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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast

Brooklyn Magazine

Every week, Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast highlights prominent (and soon-to-be-prominent) Brooklynites as we explore the vast and diverse borough through the lens of culture, community and commerce. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Brian Braiker, the show features intimate conversations with cultural luminaries, community leaders and compelling locals. These are the people who move us, entertain us, feed us and inspire us. There are a lot of little Brooklyns, and we are all a little Brooklyn.

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48:18

How and why Clive Thompson biked across the country

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/08/21

In April, journalist and author Clive Thompson set out to bicycle across the entire country — 4,150 miles total — as part of the reporting for his next book on “micromobility.” He documented his trip in real time online: 70 days on the road, broken up by a brief return trip home. Here we discuss what micromobility is and why this ride was so important for him to do, plus some ups and downs of the journey and what cycling across the country does to someone physically, mentally and emotionally.

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58:07

State Senator Zellnor Myrie

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/08/14

State Senator Zellnor Myrie is the first generation American son of Costa Rican immigrants and a native Brooklynite who represents the district that includes Prospect Lefferts Gardens — where he grew up and currently lives. Today he joins the podcast to talk about life in Flatbush, possible solutions to the city’s housing crunch, illegal guns, the concerns of his constituents, the state budget mess and why it matters, and on a personal note, the effect of being pepper sprayed by NYPD during the 2020

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46:19

A quarter century of Tanoreen

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/07/31

Now in its 25th year, Tanoreen is a James Beard nominee and a Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning restaurant. It has spawned two excellent cookbooks. It has been featured on the Food Network's "Best Thing I Ever Ate," and it has been named one of the best restaurants in New York City by Bon Appétite. Rawia Bishara, who emigrated to Bay Ridge from Nazareth with her family when she was 18, opened Tanoreen in 1998 as a way to express her heritage and to honor her mother. Rawia’s own daughter, Jumana, later

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38:41

Eli “Paperboy” Reed delivers the musical news

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/07/24

Singer, songwriter, DJ and producer Eli “Paperboy” Reed has spent a lifetime mining the deep vein of Americana — from soul to country to gospel. He has put out eight albums of his own over the past 20 years, including last year’s “Down Every Road,” a funky tribute to Merle Haggard. He has mentored and produced the group The Harlem Gospel Travelers, and released a long-buried recording by Cleveland blues musician Fred Davis that was actually recorded by his father 50 years earlier. And this fall he

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16:07

Tiny Desk in the big bandshell

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/07/17

Two weeks ago NPR’s Tiny Desk online video series broke the internet with a bombastic performance by New Orleans rapper Juvenile. The man who produced that viral segment is NPR Music's Bobby Carter. If you’ve seen the viral Anderson .Paak or Usher or Mac Miller Tiny Desk shows, you have Bobby to thank for those, too. In a special live episode of the podcast we spoke with Carter at BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! concert series in the Prospect Park bandshell earlier this month about what makes a good Tiny

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57:52

Ms. Marcia Griffiths

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/07/10

This week we are joined by a legend, an empress, an icon of reggae. In an industry dominated by male voices, Marcia Griffiths is about to enter her 60th year as a trailblazing vocalist, songwriter, performer and collaborator. You may know her from early hits like “I Feel Like Jumping,” or her work with the great Bob Andy. She also collaborated with another important Bob — as a Bob Marley backup singer with the I Threes trio. And if you’ve ever done the Electric Slide, you have Marcia Griffiths to

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52:10

The rent is still too damn high

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/07/03

Leah Goodridge is a tenants’ rights attorney who serves on the New York City Planning Commission, where she is the first and only tenants’ rights attorney. Born and raised in Brownsville, she lives in Bed-Stuy where, like anyone else in Brooklyn can tell you, the rent is too damn high — and newcomers are consistently pushing historic, legacy families out. On June 21, the city's Rent Guidelines Board voted to increase rents on New York City’s rent-stabilized apartments — Goodrige herself has been a

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48:01

Man on Man love to love and love to rock

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/06/26

Roddy Bottum and Joey Holman are a couple of regular guys with regular dad bods. And they’re a couple. As Man on Man, they make music that tackles themes of love, intimacy, sex, queer culture and quirks. But above all, they make music that rocks, which has been an anomaly in mainstream queer culture since, well, always. Their second album, “Provincetown,” came out last week. Like their self-titled 2021 debut, the duo deploys humor, heavy riffs and introspection on songs with titles like "Showgirls,"

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49:50

Stacey Mei Yan Fong is Ms. American Pie

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/06/19

The question of home is a driving force of Stacey Mei Yan Fong's new book “50 Pies, 50 States,” out this week. The book is also, as the title suggests, a pie cookbook — an ingenious one at that. In 2016 Fong undertook a wildly ambitious project to design a pie recipe for every state in the union, and dedicate each pie to someone special from that state. She would also travel to as many of the states as possible to absorb the culture, cuisine and folklore of each region. The dedication part is as

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44:54

Romance writer Sarah MacLean: 'Happiness is...

