'll get nervous. I 204 00:12:05,196 --> 00:12:07,036 Speaker 1: don't want to get hit. But what's amazing is that 205 00:12:07,236 --> 00:12:08,916 Speaker 1: most times I've been I've seen short time on the 206 00:12:08,956 --> 00:12:13,276 Speaker 1: train and like a hundred times, no one's ever been here. Yeah, Um, 207 00:12:13,396 --> 00:12:14,916 Speaker 1: my friend had he did a first flip and he 208 00:12:14,996 --> 00:12:17,996 Speaker 1: landed on a ladies lap. Don't lap like she was 209 00:12:18,156 --> 00:12:20,436 Speaker 1: like if she was saying so, and she was like oh, 210 00:12:20,516 --> 00:12:23,116 Speaker 1: but she wasn't upset. She's like, oh, wow, you know 211 00:12:23,756 --> 00:12:25,596 Speaker 1: how many of you? How many people? How many short 212 00:12:25,636 --> 00:12:28,076 Speaker 1: time people do you think there is? It's a lot. 213 00:12:28,116 --> 00:12:31,316 Speaker 1: It's a shoe for a lot of cruise. Chit you 214 00:12:31,436 --> 00:12:35,676 Speaker 1: park Tom Square, thirty fourth Street, Junior Square, all over 215 00:12:35,756 --> 00:12:38,236 Speaker 1: New York. Ask well, thanks so much for talking. Of course, 216 00:12:38,236 --> 00:12:56,916 Speaker 1: man little Bible. You guys are great, Thank you, No 217 00:12:57,476 --> 00:13:05,556 Speaker 1: I would be balking, like, how are you worried on Saturday? 218 00:13:05,836 --> 00:13:17,916 Speaker 1: Thank you? Hey, Amy Top, Hey, my name is Malcolm Gladwell. 219 00:13:18,156 --> 00:13:21,916 Speaker 1: Welcome to my podcast about here recording right now? Yeah, misunderstood. 220 00:13:22,396 --> 00:13:26,596 Speaker 1: Wait did I just hear someone come in here? Brendon's here? Brendan? Yeah? 221 00:13:26,636 --> 00:13:28,556 Speaker 1: What's he doing here on a Saturday? Can we talk 222 00:13:28,596 --> 00:13:30,996 Speaker 1: about his travel show for a second. We're sending him 223 00:13:30,996 --> 00:13:34,956 Speaker 1: all over the country to find himself. It's bananas, Malcolm, Well, 224 00:13:34,956 --> 00:13:37,276 Speaker 1: at least it's not a true crime show. Hey Brendon, 225 00:13:37,356 --> 00:13:45,036 Speaker 1: can hear you? Oh? Hey Malcolm, Hey Bendon, it makes 226 00:13:45,036 --> 00:13:47,156 Speaker 1: you feel any better? I haven't actually listened to your show. 227 00:13:47,236 --> 00:13:50,956 Speaker 1: Yet I think that makes me feel better. I guess 228 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:53,036 Speaker 1: it's good to see people here on a Saturday. You know, 229 00:13:53,036 --> 00:13:55,396 Speaker 1: when I worked in LA, I would work all these saturdays. 230 00:13:55,396 --> 00:13:57,796 Speaker 1: I never ran into anyone. What does it say about 231 00:13:57,836 --> 00:13:59,676 Speaker 1: New York that I come into the office and there's 232 00:13:59,676 --> 00:14:02,756 Speaker 1: a bunch of you here today. Well this, this actually 233 00:14:02,796 --> 00:14:05,716 Speaker 1: gets into one of my larger theories about New York, 234 00:14:06,156 --> 00:14:11,996 Speaker 1: which is New York life is exterior. LA life is interior. Right, 235 00:14:12,076 --> 00:14:15,316 Speaker 1: So the implicit bargain you make in moving to New 236 00:14:15,396 --> 00:14:18,836 Speaker 1: York is that you're buying the exterior, not the interior. 237 00:14:19,076 --> 00:14:20,956 Speaker 1: So of course New Yorkers are in the office on 238 00:14:20,956 --> 00:14:24,076 Speaker 1: Saturday because the existence of the office is a reason 239 00:14:24,116 --> 00:14:26,196 Speaker 1: to go there. Right, It's a that's good. It's a 240 00:14:26,196 --> 00:14:28,676 Speaker 1: good reason to get out of my tiny apartment, which, 241 00:14:28,716 --> 00:14:31,996 Speaker 1: by the way, is the Great paradox. It's another one 242 00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:35,436 Speaker 1: my theories, this is the Great Paradox. So the New 243 00:14:35,516 --> 00:14:42,236 Speaker 1: York City turnaround in the mid nineties coincides with three 244 00:14:42,276 --> 00:14:46,236 Speaker 1: television sitcoms which celebrate the life of young people living 245 00:14:46,236 --> 00:14:49,676 Speaker 1: in New York. Right, Everyone's Out Seinfeld, Friends, Will and 246 00:14:49,716 --> 00:14:53,476 Speaker 1: Grace Right, Boom boom, Boom and now all of those 247 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:56,436 Speaker 1: cell a vision of New York that's tremendously appealing to 248 00:14:56,436 --> 00:14:59,396 Speaker 1: people around the country, and they're part of the Revival's 249 00:14:59,436 --> 00:15:02,876 Speaker 1: extraordinary revival that New York comes back from the dead 250 00:15:02,996 --> 00:15:06,556 Speaker 1: in the nineties and propelled I think by the power 251 00:15:06,596 --> 00:15:11,316 Speaker 1: of this fantasy. The fantasy it is completely wrong. Why 252 00:15:11,396 --> 00:15:14,156 Speaker 1: is the fantasy wrong Because the people in those shows 253 00:15:14,236 --> 00:15:16,396 Speaker 1: never leave their apartment. Now, they'll never leave their apartment 254 00:15:16,756 --> 00:15:20,996 Speaker 1: for TV reasons, because that's the set. But like two cameras, 255 00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:25,076 Speaker 1: it's an La vision of a New York life. Right, 256 00:15:25,476 --> 00:15:28,996 Speaker 1: there's those shows are They were all made in La La, 257 00:15:29,316 --> 00:15:32,156 Speaker 1: of course, so they construct these fabulous New York City 258 00:15:32,156 --> 00:15:36,916 Speaker 1: apartments that people never leave, which is one hundred percent wrong. Right. 259 00:15:37,196 --> 00:15:39,916 Speaker 1: It's the great irony of New York's revival is it 260 00:15:39,996 --> 00:15:44,916 Speaker 1: was propelled by a completely false picture of what living 261 00:15:44,916 --> 00:15:48,116 Speaker 1: in New York. Man. Yeah, um, all right, So I 262 00:15:48,196 --> 00:15:52,396 Speaker 1: still have to pick another place in America, North America. 263 00:15:52,596 --> 00:15:54,356 Speaker 1: Do you have any suggestions for me? I should maybe 264 00:15:54,356 --> 00:15:58,876 Speaker 1: think about going to Well, I mean, my favorites are 265 00:15:58,916 --> 00:16:05,276 Speaker 1: all the kind of like you know, Nashville. I do 266 00:16:05,356 --> 00:16:08,596 Speaker 1: love have a I have a great and overpowering love 267 00:16:08,836 --> 00:16:11,356 Speaker 1: of an Atlanta I'm going to this week. I'm just 268 00:16:11,436 --> 00:16:14,836 Speaker 1: full of excited about my trip to Atlanta. Um and 269 00:16:14,996 --> 00:16:16,916 Speaker 1: I just welcome. I need you back in the booth. 270 00:16:17,236 --> 00:16:19,156 Speaker 1: Sounds like you gotta go anyway, all right, Malcolm, thanks 271 00:16:19,196 --> 00:16:22,796 Speaker 1: for the chat. Thank you, See you later, Amy. I 272 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:25,756 Speaker 1: still have no idea what he shows about. Welcome. Wait 273 00:16:25,996 --> 00:16:47,956 Speaker 1: still here is later, Malcolm. The subway is down there, 274 00:16:47,956 --> 00:16:50,156 Speaker 1: no trains at the station. If you need to get uptown, 275 00:16:50,156 --> 00:16:53,796 Speaker 1: you're gonna take the buses over there. The subway is 276 00:16:53,796 --> 00:16:57,316 Speaker 1: closed again. Yep. Wait those buses over there. Yes, the 277 00:16:57,436 --> 00:16:59,316 Speaker 1: buses right over there. You're going to cross the street 278 00:16:59,316 --> 00:17:00,676 Speaker 1: and take those buses you need to get up like 279 00:17:00,716 --> 00:17:03,516 Speaker 1: tour buses. That's what they are. They are tour buses, 280 00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:11,876 Speaker 1: but they're on a different route. They're gonna take you uptown. Jesus, okay, 281 00:17:12,036 --> 00:17:18,396 Speaker 1: subway's clothes. Sadie, Hey, oh my god, high so good 282 00:17:18,396 --> 00:17:20,876 Speaker 1: to see you. Of course I would find Sadie Stein 283 00:17:20,956 --> 00:17:23,956 Speaker 1: woman about town here in Union Square on a Saturday. 