gabby cabby aka peter franklin podcasts: Recent Episodes
peter franklin
I have done hundreds of radio interviews for radio stations all over the world including the BBC and most national and international outlets. I have decided to turn them into podcasts for your listening enjoyment. Visit this podcast site and return to it frequently so you can hear the interviews I am adding. All current episodes are featured on this podcast. The latest podcasts (6,000 visitors) can be heard HERE and on IHeart, Spotify, Stitcher,Google Podcasts and on radio stations throughout the world. Most are also heard on terrestrial radio.
Jon is a real New Yorker who is the founder of the Harlem Hall o Fame. "Veteran Black Entertainment Television (BET) programming executive Jon Marc Sandifer (American Gangster: Trap Queens, Ruff Ryders Chronicles, A Thousand Words with Michelle Obama) announces the formation of the Harlem Hall of Fame."
- Belinda is a publisher, a musician, and an all-purpose expert on the world of contemporary music. Her latest enterprise is a new magazine called Blown Woofer.
Daniella Topol tells us about "Rattlestick" which is more than just a theater group on the west side of Greenwich Village in New York City.
Ben Williamson represents World Animal Protection which keeps an eye on how animals are being treated around the world. I told him my favorite animal is the tiger and he assured me that they keep an eye on how they are getting along.
Joe Duffy is a principal talk show host on RTE which is the national radio broadcasting system of the Republic of Ireland. He called me prior to the election to see what was happening in New York City.
David has written a bunch of books and also teaches writing. He considers himself a teacher and an actor and recently contributed an "In League with Sherlock Holmes" short story where professor Moriarty's point of view is included.
Deborah A. Levine is Director, Harlem Health Initiative. Public health is much in the news these days.
Colonel Dexter Nunnally is the US Army Garrison Commander, Fort
Detrick in Frederick, Maryland.
Tucker Carlson is a very very well known television talk show host on the Fox Network. He is one of the best-known presenters in the United States. He is all seriousness on air but in real life, he is a sweetheart.
Dionne Warwick ranks among the biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts.
DJ, producer and label head Adam Cruz has published his first book. “In Free the Music Business: Tips and Tales from an Indie Music Nerd.”
We talk about the Wild Animal Sanctuary which is in Colorado. Kent Drotar was our host and he loves tigers just like I do
Brendon Bricklin and Toby Leary are partners in the Cape Gun Works. The interview is with Brenden because we had to have someone watch the store.
Grammy Award® considered saxophonist and songwriter Richard Andrew Schwartz recently released his new album “Song for My Mother” featuring two of the last recordings with jazz legend Ellis Marsalis, the patriarch of the Marsalis family who passed on April 1, 2020 from the Coronavirus.
Maurice has been the main talk show host in Costa del Sol, Spain, for 1,000 years and I have been talking to him for most of the time. They no longer have bullfighters there but they have me and I don't throw the bull with Maurice.
PJ Coogan, presenter of "The Opinion Line", Cork's 96FM, wanted his listeners to hear about the China Virus straight from the streets of the Big Apple.
Marty Morrissey is a talk show host for RTE which is the national radio network of Ireland. I have been reporting for this network for more than 30 years. This is a broadcast about the China Virus and New York City.
A new young singer, Sayonne, who is fantastic and full of life and quite sexy. Listen to her latest hit which is "Hot Sauce."
This is a monologue that I did during the height of the Chinese Virus pandemic. Segments of it were edited for the Times of London
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This is a monologue that I did during the height of the Chinese Virus pandemic. Segments of it we're edited for the Times of London podcast.
Mark Patterson is a host at BBC Foyle in Northern Ireland and we have been talking for more than 20 years. This time it was a report on the virus in New York City.
Alex is the main man of Brooklyn Seltzer Boys which is a business from an earlier time. Brooklyn and seltzer go together and Alex will deliver. It is called "a two cents plain."
Carl Molesworth is a journalist and an editor who has written a bunch of books about fighter pilots in World War II. Interestingly enough, he does not have a pilot’s license and has never piloted an airplane. He was, however, in the United States Air Force at one point in his career
Peter Olsen is the host and the radio outlet is CFBX and it's located in Kamloops, British Columbia. While it's on the campus of the local university, it airs many programs from NPR and is similar to CBC, but not affiliated. This program is on air Wednesday mornings from 7-9 am PDT and can be heard online at https://thex.ca
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Peter Olsen is the host and the radio outlet is CFBX and it's located in Kamloops, British Columbia. While it's on the campus of the local university, it airs many programs from NPR and is similar to CBC, but not affiliated. This program is on air Wednesday mornings from 7-9 am PDT and can be heard online at https://thex.ca
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June 2019. David French tells us how to build a nuclear submarine which is what he used to do before retirement.
