Paulie Gee, owner of Paulie Gee's pizzeria in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, joins us to share his story about transitioning from a career in computer IT to opening his own pizzeria. Along the way we hear about Paulie's favorite NYC slices, the best live concerts he's attended and his love affair with the New York Yankees.

We sit down with Andris Lagsdin, inventor of the Baking Steel, a key piece of hardware for making great pizza at home, to talk about how he got the idea for the Baking Steel and took it from concept to full blown business.

@Drunkbakers Keavy Landreth and Allison Kave join us to chat about their Crown Heights, Brooklyn bar and bakery Butter & Scotch. Topics include: drunk dialing, Miller High Life cocktails, Allison’s mom’s green chile recipe and the intersection of small business and politics in 2017

Our round table discussion recorded on location in Las Vegas, NV at the 2017 International Pizza Expo with pizzeria owners Emmett Burke of Emmett's (NYC), Scarr Pimentel of Scarr's Pizza (NYC), Derrick Tung of Paulie Gee's Logan Square (Chicago), Paulie Gee of Paulie Gee's (Brooklyn) and Drew Brown of Paulie Gee's Slice Shop (Brooklyn).

http://www.emmettsnyc.com/

http://www.scarrspizza.com/

http://pauliegee.com/

We chat with Dave Sheridan, jack-of-all-trades and owner of Wheated Pizzeria in Brooklyn, about baking Neapolitan-inspired pizza the electric way and his restaurant's excellent bar program, including their stash of over 570 different whiskeys!

We chat with Ludlow Coffee Supply co-founder and Sweet Chick Life Creative Director Kyle Martin about chicken & waffles, coffee and the intersection of food and music.

We chat with Mark & Jenny Bello of Pizza School NYC about life as pizza educators and their commitment to teaching folks how to make great pizza at home. Along the way we discuss their wedding at Paulie Gee's pizzeria on the eve of hurricane Sandy and hear about the conception of the Mike's Hot Hunion pizza pie.

We sit down with Jonathan Greenberg, owner and chef at Rosco's Pizza in Crown Heights Brooklyn, to chat about the road to opening his pizzeria and some of his experiences along the way.