Welcome to Bada Bing and the City, an ongoing series where we’re discussing the uncanny connections between two beloved HBO classics: Sex and the City and The Sopranos. Consider it a podcast within a podcast. How meta of us.

This week, we look at both of these shows and their relationship to that elusive “fifth” character: The City, aka New York City (and the Tri-State area). Even if you’re surrounded by people, can NYC make you feel lonely? How would Carrie and Tony act when they ran into each other at The Plaza? Why were we waiting in line for cronuts? Who is the ghostwriter for the cast of Jersey Shore, and why is all of their fictional material about Mack and Manko’s pizza? There are five boroughs, which we know because of the movie Gotti!

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