April 2019. Deno Vourderis gave us a tour of the famous giant Ferris Wheel at Coney Island in Brooklyn by the sea, by the beautiful sea.
April 2019. Ron Schweiger is the official Historian of Brooklyn. I visited him at his house which is in Brooklyn. Where else would he live?
April 2019. Cork City Community Radio interview done by prior to St. Patrick's Day in NYC.
April 2019. Carter Strickland from Trust for Public Land tells why we need parks and open spaces.
March 2019. Roger Currie is a Canadian broadcaster who I have spoken to through the years on several radio stations. He now has his own podcast.
March 2019. Cindy Lawrence is the lady who makes the National Museum of Mathematics operate so well. She has lots of numbers for you.
February 2019. Ralph Friedman The most decorated detective in NYPD history has gone from serving justice in the South Bronx to serving slices at Bleecker Street Pizza in the West Village.
February 2019. Sarah Munger, Rethink Food's Director of Operations, helps to get delicious meals to needy people in NYC. It comes from some of the finest restaurants in this town. Their facility is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which has a history of its own.
February 2019. Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights Topic: An update on the weather conditions in the Big Apple. She is with Capetalk Radio which is in Capetown, South Africa. They have called me on a regular basis for twenty years.
February 2019, Stu Bryer has been with WICH in Norwich Connecticut for 49 years. I think he has the record for a talk show host being the host for such a period of time. On several occasions he actually let me sub for him and do the whole program.
January 2019. Gerry Forbes is now retired after thirty years of broadcasting on CJAY in Calgary, Canada. He and I chatted on air for about twenty years. I was a little nervous in turning the tables on him and I becoming the "host."
January 2019. This was an off air conversation Fati and I had after her podcast interview. On this podcast we get the treat of hearing her hot new number "LOVE"
January 2019. Chaplain (Rabbi, Colonel) Marvin Schneider was in the United States Army as a Chaplain for 31 years. He is the New York City Official Clock Master, which means he makes sure that all of the city's public clocks tell the right time.
January 2019. Fati is a new face and sound of Afro-Pop. She comes from Ghana where she currently resides and we spoke on the telephone.
very venerable reverend kurunegoda piyatissa celebrates his 70th year as a buddhist monk. you can meet him at the new york vihara which is in the borough of queens, new york.
victoria coronato is a veterinarian for some of the the doggies and the cats of new york city. the pets love her and she loves the pets. she takes care of our four cats and a dog.
richard s. wortman is a full professor of russian history at columbia university. if you want to know about russian monarchs, he is the person to ask. our children are nicholas, catharine and alexi. i asked the professor if those were good choice of names since they ruled russia.
sara contreras is from brooklyn, new york. she has a beautiful face, a great figure, fantastic legs and a wonderful shape. by the way, she is also a very very funny lady. she has done a number of tv specials and i think she is the next real star.
tal lifshitz is a physical therapist on madison avenue. she is the person who will get rid of what hurts you. the shakers and the breakers go to her for what ails them.
muzzy rosenblatt is the executive director of the brc homeless outreach. his occupation is helping people which is not a bad way to live. if you ever wondered who was the guiding force of helping the homeless in this city, this is the man.
ron noy is a leading orthopedic surgeon in manhattan and he handles sports and performance injuries. if you are lucky, maybe he will play some of his music whilst he slices you up. you may not know of him, but most athletes do.
abe nassi is straight from the movies. he is a very prominent gem merchant but more than that, he looks like one and he talks like one. if they made a movie about him, he would be the only person who could play the part. he has had clients like princess di.
abi fortey is a young lady who has come to new york city to find her fame and fortune. she comes from mumbles in wales. did she say mumbles? wait a minute, isn’t that where michael douglas’ wife comes from? maybe the forteys and the douglas wife know each other?
chet marcus is a citizen soldier, an employee of the defense department and a musician. he finds no conflict in his three occupations. the trouble with this guy is that he makes you want to join the army. his address book of who is who in the army would knock your socks off.
alice and michael halkias own the grand prospect hall in brooklyn which is a fabulous place. not only do they own it, they love it. have your next wedding here. i think al capone was married in the hall. well maybe not, but i bet he was there.
marco gazic was supposed to be a math teacher, but he decided to be a musician. listen to one of his numbers as played by he and his fellow band members in greenwich village. if you go to a club in new york city, you have probably heard him.
lorinda lisitza is a gem in the big apple musical world. if you read that she is appearing at some club or play, go straight to her. she has appeared in many clubs and she recently won an award for being the best in nightclub acts in new york city.
david ramsay is a retired united states army reserve colonel and he is currently the commanding general of the vca about which he explains. his family dates back to the revolutionary war which some people think they started.
