reuben diaz jr. is the boro president of the bronx.  in years past, the bronx has had a bad reputation, but that is no longer the case.  this man is not only the president of the bronx, he is its biggest fan.

william kennedy main is the doctor who did spinal surgery on me. i interviewed him while i was on the table just before he started the operation.

marielle anzelone is a botanist who does floristic inventories and landscape design with her company drosera.  i met with her at a garden of native new york city plants she has created at the union square park on 14th street in manhattan.

dennis mulligan is a supervising united states park ranger at the statue of liberty.  can you imagine having such a neat job?  he makes it quite clear that he loves lady liberty.

linda smith is the show director of caroline's on broadway, a number one venue of comedy.  she can't make you into a funny person, but she can teach you how to deliver.

kelley thorrington and hemmanth singh are two of the many south africans who did not remain in south africa for all of the 2010 world cup games. 

tom daliapes is the manager of a diner in manhattan. he is also a member of the greek community in nyc and i was curious to see the reaction of the greeks here to the economic crisis in greece.

steve dumont is the president of the west point society and he tells us about the society and about west point which is known as the united states military academy. 

tim periard is the branch manager for the "bug doctor" which is a new york city company that specializes in pest control.  who would have ever thought that the big apple had pests?

david rosand is a professor of art history at columbia university. he tells us about meyer schapiro and how he came to hold that chair at the university.