Podcasts about Greektown

This week, Bob and Randy welcome Brad Mitchell (there's another one!), Director of Information Technology at Hollywood Casino at Greektown. From restaurant point-of-sale systems to network hardware and security cameras to—yes, slot machines—we cover what tech keeps a casino running.

Episode 428: I will discuss The Z-Force Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL, and read off the menu from The Courtyards Of Plaka Greek Restaurant in Greektown, Chicago.

Episode 428: I will discuss The Z-Force Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL, and read off the menu from The Courtyards Of Plaka Greek Restaurant in Greektown, Chicago.

Norris Howard is in as we talk three interesting stories around metro Detroit: Ground officially broke on a project that will reimagine Greektown's streetscape in Detroit Warren approved an ordinance without limits on the number of Marijuana dispensaries, we discuss  And we get into Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's final state of the city address, a vision for the RenCen and Riverfront, and a personal story on why home values going up means so much to Detroit residents. Duggan is also a master Powerpoint user. Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

A breakdown of the big government jobs report, celebrating pepper and egg season, plus a visit with the owner of Mr. Greek Gyros in Chicago's Greektown neighborhood.

True Crime Tuesday presents: Murder On Skid Row with Author, Charlene Wexler! The homeless and migrants are not new to Chicago. In the 1960s, there was Chicago's Skid Row, centered at Madison and Halsted Streets. Now an area filled with recently built upscale housing and trendy businesses near Greektown, decades ago it was a downtrodden community occupied by lost souls, mainly veterans from the war nobody wanted to recognize—Vietnam. Mel, a young dentist who believes he can do good for the people living on Skid Row, enters into this world in 1966. It is a community so different than the working-class neighborhood in which he grew up—a world of gangs, bums, politicians, prostitutes, and murderers—and a few kind-hearted souls who want to help. While trying to become one of those kind-hearted souls by providing dental therapy to his patients, Mel becomes a suspect in a double murder. Did Mel do it, or was it one of the Skid Row swindlers and hustlers? Find out in Murder on Skid Row. On today's TCT, we talk to the Author of "Murder On Skid Row", Charlene Wexler, about the parallels between her own experiences with her dentist husband and his practice in Chicago, and her experiences, and the story in the book! We also talk about how the city of Chicago has changed since the mid 60's, when the book took place, and about the characters and setting of the book as well! Get your copy of "Murder On Skid Row" here:  https://bit.ly/4kipnur Get to know Charlene better o social media:  https://www.facebook.com/charlene.wexler PLUS: AN ALL NEW DUMB CRIMES/STUPID CRIMINALS W/JESSICA FREEBURG! Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and order her new books:  https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ and check out Jess on Tik Tok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicafreeburgwrites There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! . check out the Darkness Radio Store!   https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #charlenewexler #murderonskidrow #melgreenberg #speakingvolumespublishing #womenscrimefiction #abe #tyrone #darlene #chicago #skidrow #maxwellstreet #spider #drmaxroy #hitforhire #murder #embezzlement #shooting #assault #drugdealing #crimefictionbooks #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #sexcrimes #dumbcrimes

True Crime Tuesday presents: Murder On Skid Row with Author, Charlene Wexler! The homeless and migrants are not new to Chicago. In the 1960s, there was Chicago's Skid Row, centered at Madison and Halsted Streets. Now an area filled with recently built upscale housing and trendy businesses near Greektown, decades ago it was a downtrodden community occupied by lost souls, mainly veterans from the war nobody wanted to recognize—Vietnam. Mel, a young dentist who believes he can do good for the people living on Skid Row, enters into this world in 1966. It is a community so different than the working-class neighborhood in which he grew up—a world of gangs, bums, politicians, prostitutes, and murderers—and a few kind-hearted souls who want to help. While trying to become one of those kind-hearted souls by providing dental therapy to his patients, Mel becomes a suspect in a double murder. Did Mel do it, or was it one of the Skid Row swindlers and hustlers? Find out in Murder on Skid Row. On today's TCT, we talk to the Author of "Murder On Skid Row", Charlene Wexler, about the parallels between her own experiences with her dentist husband and his practice in Chicago, and her experiences, and the story in the book! We also talk about how the city of Chicago has changed since the mid 60's, when the book took place, and about the characters and setting of the book as well! Get your copy of "Murder On Skid Row" here:  https://bit.ly/4kipnur Get to know Charlene better o social media:  https://www.facebook.com/charlene.wexler PLUS: AN ALL NEW DUMB CRIMES/STUPID CRIMINALS W/JESSICA FREEBURG! Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and order her new books:  https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ and check out Jess on Tik Tok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicafreeburgwrites There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! . check out the Darkness Radio Store!   https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #charlenewexler #murderonskidrow #melgreenberg #speakingvolumespublishing #womenscrimefiction #abe #tyrone #darlene #chicago #skidrow #maxwellstreet #spider #drmaxroy #hitforhire #murder #embezzlement #shooting #assault #drugdealing #crimefictionbooks #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #sexcrimes #dumbcrimes