lee child is the author of the jack reacher books. jack knows how to kill. lee knows how to charm. i met with him at a small place in greenwich village and it was like a scene in a movie. he promised to give me a part in a jack reacher movie.
khalil islam is the man who spent 22 years in prison for allegedly murdering malcolm x. it happened on february 21, 1965 in new york city while he was addressing his organization of afro-american unity at the audubon ballroom. i asked khalil to first explain what the meaning of “x” was.
harley is a man you do not want to meet. his occupation is fixing your vehicle when it gets smashed up. he will make your car look like it was new and make your pocket empty. he is the car fiddler to the stars in this town.
elyse messuri is the lady to go to when you want to know what to wear with what. she will tell you how to look. one visit with her and you are ok. have you ever heard of laila rowe? just google that name.
avery jones is the clinical director of an addiction research and treatment organization in manhattan. she has some pretty tough days, but she handles it quite well. there are some aspects of her job which are sort of scary.
anna boiardi is the granddaughter of the famous chef boy-ar-dee (they changed the spelling for the cans). there probably isn't a person in the united states who hasn't eaten her family's foods. look for her on a cooking show in the near future. i can’t say more than that.
eleven is a young black man on his way up in the music business. keep an eye on this lovable bear. someday you will stand on line for hours just to get a ticket to one of his shows. there is a great deal of buzz about him.
abdul ahmed is the general manager of polash, an indian restaurant in spanish harlem. this is a new idea for this neighborhood known as “el barrio.” how could someone put this type of restaurant in the middle of a neighbor that was not used to this type of food? he did.
gordon mott is the man to go to when you want to know something about cigars. he is the editor of the magazine "cigar aficionado." a cool guy with a hot cigar.
eddie brill is a very funny comic. he is the warm-up man for david letterman, some kid from the midwest who has a tv show. he also performs on the show and he also hires the comics. i will give you his home telephone number and then you can ask him for tickets to the letterman show. (that is a joke).
john clifford has been arrested numerous times on the long island railroad because he confronts people who are making a great deal of noise contrary to the regulations of the railroad. it is a novel approach to social change. he is a retired new york city policeman.
majora carter was selected by the coca cola company to represent new york city as a torch runner for the olympics. we chatted just before she left to go to san francisco for the actual run. she makes the bronx real proud.
mark pomerantz is an important lawyer in new york city and he has promised to defend me every time i get arrested….well, not really, but i would much rather have him defend me than prosecute me. when i was in college and working at a tennis club in the bronx, i used to play tennis (at 6am) with the federal judge, edward weinfeld, who mark talks about in the interview.
phil donohue is a director at the board of elections here in new york city. he is one of the people who makes sure that the elections run smoothly and properly. he rides a harley to work which is fairly unusual for a government official.
isaiah owens is a prominent funeral director in harlem. he promised me that if he prepares me for my final resting, he will put a smile on my face. if you have to die, this is the man to go to.
thomas rotondi jr. is a united states army colonel who is the leader and commander of the united states army band “pershing’s own." although stationed at fort myers in virginia it makes annual trips to new york city to perform at the lincoln center for the performing arts. i spoke with the colonel a number of weeks ago, but i played the interview on our presidents day weekend because of the close connection between patriotism and music.
scott stringer is the manhattan borough president. each of the five boroughs have a president. when i interviewed him, i asked him if i should call him “mr. president.” someday i know i will be calling him “mr. mayor.”
doug duda is the maestro of food. he has had his own television series and he commands an international teaching center for food here in manhattan’s greenwich village. he is known for creating food programs such as “taste of the world” which was part of the new york times travel show this year.
bob esposito is the man who sees that new year’s eve in times square is a happy safe event for all. i asked him to let me drop the ball, but he said no. i still like him.
francine lucas is the daughter of frank lucas who was a notorious drug dealer and just about the most dangerous person in harlem years ago. the movie “american gangster” is about him and in the movie he is played by denzel washington. francine is a lovely lady who has embarked upon a course of helping the children of people who have been incarcerated. the first thing i asked her was “what is the name of your website?”
frank cangelosi has been fixing chairs and such things for more than a half century. he is a classic workman who takes great pride in what he does and is definitely one of the last of a vanishing breed of craftsmen. he has worked for the kennedy family for many years.
frank lucas is the “american gangster” as played by denzel washington. this interview is the unedited version. when played on air by the bbc, his references to me as a “white boy” which i actually enjoyed, and his explanation as to what a nigger is, were cut.
ruth reichl is the editor of gourmet magazine and we discussed the holiday/december issue of the publication. i called her sexy. are you permitted to do that on the bbc?
sara moulton is the second best cook in the world. my wife is the first. however, sara is far more famous than my wife, but you wouldn’t know that when you talk to her because she is a nice lady who is just like a real person. also, she is cute.
