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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast

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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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - Building Black-Owned Brooklyn

Building Black-Owned Brooklyn

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03/22/21 • 33 min

The blog Black-Owned Brooklyn started in 2018 as a passion project to provide a curated guide to Brooklyn-based Black-owned brands, shops and businesses—and to tell the stories of the people behind them. Now, in 2021, Black-Owned Brooklyn is that and much more. The site has become a vital borough-wide resource and place for building community, with nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram. Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, the Bed-Stuy based couple that runs the site, don’t fixate on the ills of gentrification but rather celebrate the rich tapestry of culture that not only remains in Brooklyn but is thriving.

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com Email: [email protected] Follow along on Facebook: Brooklyn Magazine Twitter: @brooklynmag Instagram: @brooklynmagazine Follow Brian Braiker on Twitter: @slarkpope

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - Second City invades Brooklyn

Second City invades Brooklyn

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02/19/24 • 47 min

Second City is the legendary Chicago improv comedy company that opened in 1969 and launched the careers of everyone from Bill Murray and Gilda Radner to Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to Keegan-Michael Key to Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell and Mike Meyers and Tim Meadows and so on. This month they’ve opened their first ever New York campus — in Williamsburg. And this week we're speaking with two of the new ensemble members of the new Second City company in New York. Ben Rameaka and Yazmin Ramos are veteran comics, improv actors and comedy teachers. And today we’re going to be talking about what Brooklyn can expect from the new Second City outpost, the legacy of Second City, their own careers and more.

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - Greg Baxtrom, Boy Scout restaurateur

Greg Baxtrom, Boy Scout restaurateur

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12/19/22 • 39 min

Chef and serial restaurateur Greg Baxtrom is behind acclaimed Prospect Heights staples Olmsted, Maison Yaki and relative newcomer Patti Ann’s Family Restaurant and Baker. A little over a week ago he launched a fourth restaurant — in Rockefeller Center. He joins the podcast today to discuss his mini empire and how discovered he wanted to be a chef in the first place — turns out learning how to make beef stew in the Boy Scouts had something to do with it. We talk about his resume, which is impressive by design (Per Se, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, etc.) and he walks us through his many pandemic pivots. Baxtrom breaks down the culinary scene at large, food trends that bore him, learning to not be one of those asshole chefs and where he eats when he’s not working, which is not very often.

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - John Roberts is Linda Belcher

John Roberts is Linda Belcher

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04/26/21 • 26 min

To know Linda Belcher is to love her. Linda is the happy-go-lucky, social, silly and sing-songy wife of Bob Belcher on the long-running animated Fox show "Bob's Burgers." She is voiced by John Roberts, who created the character based on his own mother, Marge, born in Bensonhurst. Roberts joins the podcast today to discuss the show, finding his voice and his own musical side career. Alriiiight!

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com Email: [email protected] Follow along on Facebook: Brooklyn Magazine Twitter: @brooklynmag Instagram: @brooklynmagazine Follow Brian Braiker on Twitter: @slarkpope

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - The Good Liars pivot to the truth

The Good Liars pivot to the truth

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04/22/24 • 49 min

The Good Liars are comedians Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig, and for nearly a decade they have been doggedly traveling the country — most notably to presidential campaign rallies for both political parties — trolling attendees and politicians in fearless interviews that often go viral. All with an eye towards exposing hypocrisy, hubris, absurdity and just plain stupidity. The two have launched a new podcast, “The Good Liars Tell the Truth,” where they replay and re-examine some of their more viral moments — like being on the scene during the January 6 insurrection, or, more recently, attending a Trump rally and trying to sell their own satirical version of Donald Trump’s bible to his supporters. They’ve also taken their live act, “The Good Liars Fix America,” first performed in Brooklyn, on the road.

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - The ‘Legacy’ of Dr. Uché Blackstock

The ‘Legacy’ of Dr. Uché Blackstock

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03/11/24 • 31 min

Not only is Dr. Uché Blackstock a second-generation Black woman physician, she is the first Black mother-daughter legacy to have graduated from Harvard Medical School. Today she is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, a consultancy that helps its clients in the healthcare and corporate space to provide racially equitable care. She is also the the author of a new book, “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine,” in which she explores systemic inequity in the American healthcare system, clearly tracing its origins from slavery and after the Civil War to today — even in her own experiences as a medical student and a doctor.

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - Fran Lebowitz (still) doesn't care what you think — repeat
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12/25/23 • 57 min

Back in October the writer and professional opinion-haver Fran Lebowitz swung through the borough to appear at Kings Theatre in conversation with writer Marlon James. Ahead of that appearance, she chatted with us for this episode of “Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast” ... over her landline. It’s pure Fran in all her cantankerous glory. And it was our most-downloaded and shared episode of the year.

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - The unbearable creepiness of 'Mr. Organ'

The unbearable creepiness of 'Mr. Organ'

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10/23/23 • 29 min

David Farrier is a New Zealand journalist who has a knack for finding stories in the nooks of culture, bizarre phenomena hidden in plain sight. His new movie, "Mr. Organ," is about a sociopathic narcissist named Michael Organ who landed on Farrier’s radar for an extortion racket that involved putting boots on parked cars at a private antiques business. It only gets darker and weirder from there. This week's conversation was recorded in front of a live audience following a screening at Alamo Drafthouse.

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - Erick the Architect builds his own beats

Erick the Architect builds his own beats

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04/08/24 • 36 min

Rapper, singer, artist, producer and, since 2010, one third of the Brooklyn hip-hop group the Flatbush Zombies, Erick the Architect has dropped his first full-length solo album, "I've Never Been Here Before.” The title is a sly allusion to where he's at in life — emotionally, physically, professionally, musically — and the 16 tracks within feature collaborations with a range of artists from Lalah Hathaway to James Blake to Joey Bada$$ to George Clinton and more. The result is a kaleidoscopic mix of psychedelic hip-hop, Jamaican dancehall, classic boom-bap rap and neo-soul that reflects an omnivorous musical palate. Today, we discuss his so-called “villain era,” loss and growth, what he hates about contemporary hip-hop, Brooklyn and more.

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

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Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast - Gowanus Open Studios: The show goes on

Gowanus Open Studios: The show goes on

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10/16/23 • 38 min

Last month, Arts Gowanus was dealt a devastating blow when the storms that blew through the borough completely swamped the entire neighborhood. But their annual tentpole Open Studios weekend is trudging on. This year is a critical one for the group. Arts Gowanus executive director Johnny Thornton and programs director Emily Chiavelli join us to discuss what was lost in the flooding, how extensive the damage was and why the group decided to forge ahead so soon after the storm. We’ll talk about what visitors can expect this year, and we’ll discuss recent developments in the neighborhood, like the restoration of the so-called “Batcave,” ongoing redevelopment and the $1.6 billion cleanup of the canal.

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

Email: [email protected]

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How many episodes does Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast have?

Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast currently has 168 episodes available.

What topics does Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Personal Journals and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast?

The episode title 'Building Black-Owned Brooklyn' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast?

The average episode length on Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast released?

Episodes of Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast?

The first episode of Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast was released on Nov 23, 2020.

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