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown discuss the children that were abandoned in the house in Pontiac and the two children who froze to death in a van in a Greektown casino garage. Did the media treat the two cases differently? Did the media display a bias against Detroit? 

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk about the two children who froze to death Monday in a van on the 9th floor of the parking garage for the Hollywood Casino at Greektown in downtown Detroit.They also discuss whether the deaths have brought up issues that will be raised throughout the mayoral campaign this year.  

Fr. Brian and Fr. Matt explore the treatment of time and place in Here, a 2024 drama film depicting the events of a single spot of land over time. They discuss how this unique perspective, and the non-chronological order in which events are shown, mirrors the omniscience of God, who is similarly outside time. They also consider the passage of time in real life, and the significance of nostalgia and memory in the Christian life. (0:28) Fr. Brian and Fr. Matt open the episode by discussing some of the movies they've seen recently, including Whiplash (2014), Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024), and Didi (2024). Then, they introduce the movie being covered in this episode: Here, a 2024 drama film depicting the events of a single spot of land over time. (6:48) Our hosts discuss the unique format of Here, which is shot from a single, fixed camera angle to show a single spot throughout time, from when dinosaurs roamed the area to the present day. The stories are shown in non-chronological order, allowing the viewer to identify parallels between different experiences in this spot over time. Fr. Brian provides the example of the film's depiction of the Spanish flu alongside the COVID-19 pandemic.(13:42) Fr. Brian talks about one of the main storylines in the film, the lives of a couple played by Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. The hosts also discuss how the plot's focus on time echoes the way time contributes to conflict in classical Greek tragedies. Fr. Brian and Fr. Matt then discuss the significance of sacred time and sacred places. (19:02) Fr. Matt talks about the idea of time passing and changes taking place at his parish, Our Lady of the Rosary on Woodward Avenue in Detroit near Wayne State University. While the parish's ministry today is mostly focused on campus ministry, around 100 years ago the pastor was known to ride his white horse to parishioners' homes for sick calls. Similarly, while Old St. Mary Church is located in a neighborhood called Greektown, its stained glass windows feature the names of German donors who lived there when it was predominately a German neighborhood. Our hosts then talk about how the perspective of the movie—a single camera angle viewing events over time—mirrors the omniscience of God, who is outside time.(25:02) Fr. Brian mentions that the director of Here, Robert Zemeckis, has notably worked on a number of other movies that deal with the passage of time, including Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away. The hosts then turn to the topic of nostalgia and memory in the Christian life, and how the climax of the film shows us that it's in the ability to remember that we see things from different perspectives. (33:40) Fr. Matt and Fr. Brian share some of their critiques of the movie, most notably the aging and “de-aging” technology used to alter the actors' appearances. They then rank the film using their “seeds of the word” rating, based on how clearly they saw goodness, truth, and beauty reflected in the story. Before concluding the episode, Fr. Matt invites listeners to send in their feedback—including which movies they'd like to see covered next—to cinema@aod.org.

Grand Funk Railroad is coming to The Music Hall in Detroit on Thursday night – presented by our friends at Hollywood Casino at Greektown. Always fun to catch up with […] The post Don Brewer – Grand Funk Railroad appeared first on 94.7 WCSX.