randy cohen writes a column for the new york times about ethics. what a novel idea. it is one of the most popular items in the newspaper. boy, does he get mail.
richard koplin is a man to whom you can trust your eyes. he is a prominent eye surgeon who has been in the “family” business for many years. for a miracle worker, he is very down-to-earth. he used to be an excellent tennis player also….when he was younger.
robert gebbia is with the american foundation for suicide prevention and he is the executive director. more than being just a discussion of an illness, he makes it clear that it is a major disease in the united states. the first question i asked him was, “should we even be talking about this? is it contagious?”
sara cedar miller is the official historian and photographer of the central park conservancy. it would be hard to find a nicer job than that. 150 years ago the plan for central park was approved.
marcia stepanek is the editor in chief of “contribute.” it is a magazine that informs about the world of charity giving and charity getting. there might be a recession at this time, but there are still plenty of people who have money to give away.
marty markowitz is the brooklyn borough president and put quite simply he is quite a pro-brooklyn person. he loves his job but because of term limits, he has to move on. the big question is….will he run for mayor?
noah sapir runs a club in greenwich village called the 'fat cat." although the club is a nifty place to hang out, noah is not a fat cat himself, but he does have a dog.
philip schwalb is the ceo of the sports museum of america, new york city’s newest museum. located in manhattan in view of the statue of liberty, it is a place where you just want to yell “play ball.”
paul kreppel is a theater person which means he is more than just an actor. since leaving "my mother's italian" he has been to london to co- direct "jay johnson: the two and only." he is now working with gay marshall on her piaf concert then, it is off to LA for a month to perform in "silk stockings" for "forever plaid" creator stuart ross.
manning marable is the director of black history at columbia university which is one of the most prestigious universities in the united states. in this exclusive interview he talks about his malcom x project.
catrise austin is a dentist who really makes you feel at ease when she says, “open wide.” even though she does work on celebs, she is available for everyone and frankly has a personality that makes going to the dentist, not so bad. she also gives some good tips on dating,
chistina seid is the co-owner of the chinatown ice cream factory. her ice cream is delicious. she is an attractive intelligent woman who can give you all the ice cream you could want. what a catch for some lucky guy.
david mitson is a second lieutenant in her majesty’s 4th battalion parachute regiment. he was at fort dix, new jersey where he and his unit were mobilization training for afghanistan. his commanding officer lieutenant colonel ben baldwin suggested that david was an excellent example of the modern british officer. he was right.
gerald shargel has been called one of the best criminal defense lawyers in the country. one of his more famous clients was john gotti who was known as the teflon don. in addition to his court room work, he teaches at brooklyn law school.
diannae ehler is the general manager of the newest greater new york city area international airport. it is called stewart and once upon a time it was only a military airport but now the port authority of new york and new jersey is making it into a world class civilian operation.
irene lebbad works with women who have been sexual assaulted. she shows a great deal of concern and compassion for ladies who have been attacked. a broadway show helped her to get the message across to the public.
jeff brooks making music is a really neat way to end the summer on the jersey shore. we met him and heard him at picasso’s in toms river, new jersey. not to worry, after the tourists leave, he still plays all year round.
jeffrey menaged runs an airport in midtown manhattan. well, not exactly. he has a company that charters private jets for his clients who fly here, there, and everywhere. you can bet he doesn’t lose their luggage.
leslie day is the person to meet if you want to go on a safari and you don’t have to go to africa. new york city has oodles of wild creatures and i am not talking about the folks in the subways.
jeff foxx is the morning drive time host on kiss fm, a really hot station in new york city. the interview was aired right after a conversation i was having with a fan in spain and i began to tease my co-host, martin dunn, the editor of the daily news, that i was more important than him. we were going to play a track from jeff’s new album but we just ran out of time so i suggest you go buy the album.
bill jones is an expert on skiing and he publishes a ski magazine. i just happen to interview him on one of the hottest days of the year. no snow in sight, but he still was a cool guy.
candice knight is a wonderful singer who also knows how to market and promote her music. we met in a midtown restaurant and as she entered the room, all eyes turned towards her. she has toured the world and she has even sung in a salt mine.
michael corsello has been involved in the food world for most of his life. it was just before thanksgiving and i went to talk to him about how busy a supermarket chain can get during this holiday season. gobble. gobble. gobble.
peter lomtevas is an attorney who specializes in family matters. his office is in queens and you probably couldn’t find a more street wise lawyer. he talked to me about a lady client whose kids were snatched by the city.
steve green is the publisher of pmq pizza magazine so that makes him the voice of america’s pizza. he tells all about his industry which is about 36 billion dollars a year, which is a great deal of pepperoni.