284 00:17:24,276 --> 00:17:27,596 Speaker 1: Use my absorption. You're just deep in your phone. What 285 00:17:27,636 --> 00:17:30,356 Speaker 1: are you doing? Are you? It was as usual, trying 286 00:17:30,396 --> 00:17:34,716 Speaker 1: to figure out the transportation situation in this city. I know. 287 00:17:34,796 --> 00:17:38,036 Speaker 1: Then they're pointing us to take these buses. You think 288 00:17:38,076 --> 00:17:41,116 Speaker 1: this is a better idea at this hour than walking? 289 00:17:41,116 --> 00:17:44,796 Speaker 1: Because this was a calculus. I was actually mid well, 290 00:17:44,796 --> 00:17:46,476 Speaker 1: you know what, it's an opportunity for us to be 291 00:17:46,556 --> 00:17:48,316 Speaker 1: on the top of a tour bus, so maybe we 292 00:17:48,316 --> 00:17:50,716 Speaker 1: should just go for it. All right? What else am 293 00:17:50,716 --> 00:17:52,436 Speaker 1: I dear? Maybe we can Maybe we'll take this up 294 00:17:52,436 --> 00:17:54,836 Speaker 1: the ground Central and sort it out from that. Really 295 00:17:54,876 --> 00:17:56,316 Speaker 1: that's perfect because I have to be on the sixth 296 00:17:56,316 --> 00:18:02,916 Speaker 1: after Okay, great, Well, I'm just speaking to see if 297 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:04,596 Speaker 1: we can get upstairs if anyone's leaving. But I don't 298 00:18:04,636 --> 00:18:08,716 Speaker 1: think anyone is leaving. Oh let's try it. Let's go 299 00:18:09,876 --> 00:18:12,916 Speaker 1: potagraph these two right here? Oh yeah, let's do those. 300 00:18:14,356 --> 00:18:16,436 Speaker 1: I always thought this is probably the best way to 301 00:18:16,436 --> 00:18:19,356 Speaker 1: see the city. I've done it in London, but never 302 00:18:19,356 --> 00:18:22,716 Speaker 1: done it in New York. What are like three sady 303 00:18:22,796 --> 00:18:24,756 Speaker 1: spots us tell people to check out to get all 304 00:18:24,876 --> 00:18:28,676 Speaker 1: the flavor of your New York. All right, I guess 305 00:18:28,756 --> 00:18:33,196 Speaker 1: I'd say Whispering Gallery at Grand Central. This is where 306 00:18:33,196 --> 00:18:36,596 Speaker 1: people can stand at opposite sides of this arch and 307 00:18:36,636 --> 00:18:38,756 Speaker 1: the person will hear it on the other side, walk 308 00:18:38,796 --> 00:18:46,916 Speaker 1: over the Brooklyn Bridge Classicum, and then maybe the picture 309 00:18:46,956 --> 00:18:52,756 Speaker 1: gallery of the New York Historical Society, the Dancing Bears. 310 00:18:53,076 --> 00:18:55,556 Speaker 1: Where is the New York Historical Society on the West side? 311 00:18:55,556 --> 00:18:59,316 Speaker 1: It's on West End. I mean, how do you feel 312 00:18:59,316 --> 00:19:01,356 Speaker 1: about I've now been here on and off for a 313 00:19:01,396 --> 00:19:03,996 Speaker 1: couple of decades, and I'm finally coming to terms of 314 00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:07,116 Speaker 1: this is my home, and I get grumpy that I 315 00:19:07,156 --> 00:19:09,556 Speaker 1: have to share it all the time. What is your 316 00:19:09,596 --> 00:19:12,996 Speaker 1: take on sharing the town with visitors? That's what I 317 00:19:13,076 --> 00:19:15,476 Speaker 1: like about it, But but you know how perverse I am. 318 00:19:15,556 --> 00:19:19,676 Speaker 1: I like I like Times Square, I love tourists. I 319 00:19:19,756 --> 00:19:22,476 Speaker 1: love talking to them, giving them directions. I'm so proud 320 00:19:22,516 --> 00:19:25,436 Speaker 1: of the city and showing it off, and it interests 321 00:19:25,476 --> 00:19:28,916 Speaker 1: me what is the city they're seeing? It's so different 322 00:19:28,956 --> 00:19:32,756 Speaker 1: from anything we've ever known. I mean, I haven't been 323 00:19:33,316 --> 00:19:35,396 Speaker 1: to the Statue of Liberty since I went on a 324 00:19:35,476 --> 00:19:38,596 Speaker 1: sixth grade school trip. I have never been to the 325 00:19:38,596 --> 00:19:41,076 Speaker 1: top of the Empire State Building because there's never the 326 00:19:41,156 --> 00:19:44,196 Speaker 1: day when you want to stand in line for two hours. Yeah, 327 00:19:44,236 --> 00:19:47,956 Speaker 1: so you can learn from the tourists about your own town. Perversely, absolutely, 328 00:19:48,076 --> 00:19:51,596 Speaker 1: it's the city contains so many cities within it. That's 329 00:19:52,196 --> 00:19:54,676 Speaker 1: that's what I like. I mean, this is why I 330 00:19:54,716 --> 00:19:58,636 Speaker 1: could never imagine doing an episode about New York, because, yeah, 331 00:19:58,676 --> 00:20:01,356 Speaker 1: you could just do the West Village, could be an 332 00:20:01,396 --> 00:20:04,516 Speaker 1: eight part season, that one they rode Alone and you. 333 00:20:04,556 --> 00:20:06,716 Speaker 1: But sort of the whole thing about being here, isn't 334 00:20:06,716 --> 00:20:10,636 Speaker 1: it You have an abundance of everything, and you always 335 00:20:10,716 --> 00:20:14,116 Speaker 1: know what you don't know. I like that. I find 336 00:20:14,116 --> 00:20:18,876 Speaker 1: it comforting. I find that comforting too. All right, So 337 00:20:18,956 --> 00:20:22,476 Speaker 1: we're here by the library. Here, we are by the 338 00:20:23,036 --> 00:20:27,596 Speaker 1: Stephen Schwartzman Main Branch Library. Do you ever work here? 339 00:20:27,716 --> 00:20:31,436 Speaker 1: I actually have in that beautiful, beautiful room up there, 340 00:20:31,476 --> 00:20:32,756 Speaker 1: I forget the name of it right now, in the 341 00:20:32,876 --> 00:20:35,396 Speaker 1: Rose Reading Room. Yeah, the Rose Reading Room. You know, 342 00:20:35,516 --> 00:20:39,156 Speaker 1: for a while, people were coming in so regularly to 343 00:20:39,236 --> 00:20:41,916 Speaker 1: look at the ceiling. I felt like it was inhibiting 344 00:20:41,956 --> 00:20:44,516 Speaker 1: the behavior of some of the cranks there. Tell me 345 00:20:44,596 --> 00:20:47,116 Speaker 1: more real, Like you used to go in there be 346 00:20:47,796 --> 00:20:51,756 Speaker 1: someone clipping their toenails across the table from you. I'm 347 00:20:51,756 --> 00:20:55,556 Speaker 1: working on their life's memoirs simultaneously. You So, when you 348 00:20:55,596 --> 00:20:58,396 Speaker 1: were younger, did you come here? Yeah? Yeah, But it 349 00:20:58,756 --> 00:21:01,516 Speaker 1: also didn't have as the exhibits in the gift shop 350 00:21:01,516 --> 00:21:03,516 Speaker 1: and things like that weren't as curated and you couldn't 351 00:21:03,516 --> 00:21:05,516 Speaker 1: get a bite d So a lot of the changes 352 00:21:05,556 --> 00:21:11,276 Speaker 1: are terrific, but it's certainly more of a tour attraction. Yeah, okay, yeah, 353 00:21:11,276 --> 00:21:16,476 Speaker 1: we're here. We can have out all right when we 354 00:21:16,636 --> 00:21:27,956 Speaker 1: grab some lunch at the Oyster Bart. You know, when 355 00:21:27,996 --> 00:21:30,236 Speaker 1: I first moved back