Welcome to the intro for Selling The Danforth, a new podcast show focused on the people, places and properties that make this community so unique.  As many locals will tell you, The Danforth was voted as #1 place to live in 2023 by Toronto life. As the first area I invested in back in 1998 and many times more over the last 25 years, I know these stories better than most. During this time, I have moved more people to and from this area than just about anyone I know.  In fact, I really just enjoy being the best storyteller possible and sharing your stories. Whether you are moving or not. That is what makes this podcast so unique. Hope to add your stories here soon.  Here is some information about the historical significance of Danforth Avenue in Toronto. ● Danforth Avenue in Toronto was originally known as Concession Line Road ● It was officially built in 1851 by the Don and Danforth Plank Road Company to connect Toronto to Danforth Road ● Danforth Road itself had been built some years earlier in 1799 by an American contractor named Asa Danforth Jr. It was originally intended as a 100-mile route from Scarborough to the Trent River, but quickly fell into disrepair ● The construction of Danforth Avenue was significant as it connected Toronto to the pre-existing Danforth Road, allowing for easier transportation between the two ●It is interesting to note that the term "the Danforth" always refers to Danforth Avenue and not to Danforth Road, despite the road being the older of the two ●Danforth Avenue was also historically significant as a major transportation route ●It was formerly designated as Ontario Highway 5 ●The section of Danforth Avenue between the Don River and Kingston Road was decommissioned as a Connecting Link on 1 January 1998 ●Today, Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway runs parallel to most of Danforth Avenue ●The area of Danforth Avenue known as Greektown is also historically significant. ●Many street signs in this area are in both English and Greek This podcast episode was powered by AI.

Michael Bebee was on the run after a fatal shooting in Toronto's vibrant Greektown neighbourhood in Summer 2023. Detectives unravelled a web of evidence and security video to track down the suspects responsible for killing a 29-year-old construction engineer. Tracy Tong takes us on a suspenseful journey as we find out where Canada's Most Wanted suspect was hiding, and how he was finally caught. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/tag/crime-beat/ Subscribe to Crime Beat TV HERE:    / crimebeattv   Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #CrimeBeatMostWanted #crimebeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norris Howard is in as we talk about today's stories in Metro Detroit. 01:37 - Former Taylor Mayor is going to jail for 71 months 05:58 - Greektown streetscape improvements start next year 09:17 - Detroit Zoo Discovery Trails coming, and we discuss our favorite zoo animals 12:33 - Norris has been checking out Let's Do Dinner Detroit  15:45 - Favorite potato chips and liquor store foods As always, you can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to shows. 