susan feldman is the artistic director of st. ann’s warehouse, a very very interesting theater in the dumbo section of brooklyn. the theater is a classic example of why people should visit other boroughs of the city and not just stay in manhattan.
suzanne steinbaum is the director of women and heart disease at the heart and vascular institute at lenox hill hospital here in nyc. after the interview she discovered that i had a heart blockage and on the following day i was operated on. she saved my life. i am glad i interviewed her.
tim ryan is the president of the culinary institute of america which trains chefs with either a two year or four year resident course. he discussed how the restaurant business is doing in the united states and how are his graduates doing?
lawrence di rita is a spokesperson for the bank of america and he tells us that it is just about the biggest financial institution in the world and yet when i asked him the surprise question, “how much money do you have in your pocket right now……”
paula hughes is a site manager for “tech space” which provides office space and various types of support for new and old businesses that do not need a conventional long rent lease and the financial drain of purchasing services from various utilities. it truly is a one stop place to have an office.
kirk koenig is a commercial jet pilot and president of an aviation consulting firm. he talked with me about the crash (landing) of the us airways airplane in the hudson river.
matt daniels knows about great americans and he manages a website that tells us all about them. his personal life and the success he has had, make him a pretty nifty person in his own right.
rachel pine has created the wall street pink slip parties for folks who have lost their jobs. it makes for a nice social situation where they can meet each other and also meet with recruiters who are looking for new employees. rachel has just become a new mom and thus her life is quite full.
remi laba is the owner of, among other venues, bagatelle, which is one of the most "in" places in manhattan. besides the good food, it is one of the those places to go to and be seen there. it is located in the meat packing district which has become very trendy.
richard sandor is an economist and the ceo of the chicago climate exchange and the climate exchange plc in london. time magazine called him a “hero of the environment.”
robert meeropol is the younger son of julius and ethel rosenberg who were put to death by the united states government for spying for the soviet union and maybe giving them the secrets of the atomic bomb. this interview was played on valentine’s day because i saw it as a great love story more than just spy story.
sarah beatty is the big boss of a company that is called green depot. they sell all types of materials and products for the home that are good and safe to use. she worries about the environment the way we all should. the company just open a brand new super store right here in manhattan.
steve druckman is with fresh direct, a company that specializes in delivering meals and foods that are ordered online. it is a service that is quite popular in new york city. the first question was, “what is fresh direct?”
dustin portillo is the boss clown of the ringling brothers circus, the greatest show on earth. we met him at madison square garden and then he invite my wife and i to be clowns in the show. wow, was that a thrill.
diane west is the publisher of “new york tails” which is a pet magazine that is read by all but intended mainly for new yorkers. she talks about the magazine and also about the economics of owning a pet. listening in on the interview was her pet chinchilla named “chili.”
dev patnaik is the ceo of jump associates and the author of “wired to care.” he helps companies to be “nice” along with other ideas. obviously, this all goes to getting a better bottom line, especially during a recession.
karen pierce is the ambassador and deputy permanent representative of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland mission to the united nations in new york and president of the un trusteeship council. she told me not only about her job, but also how it is for a brit to live in the big apple.
joseph rollino who i interviewed at fort hamilton just prior to memorial day is probably the oldest living veteran from world war two. at the age of 104 he is still going strong and it was a great honor for me to meet with him. he is absolutely an american hero.
gus drakopoulos runs sin city. yes, you read that right. sin city, is a club in the bronx which offers adult entertainment and it is run quite nicely and quite properly. gus was once an investment banker and he tells about the financial aspects of a club such as this.
carl schwartz tells me about cheapflights.com which is a pretty nifty way to find out the best deal for your airline tickets. i didn’t realize that millions of people go to the site to get the lowest prices. i also asked him how the airlines were doing.
carter roberts is the ceo of the world wildlife fund which is the largest organization in the world whose mission is saving this planet and everything that grows and lives here. this man has so much power that he was able to have most of the world turn off its lights.
richard chavis makes eye glasses in one of new york city's poorest neighborhoods, el barrio which is also known as spanish harlem. the first thing i asked richard was to tell us about his neighborhood and how he became an optician.
dennis jacobs is the chief judge of the united states court of appeals in new york city. if you think that is an important job, it certainly is. the judge, however, is a real new yorker and if someone is going to sit in judgment on you, this is the man you want. i swear on my honor, your honor. there was an article about him recently in the new york times and he told me that his wife liked the picture that they ran of him. wow. i hope she likes this interview.
hiro nishida is the ceo of the megu restaurants in new york city. i was curious as to how his upscale restaurants are doing and i wanted to know the difference in running a restaurant in toyko.
michael brandow has written a book about dogs….well, a particular kind of book about dogs. not your usual book about dogs. when i met him, i asked him what is the name of your book?
