Talk About It With Franjez

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Your body will scream at you. That does not mean you have to obey it. On this episode of Talk About It with Franjez, I sit down with Jonah, 18 years old and fresh off his amateur Muay Thai debut win at RFC Fight Night. Born in Germany, raised in Canada and China, now training in White Plains. He walked in with broken toes and a lot of honesty. Jonah breaks down exactly what it takes to cut from 170 to 145 pounds. Two gallons of water, then zero. No salt. Hours in a 220 degree sauna in three layers of clothes. He describes lying awake at night with one word on repeat in his head. Drink. That is the mind in survival mode. Most people never sit long enough with that voice to see it is just a voice. He also admits something every fighter feels. Right before every fight he swears it is his last one. Then he wins, and the mind resets like it never happened. Watching that loop is the beginning of real awareness. We cover his journey from pro Fortnite player to bodybuilder to fighter, why the pay in fighting is broken, faith, school, and his upcoming trip to Thailand to fight in the birthplace of Muay Thai.

Watch the full conversation on YouTube. Then notice the next time your mind says “never again.” Watch what it does after.

Guest Jonah, Instagram: @jona.prsss Fight vlogs on YouTube: Benedict Pruess

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Most of us are not tired. We are overstimulated, and we have forgotten what quiet feels like. On this episode of Talk About It with Franjez, I sit down with Thays Barao, founder of the Buzzley app, and Jackie Giraldo, luxury development consultant, singer and soon to be podcast host. October is Women’s Small Business Month, and these two women built their lives from the ground up as first generation kids in New York. We talk about why everyone grabs their phone the second a conversation slows down. Tai deleted Instagram for two years and found out the addiction just moved somewhere else. That is what happens when you remove the distraction but never sit with what is underneath it. The real work starts when you stop running. We get into faith, religion and control, divorce and finding your voice again, raising kids with perspective, and how Tai turned a list of ideas written on Thanksgiving into a real app. Jackie shares the mindfulness exercise with a single piece of chocolate that will change how you eat today. Slow down. Watch the full conversation here on YouTube. Then try the chocolate exercise and tell me in the comments what you noticed.

Guests:

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Jackie Geraldo, Instagram: @JackieG04

Cash$tar Genesis is back on Talk About It with Franjez! Master Lou, Cashstar Chris and J.R. Gretzky tell the wild story of taking their music from Yonkers to Tokyo. They threw sold out shows in Japan, got banned from a club because the crowd was too loud, shook a stage so hard it moved, and got stuck in a typhoon flood on the way home. They also talk about the Japanese food that blew their minds, why every true artist feels like a foreigner, and how they stay brothers after fights. Plus, they officially announce their new collab album Baka Gaijin, J.R. Gretzky’s solo album Anesthesia drops October 21, and the crew answers the classic 10 questions before ending with a live freestyle.

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Richie De Frisco, host of the Little Victories Podcast, cashed out his pension, spent $100,000 in one year on photography, and walked away from six figure jobs to live as an artist. In this episode of Talk About It with Franjez, Richie opens up about growing up in the Bronx, graffiti, his photos ending up on a Tats Cru mural, how Alan Watts started his spiritual journey, the night in 2016 that changed how he sees life, and why solitude is where you find the truth. We also talk about eating one ingredient foods, mental health, why artists must keep creating, and how helping a friend became the real win behind Little Victories.

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Work with Franjez: https://stan.store/franjez Ricardo Trevino has spent 18 years guiding people through training, bodywork and retreats. He also guides people through mushroom journeys. He says most people get so caught up in the visuals that they miss the message. On Talk About It with Franjez, recorded in Tulum, Mexico, he explains how he learned to tell his body apart from his mind. He also covers why comfort makes us weaker, how social media programs what we believe, and how meditation helps you face the thing you keep avoiding. Ricardo is the creator of NAWI Human Performance, which offers holistic health, personal training and wellness retreats in Tulum and Cancun.

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On this episode of Talk About It With Franjez, Franjez sits down with Vera and Oerd, the pastry chefs behind Aroma Cafe and Patisserie in Hastings on Hudson. They share their journey from Montenegro and Albania to New York, years spent training in France, Italy, Greece, and Spain, and working inside one of the city's most romantic, reportedly haunted restaurants before building their own artisan bakery from scratch. Then Franjez tastes a full lineup of handmade desserts, including a chocolate shell shaped like a real mango, a giant hazelnut mousse cake, and a bonbon shaped like a cocoa bean.

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On this episode of Talk About It With Franjez, Franjez sits down with yoga teacher and Stock Room Records owner Josh Dooz and Agora Social Club founder Vinny Brusco for an honest conversation about morning routines, building a personal brand, and why even your own business can start to feel like a matrix you can never escape. Vinnie opens up about his ayahuasca ceremony in Peru, an ego death experience, and the strange comfort he reached for right after it. The guys also cover yoga and stored trauma, using AI as a business assistant, fatherhood, and what it really takes to build a brand people fall in love with.

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This week on Talk About It with Franjez, host Franjez sits down with John Gristina, owner of Pizza Fenice in Pelham, New York. John opens up about growing up in the Bronx, losing both parents young, chasing a premed degree for over a decade, and the strange twist of fate that led him back into the pizza business his family started decades ago. From working in a county jail kitchen to getting reviewed by Dave Portnoy, John shares raw stories about business partnerships that failed, lessons on standing up for yourself, and why he believes good food gives people a moment of peace in a chaotic world. A real, honest conversation about family, food, and second chances.

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Episode 168 of Talk About It with Franjez was filmed inside ByrdCage in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Atlantic City born content creator and media personality Whitney Ullman aka @GoToWhitney, alongside ByrdCage owners Giulietta Consalvo and Richard Helfant. We went far beyond food and nightlife. We talked about the Atlantic City most people never hear about: the city’s history before the casinos, the legendary Boardwalk, the first casino, Resorts International, Steel Pier, salt water taffy, Frank Sinatra, Boardwalk Hall and the people and businesses that helped shape Atlantic City into what it is today. We also explored a fascinating part of Atlantic City’s LGBTQ history. Long before casino gambling transformed the city, Atlantic City had a thriving LGBTQ nightlife and community. Over time, many of those independent spaces disappeared. ByrdCage represents a new chapter, opening as Atlantic City’s first full-service LGBTQ+ bar and restaurant in roughly two decades. Giulietta Consalvo, Richard Helfant and Jason Tell built ByrdCage around hospitality, entertainment, food and community, while Whitney Ullman brings more than 20 years of media experience and a deep connection to Atlantic City. This conversation is about food, nightlife, LGBTQ history, Atlantic City history, entrepreneurship, community and the people keeping the city’s personality alive. This is Atlantic City beyond the casinos. Welcome to Episode 168 of Talk About It with Franjez. #AtlanticCity #NewJersey #Podcast Contact: Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Franjez Email: [email protected]

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