Chilly Underground 'Podcast' (English)

We begin this weeks edition of Chilly Underground with a conversation revolving around the breaking news out of Albany that Governor Cuomo is quickly changing his attitude on recreational cannabis. With Michigan and Massachusetts going fully legal in the last two weeks, the cannabis landscape is changing at break neck speed.

"We're drafting legislation," Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, told NBC News earlier this week- which could be introduced to the state legislature as soon as January. With Democrats now controlling both legislative chambers, it could likely sail through for a vote as soon as April, 2019.

Chilly Pete speaks with the Executive director, David Holland, of the Empire State chapter of The NationalOrganization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws to fully understand what the legislation looks like and to better understand the environment that has fostered this rapid breakthrough.

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Top Rank Boxing's Media Relations Director Evan Korn joined Chilly Pete to break down Saturday night's fight at Madison Square Garden between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza. Korn also discussed the overall health of the boxing world with HBO's recent decision to end its boxing coverage.

Korn also laid out Top Rank's short term plans in regards to the companies other premiere fighters including world champion Terrance Crawford and Teofimo Lopez.

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It's almost 2019 and as people prioritize many of their New Years Resolutions, many will choose to travel more. There is no one better to speak to about world travel than Tony Divino, an adventurer who never sits still for very long.

Where is the best food? How do you get the cheapest airline tickets? How to avoid hostile Taliban militants? Tony has your bases covered.

Tony lost count of how many countries he's been to at around 125. After arriving home from a recent trip to Ethiopia earlier this month, Tony spokee with Chilly Pete to share some travel tips, stories, and strategies that may help in your next journey abroad.


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Brandon "Taz" Niederauer picked up the guitar when he was 8 years old, and he rarely puts it down. By age 10 he was playing songs by request for Ellen Degeneres on her nationally syndicated TV program and the rest is history. His next move to was to star in the Broadway hit musical "School of Rock." His surging musical prowess has turned heads across the music landscape, getting him playing time at the nations top music festivals with blues legends such as Buddy Guy and B.B. King , to metal gods like Slash, to his idol Derek Trucks. 

Now that Brandon is in high school and maturing as an artist, he brings his talents to Manhattan's Mercury Lounge on Saturday night, November 8th. Before the show, Brandon spoke with Chilly Pete in a wide ranging interview and lets him into his creative process both as a rising musical star and as a person who is trying to hang on to a sense of normalcy.  

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We take a journey from Baghdad to Brooklyn- we hear from Saif, an Iraqi born accountant who tells us about his personal story- spanning life under Saddam Hussein in Iraq, to his 2005 escape from his war torn country, to his journey to Brooklyn. What he misses, what he doesn’t, and what it means to be an American.

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Chilly Pete is joined in studio with Nick Demeris, a NYC based artist, musician, and community builder- who offers a brutally intense blend of musical theater which he continually hones throughout the city including in theaters and subway stops near you. We hear about Nick’s creative roots and hear a few of his unique songs that he was kind enough to do for me in studio.

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Newtown Creek Alliance historian Mitch Waxman joins Chilly Underground by phone to offer his analysis and insight into the recent news that Amazon- the worlds largest online retailer- aims to build part of its new headquarters in Long Island City, a region of the city Mitch knows very, very well. As a historian writing for the Newtownpentacle.com, Steering committee member of Access Queens, his decades of familiarity with the region, offers a unique multi pronged glimpse into this important community discussion that is just beginning.

Waxman delves into the complexities of the communities toxic ecological past, the challenges to the existing infrastructure, and the concerns Amazon will need to consider as it looks to put down its East Coast corporate roots in Queens. And about those tax incentives? He discusses the economics too.
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Lauren Daab moved to Canada in November 2016, the same month Donald Trump won the Presidency. She joined Chilly Pete to discuss what it has been like being abroad during the Trump Presidency, a very odd political time in American history. Daab discusses the constant Trump fascination she confronts from our Northern neighbors, as well as what it’s like watching from the sidelines as political norms and institutions are challenged on a daily basis.

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Chilly Underground debuts its first comedy segment on this edition, welcoming comedian and Last Week Tonight writer Josh Gondelman to the studio. The interview was a throwback to when Josh’s ‘Modern Seinfeld’ Twitter account was beginning to surge into prominence and he spoke about what it was like to be riding the sudden Twitter boom, to the point where real life Seinfeld actors were giving him praise. Gondelman also discusses his Boston comedy roots and joined co-host Ben Conrad for a round of Seinfeld inspired trivia.

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Chilly Pete is joined in studio with Dr. Katrina Foster, the Rev. of Greenpoint's St.John's Lutheran Church for a widespread discussion on ethics and spirituality in America today.

Exercise your mind in this weeks Ethical Dillema segment, where difficult questions are posed to local thought leaders with the belief that we should all think carefully when acting in hopes of making the best life choices possible.

Should Chilly Pete expose a criminal who is going to open a local business and should he partake in a business deal when a client is not getting all the information they possibly could be?
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