james tuton is the ceo of american traffic solutions which is the company that puts cameras at intersections to catch people who don’t like stopping for red lights. red light running is the leading cause of urban crashes.
jonathan kantor is one of the people who makes the blue note club work. the blue note is considered one of the nation’s most outstanding jazz venues and it appears they even set a good food and drink table. he talks about the current and the past world of jazz and also tells us about a graduate program in jazz at new york university.
eve gonzalez white is a wife, mom and a soldier at camp bucca which is in iraq. it is the place where the united states army keeps prisoners. we did the interview by telephone and the first question i asked her was, how did she get into the army?
giovanni scappini is a wonderful chef. even his pizza is great and i and she who must obeyed have tasted it. i ran this interview on july 4th because that is a holiday consumed with food and i thought that giovanni was the perfect example of what opportunities are in the untied states for folks coming here from all over the world to be citizens. “how do you get to be a chef?”
e.bernard jordan is a bishop known for his television work which is seen by millions of viewers. his mentor was “reverend ike” whose real name was reverend frederick j. eikerenkoetter II. the occasion of our discussion was on the day that there was a memorial service in manhattan for “reverend ike” who recently passed away.
dave huntoon is a lieutenant general who is the director of the army staff. i met him at the new york stock exchange where he and sergeant david obray, 2008 soldier of the year participated in the ringing of the bell at the close of the trading day. it was to celebrate the 234th birthday of the united states army.
daniel brucker who handles the media for grand central terminal should be called “the maestro of the railroad.” taking a walk through the terminal with this man is an absolute delight. all aboard.
ciaran staunton is a prominent member of the irish american community in new york city, but beyond that you could not find a more typical new yorker than him. he owns o’neills, a fine restaurant with a bit of an irish touch....which is my way of saying if you walk into the place you think you are in ireland. it has won the james joyce pub award. we talked about all things irish and new york city.
ira lee sorkin is the attorney for the infamous bernard manoff. not to worry, ira is a very nice man who you would want to have as your lawyer. my purpose in this interview was not to rehash the bernard manoff scheme, but to give some insight into just exactly what is an “ira lee sorkin.”
christopher williams is a young man who works for the new york public library. i wanted to find out from a “real employee” instead of a fat cat boss just how the library was doing .
barry lewis is an art historian who among other things gives lectures at the metropolitan museum of art here in new york city. this interview is the first in a series "bbc visits the met" for which the museum has given me complete co-operation. you should really take a look at the met’s web site.
andrew reid is a photographer who does just about any type of photography that he is asked to do. his specialty is working on the portfolios of models and his pictures are just wonderful. he has a website of his work which is at http://myspace.com/nymodels.
larry jones is the founder of “feed the children” which is one of the ten largest international charities in the united states. he and his wife, frances jones, serve 800,000 meals a day with the help of a great many volunteers all over the world. he was in new york city to give food to 4,000 needy families in the big apple.
michael duffy of duffy and duffy (the other duffy is his dad) is a leading malpractice attorney. first, he explains what malpractice is and then he talks about the current state of the situation. healthcare is the number one topic of conversation in the united states and this is certainly a big part of it.
julio pozo owns aaa bail bonds which is right near the bronx criminal court. how is crime doing during the recession? the first question i asked him was “what is bail?”
marina peredo is the authority on sweat. she is a board-certified dermatologist in private practice in smithtown, new york. we met at a wedding reception in manhattan where the bride and the groom were probably sweating. my first question to this lovely doctor was “do some people sweat more than others?”
lorraine nadel is one of the major players in the city’s real estate industry. she founded her law firm, nadel & associates, eighteen years ago. many small stores are having a problem and she explains why. is the real estate industry healthy in the big apple? just listen to her.
peter spanakos is one of the leading authorities on boxing. he won the golden gloves ten times which is a record. he and his twin brother who was also a boxer were teamates of muhammed ali. i asked him to explain what the golden gloves are and to let me know about the curent state of boxing.
sam chandan is the ceo of “real estate economics” and he takes a somewhat scientific approach to the real estate market. he has taught at several major universities. i asked him to explain just what “real estate economics” is?
joey crespo calls himself a “jack of all trades” and he certainly is. he told me about the building trades industry and about the type of things that he works on and how the recession has affected him and other members of his industry.
marc siegel is an associate professor at the nyu school of medicine. dr. siegel is an authority on the swine flu vaccine and he explained to me and the listeners why we should have it. he also points out the economic toll a pandemic can have.