On this episode, my guest is Craig Slee, a disabled writer, consultant and theorist dealing with mythology, folklore, magic and culture, exploring life through the lens of landscape, disability and fugitive embodiments.He has contributed essays and poetry focusing on the numinous and disability to various anthologies including The Dark Mountain Journal. Craig has also co-facilitated multiple seminar series at the Dresden Academy for Fine Arts, regarding ableism in the arts, as well as how ableism affects our relationship to space. In 2023 he was one of the speakers at the World Futures Studies Federation 50th Anniversary Conference, introducing the concept of (Dis)abling Futures. Craig resides in the northwest of England.Show NotesCornwall and the Seasons Who Gets to Decide What it Means to Know a Place?The Folding in of Identity to TourismA Question of Productive vs Generative AbilityAbleism and AttentionFinger Bending and the Freedom of MovementRedefining and Remembering Other Forms of MovementWhat is Stillness?The Dance of MountainsObeying LimitsHomeworkCold Albion (Craig's Blog)Goetic Atavisms (Hadean Press)Craig's Blue Sky Page | Facebook PageTranscriptChris: Welcome to the End of Tourism, Craig. Craig: Thank you for having me. Chris: Yes, it's great to be able to speak with you today. I've been ruminating for a couple of years now as to the themes that we might speak of. And I was introduced to you via a mutual friend and have come closer to your work via the Emergence Network's online gathering, We Will Dance With Mountains, in the last quarter of 2023.And so, to begin, I'd like to ask you first where you find yourself today and what the world looks like for you, where you are. Craig: Where I find myself today is by the canal in my flat, looking out the window, just as evenings coming in, in the northwest of England, in Lancaster, and it's chilly here which is actually a good thing, I guess, these days.Chris: Perhaps I could ask you to elaborate a little bit on what Lancaster looks like, but I know that, you know, from our conversations previous that you grew up [00:01:00] in Cornwall, a place that was previously, a town, an area devoted to fishing and mining, and from what you've told me, it's also become a massive tourist trap that you know, from the little that I've seen online, that the area receives around 5 million visitors a year, and tourism makes up about a quarter of the local economy.So I'm curious what you've seen change there and what do you think has happened to Cornwall and its people as a result and maybe there's something in there as well regarding Lancaster. Craig: Yeah, so I should emphasize this. I was born in Cornwall. My family has been lived down there for many many generations anyway and my father's side of the family actually, at various points, worked in the tourist trade as well before they went on to other things.And, [00:02:00] yeah, I mean, I left because, frankly, there was no jobs that weren't tourism. I came to Lancaster to study because one, I have a physical disability which means that Cornwall is a very rural area, so you need to drive everywhere, and that's fine, I drove at that point, but for good or ill, a more urban center was better for me later in life as I left.But the way that it shifted, even in the years when I was growing up, was that, you know, essentially was a rural area where nothing really happened socially or culturally that much until the summer seasons. So, you were very, very aware of the seasons in terms of, you'd have visitors [00:03:00] starting, and that was when the town would wake up, and then it was kind of dead for the rest of the year, so it was very much one of those things where the tourist trade has actually made me more aware of human rhythms in the natural world than perhaps I would have been, because it's so based on seasonal stuff.And just looking at the way the infrastructure because a lot of the towns and areas, they boomed a little bit well, quite a lot in certain areas with the tin mining of the 19th century. But a lot of the architecture and things like that was 19th century. So you had small villages and slightly larger towns, and they have very, well, I guess some people, if they were tourists, would call "quaint, narrow streets."And when you have that many visitors, in the summer, you can't get down the streets. [00:04:00] You can't drive it because it's full of people walking. You know, there's an interesting anecdote I'd like to recount of when my father, he was a vicar, he was a priest, moved to a new area he would go to the local pub and all the locals would greet him as the priest and be like, very polite.And then when it would come out that my dad was actually a local, that he was born down there and part of the family, everybody would relax. And there was this real sort of strange thing where people came and stayed because it was a lovely area, but there was still that whole issue with second homes and certainly keeping an eye on things from a distance here during the pandemic when people left cities during the pandemic, they went down there amongst places in Britain.And that meant that, [00:05:00] literally, there were no houses for newly starting teachers, you know, teachers who had got jobs and were moving down there, couldn't find places to live because during the 2020 and sort of 2022 period, everything was just opening up either as Airbnb because there was this influx from the cities to the more rural areas because it was supposedly safer.You know, and I feel like that's a reflex that is really interesting because most people think of it as, oh, "a tourist area," people go there for leisure, they go there to relax and get away from their lives, which is true, but under a stressful situation like a pandemic, people also flee to beautiful quotes isolated areas, so there's that real sense of pressure, I think and this idea that we weren't entirely sure, growing up, [00:06:00] whether we would have a place to live because a lot of the housing was taken up by people with second homes. And plenty of people I went to school with because it's a surfing area took the knowledge that they learned in the tourism trade, and actually left and went to Australia. And they live on the Gold Coast now. So it's this self perpetuating thing, you