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?”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?”

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 .

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.