rita garza is the director of communications of the u.s. open tennis event held each year in new york city. it is the highest attended annual sporting event in the world and by the time it is over, it will have drawn, in two weeks, more than 700,000 fans. alec baldwin, the actor, joins in our discussion at the end of the interview. i also, off air, had the opportunity to talk with ann pendleton who is with levy restaurants which operate the mojito bar & restuarant at the u.s. open. i was amazed when she told me that her company also operates four other restaurants, 60 concessions and 100 suites at the u.s. open. the first question i asked rita garza was, “what is the u.s. open?
vivy bromfield is a nanny. she calls herself a child care provider but she is so much like mary poppins that we have to call her nanny. i never had a nanny, did you? guess what her favorite movie is? mary poppins of course.
maiko suzuki is a young japanese designer from toyko. why did she come to nyc? was it only for economic reasons? how is she coping? she compared life in toyko to life in new york city.
james molinaro is the boro president of staten island. it is the most rural of all of our five boros in new york city. you could not find a better spokesman for the boro than this man.
liya gelman is a vascular ultrsound technician. listening to her, and keeping in mind that 76,000 jobs have been added to the healthcare industry, makes for a good advertisement as to why young people should consider healthcare careers.
kevin baker is a historian who among other things, writes books about new york city. he has also written an interesting piece for the new york times telling about the new york city that president obama lived in during the 1980’s.
joan aruz is the person to go see at the metropolitan museum of art if you want to know about the art and history of ancient afghanistan. she arranged for an exhibit which presented the treasures from the national museum in kabul.
daniel brucker who handles the media for grand central terminal should be called “the maestro of the railroad.” taking a walk through the terminal with this man is an absolute delight. all aboard.
frank veith is a professor of surgery at new york university and the cleveland clinic. he is the doctor behind the annual veith symposium which is in its fortieth year. my first question to him was “what type of surgery do you do?
gene lemay is the president of moishes moving and storage solutions. we discussed his company and the general state of the moving and storage industry. one of the things he told me was that folks are doing more packing by themselves to save money prior to his trucks arriving for the pickup.
emmanuel gradoux-matt is a craftsman who makes and fixes violins. he is the master of an old world type of skill and yet he obviously is a modern businessman. i asked him to make me a violin.
eric sanderson is a senior conservation ecologist at the wildlife conservation society at the bronx zoo. he is the creator of the web site www.themannhattaproject.org which will knock your socks off. the best way to describe it is that it is a time machine.
jack jacobs is a medal of honor winner which is our nation’s highest award for bravery in combat. i thought it perfect to air the interview on november 11, 2009 which was veterans day.
katrina walker is a very successful entrepreneur in harlem who teaches people how to go into business.
raab rashi owns "sword nyc" which is a school for people who want to know about using a sword. not to worry, he is not creating a bunch of deranged killers. they are better called history buffs and no one at the place is dangerous.
robert kaskel owns a restaurant in jamaica bay in queens. the eatery is actually a boat and he calls it the"tarzan boat."
dr. june reinisch is a noted educator and a director of the museum of sex in new york city. since everyone seems to be consumed with the discussion of sex, i went to visit with her to get the academic side of it.
david berreby will teach you how to kayak in brooklyn which is right on the atlantic ocean.
sergey kadinsky is an analyst for the nyc parks department and a history professor at touro college. you want to know about the "hidden waters of new york" a book he has written, just ask him.
bill di paola is the director of "times up" an organization that is worried about our planet.
dr. simon raskin is a foot doctor in brooklyn who runs his extensive multi office practice in just a nice way. are "feet" a funny topic?
i call this my “amtrak auto train trilogy” and it features larry volltan, operations supervisor for the particular train that we were on, wayne artis and robert wedge, the locomotive engineers, and fred nardelli, the superintendent of the auto train. this was meant to be a vacation and the tickets were bought before i had the idea for the interviews so this was no amtrak sponsored junket and that is why when i say this is the most fantastic fun you can have with an outstanding staff of train people, you better believe that i mean it.
robert woodring runs a nanny finder business and he will also get you a babysitter if you are staying at a new york city hotel. he got into this business when he needed to find a nanny for his own children.
julien farel absolutely loves to make people look beautiful. he has a fine hair salon in manhattan and he is expanding to other places in the world. each year, he is the official salon at the united states open tennis championship. the first question i asked him was “what do you do for a living?”
i call this my “amtrak auto train trilogy” and it features larry volltan, operations supervisor for the particular train that we were on, wayne artis and robert wedge, the locomotive engineers, and fred nardelli, the superintendent of the auto train. this was meant to be a vacation and the tickets were bought before i had the idea for the interviews so this was no amtrak sponsored junket and that is why when i say this is the most fantastic fun you can have with an outstanding staff of train people, you better believe that i mean it.
susan braunstein is the curator of archaeology and judaica at the jewish museum here in new york city. the museum had an exhibit of some of the “dead sea scrolls” and i knew susan was the person who could explain that to me.