here, i worked nearby. I would 356 00:21:30,276 --> 00:21:34,196 Speaker 1: take the train to Grand Central and still in love 357 00:21:34,236 --> 00:21:37,236 Speaker 1: with it. It's still does all the things for me. 358 00:21:37,316 --> 00:21:39,756 Speaker 1: I feel like, I don't know, there's such a romance 359 00:21:39,796 --> 00:21:43,316 Speaker 1: to it. Let's peak, Can we peak at the ceiling 360 00:21:43,316 --> 00:21:45,196 Speaker 1: and then we can go down to the Shall we 361 00:21:45,236 --> 00:21:49,676 Speaker 1: do the short cut to the Oh but um rush 362 00:21:49,756 --> 00:21:53,396 Speaker 1: hour coming through here? Such great energy. So I just 363 00:21:53,436 --> 00:21:56,796 Speaker 1: read recently that six hundred thousand people is that a 364 00:21:56,836 --> 00:22:00,956 Speaker 1: possible passed through here on a given day, which is 365 00:22:00,956 --> 00:22:04,756 Speaker 1: the population of San Francisco, And rarely does anyone run 366 00:22:04,796 --> 00:22:08,236 Speaker 1: into each other. Everyone can just kind of do this 367 00:22:08,356 --> 00:22:11,116 Speaker 1: the urban ballet. That's true. If you, if you and 368 00:22:11,276 --> 00:22:14,156 Speaker 1: if you want to even meet up with someone, we 369 00:22:14,196 --> 00:22:18,156 Speaker 1: always used to meet by the clock. Yeah for soft phones? 370 00:22:18,716 --> 00:22:24,476 Speaker 1: Can we open? Yeah? Oh, I'm sure there Eureka. So 371 00:22:24,516 --> 00:22:26,636 Speaker 1: we're going in the side door to the Oyster Saloon. 372 00:22:27,276 --> 00:22:30,076 Speaker 1: This place is so great if you want to do 373 00:22:30,116 --> 00:22:31,676 Speaker 1: the bar or the middle here, how will we do 374 00:22:31,676 --> 00:22:35,116 Speaker 1: down here on the right? I love this the crossroms. 375 00:22:35,116 --> 00:22:37,596 Speaker 1: Theres a guy in a suit a dap pursuit having 376 00:22:37,596 --> 00:22:41,236 Speaker 1: a salad and a beers a cavar sand much please 377 00:22:42,636 --> 00:22:48,356 Speaker 1: tell me about that. See it's not only pretty affordable, 378 00:22:48,876 --> 00:22:55,756 Speaker 1: yeah I mean relatively speaking, but um delicious, unique and 379 00:22:56,196 --> 00:23:00,516 Speaker 1: kind of luxurious. And I will get um the crab 380 00:23:00,596 --> 00:23:05,036 Speaker 1: cake sandwich and a nice tea thank you. Oyster Bar 381 00:23:05,196 --> 00:23:08,556 Speaker 1: is one of the spaces in New York which has 382 00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:13,196 Speaker 1: these these vaulted ceilings with gustamino tiling, so the acoustics 383 00:23:13,236 --> 00:23:16,036 Speaker 1: are kind of special. You can also always hear the 384 00:23:16,076 --> 00:23:20,436 Speaker 1: bustle of them making the pan rose and the oyster 385 00:23:20,556 --> 00:23:24,156 Speaker 1: stew and um No, this place I find very comforting. 386 00:23:24,196 --> 00:23:25,836 Speaker 1: It's another one of those places in New York where 387 00:23:26,236 --> 00:23:27,716 Speaker 1: I'm just happy to know it's here. Un If I 388 00:23:27,716 --> 00:23:29,276 Speaker 1: don't go to it for like a couple of months, 389 00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:31,636 Speaker 1: you just know in the back of your mind, the 390 00:23:31,756 --> 00:23:33,996 Speaker 1: lightings here, the vibes here, the guys are here. I 391 00:23:34,076 --> 00:23:36,516 Speaker 1: like the places you can take for granted, that's so 392 00:23:36,596 --> 00:23:41,396 Speaker 1: much what I what I prize your caviar sandwich. I 393 00:23:41,436 --> 00:23:43,796 Speaker 1: thought it was going to have cream inside it, but 394 00:23:43,876 --> 00:23:47,156 Speaker 1: it is just components of things that are good with 395 00:23:47,236 --> 00:23:49,836 Speaker 1: caviarts fantastic. Would you like to try some of my 396 00:23:49,876 --> 00:23:52,596 Speaker 1: crab cake. I'm not gonna you can finish. I don't 397 00:23:52,596 --> 00:23:54,596 Speaker 1: know if I can do both, but I will pack away. 398 00:23:56,876 --> 00:23:58,836 Speaker 1: One of the risks of coming to the Grand Central 399 00:23:58,836 --> 00:24:01,516 Speaker 1: Oyster Virus that my dad is often here. He makes 400 00:24:01,756 --> 00:24:06,996 Speaker 1: all his appointments here, and his order is multiple bowls 401 00:24:07,236 --> 00:24:13,876 Speaker 1: of Manhattan clamchet. Yeah, why do you think? Do you 402 00:24:13,916 --> 00:24:16,156 Speaker 1: think he has a reasons he's here? Is the same 403 00:24:16,156 --> 00:24:18,476 Speaker 1: as you, is a fondness for these classic things. Now, 404 00:24:18,556 --> 00:24:23,236 Speaker 1: he loves Manhattan clam chatter. I've never met anyone who 405 00:24:23,276 --> 00:24:27,876 Speaker 1: has a positive preference for it. The existence of Manhattan 406 00:24:27,876 --> 00:24:34,876 Speaker 1: clam chatter does not offend me. Dad loves it. Any 407 00:24:34,956 --> 00:24:37,076 Speaker 1: wisdom pearls of wisdom from New York? Is there a 408 00:24:37,116 --> 00:24:40,356 Speaker 1: writer you Meyer that really captured what your relationship is 409 00:24:40,356 --> 00:24:41,916 Speaker 1: in New York? And I don't want to misquote it, 410 00:24:41,956 --> 00:24:46,436 Speaker 1: but it's that Dorothy Parker quote. If you make it 411 00:24:47,036 --> 00:24:50,316 Speaker 1: through the night. In New York, you can live through 412 00:24:50,396 --> 00:24:53,596 Speaker 1: anything or something. It's some great quote about depression. I'll 413 00:24:53,596 --> 00:24:55,796 Speaker 1: find you the real one, and the essence of it is, 414 00:24:56,676 --> 00:25:01,996 Speaker 1: um nights can New York can be hard, but if 415 00:25:02,076 --> 00:25:05,876 Speaker 1: you can make it, you feel not light in the 416 00:25:05,956 --> 00:25:10,316 Speaker 1: window of the neighboring building. It can be so lonely. 417 00:25:10,436 --> 00:25:15,036 Speaker 1: Here would you see attraction because you're just surrounded by everyone, 418 00:25:15,116 --> 00:25:18,836 Speaker 1: but there's a wall. They still have all the barriers 419 00:25:18,916 --> 00:25:21,596 Speaker 1: to entry. But it's just like what you be what said? 420 00:25:21,956 --> 00:25:24,956 Speaker 1: Right for those who value such queer PRIs as New 421 00:25:25,036 --> 00:25:32,516 Speaker 1: York offers the gift of privacy, I'm gonna be mindful time. Okay, 422 00:25:32,596 --> 00:25:34,436 Speaker 1: we're done here, I rose, we just paid, so we're good. 423 00:25:35,476 --> 00:25:45,836 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, thank you. Wow. Okay, so we are. 424 00:25:46,436 --> 00:25:50,796 Speaker 1: We're a whispering gallery in front of the Oyster Bar. 425 00:25:50,956 --> 00:25:53,236 Speaker 1: Which is how does this work? Again? I mean I 426 00:25:53,396 --> 00:25:55,956 Speaker 1: don't I can't explain the physics, but where the arch 427 00:25:56,116 --> 00:25:59,916 Speaker 1: forms one of these acoustical odd of these found throughout 428 00:25:59,956 --> 00:26:03,636 Speaker 1: the world, including Saint Paul's most famously, I believe. Yeah, 429 00:26:04,116 --> 00:26:08,436 Speaker 1: And as you see, if we stand in opposite diagonal 430 00:26:08,516 --> 00:26:12,596 Speaker 1: ql far apart, that's like fifty. Yeah, all right, yeah, 431 00:26:12,676 --> 00:26:17,796 Speaker 1: let's try it. See if this works. Can you hear me? 432 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:21,956 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I can't hear you. Yeah, okay, let 433 00:26:21,996 --> 00:26:28,956 Speaker 1: me think I see okay, I don't have any Yeah, 434 00:26:28,996 --> 00:26:30,836 Speaker 1: I don't have any right now. This is zgol. But 435 00:26:30,916 --> 00:26:33,396 Speaker 1: I can say just thank you for coming to lunch 436 00:26:33,436 --> 00:26:35,156 Speaker 1: with me, and I hope you have a great rest 437 00:26:35,156 --> 00:26:39,036 Speaker 1: of your day anytime. All right, all my I wish 438 00:26:39,076 --> 00:26:58,276 Speaker 1: all my characters ended with me just talking into a corner. Yeah, 439 00:27:00,236 --> 00:27:06,716 Speaker 1: finally some phone reception. Danielle, why is she? He Brannan, 440 00:27:06,756 --> 00:27:11,916 Speaker 1: It's Danielle. M Hi. I am unfortunately having a little 441 00:27:11,956 --> 00:27:16,596 Speaker 1: problem at home. I discovered a mouth in my kitchen. 