Bobby Pickles' Podcast™️

Bobby, along with co-host Adrien de Martini, podcast, on location, from the Carroll Street Building at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY, with Dr. David Orenstein, Professor of Anthropology at the CUNY system senior college, from which they are podcasting, and his friend and colleague, Dr. Tyson Gill, the author of "Belief in Science and the Science of Belief: A Guidebook for Fact-Based Thinking." Both are avid "free thinkers" (a soft term for "atheists"), activists and members of the New York City Atheists organization. Full Disclaimer: although the following conversation was conducted on campus in the Carroll Street Building at Medgar Evers College, it is important to note that any beliefs, opinions or statements shared herein are those solely of Bobby Pickles, Adrien de Martini and our guests, doctors David Orenstein and Tyson Gill, and we indemnify and hold harmless Medgar Evers College, and the City University of New York, as a whole, of any or all heretical falsities we promote or proclaim.

Bobby podcasts, along with co-host Adrien de Martini, on location, from Branded Saloon, located at 603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY, to cover a monthly musical event called TINTR (This Is Not The Radio). The showcase, which happens on the third Sunday of every month, is organized by soulful singer/songwriter, Lynette Williams, highlighting some her favorite artists, poets and musicians throughout the NYC-area. Bobby, Martini and Lynette discuss a range of topics, from outlaw country and gay pride tattoos to busking and Halloween party pants shitting. We round out this episode with some live music and an interview with Los Angeles rapper, producer and break-dancer, Anacron.

Bobby podcasts, on location, from Jersey City Tattoo Co., located at 253 Newark Ave in downtown Jersey City, with co-owner, Jake Kolatis, guitarist of the New York City hardcore punk band, The Casualties. The two discuss a range of topics, from what it's like to play on the Warped Tour, to the evolution of punk rock sub-genres (from 1976 or '77 to the present), to why the term "squatter punk" is inappropriate nomenclature. They also discuss what it's like to tour with GWAR and their shared backgrounds in tee shirt making, a characteristic, which Bobby deems "punk rock". Since tee shirt graphics are truly the "punk rock" of fine art. Also, there's nothing more "punk" than podcasting!

Bobby podcasts from Balance Hair Salon in downtown Jersey City, while lounging in one of the shop's large, adjustable chairs, with Carla Anderson, the shop's proprietor, trimming and styling his hair into his quintessential faux hawk. The two discuss a range of interesting topics, from stripping to styling, from modern art to alien abduction, and even a few stories from one of her screwball regulars, Donald Gallagher. "Imagine CBGB with mousse and shears" - that's how the New York Times describes Carla and her posse of tatted, tonsorial artists. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Carla Anderson, cutter and styler of both male and female hair alike. (Adrien de Martini co-hosts).

Bobby speaks, on location, from Columbus Circle, at the base of the statue of Cristoforo Colombo (which is apparently the literal epicenter of New York City) with Nicole Raymondi, creator of Quotiful, an iPhone app, which integrates meme-making and social media, and provides an outstanding user experience. What's your favorite quote? Does it motivate you? Does it excite you? Is it tattooed on your rib cage or printed on a tee shirt? Perhaps, if you found the perfect picture to express it, you could create a meme for it. And if you did, you would most certainly use Quotiful to do so.

Bobby speaks, on location, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with Joseph Campo, executive producer at Grassroots Films ("The Human Experience", 2008) and the director of the St. Francis House, a halfway home for troubled young men in search of a new start in life. The two discuss a range of topics, from drug addiction to documentary filmmaking to what it means to be American-Italian and Catholic and, of course, human.

On this episode, I podcast with stand-up comedian Calise Hawkins from a stoop just down the block from West 4th Street in Greenwich Village, which is (for all you non-New Yorkers) basically the epicenter of stand-up comedy in New York City. Calise had recently been featured on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and was in the process of working on a new set for another show at which point I was finally able to finally pin her down and make her speak with me. It took some finessing. Shadowing her for most of the night, observing how she performed the same set in front of three totally different crowds and how each crowd's overall personality was different. For instance, the first room was a medium size room and there was a whole table full of drunken girls in the midst of a bachelorette party, the second was a tiny room with hardly anybody there (perhaps six people total, three couples) and the room felt stale and uninviting, but then the third room had a considerably large crowd. After all this, she had some time to kill before her next set, so she agreed to yap with me for a bit about stand-up comedy, how she got into it, what a person should do if they were interested in getting into, her life, her six year old daughter, writing, random drunkards pissing on street corners with micro-dicks, etc.

Bobby speaks, on location, from a shared office space in the heart of silicon alley, with Alex Genadinik, creator of Problemio, an assortment of quite possibly the most helpful business plan apps ever invented in the history of the universe. The two discuss a range of topics privy to any sensible entrepreneur - from online marketing to fundraising. "What's a 'purple cow'?" you ask. Listen and find out.

Bobby speaks, on location, from William F. Moore Park (Spaghetti Park) in Corona, Queens, with government and corporation procurement specialist, Nelson Nigel. His website, "Head Exposed dot com", offers a wide range of services that can help even a start-up company succeed big time in the field of procurement (the selling of goods and services to government agencies and major corporations). So if you're an entrepreneur interested in suckling off the teat of corporate America, meet Nelson Nigel.

Bobby speaks, on location, from the steps of the NYC Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg), with writer, Van Wallach. His new book, "A Kosher Dating Odyssey: One Former Texas Baptist's Quest for a Naughty & Nice Jewish Girl," is the tale of man from a small town in Texas, who was a raised a Southern Baptist despite his parents' Jewishness, and later on decided to explore his own Jewish background and assimilate into the predominantly Jewish Northeast by courting Jewish women. Also the product of a southern upbringing, Bobby feels he can relate to Wallach on some level. They are a couple of scalawags.