know? Chris: Well, that leads me to my next question, which kind of centers around belonging and being rooted and learning to root, maybe even becoming a neighbor or some might say a citizen of a place.And with tourism or a touristic worldview, we seem to be largely stunted in our ability to know a place, to become part of that place in any significant or enduring sense of the word. And so, I'm curious what your thoughts are on what it means to know a place, [00:07:00] and perhaps on the often mad rush to say I know a place for the sake of social capital, you know, given the context of the kind of relative difficulties that one might incur, or in a place like Cornwall, and the relative degree of exile that forces people out.What do you think it means to know a place in the context of all of these economic pressures denying us that possibility, or at least making it really, really difficult. Craig: I think we have a real problem in modernity with the idea of knowing as a sense of capture, right? So if I know you, I have this boundary of this shape, this outline of Chris, right, that I can hold, that I can grasp. And I think sometimes when we say, "oh, I know a place," or, "oh, I know a person" there's no concept of the [00:08:00] ongoing relationality. You know, you capture the image and then you keep it. And it's a whole construct of extractive knowledge that really, I think, comes down to the idea that the humans are the ones who get to decide what a place is, right?So. I could say in the standard sense, "Oh, I know Cornwall because I, you know, I grew up there for nearly 20 years." My family has been there since about the 1500s. You know, "I know a place, it's in my bones." Yada yada yada. All the metaphors you want to use. But the fact of the matter is, the place itself influences me more than I influence it. So there's this strange sense of belonging in which modernity [00:09:00] says "I belong" or "it belongs to me" rather than perhaps the place has extended hospitality to me and allowed me to grow and I could live/work in a place for 30 years and never know it because we're not comfortable as a culture with the idea of going, "I don't know this place."And it's a variety. It's always changing. And I think about all the times I used to watch the sea and talk to folks whose parents were fishermen or lifeboatmen, and they'd be like, "Yeah, we know the waters, but the waters can change. We know roughly what they do under certain conditions, but we don't know them completely, because they can always surprise us."And So, when somebody says, "oh, you're from Cornwall, you're a Cornishman," and all that sense of identity, [00:10:00] I'm like, "yeah, but that's, that's both really fluid for me, because, you know, there's a lot of history." Is it the tourist world of the 20th and 21st century, or is it the farming and the mining that goes back to the Neolithic?How we relate to a place purely in a modern sense isn't, to my mind anyway, the only way to conceive of belonging because, even though I'm now 300 miles away from there, I have its isotopes, its minerals from drinking the water in my teeth, you know. So, on some level, the idea that you have to be in a place also to belong to a place is something that I'm curious about because, there's this whole notion, [00:11:00] "you're only in the place and you've been in a place for this long and that means you know it and you're local." Whereas growing up, there was this sort of weird thing where it was like, "yeah, you might have been here 30 years and everybody knows you, but you're not a local." Right? You still belong, but there was this other category of " you're not local or something like that."And so it's complicated, but I really do, for my personal take, tend to look at it as a, the landscape, or wherever it is, influences my sense of belonging in a non human context, or more than human context, if that makes sense. Chris: Hmm. Yeah, there's so much there. Yeah. I mean, I'm also, in the context of identity, also wondering in what ways, not only has the tourism industry shaped one's identity of being local, which [00:12:00] is, I think, a huge issue in over touristed places in the last, you know, 10 or 20 years, as identity politics rises into the mainstream, and but then also not just the industry and the interaction with foreigners or, or guests, or tourists, but the way in which the image of that place is crafted through, often, ministries of culture or heritage, you know, so you could grow up in a place that isn't necessarily overly touristed or anything like that. But then have your identity crafted by these ideas of culture or heritage that the government's, federal and otherwise, have placed on people.Craig: And especially because where I come from, Cornwall, actually had its own language, which died out, which was on the verge of dying out in the 19th century. And slowly there are more speakers of it now. And you go back there now and you'll find, [00:13:00] even when I was growing up it wasn't so prevalent, but you'll find a lot of the signs for the street signs will have the English and the Cornish.So that's where the government has embraced this identity and enhanced it after people have been saying, you know, "this is a language we've rebuilt it. It's cousin to Welsh and Breton. We should use it. It's part of our identity and it's got folded into that." And so the infrastructure itself is now been part of that. You know, those very same streets have a name that wasn't known for like, 50, 60, maybe to 80 years, and suddenly people are now deliberately using the old names in non English languages because of that. And it's very strange because, especially in the UK, what with all [00:14:00] of Brexit and all that, there is a very weird sense wherein the rest of England, i. e. North and London and those sort of areas don't understand because Cornwall was a peripheral area and much like Wales, there's a lot of distrust of central government. Hmm. So, you've got this whole construction of a personal identity of nobody actually really understands what goes on outside. Either they're incomers, either they're emmets. You know, which "emmets" is the old English for "ants." Referring to tourists as ants in a kind of, yeah, they get everywhere. And the whole notion of