442 00:27:17,236 --> 00:27:20,316 Speaker 1: So now I'm cleeping outside and I feel like I 443 00:27:20,356 --> 00:27:24,756 Speaker 1: should probably figure out how to sleep inside again, since 444 00:27:25,516 --> 00:27:28,116 Speaker 1: you know that's the thing I'm paying my mortgage on. 445 00:27:29,476 --> 00:27:32,436 Speaker 1: Good luck with everything. Really sorry I couldn't be there. 446 00:27:33,316 --> 00:27:38,676 Speaker 1: I hope you have a great time. No, no, I 447 00:27:38,876 --> 00:27:43,796 Speaker 1: totally forgot. I invited people over for dinner tonight. I 448 00:27:43,876 --> 00:27:48,556 Speaker 1: thought it was next Saturday. The farmer's market was right 449 00:27:48,676 --> 00:27:54,996 Speaker 1: near the office. All right, I gotta find a corner market, 450 00:27:55,236 --> 00:28:12,796 Speaker 1: Godega something. Oh shit, it's Alison Roman. Alison Roman. Yeah, 451 00:28:13,596 --> 00:28:16,356 Speaker 1: this is incredible. I am a fan of your books. Oh, 452 00:28:16,436 --> 00:28:18,676 Speaker 1: thank you. That is always nice to here. I used 453 00:28:18,716 --> 00:28:20,836 Speaker 1: to host this show called The Dinner Party Download. Probably 454 00:28:20,876 --> 00:28:22,556 Speaker 1: haven't heard of it. Oh yeah, I actually do know 455 00:28:22,596 --> 00:28:25,556 Speaker 1: about that though, Oh you do. Yeah, okay, well that 456 00:28:25,916 --> 00:28:27,916 Speaker 1: was my show. It's like, why am I not being 457 00:28:27,916 --> 00:28:29,876 Speaker 1: asked to be on the show? But I didn't take 458 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:31,556 Speaker 1: it personally. It's fine. I mean we were we thought 459 00:28:31,556 --> 00:28:33,116 Speaker 1: you were a little fancy for us because you wrote 460 00:28:33,116 --> 00:28:36,596 Speaker 1: for Bonabati and besides we were based in La Yeah. 461 00:28:36,596 --> 00:28:38,836 Speaker 1: Because it's like you can only record a podcast in 462 00:28:38,876 --> 00:28:40,436 Speaker 1: the city that you record. I get it. It's like, 463 00:28:40,596 --> 00:28:42,876 Speaker 1: you know, all right, I still can't believe I ran 464 00:28:42,956 --> 00:28:44,636 Speaker 1: into you. I assumed you moved to Berkeley, where all 465 00:28:44,636 --> 00:28:46,476 Speaker 1: the food celebrities go. No, I mean I live in 466 00:28:46,476 --> 00:28:48,316 Speaker 1: New York, baby, greatest city in the world. So what 467 00:28:48,676 --> 00:28:50,876 Speaker 1: are you doing here? It's, you know, close to dinner time. 468 00:28:50,916 --> 00:28:54,156 Speaker 1: I'm doing some last minute pickups for my own little 469 00:28:54,196 --> 00:28:57,436 Speaker 1: dinner situation. Um. I know this is a weird thing, 470 00:28:57,516 --> 00:28:59,316 Speaker 1: but I just I totally spaced it. I was at 471 00:28:59,316 --> 00:29:02,876 Speaker 1: the office today and I now have to cook dinner 472 00:29:03,156 --> 00:29:06,636 Speaker 1: for six people in the next couple hours, had no 473 00:29:06,756 --> 00:29:10,996 Speaker 1: time to prepare. My kitchen is tiny, and so could 474 00:29:11,036 --> 00:29:14,796 Speaker 1: you give me some guidance like tonight, Yeah, okay, well surprise, 475 00:29:15,396 --> 00:29:19,076 Speaker 1: I think that's great. I actually almost exclusively only believe 476 00:29:19,196 --> 00:29:21,036 Speaker 1: in the last minute dinner party. So you're in luck. 477 00:29:21,356 --> 00:29:24,156 Speaker 1: When all is said and done, you could very happily 478 00:29:24,236 --> 00:29:26,676 Speaker 1: live your life off of shopping at about Degga, and 479 00:29:26,756 --> 00:29:30,196 Speaker 1: I do often. My mother now lives in the Burbs. 480 00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:33,916 Speaker 1: Whenever she visits me, her head turns when she passes 481 00:29:34,356 --> 00:29:37,916 Speaker 1: one of these places right here with like apples, mangoes, watermelons. 482 00:29:37,956 --> 00:29:39,596 Speaker 1: She just can't believe that there's fruit and veg on 483 00:29:39,676 --> 00:29:42,116 Speaker 1: the street available twenty four hours a day. The idea 484 00:29:42,196 --> 00:29:44,636 Speaker 1: that you can walk into this place and you can 485 00:29:44,676 --> 00:29:46,116 Speaker 1: go in there and can get a green juice, You 486 00:29:46,156 --> 00:29:47,996 Speaker 1: can get string cheese. If you need a snack, you 487 00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,796 Speaker 1: can get a pack of chicken thighs. You can also 488 00:29:49,836 --> 00:29:53,436 Speaker 1: get tofu and kim chee, and like hot sauce and 489 00:29:53,556 --> 00:29:57,116 Speaker 1: noodles and anchovies and pretty much anything that you would 490 00:29:57,196 --> 00:29:59,716 Speaker 1: need to make your life feel complete. All right, So 491 00:29:59,796 --> 00:30:02,956 Speaker 1: you give me confidence, okay, So any dietary restrictions to 492 00:30:03,036 --> 00:30:06,156 Speaker 1: be aware of. I just don't. I think Brussels sprouts 493 00:30:06,156 --> 00:30:08,716 Speaker 1: are overrated. No, not for you specifically, what thank you 494 00:30:08,756 --> 00:30:11,556 Speaker 1: for that opinion. I'm armed at your guests. Oh no, 495 00:30:11,716 --> 00:30:14,196 Speaker 1: not No, people are pretty pretty much open their omnivores. 496 00:30:14,396 --> 00:30:16,676 Speaker 1: My friends are not afraid of carbohydrates, which I'm proud 497 00:30:16,676 --> 00:30:19,276 Speaker 1: of because I'm older, because like at gen X, like 498 00:30:19,396 --> 00:30:22,156 Speaker 1: lay millennials, like we're not as smart about feel like 499 00:30:22,236 --> 00:30:24,436 Speaker 1: all my friends are hot. Yeah, Europeans who love pasta 500 00:30:24,676 --> 00:30:29,036 Speaker 1: like they're all aging, soft round people. Yeah. Okay, So 501 00:30:29,796 --> 00:30:32,076 Speaker 1: if I'm you, I'm going to do like a simple 502 00:30:32,276 --> 00:30:35,476 Speaker 1: sort of lemony, mediterranean vibe pasta. Oh I like that, 503 00:30:35,636 --> 00:30:38,076 Speaker 1: like a few types of vegetables on the side, Well, 504 00:30:38,156 --> 00:30:40,476 Speaker 1: let's let's do it. Can we talk about celery for 505 00:30:40,516 --> 00:30:43,316 Speaker 1: a quick second, because I feel one of my favorite, 506 00:30:43,316 --> 00:30:45,996 Speaker 1: absolute favorite vegetables. In fact, let's make a celery salad 507 00:30:46,036 --> 00:30:49,036 Speaker 1: for you. Okay, well maybe we should because I feel 508 00:30:49,076 --> 00:30:52,116 Speaker 1: like celery, the big Celery, has tricked us into buying 509 00:30:52,276 --> 00:30:55,316 Speaker 1: huge bunches of celery when I need like one stock 510 00:30:55,396 --> 00:30:57,636 Speaker 1: for my tuna fish. Well, if you're putting only one 511 00:30:57,676 --> 00:31:00,116 Speaker 1: stock in your tuna salad, you're doing it wrong because 512 00:31:00,156 --> 00:31:03,476 Speaker 1: you're Juna salad needs at least four stocks in like 513 00:31:03,556 --> 00:31:05,916 Speaker 1: a can. It should be like equal parts tuna, four 514 00:31:05,996 --> 00:31:09,556 Speaker 1: stocks per cam. Yeah, I'm constantly looking for Larry. I'm 515 00:31:09,596 --> 00:31:11,236 Speaker 1: constantly buy it because I go through it too much. 516 00:31:11,276 --> 00:31:13,556 Speaker 1: In fact, I think the bunches simply aren't large enough. 