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Jennifer O'Brien
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Sarah Funk: Why 10 years
NYC Local Guides
02/20/20 • 44 min
Sarah Funk is a NYC tour guide from Upstate New York who came to the city for college, got her first job here and quit her first job here. After 10 years of living here, she started her YouTube channel after living here for ten years to share the good and the terrible about this city. She says, “I've seen a lot of sides of the city and the city has seen a lot of sides of me.” The two factors she requires to define a New Yorker are “you have to be living here for 10 years and you have to cry in public.” Listen to hear her advice for someone moving here and getting a job here and to find out what her dream apartment looks like. When it comes to an apartment, Sarah breaks down the 3 elements you want in a perfect apartment. Keep listening for her haunted Broadway story, favorite dive bar with the free hot dogs and her favorite building that was a prototype for the Empire State Building.

Jacob Santiago: Central Park was my backyard
NYC Local Guides
01/30/20 • 84 min
As a top New York City photographer, Jacob Santiago shares why he started taking photos of NYC and sharing them to Instagram. He has the perfect advice for people who ask him if it’s ok to take the same photo someone else took. Despite being born and growing up in Manhattan, he gives hope to aspiring New Yorkers that the identity is not defined by the number of years. Instead we create a badge system that really make someone a New Yorker. He talks about how graffiti saved him from being jumped and what it was like to experience both WTC bombings while working downtown. He compares a city-wide power outage many years ago with looting to one recently that showed how much safer the city is and how people came together as a community. Eat up two lesser known pizza places or a story about a $90 tarantula meal that you could only find in NYC. This is a longer episode than usual, but it is so packed with good tips and stories. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy it and please rate, review and share it with friends, thank you!

Dave Krugman: NYC Photography Inspiration
NYC Local Guides
02/13/20 • 52 min
Dave Krugman is a NYC photographer who started his career by assisting in Annie Leibovitz's photography studio and is now a top photographer for brands like Sony. He grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts and always dreamed of two things: becoming a photographer and living in NYC. After achieving both, he shares how to really get started in photography at any budget. He talks about what technology will look like in the future from augmented reality to smart contact lenses. As a talented photographer, he is approached with numerous big opportunities, but is still humble to say no to things that don’t align with his values and still finds time to give back to causes he truly cares about. Learn his favorite paintings in the Met to his favorite statue in Central Park to his favorite airport to fly into for views and where to sit on the plane.

Will Carmack: LA vs NYC creative scene
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03/05/20 • 28 min
LA vs NYC? Will is one of the newest New Yorkers on this podcast and the first person I actually interviewed for this podcast! Special guest performance by a NYC heater. Will’s fresh perspective draws lights on some things New Yorkers forget are unique to us. He only just moved here from Virginia by way of LA about a year ago. He compares the creator scene in NYC to LA and explains competition in LA and why he thinks New York is a wonderland compared to LA. What makes someone a New Yorker? He breaks it down from the way we walk to how proud we are of our tap water. Together we analyze why you might be more likely to see people crying outside in NYC than most other cities from small apartments to roommates. Will is proud to say after visiting his local Bodega daily, they now know his usual order. He talks about what it feels like to learn the subway while people are running to catch trains around him and catching his first rat in his apartment.

Nastasia Yakoub: Falling in love with NYC
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01/30/20 • 42 min
Nastasia grew up in the Midwest, but now can only imagine living in the chaos and energy of NYC. She didn’t move here by choice, but in small moments like a couple dancing in the streets she grew to love NYC so much that she is now buying a home here. She travels for a living, but chooses to keep coming back home to New York over any other city, even Paris. It’s her soul city that welcomes people who might not feel like they fit in elsewhere. She would love to raise a city kid that is very open minded. Where will she be in 50 years? Listen to find out!