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/06/12

You or someone you love probably reads a lot of romance fiction. Which means that you or someone you love has probably read a book by Sarah MacLean, a New York Times best seller with 19 novels and novellas under her belt. But do not call what she writes “bodice rippers.” MacLean, a Washington Post contributor and host of the popular romance fiction podcast Fated Mates, is one of the leading progressive feminist voices writing historical fiction today. Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

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52:21

Eating righteously with Jaeki Cho

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/06/05

If you’re looking for a place to eat that’s a little off the beaten path, most likely not in your neighborhood and definitely delicious, you could do worse than follow Righteous Eats on TikTok or Instagram. We’re talking tips like Egyptian seafood in Astoria, Filipino delicacies in Woodside Queens, dim sum in Bensonhurst, Afghani fare in Kensington, Chino-Latino cuisine in the Upper West Side. Launched almost accidentally by Jaeki Cho, the mission here is to highlight under-the-radar immigrant and

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58:10

Talking about talking (and writing and tennis) with...

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/05/29

Touré is an omnivorous pop culture critic, an astute political analyst and a thoughtful voice on race and Blackness. Over the course of his career he has hosted shows on MSNBC, Fuse, BET and MTV. He was the first pop culture correspondent on CNN. He is the author of several books — he literally wrote the book on Prince. And these days he is a columnist for TheGrio. This month he is launching yet another podcast, called "Being Black: The '80s," a docuseries that looks at the most important issues of

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43:33

Here's rye in your eye

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/05/22

Fort Hamilton Distillery was born out of a desire to revive the classic pre-Prohibition New York-style rye and has since become a destination for connoisseurs of cocktails as well as cocktail and American history. Named for the historic Brooklyn site Fort Hamilton, which itself was named after Alexander Hamilton, Fort Hamilton Distillery has a tasting room, a robust cocktail program, offers tours and has an interesting story. Alex Clark, co-founder of Fort Hamilton Distillery with his wife Amy

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Here's rye in your eye

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/05/22

Fort Hamilton Distillery was born out of a desire to revive the classic pre-Prohibition New York-style rye and has since become a destination for connoisseurs of cocktails as well as cocktail and American history. Named for the historic Brooklyn site Fort Hamilton, which itself was named after Alexander Hamilton, Fort Hamilton Distillery has a tasting room, a robust cocktail program, offers tours and has an interesting story. Alex Clark, co-founder of Fort Hamilton Distillery with his wife Amy

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52:22

A Hollywood writers’ strike comes to New York

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/05/15

For two weeks now, Writers Guild of America members on both coasts have been picketing for fair compensation in the brave new streaming world. Strikers have shut down production of shows like “Billions,” “Daredevil,” “Born Again,” “Severance” and others, with crew members refusing to cross the picket lines in solidarity with the striking writers. One of them is Devin Delliquanti, a staff writer for “The Daily Show,” which has also suspended production. He joins us to discuss what’s happening on the

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45:42

George Motz, the burger king

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/05/08

Motz is the pre-eminent expert on the history of the American hamburger and a scholar of different regional burger styles and their cultural significance. His 2004 documentary “Hamburger America” was made as a side project, but it went on to spawn books about burgers, a TV show about burgers, magazine spreads about burgers, a YouTube series about burgers and, coming, maybe, in July, a burger restaurant in the Lower East Side. This week, a revised and expanded edition of his 2016 regional cookbook

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41:08

Christine Whelan, the doyenne of Sahadi’s

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/05/01

Whelan joins us to discuss the past, present and future of Sahadi’s, the legendary Middle Eastern market founded by her great-grand-uncle 128 years ago. Known for its spices, roasted nuts roasted, fresh-made treats and homemade prepared foods, and goods imported from the Middle East that you literally can’t get anywhere else in the States, the James Beard Award-winning market is not only historic but also vital. Whelan, who runs it all with her family, is also the co-author of “Flavors of the Sun:

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43:16

The 'unapologetic quest' of Council Member Crystal...

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/04/24

Hudson, a third-generation Brooklynite from Prospect Heights who represents her own neighborhood plus Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights and part of Bed-Stuy, is one of first openly gay Black women on the city council. She joins us to speak about her first year in office, her accomplishments, goals and challenges. We discuss her vision for a revamped Atlantic Avenue corridor, her role in the council’s streamlined progressive caucus, her views on Mayor Eric Adams, the displacement of legacy

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51:46

Hari Kondabolu, vacation daddy

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/04/17

Hari Kondabolu is a very funny stand-up comic, an astute observer on race and racial politics, a writer and filmmaker, a Brooklynite and, most recently a dad. His latest special is out this week on YouTube. Filmed right here in Gowanus at the Bell House, “Vacation Baby” is some of his more personal work to date. In it, he discusses the surreal nature of having a baby in the middle of a global pandemic. Filmed days after Roe v Wade was overturned, though, he leaves nothing on the table in terms of

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44:57

Morgan Monaco on the latest news from Prospect Park

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast ·

2023/04/10

There is a lot going on in Prospect Park these days. The Vale of Cashmere is undergoing a massive, multimillion dollar redesign process. The two-mile section of the park’s loop known as East Drive is getting fresh asphalt and undergoing a trial redesign meant to make life easier — and safer — for both cyclists and pedestrians. The historic Lefferts House is getting a makeover that will pay proper homage to the native Lenape people who lived on the land before it was colonized, and the enslaved

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