517 00:31:13,956 --> 00:31:17,036 Speaker 1: All right, well, let's go celery salad. Okay, we've got 518 00:31:17,116 --> 00:31:19,116 Speaker 1: candy laning Greens, which is kind of nice and very 519 00:31:19,196 --> 00:31:23,076 Speaker 1: Euro to me. They're very tart. I like that they're bitter, 520 00:31:23,556 --> 00:31:25,836 Speaker 1: but tars probably close to bitter if there was a 521 00:31:25,956 --> 00:31:29,396 Speaker 1: chart of flavor feelings. Let's agree to disagree. Okay, this 522 00:31:29,516 --> 00:31:32,476 Speaker 1: is bitter. To bring it back real quick. New York. 523 00:31:33,396 --> 00:31:36,076 Speaker 1: You think, oh, what a beautiful place. They have everything. Yeah, 524 00:31:36,236 --> 00:31:38,796 Speaker 1: but sometimes because they have everything, you're sort of paralyzed 525 00:31:38,836 --> 00:31:41,636 Speaker 1: by options, right, Like what direction do we go with? Ye? 526 00:31:41,796 --> 00:31:43,556 Speaker 1: Tell me about it. Do we do like a fresh 527 00:31:43,596 --> 00:31:45,876 Speaker 1: tomato e pasta? Do we do like a bitter green 528 00:31:45,996 --> 00:31:50,036 Speaker 1: anchovy pasta? Do we do boiled potatoes with anchovies and 529 00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:53,356 Speaker 1: a soft egg? We do bitter green anchovy pasta? My 530 00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:57,436 Speaker 1: problem here is I have an acidy stomach. Oh and 531 00:31:57,716 --> 00:32:02,156 Speaker 1: tomatoes just kill me. Oh but pasta doesn't, doesn't Okay, 532 00:32:02,196 --> 00:32:04,956 Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm getting you a jar of cost to Okay, 533 00:32:04,996 --> 00:32:07,276 Speaker 1: we're just for snacking. You got them with bits. We 534 00:32:07,316 --> 00:32:10,556 Speaker 1: didn't talk about drinks, Okay, I'm a martini guy. Yeah, 535 00:32:10,636 --> 00:32:12,796 Speaker 1: should I make them? Yeah? I think you should. Unfortunately, 536 00:32:12,796 --> 00:32:15,396 Speaker 1: what I learned over COVID and this could be I 537 00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:18,676 Speaker 1: can't drink tim Martinis anymore. And I used to say, 538 00:32:18,796 --> 00:32:21,676 Speaker 1: like a vodka Martin is an oxymoron. Yeah, I too 539 00:32:21,796 --> 00:32:23,556 Speaker 1: used to turn my nose a bit vodka martinis. But 540 00:32:23,636 --> 00:32:26,036 Speaker 1: in my old age they're just like better for my 541 00:32:26,196 --> 00:32:29,116 Speaker 1: gut and my next day. Yeah, I don't know. All right, 542 00:32:29,156 --> 00:32:31,236 Speaker 1: I'm glad we have this talk. Can I I can't 543 00:32:31,276 --> 00:32:33,316 Speaker 1: use those olives though, can I? Okay? Yeah, I mean 544 00:32:33,556 --> 00:32:36,116 Speaker 1: there'll be a pitt in there. But assuming you don't 545 00:32:36,116 --> 00:32:38,156 Speaker 1: want to buy two types of olives, maybe do you 546 00:32:38,196 --> 00:32:40,196 Speaker 1: know what? Let's just get Okay, Yeah, let's get them. 547 00:32:40,316 --> 00:32:42,876 Speaker 1: Malcolm Gladwell's paying. So what else do we need? Um? 548 00:32:42,956 --> 00:32:44,356 Speaker 1: Did you want to serve a salad on the side? 549 00:32:44,436 --> 00:32:46,476 Speaker 1: Are you gonna convince me on this celery thing? How 550 00:32:46,476 --> 00:32:48,316 Speaker 1: about we do celery and funnel together to cut a 551 00:32:48,316 --> 00:32:49,876 Speaker 1: little bit of the celery that looks like a lot 552 00:32:49,916 --> 00:32:55,916 Speaker 1: of celery, perfect an cellery. Okay, wait, what are they eating? 553 00:32:56,116 --> 00:32:59,396 Speaker 1: She was just talking about impossibleming it. Oh yeah, I can't. 554 00:32:59,396 --> 00:33:01,836 Speaker 1: I can't eat it. The p proteins. Oh wow you 555 00:33:01,996 --> 00:33:03,796 Speaker 1: I was like doing the dietaris Chritians. You're like nope, 556 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:06,076 Speaker 1: and then turns out over the courts of the last 557 00:33:06,116 --> 00:33:09,076 Speaker 1: ten minutes. You're like, I can't eat any Here's the 558 00:33:09,196 --> 00:33:11,076 Speaker 1: other thing. I'm a total Homas slot Like, I don't 559 00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:14,196 Speaker 1: make it. I eat any hummas. Yeah, like I'll eat 560 00:33:14,196 --> 00:33:17,796 Speaker 1: any of that stuff. One two, three, four, five, six, seven, 561 00:33:17,916 --> 00:33:21,316 Speaker 1: eight types of hummas here. That's incredible. This is why 562 00:33:21,356 --> 00:33:24,036 Speaker 1: I live here. Now I'm reading new Yeah, okay, we're 563 00:33:24,036 --> 00:33:26,876 Speaker 1: looking at some cheese. We're gonna get you parmesan. This 564 00:33:27,356 --> 00:33:31,636 Speaker 1: bedega also has one two three four five types of parmesan, 565 00:33:31,756 --> 00:33:34,236 Speaker 1: not including the graded stuff, which I wouldn't buy. And 566 00:33:34,356 --> 00:33:37,036 Speaker 1: then dessert, what's your dessert move? Sometimes I do get grapes. 567 00:33:37,236 --> 00:33:39,836 Speaker 1: Sometimes I get a chocolate bar, like a tobleran for 568 00:33:39,916 --> 00:33:42,556 Speaker 1: the table is kind of a baller table tobleron. I 569 00:33:42,676 --> 00:33:52,676 Speaker 1: like that. Let's do it. Um, thank you? What a dream? 570 00:33:53,156 --> 00:33:57,196 Speaker 1: Alison Roman just like grocery shopping for me the world. 571 00:33:58,076 --> 00:33:59,596 Speaker 1: So I hope you get home safe. I feel like 572 00:33:59,676 --> 00:34:02,316 Speaker 1: it's about to sky is about to open up. Wait what, 573 00:34:03,156 --> 00:34:04,916 Speaker 1: I didn't even look at my weather up today New 574 00:34:04,996 --> 00:34:07,676 Speaker 1: York summers. The rain comes in hot and fast. All right, 575 00:34:07,876 --> 00:34:10,556 Speaker 1: thank you very much, take care, welcome to see you later. 576 00:34:20,236 --> 00:34:24,436 Speaker 1: You've got to be kidding me, see all right, weather app? 577 00:34:24,676 --> 00:34:30,396 Speaker 1: Weather app? It doesn't even say rain. All right, someone, 578 00:34:30,436 --> 00:34:35,076 Speaker 1: we need to wait it out? What's going on here? Hey? 579 00:34:35,716 --> 00:34:37,596 Speaker 1: Hey there? Can I just wait here while the rain clears. 