michael chapman is an american indian chief. he and his organization promote indian art and culture. they had an exhibit at a museum here in new york city and they participate in fashion week.
leonard rosenblum is a doctor of psychiatry who has spent almost a half century having more fun than a barrel of monkeys with monkeys. he is a brooklyn guy whose father got caught by the police as he was throwing a dead body into the east river.
marc hachadourian is the curator of the orchid show at the new york botanical garden in the bronx. he presents the orchid show as spring kicks off because this is the time of year when people want to start seeing color.
charles lucas jr. takes us on a history tour of fraunces tavern/museum and also tells us about the veteran corps of artillery. he recently hosted an exhibit about the magna carta and showed one of the four remaining copies.
jason radmacher is the pastor of the john street united methodist church which is the oldest methodist church in america. he tells us that god is alive and well in new york city.
william kennedy main is the doctor who did spinal surgery on me. i interviewed him while i was on the table just before he started the operation.
reuben diaz jr. is the boro president of the bronx. in years past, the bronx has had a bad reputation, but that is no longer the case. this man is not only the president of the bronx, he is its biggest fan.
pierre schaedelin is not only a chef in manhattan but he also knows how to run a restaurant. after all, in order to provide good food, you also have to make a profit.
nicole and alana feld are the producers of the world famous ringling brothers circus which opened at madison square garden every spring. the feld family has owned the circus for many years, but this is the first time that it is being produced by two of the feld ladies.
melissa rose is the vice president for marketing for north america for qantas and her job is to get americans to go to australia and australians to come to america and while she is doing that, her job is to get them to fly qantas.
kelley thorrington and hemmanth singh are two of the many south africans who did not remain in south africa for all of the 2010 world cup games.
linda smith is the show director of caroline's on broadway, a number one venue of comedy. she can't make you into a funny person, but she can teach you how to deliver.
david rosand is a professor of art history at columbia university. he tells us about meyer schapiro and how he came to hold that chair at the university.
dennis mulligan is a supervising united states park ranger at the statue of liberty. can you imagine having such a neat job? he makes it quite clear that he loves lady liberty.
tim periard is the branch manager for the "bug doctor" which is a new york city company that specializes in pest control. who would have ever thought that the big apple had pests?
tom daliapes is the manager of a diner in manhattan. he is also a member of the greek community in nyc and i was curious to see the reaction of the greeks here to the economic crisis in greece.
steve dumont is the president of the west point society and he tells us about the society and about west point which is known as the united states military academy.
marielle anzelone is a botanist who does floristic inventories and landscape design with her company drosera. i met with her at a garden of native new york city plants she has created at the union square park on 14th street in manhattan.
david parker is a tour guide who gives you the talk when you take the circle line around manhattan. he makes this three hour boat trip more fun with his knowledge and jokes.
steve coleman is a spokesperson for the port authority of new york and new jersey. he tells us about the centuries old ship that was just found at the construction site of the new world center. he also brings us up to date on the authority's activities.
david m is a jamaican musician who commutes back and forth from kingston to new york city. although, there is some influence of bob marley in his music, david was forbidden to go to marley concerts by his own father, who thought marley was a bad influence.
heather quinlan is a film maker and she is working on a documentary about the many different accents that we have in new york city.
larry bauman gives tours of fraunces tavern which is the oldest restaurant in the united states and it is in the oldest building in new york city. it was where george washington gave his farewell address to his officers at the end of the revolutionary war. the occasion of the visit was that it was the week of july 4th and the queen of england was visiting new york city.
cecilia bergh is phd who specializes in helping people with weight problems. i visited her at her manhattan facility which even has a dining area which is used to show people how to eat correctly.
mike silverman is the director of sports for the city parks foundation. he and his staff bring golf and other sports to the city's children.
anne rhea smith takes us on a tour of the brooklyn childrens museum. just a short ride from manhattan by subway is all you need to see this wonderful place.
mary wittenberg is the ceo of the new york road runners club which has been running (no pun intended) the new york city marathon for forty years. she spoke to me about the race.
daisy khan is the wife of the iman feisal abdul rauf. their plan is to build a muslim center at the site of the world trade center in new york city. i wanted to know more about her and the result was a delightful lady.
richard moylan is the president of the green-wood cemetery in brooklyn ny. just a short subway ride from manhattan, it is indeed a wondrous and historical place. i have been meaning to make a visit for years and i decided that the memorial day weekend would be a fine time to do it.
mal meninga was a star rugby player in australia and now he is a star rugby coach in australia. he must be a star because as he vacationed in new york city, australians came up to him on the streets and said, "you are mal.
singapore airlines is the sound track for a video advertisement that i did. it makes you want to come to nyc which is something i do also.