Phil Dejean is a lifelong New Yorker and longtime NYC public school teacher and cable access TV host.

Vegan accoutrements; belting out The Smiths; feminist singles night; being a school marm; hosting at Manhattan Neighborhood Network; crying in public; teaching etiquette in school in Harlem; rape culture deprogramming; Dodge’s personal trainer Roger; Leg Scene Magazine; Rocky Horror Picture Show since 1982; the sea change of digital immersion; Transatlantic accent; vegan nutrition; Luke Cage and racist TV viewers; Bojack Horseman; married on MTV; Jake Fogelnest’s early days; bottoming out in Astoria; pet enslavement; locked into Manhattan residency; bird ladies.

Twitter / Instagram / YouTube: @checkerphil