580 00:34:40,356 --> 00:34:42,476 Speaker 1: I had to go back to California visit my parents 581 00:34:42,596 --> 00:34:46,396 Speaker 1: because my aunt was visiting from Iran. I was like, oh, 582 00:34:46,476 --> 00:34:49,036 Speaker 1: my gosh, she's never been to the US. We absolutely 583 00:34:49,156 --> 00:34:52,156 Speaker 1: have to take her to eat a taco, right, And 584 00:34:52,556 --> 00:34:55,036 Speaker 1: my mom is like, oh, that is a good idea 585 00:34:55,076 --> 00:34:59,116 Speaker 1: about how is taste taco? And I was like, lady, 586 00:34:59,196 --> 00:35:01,556 Speaker 1: what do you mean how is taste taco? You've been 587 00:35:01,636 --> 00:35:05,636 Speaker 1: living here for fucking thirty years. You don't know how 588 00:35:05,796 --> 00:35:11,716 Speaker 1: is taste taco? No? Oh no? And I was so mad. 589 00:35:11,756 --> 00:35:14,796 Speaker 1: I was so mad. I was like, you fucking immigrants 590 00:35:14,876 --> 00:35:23,116 Speaker 1: come to this country. You don't try Mexican food. You're 591 00:35:23,196 --> 00:35:42,716 Speaker 1: just an American that is absolutely TAXI. Hey, you're really 592 00:35:42,796 --> 00:35:46,116 Speaker 1: great up there. Thanks man, Thanks pretty early for a 593 00:35:46,236 --> 00:35:49,636 Speaker 1: comedy show. Huh Yeah, it's weird. They do it at 594 00:35:49,636 --> 00:35:51,876 Speaker 1: all times these days. You're the first person I've seen 595 00:35:52,076 --> 00:35:54,116 Speaker 1: hail a cab here in a couple of years. Frankly, 596 00:35:54,196 --> 00:35:57,716 Speaker 1: most people are on Uber. I like to hail a cab. 597 00:35:57,916 --> 00:36:00,396 Speaker 1: It's one of those things that you can do basically 598 00:36:00,476 --> 00:36:03,116 Speaker 1: only in New York City. So I appreciate that. But 599 00:36:03,196 --> 00:36:04,916 Speaker 1: it's pouring rain. I think it's gonna be a minute 600 00:36:04,956 --> 00:36:06,516 Speaker 1: for you get a cab. Yeah, I'm okay with that. 601 00:36:06,876 --> 00:36:09,036 Speaker 1: So I'm guessing that being a comedian and MC is 602 00:36:09,236 --> 00:36:12,796 Speaker 1: not for the faint of heart. Like I admire you 603 00:36:12,916 --> 00:36:15,516 Speaker 1: for going up there. You must be very brave. It's 604 00:36:15,556 --> 00:36:19,316 Speaker 1: like ultimately very self serving, you know what I mean. 605 00:36:19,436 --> 00:36:21,476 Speaker 1: If there's one thing I learned during the pandemic is 606 00:36:21,516 --> 00:36:24,796 Speaker 1: that comedians are the least essential workers. You know. I 607 00:36:24,876 --> 00:36:27,876 Speaker 1: have a question, so New York audiences versus other audiences. 608 00:36:28,436 --> 00:36:32,396 Speaker 1: Is there distinguishing traits? Are they different? You know? It's 609 00:36:32,436 --> 00:36:36,716 Speaker 1: interesting because I remember Lewis Black said to me once another, 610 00:36:37,036 --> 00:36:40,396 Speaker 1: you know, just amazing comedian. He said to me after 611 00:36:40,476 --> 00:36:44,436 Speaker 1: the show. You know, Nigine, you speak really fast, and 612 00:36:44,836 --> 00:36:48,076 Speaker 1: you can't speak that fast in other parts of the country. 613 00:36:48,436 --> 00:36:50,636 Speaker 1: When he said that to me, I was like, oh, okay, 614 00:36:50,916 --> 00:36:53,636 Speaker 1: Like and I think in some parts of the country, 615 00:36:53,636 --> 00:36:55,556 Speaker 1: I do like slow it down a little bit. I 616 00:36:55,836 --> 00:36:57,516 Speaker 1: slow it down because also in New York City, I 617 00:36:57,596 --> 00:36:59,476 Speaker 1: think everything is just a little bit more fast pace, 618 00:36:59,516 --> 00:37:02,916 Speaker 1: including just the pace of which people like literally speak, 619 00:37:03,036 --> 00:37:05,996 Speaker 1: And that's just a cultural thing over here. And also 620 00:37:06,116 --> 00:37:09,836 Speaker 1: the other thing is notts a megas who cheese you 621 00:37:09,876 --> 00:37:14,236 Speaker 1: get here? But I met my husband here and my 622 00:37:14,436 --> 00:37:19,356 Speaker 1: husband is an actor and he's black, and um I'm 623 00:37:19,396 --> 00:37:22,876 Speaker 1: Iranian and Muslim, and that makes our baby a Blaranian. 624 00:37:23,596 --> 00:37:27,796 Speaker 1: And it's the kind of you know, this is the 625 00:37:27,916 --> 00:37:30,076 Speaker 1: kind of family that could only happen in the United 626 00:37:30,116 --> 00:37:40,116 Speaker 1: States and more specific and it's just like way more 627 00:37:40,236 --> 00:37:43,036 Speaker 1: likely to happen in New York City. And also like 628 00:37:43,396 --> 00:37:46,076 Speaker 1: you know, we have this like this Russian neighbor who 629 00:37:46,076 --> 00:37:48,556 Speaker 1: also speaks Farsi. I mean, what you know, and so 630 00:37:49,276 --> 00:37:50,796 Speaker 1: so like you know, a few times a week, like 631 00:37:50,916 --> 00:37:53,956 Speaker 1: my daughter speaks Farsi with this Russian guy who may 632 00:37:53,996 --> 00:37:55,556 Speaker 1: or may not be an alcoholic. That's a story for 633 00:37:55,596 --> 00:37:58,716 Speaker 1: another time. But like that's the weird kind of thing 634 00:37:58,836 --> 00:38:00,356 Speaker 1: she's just going to be exposed to that. It's like 635 00:38:00,476 --> 00:38:03,156 Speaker 1: it's not weird to her that, like one of our 636 00:38:03,196 --> 00:38:06,276 Speaker 1: neighbors is from Uzbekistan, but then the other one is 637 00:38:06,356 --> 00:38:09,716 Speaker 1: from Turkey, and then another one's from Mexico. Like these 638 00:38:09,756 --> 00:38:12,116 Speaker 1: are just very normal things for you also live in 639 00:38:12,116 --> 00:38:18,716 Speaker 1: the United Nations to care and that is just I 640 00:38:18,956 --> 00:38:23,996 Speaker 1: feel like this little miracle of a family owes a 641 00:38:24,076 --> 00:38:27,116 Speaker 1: debt to New York City. And speaking of miracles in 642 00:38:27,116 --> 00:38:29,476 Speaker 1: New York City, I think this cab open, I think 643 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:33,716 Speaker 1: that might be yours. Thanks so much for chatting with me. Yeah, 644 00:38:33,796 --> 00:38:45,636 Speaker 1: this was unexpectedly a fun conversation. M Hey, Brendan, Um, 645 00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:48,596 Speaker 1: where are you are You still planning to cook tonight? 646 00:38:49,236 --> 00:38:52,356 Speaker 1: People are starting to show up and I'm just feeding 647 00:38:52,396 --> 00:38:54,916 Speaker 1: them wine and this hummus from the fridge. But let 648 00:38:54,956 --> 00:39:01,036 Speaker 1: me know when you're going to arrive. All right, Well, 649 00:39:01,236 --> 00:39:04,436 Speaker 1: at least the rain's clearing up. What are the odds 650 00:39:04,476 --> 00:39:09,036 Speaker 1: of getting another cab? Right? I think we've been get 651 00:39:09,236 --> 00:39:13,316 Speaker 1: city bike. I hope these groceries can fit on a 652 00:39:13,356 --> 00:39:19,396 Speaker 1: city bike. Okay, one bike left. Oh shit, Hey, hey, 653 00:39:19,556 --> 00:39:23,116 Speaker 1: excuse me. This is the last city bike. That's why 654 00:39:23,156 --> 00:39:26,036 Speaker 1: I'm taking it. Yeah, but I really, Um, I have 655 00:39:26,116 --> 00:39:28,116 Speaker 1: a dinner party I have to be at, and I 656 00:39:28,316 --> 00:39:30,836 Speaker 1: swear I know that the city doesn't cut people breaks. No, 657 00:39:31,476 --> 00:39:33,596 Speaker 1: I gotta it's I'm just going home. I'm no, but 658 00:39:33,636 --> 00:39:35,916 Speaker 1: I'm like a fellow human who's asking you to just 659 00:39:36,076 --> 00:39:39,356 Speaker 1: cut me. Appreciate that fellow human. Good luck walking. Wait 660 00:39:39,436 --> 00:39:42,996 Speaker 1: a second, are you dem Taberski? This are walking and 661 00:39:43,076 --> 00:39:45,036 Speaker 1: I'm not walking to Brooklyn. Well, you can at least 662 00:39:45,076 --> 00:39:47,756 Speaker 1: check out my podcast not Lost. Yeah, great, I'll check 663 00:39:47,796 --> 00:39:53,196 Speaker 1: it out. Got it. Oh, here's a city bike then 664 00:39:53,396 --> 00:39:56,836 Speaker 1: filled with bikes. Hey there, did you see that guy 665 00:39:56,956 --> 00:40:00,116 Speaker 1: take the last bike from me? Yes? I did, such 666 00:40:00,156 --> 00:40:04,156 Speaker 1: a jerk. Are there any bikes nearby? Um? Yeah, we 667 00:40:04,276 --> 00:40:06,196 Speaker 1: have a couple of bikes at the station. We can 668 00:40:06,316 --> 00:40:08,876 Speaker 1: check them out and see if they're ridable. It seems 669 00:40:08,916 --> 00:40:11,796 Speaker 1: like whenever I really need a city bike, there's not 670 00:40:11,916 --> 00:40:14,756 Speaker 1: a bike, Like what? What? What is that just my misperception? 