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This weekend, all of New Jersey went crazy watching the amazing run by the St. Peters Peacocks in the NCAA Tournament. They took it further than anyone thought. They did it with style and toughness and grit. It was one of the most New Jersey stories that's ever unfolded, and we all got to watch it in real time.

Well, we chronicled it in real time as well. I recorded audio before, during, and after both games this weekend. We cover the legend of Shaheen Holloway and how he has become one of the most iconic Jersey figures of all time during this run. Mike D got equally obsessed with what was happening and broke down the statistical unlikelihood of what we all just saw. Carson took some of the most iconic quotes from this weekend and made them musical, and Carson and Andrea put it all together into this audio mosaic tracking what it was like for 72 magical hours this past weekend when Journal Square, Jersey City, and the Garden State as a whole took to the basketball court and threw some punches that bloodied up the mouths of bigger, better, richer teams.

Thank you, St. Peters. Jersey forever.

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It's March, which means everything is all about tournaments, baby! In the realm of basketball, that means watching St. Peters shock the world. But here at NJITW that means picking 32 random New Jersey celebrities and arbitrarily discussing who would kill whom in a fight to the death! This episode is full of a lot of reaaallllly dumb hypotheticals about people who - to our knowledge - have nothing against each other, fighting brutally to their ultimate demise.

Thanks to everyone who's joined up at our Patreon and especially everyone who came to hang at Four City Brewing last week.

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For this month's interview, I'm trying something new and shining a spotlight on a small business that I hope our community actively supports: Four City Brewing in Orange.

I had the chance to talk to Roger Apollon, one of the brewery's owners. We touched on what it takes to break into the craft brewery business, its foothold in New Jersey, what it's like being one of only a handful of black entrepreneurs in the field, and how to use one's business to not be used as a tool for gentrification but rather as a source of community strength and enrichment.

This one went in about a hundred directions I didn't expect and that blew my mind. I hope you get something out of it too!

This is going live on Monday the 14th. If you're free Friday the 18th from 6PM to 8PM, come hang out in Orange and check out Four City for yourself. If you're a patron your first drink is on me (and Turnpike tier, let's make it the first two!) There's no better reason to join up at www.patreon.com/newjerseyistheworld than to get a free drink out of it!

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On this month's food review episode, Fanelli and Geth sample Eso Artisinal Pasta - a fresh pasta joint in Morristown that's garnered much buzz both for its food and its compelling creation story. Does the taste match the buzz? How does fresh handmade pasta play differently for Don, who often makes it himself, and Geth, who wouldn't know where to begin? And what sad things did Geth do in his kitchen that Don was too kind to make fun of him for until recording? Listen and find out!

If you want to support Eso, it's at 92A Elm Street in Morristown.

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In this episode, the WOTown gang assembles and asks one simple question: If we were tasked with creating a museum dedicated to New Jersey, and we could only pick 23 items to include, what would those 23 items be? I think we came up with an AMAZING museum. Can't wait to read your thoughts about other possible additions!

ASBURY PARK! MARCH 2nd! www.houseofindependents.com

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Anthony DeVito and Greg Stone are two fine gentlemen from Bloomfield, NJ and two absolutely killer stand up comics. As you can imagine, we've always had a lot to talk about. In this episode we a) fuck around and do bits and b) talk a lot about what it's like being from where we're from and c) Greg and Anthony tell us all what it's like to come up in the NJ comedy scene, which is something I have less hands on experience with. They are hilarious and this episode is hilarious and you will like it! 

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It's Valentine's Day. Lucky for you, you're listening to a podcast about the most romantic place on earth - New Jersey.

That's right - we're breaking down all the romantic things one can do in this state. We've researched places that are currently open, as in TODAY if you are listening day of, so if you forgot to organize something you can scramble.

Virginia is for lovers? No way. NEW JERSEY IS FOR LOVERS.

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NJITW live at House of Independents in Asbury Park March 2nd!

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We finally got our hands on a jug of Boost!, the miraculous non-carbonated soft drink only popular in a handful of Burlington County towns. Don breaks down the experience, the flavor profile, and imagined ideal circumstances for Boost.

But honestly, there's not a ton to say about Boost so we also hear an insane tangent about a wild customer service call, and then at the end the great rice pudding debate erupts. Call 973-780-4660 if you have opinions on that one, by the way.

Also very psyched to talk about Bagels by Jarrett a little bit more at the top of the episode, and as stated, if you have a small NJ based business and you wanna work together on some dumb stuff we are always down! Get in touch.

SINCERELY HOPE YOU ENJOY!

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