Adrienne Jordan: Travel Writing during Covid-19
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06/18/20 • 37 min
Adrienne Jordan or AJeveryday has been a travel writer for almost a decade. She talks about how she still has consistent writing assignments but how the narrative is changing. Her features include National Geographic Traveler, CNN, Travel and Leisure, Afar, and Forbes. She is currently based just outside NYC in Newark, New Jersey and has lived in the NYC area since 2015. She explains the benefits of living here for travel writers and how to build your portfolio and differentiate yourself in this dream career path. Often glamorized, she shares her first free trip, what it’s really like to travel for free, and how she goes above and beyond for each assignment. While many start as bloggers before becoming published journalists, she explains why it has helped her to pursue journalism before she is now launching her personal brand. If you’ve ever wanted to be a travel writer or curious about what this career path is like, this talk is for you!

Cole Riley: Largest food drive in NYC history
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05/21/20 • 41 min
Cole Riley came to New York to attend NYU a decade ago. He recently pivoted his company Founders Market to become Founders Give to organize the largest food drive in NYC history to support the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about a new found respect for human connection and what healthcare workers do day in and day out.

Madelyn Moon: It’s ok to have a great pause
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05/14/20 • 42 min
Madelyn Moon, yes that’s her real last name, calls herself a walking permission slip, soul igniter and devoted teacher. Maddy started her podcast 6 years ago, Mind Body Musings, which is a top-50 ranking self-improvement podcast. She is an author and a coach on a mission to unite opposite elements and help people fight perfectionism in eating and in life. One of my last guests Jen Morilla recommended I talk to her as she might be able to shed some light on this confusing time of anxiety and uncertainty. Maddy moved here over a year ago and currently lives in Brooklyn with her dog Ollie. Maddy admits that New York “sparked something inside me that had not been sparked before!” When everyone told her to move to LA she felt drawn to New York. Despite the abundance of things to do, she reminds us to find the stillness and peace in this city and to let pleasure lead you. Instead of making a list of places she needed to go, she has a note in her phone of New York adventures from her moving initiation to spending an entire day finding a bathroom. She keeps it real at this time of heartbreak to feel the feels and gives people permission to embrace this great pause.
Check out Maddy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-body-musings/id866031519
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Jeremy Cohen: Drone dating in 2020
NYC Local Guides
04/07/20 • 23 min
When the world and NYC especially is socially distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Jeremy Cohen got creative and asked a girl on a date via drone. His original TikTok video now has over 30 million views and has been picked up in the news globally. Listen to this modern love story and how Jeremy planned each date and found a bubble for his second date. He talks about why he likes TikTok’s unique algorithm and how his mom inspired him to be an optimistic storyteller. He shares the defining moment that he became a New Yorker and what the future of dating will look like now.

Debbie: Forget years, count dive bars
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03/24/20 • 57 min
Debbie has lived in NYC for over 20 years but she admits it doesn’t matter how many years you live here. Some people see more than most New Yorkers see in a year or two. “Honestly I feel like as a New Yorker sometimes you don’t really take advantage of a lot of things because it’s always in your backyard that you always feel like you have time to see it or do it and then you leave for a little while and you really understand what a gem NYC is.” She grew up in Queens and is now a Bronx girl. She breaks down the vibes of her favorite boroughs and what she misses about New York like a secret U2 concert. If you want to laugh listen to the end for Debbie’s favorite dive bar and count how many times she says the signature drink.
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FAQ
How many episodes does NYC Local Guides have?
NYC Local Guides currently has 25 episodes available.
What topics does NYC Local Guides cover?
The podcast is about Identity, New York, New Yorker, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, New York City, How To, Podcasts, Nyc, Education and Food.
What is the most popular episode on NYC Local Guides?
The episode title 'Adrienne Jordan: Travel Writing during Covid-19' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on NYC Local Guides?
The average episode length on NYC Local Guides is 42 minutes.
How often are episodes of NYC Local Guides released?
Episodes of NYC Local Guides are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of NYC Local Guides?
The first episode of NYC Local Guides was released on Jan 29, 2020.
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