671 00:40:14,796 --> 00:40:16,396 Speaker 1: Do I have the wrong time of day that I'm 672 00:40:16,396 --> 00:40:19,196 Speaker 1: always hitting them? Um? That just means there's a lot 673 00:40:19,196 --> 00:40:21,716 Speaker 1: of people using the bikes. I mean, I guess it's 674 00:40:21,716 --> 00:40:24,276 Speaker 1: like New York in general. Right, Okay, Can I like, hey, 675 00:40:24,316 --> 00:40:27,036 Speaker 1: you to get a bike from the back of your truck? Oh? No, 676 00:40:27,276 --> 00:40:30,076 Speaker 1: absolutely not. I can't. I need to get to Brooklyn. 677 00:40:30,156 --> 00:40:32,076 Speaker 1: Are are you drying? Are you riding there? Can I 678 00:40:32,116 --> 00:40:34,556 Speaker 1: get a ride with you? Sure? Why not? You would 679 00:40:34,556 --> 00:40:37,676 Speaker 1: do that for me? Don't tell anyone, I won't. Your 680 00:40:37,716 --> 00:40:39,916 Speaker 1: boss will never know this happened, believe me. Thank you 681 00:40:40,196 --> 00:40:44,476 Speaker 1: so much. All right, So are your bike mechanics just 682 00:40:44,596 --> 00:40:48,116 Speaker 1: like working full on all the time, depending on the season. Yes, 683 00:40:48,276 --> 00:40:50,876 Speaker 1: right now we have at our depots we have twenty 684 00:40:50,916 --> 00:40:56,036 Speaker 1: four operations. Really Pixen bikesix bikes. That's wild. Same thing 685 00:40:56,116 --> 00:41:00,036 Speaker 1: with moving the bikes were twenty four, twenty four hour operations. Well, 686 00:41:00,356 --> 00:41:02,156 Speaker 1: and now I feel bad because I often, you know, 687 00:41:02,236 --> 00:41:04,996 Speaker 1: I love city bike, I love the exercise. I'm a 688 00:41:05,036 --> 00:41:08,516 Speaker 1: pretty much like a like a eight to seven PM 689 00:41:08,836 --> 00:41:10,996 Speaker 1: can so I need a bike then in the morning 690 00:41:11,156 --> 00:41:14,156 Speaker 1: and then at seven And I feel like often, you know, 691 00:41:14,196 --> 00:41:16,196 Speaker 1: the bikes are gone because so many people use them, 692 00:41:16,356 --> 00:41:18,476 Speaker 1: and I feel like I need to have a different 693 00:41:18,556 --> 00:41:20,676 Speaker 1: life style in order to get more bikes, you know 694 00:41:20,716 --> 00:41:22,676 Speaker 1: what I mean. Well, that's part of what we do, 695 00:41:22,876 --> 00:41:26,356 Speaker 1: you know, balancing the system based off of trends. That 696 00:41:26,676 --> 00:41:30,636 Speaker 1: can be challenging at times, but we definitely work on those. 697 00:41:31,476 --> 00:41:34,436 Speaker 1: How often do you ride? I used to ride a 698 00:41:34,436 --> 00:41:36,236 Speaker 1: lot more, but I work from home now a lot, 699 00:41:36,316 --> 00:41:38,276 Speaker 1: so I ride less. See. Look, there's a city bike 700 00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:41,156 Speaker 1: driver drivers. That's another thing. You gotta always watch out 701 00:41:41,196 --> 00:41:45,636 Speaker 1: for the bicyclists because they're crazy. They're people people just 702 00:41:45,836 --> 00:41:48,556 Speaker 1: popping in and outs or even in between the vehicles. 703 00:41:48,636 --> 00:41:51,356 Speaker 1: So I got to always make sure that you're on 704 00:41:51,436 --> 00:41:53,796 Speaker 1: the alert. They can't kill the golden goose, though, because 705 00:41:53,836 --> 00:41:57,116 Speaker 1: this is the thing delivering the bikes, right absolutely, Maybe 706 00:41:57,196 --> 00:41:59,436 Speaker 1: City Bike could do what you do to make extra money. 707 00:41:59,916 --> 00:42:02,836 Speaker 1: They could make your actual delivery vans like this one, 708 00:42:03,716 --> 00:42:08,756 Speaker 1: you know, ubers or cabs. For something to think about. 709 00:42:10,396 --> 00:42:12,676 Speaker 1: I'm just you know, just try I'm thinking this is 710 00:42:12,996 --> 00:42:15,676 Speaker 1: this could be like the city Bike Deluxe service. There 711 00:42:15,716 --> 00:42:17,676 Speaker 1: could be a special button on your app that you press. 712 00:42:17,756 --> 00:42:21,316 Speaker 1: Have you really need this city Bike your way exactly, 713 00:42:21,916 --> 00:42:26,116 Speaker 1: City Bikes Chauffeur City Bike Gags. I feel thank you 714 00:42:26,196 --> 00:42:28,876 Speaker 1: so much for giving me this ride. Okay, well, we 715 00:42:28,956 --> 00:42:30,996 Speaker 1: got to do a better job at we balancing the system. 716 00:42:31,116 --> 00:42:33,156 Speaker 1: We'll have a bike for you next. All right, thank 717 00:42:33,196 --> 00:42:46,836 Speaker 1: you very much. But now, hey, Brendan, Christy, here, have 718 00:42:47,036 --> 00:42:50,156 Speaker 1: you decided where you're going to record your last episode? 719 00:42:51,116 --> 00:42:57,836 Speaker 1: The clock is ticking. Yeah, I'm aware of that. Oh hey, Christy, 720 00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:32,196 Speaker 1: currently thinking either Reno or Atlanta. We'll confirm tomorrow. Oh hey, 721 00:43:32,196 --> 00:43:42,836 Speaker 1: you guys to show up? Do you believe it? Seems 722 00:43:42,836 --> 00:43:45,596 Speaker 1: like you guys gotta started without me. Oh yeah, you're 723 00:43:45,636 --> 00:43:48,996 Speaker 1: way behind. You better start cooking because I think we're drama. 724 00:43:53,916 --> 00:43:57,596 Speaker 1: I could use a drink. As the lead producer on 725 00:43:57,836 --> 00:44:01,156 Speaker 1: this this season finale of season one of Not Lost 726 00:44:01,876 --> 00:44:05,036 Speaker 1: was Bart Covid Won't Stop Me Warshaw, who also sound 727 00:44:05,116 --> 00:44:12,916 Speaker 1: designed and mixed the episode. Who so happy to be 728 00:44:12,996 --> 00:44:22,236 Speaker 1: sharing with you guys for coming. Sorry was late. The 729 00:44:22,356 --> 00:44:25,396 Speaker 1: show was also produced and written by me Brendan. I 730 00:44:25,476 --> 00:44:27,676 Speaker 1: can't get Covid until I'm done with this show. France 731 00:44:27,716 --> 00:44:30,676 Speaker 1: has Newnham. Where were you? I was at the office, 732 00:44:31,516 --> 00:44:35,156 Speaker 1: So how is your show? I mean, I still haven't 733 00:44:35,156 --> 00:44:36,796 Speaker 1: figured out where my last episode is going to be. 734 00:44:38,316 --> 00:44:42,436 Speaker 1: You should just junior year. That's not bad idea. Our 735 00:44:42,476 --> 00:44:46,156 Speaker 1: associate producer was Amy Gaines with additional production assistance from 736 00:44:46,236 --> 00:44:51,556 Speaker 1: Jacob Smith and aitorial guidance provided by Julia Barton's Mustard Greens. 