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Everything is subjective!  Robert Pucci, retired professor of Media and Communications in the SUNY Schools, dropped by to exchange and examine the Top 10 movies of all time.

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Sofie Devens stopped by to tell us about her recent trip to Papua New Guinea. 
Follow along as Sofie deftly describes the long journey from New York, the cultural differences and customs, and her stay in a local tribe's village where her childhood friend is doing missionary work.
Travel vicariously through her eyes as she takes us all the way to Oceania and back home again.

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Joined by co-host George Bauer, Dr. Jim Curtis stopped by to discuss his book "Decoding Dylan: Making Sense Of The Songs That Changed Modern Culture".
Dr. Curtis makes a refreshingly cerebral analysis of Dylan's songs and their effect on society, as well as the influence Dylan has had on popular music from the early sixties to this day.
Along with his other book, "Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954-1984",  Dr. Curtis skillfully describes the unbroken chain of popular music from the days of Bing Crosby to the more modern artists like Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
You can find both books mentioned here at Amazon.com

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Author of "The Coca Cola Trail", Larry Jorgensen returned to discuss his new book "Shipwrecked and Rescued". This is an amazing true story of the 1926 wreck of The City of Bangor off the coast of Michigan in Lake Superior.  A ship with 23 crewmen and over 200 brand new Chrysler cars. Mr. Jorgensen describes the incredible efforts of local townspeople and Walter Chrysler himself, to save the crew and the valuable cargo.
For more information about the book, please visit www.shipwreckedandrescued.com

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Vic Ferrari, author of "NYPD: Through The Looking Glass : Stories From Inside America's Largest Police Department" joined co-host George Bauer.
Mr. Ferrari, who hails from The Bronx, and served as a Detective in the NYPD, has written several humorous books about the behind the scenes exploits of New York's finest.  His newest book "Confessions of a Catholic High School Graduate", and all of his other great books can be found at Amazon.com

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JR McCarthy, Denis McCarthy, Fred Romandetto, and George Bauer all joined us to discuss growing up in the Parkchester section of The Bronx, NY.
Lifelong friends, we discussed the challenges and blessings of a time and place that, for the most part, no longer exists.

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Adjunct Professor Anthony Mannara stopped by to discuss the changes to the stock markets and Wall Street in general over the course of the last few decades.
Mr. Mannara teaches Macro Economics at Fordham University and Securities & Investment Analysis at Hunter College, both in New York City.

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Coin collector and avid Metal Detecting hobbyist Joe Devito stopped by to share his experience and knowledge from his years in the hobby.
You can email Joe here: [email protected]

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Professor Robert Pucci joined us to discuss the tried and true techniques involved in making a movie.  Professor Pucci taught Media and Communications at SUNY for many years and his insight here gives us a glimpse into one of his classes.
Movies specifically mentioned as examples of great technique are:
The 39 Steps (1935)
On The Waterfront (1954)
Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Graduate (1967)
Chicago (2002)

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Today with spoke with Chris from CNM Housing Solutions LLC in Pennsylvania about the effects of the current economy on his business, which is mainly flipping houses.
Discussed are the effects of inflation and the increasing interest rates on his ability to turn depressed real estate assets into affordable housing.
To learn more, please visit https://www.cnmhousingsolutions.com/

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