737 00:44:51,596 --> 00:44:53,636 Speaker 1: I wanted to do like a bitter pasta thing, and 738 00:44:53,716 --> 00:44:56,276 Speaker 1: then there's a fennel and celery salad. I know some 739 00:44:56,396 --> 00:45:00,476 Speaker 1: people don't like celery, but I love really interesting. Yeah, 740 00:45:00,516 --> 00:45:04,796 Speaker 1: I'm a big Celery fan myself. I feel like there's 741 00:45:04,836 --> 00:45:07,876 Speaker 1: not enough Celery in a Celery bunch. Not Lost is 742 00:45:07,876 --> 00:45:10,436 Speaker 1: a co production of Push Can Industries, Topic Studios and 743 00:45:10,516 --> 00:45:14,836 Speaker 1: iHeartMedia just developed a Topic Studios. The show's executive producers 744 00:45:15,116 --> 00:45:20,156 Speaker 1: Army Christy Gressman, Maria Zuckerman, Lisa ling Gang, and lat Lade. 745 00:45:21,356 --> 00:45:24,916 Speaker 1: Our theme song was created by Alexis Georgiopolis aka Art. 746 00:45:25,076 --> 00:45:27,276 Speaker 1: He's done our new album coming out on Mexican Summer 747 00:45:27,396 --> 00:45:30,396 Speaker 1: called New Pleasures. Who doesn't want those? Check it out? 748 00:45:35,236 --> 00:45:37,636 Speaker 1: They give me cole sours and Walna Zach actively made 749 00:45:37,756 --> 00:45:43,156 Speaker 1: my mouth to one to five. I will stab you 750 00:45:43,276 --> 00:45:49,876 Speaker 1: with my party. Our artwork is by Topic Studios and 751 00:45:50,036 --> 00:45:52,396 Speaker 1: thanks to all the New Yorkers who I ran into 752 00:45:52,796 --> 00:45:57,156 Speaker 1: last Saturday, including Tony Haddad from Clean Green Cleaners, Will 753 00:45:57,356 --> 00:46:03,076 Speaker 1: from Freeway Entertainment, Emma Hendrickson, Malcolm Gladwell, Sadie Stein looked 754 00:46:03,076 --> 00:46:07,316 Speaker 1: for her byline Alison Roman, whose video series entitled Home 755 00:46:07,396 --> 00:46:10,916 Speaker 1: Movies is worth your time attention, even if she's a 756 00:46:10,996 --> 00:46:15,236 Speaker 1: show for the Celery industrial Complex. Also thanks to comedian 757 00:46:15,276 --> 00:46:19,556 Speaker 1: Nagheen Frasad and Shimika from City Bike promised not to 758 00:46:19,596 --> 00:46:22,716 Speaker 1: tell your boss about the ride and the special Thank 759 00:46:22,756 --> 00:46:25,756 Speaker 1: you to David Glover at Pushkin and Big Bus Tours, 760 00:46:26,596 --> 00:46:32,836 Speaker 1: and to dinner partiers Madeline Leon Coleman, Bernadette Napoleon, Robin Hendrickson, 761 00:46:33,276 --> 00:46:38,116 Speaker 1: Amy Martin and a little visiting puppy named Sequoia. And 762 00:46:38,276 --> 00:46:40,556 Speaker 1: since this is our final episode of this season, I 763 00:46:40,756 --> 00:46:43,836 Speaker 1: have more people than usual to thank. First, I'd like 764 00:46:43,916 --> 00:46:47,076 Speaker 1: to rethank Latom Malaud, who not only executive produced the 765 00:46:47,156 --> 00:46:50,516 Speaker 1: series but greenlittit a topic. Thank you for having faith 766 00:46:50,556 --> 00:46:53,756 Speaker 1: in this idea and producers. Sound designer Crystal Duke Came 767 00:46:54,076 --> 00:46:56,916 Speaker 1: who helped build the pilot episode, and of course my 768 00:46:56,996 --> 00:47:00,396 Speaker 1: friend Daniel Henderson. Her memoir The Ugly Cry is out 769 00:47:00,436 --> 00:47:03,796 Speaker 1: in paperback now. You should really check it out. Also, 770 00:47:03,916 --> 00:47:07,236 Speaker 1: the producer Tali Abacasis, who sent the humor and calm 771 00:47:07,876 --> 00:47:11,636 Speaker 1: prevailed during some challenging circumstances, and to the great Jackson 772 00:47:11,716 --> 00:47:14,116 Speaker 1: Musker who helped me map out the itinerary for the 773 00:47:14,156 --> 00:47:17,196 Speaker 1: first handful of episodes. He wrote the award winning Audible 774 00:47:17,236 --> 00:47:21,316 Speaker 1: original called The Sea in the Sky contains astronauts, humor 775 00:47:21,716 --> 00:47:25,196 Speaker 1: and pathos. And thank you to Hilu Mergia, whose song 776 00:47:25,356 --> 00:47:28,956 Speaker 1: Wetti harar guzzo pig I'm pronouncing that right has been 777 00:47:28,996 --> 00:47:32,156 Speaker 1: our credit soundtrack. You're hearing it now. I first met 778 00:47:32,236 --> 00:47:35,156 Speaker 1: Hilu at a concert years ago and Marfa, Texas. He 779 00:47:35,316 --> 00:47:38,156 Speaker 1: is such a gentleman and his music is fantastic. You 780 00:47:38,236 --> 00:47:40,516 Speaker 1: can't go wrong. Check him out wherever you listen to music. 781 00:47:41,196 --> 00:47:45,636 Speaker 1: Thanks to Jenny Bedusa, Ethan Light, Michelle Lands, Alex Giga 782 00:47:45,796 --> 00:47:49,476 Speaker 1: from Topic Studios, and a big special thanks to everyone 783 00:47:49,556 --> 00:47:53,036 Speaker 1: at my home Pushkin. So many people champion the show 784 00:47:53,076 --> 00:47:56,236 Speaker 1: and helped it along the way, Mia LaBelle, Heather Faine, 785 00:47:56,516 --> 00:48:02,156 Speaker 1: Carrie Brodie, Carli Migliordi, Edith Russelo, David Glover, Danielle Lakhan, 786 00:48:02,636 --> 00:48:06,476 Speaker 1: Christina Sullivan, Jason Gambrell. Were sang all their names in 787 00:48:06,556 --> 00:48:09,356 Speaker 1: a sing songy way, but each one of them made 788 00:48:09,356 --> 00:48:13,636 Speaker 1: a specific contribution. The great marketing team Eric Sandler, Maggie Taylor, 789 00:48:13,716 --> 00:48:19,236 Speaker 1: Morgan Ratner, Nicole Morano, Isabella Navarrez, Jordan McMillan, Sean Carney, 790 00:48:19,316 --> 00:48:23,796 Speaker 1: and Mary Beth Smith. Royston deserve, Maya Kanig, Justine Lange, 791 00:48:24,436 --> 00:48:27,156 Speaker 1: and a special special thanks to John Snars who helped 792 00:48:27,156 --> 00:48:30,156 Speaker 1: bring the show over to Pushkin, and to our fearless 793 00:48:30,236 --> 00:48:33,436 Speaker 1: leader Jacob Weisberg, who was very supportive of this project. 794 00:48:34,316 --> 00:48:36,356 Speaker 1: How could I have any more people to thank? I 795 00:48:36,436 --> 00:48:38,156 Speaker 1: don't know, but I do. I need to give a 796 00:48:38,196 --> 00:48:40,756 Speaker 1: special thanks to my colleagues at Pushkin Audio Books who 797 00:48:40,836 --> 00:48:42,636 Speaker 1: made the space for me to work on this project. 798 00:48:43,076 --> 00:48:47,356 Speaker 1: Jasmine Faustino, Kerry Colin and Nick White, Thank you. And last, 799 00:48:47,436 --> 00:48:51,876 Speaker 1: but not least, thanks to you for listening. This is 800 00:48:51,916 --> 00:48:54,356 Speaker 1: not your average travel show and I'm thrilled that A 801 00:48:54,436 --> 00:48:58,116 Speaker 1: connected with so many listeners. Please keep spreading the word 802 00:48:58,876 --> 00:49:01,756 Speaker 1: head to Apple Podcasts, rate review it. I appreciate you. 803 00:49:02,796 --> 00:49:05,316 Speaker 1: You can also send your audio postcards to not Lost 804 00:49:05,396 --> 00:49:08,356 Speaker 1: at Pushkin dot fm, who've received a couple already and 805 00:49:08,356 --> 00:49:10,796 Speaker 1: they've been really tough watching. You can learn more about 806 00:49:10,836 --> 00:49:15,236 Speaker 1: Topic Studios at topic studios dot com. To find more 807 00:49:15,316 --> 00:49:19,756 Speaker 1: Pushkin podcast listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever 808 00:49:19,836 --> 00:49:23,636 Speaker 1: you listen to podcasts. I'm Brendan France has Newnham. I'll 809 00:49:23,676 --> 00:49:25,356 Speaker 1: be back in a few months. I'm actually going to 810 00:49:25,396 --> 00:49:27,716 Speaker 1: go on a real vacation. I'm not even gonna bring 811 00:49:27,796 --> 00:49:30,476 Speaker 1: my recording device. I may or may not crash your 812 00:49:30,516 --> 00:49:33,076 Speaker 1: dinner party. But I'll be back in a few months 813 00:49:33,196 --> 00:49:35,836 Speaker 1: with some chat versions of Not Lost. More about that later. 814 00:49:36,316 --> 00:49:37,916 Speaker 1: Until then, the pleasure has been mine.