who we are is always constructed. But in that case, going away and coming back to visit, I'm going, "Well that street didn't [00:15:00] have that label on it when I left. But it does now. And so in a certain sense it's the same place, but it's got this overlay of somewhere different that really enhances that sense of layers for me of "which Cornwall?" "Which of any of these places are we talking about?"Like you say, is it the one you see on a picture postcard or an Instagram or is it the ones who sat there as kids going, right, 'there's nothing to do, let's go and drink in a field?' You know and all of these things can co exist.Chris: Hmm, right. Yeah, I just interviewed a friend of mine, Christos Galanis, who did his PhD on hillwalkers, as well as homecomers in the Scottish Highlands, so people who spend their weekends climbing, summiting the Highland Mountains, and also the Canadian or Americans who travel to Scotland on heritage trips or ancestral [00:16:00] journeys. And he mentioned how in the Highlands that the governments have placed the original Gaelic place names on all of the the signs there, whether you're entering a village or perhaps on the street signs as well.And that he said that something like "only three percent of the of the people in Scotland actually speak, speak Gaelic," so they see the sign, they see the name, the vast majority of people, and they have no idea what it means. And I also remember the last time I was in Toronto, which is where I'm from originally, or where I grew up.And my family grew up in the east end of town, and the main thoroughfare in the east end of town is largely referred to as "Greek Town." You know, when I was a kid it was certainly Greek Town. The Greek letters, the Greek alphabet names as well as the English names of the street signs in that area.But it's much, much, much less Greek than it was 25 years ago, right? So again, [00:17:00] this question of like, is that to some extent trying to solidify the kind of cultural geography of a place. That people come to that street and that neighborhood because they want to experience Greekness in its diasporic kind of context.And yet, so many of those people, so many of those families have moved on or moved along or become more Canadian in their own sense of the word, so. Craig: Yeah. It's very strange as well because things like that attract... there's a loop obviously, because you'll get people coming to experience the greekness or the cornishes, and people will be like, oh, we should open a business that will enhance the greekness or the Cornish of the place, and that will draw, and it just becomes this thing and, yeah.Yeah, it's very strange. And I would totally agree with you on that one. Chris: Yeah. [00:18:00] Yeah. Until like a Greek person from Greece or a Cornish grandmother comes into town and says like, what? No, that's not Yeah. Oh, yeah. So I'd like to shift the conversation, Craig, a little bit towards ableism, and begin with this question that comes from our dear mutual friend Aerin and who admits that she's happily robbed it directly from Fiona Kumari Campbell.Yes. So, you might have heard this question before but she she felt the need to kind of pose it anew and and so the question is this. How does disability productively color our lives and Aerin wanted to ask it, to modify it slightly and ask, how does disability generatively or creatively color our lives? Craig: I can't speak to anybody's life other than my own really. But I would say that for me disability has, [00:19:00] one, given me a real sort of ability to look at the world and go, "you guys think this is how everything works and it clearly doesn't."You know, it has given me a generative gift of going, "hold on, what people think of the default really isn't the default, because I was never born as the default, and so I've had to find my own way of relating to the world" and that means that anybody goes anytime anybody goes "Oh, well, everybody knows..." or "the only way to do it is this?" I am always going "are you absolutely sure about that?" You know, "are you absolutely sure that what you're looking at or experiencing or noticing is only perceivable in one way, it's only ever [00:20:00] frameable, in one context?" But also this idea for me that disability is simply a fact.It's not good or bad. It is a thing that exists in the world and ableism is essentially the urge to measure against the vast field of disability and impairment and go, "We don't want that. That's the worst thing to be. So, we will strive to not be that." As Fiona Kumari Campbell would say, " It sets up a ranking and notification and prioritization of sentient life."So, this is why we, to a certain extent, we have such a obsession with youth culture. Young, healthy, fit folks are in some way better than the elderly. Oh god, nobody wants [00:21:00] to get old cause, if you're of white extraction, "oh, they'll probably stick you in a home."Nobody wants to conceive of the idea that actually you can have a generative and intimate relationship with somebody, not necessarily a romantic one, but a deep, deep friendship that also involves, frankly to put it crudely, perhaps wiping somebody's arse, right? There's this whole notion of messiness and failure and why Aerin reworded it from "productive" to "generative" is that whole idea of being productive, of having capitalist use, to produce, to make for purposes. And for me, disability and the field of disability in which I exist says "I exist and I don't have to be productive." it really [00:22:00] challenges the capitalist framework for me. And also, ableism, because it's set up to rank things like speed, mobility, all kinds of things like that, having a disability where you're sitting there going, but there are other ways to do this. There are other ways to exist. To notice the way our bodies move that are mostly ignored in the sense of "yeah, we don't pay attention to our posture or our muscle structure or what our guts are doing because we're all already forced along to the next thing.You know, we're already touring from, "okay, I've got up in the morning. Next thing I've got to do is have breakfast," right? And if you can easily shift between those stages, so you get up in the morning, start your breakfast, put your clothes on easily. [00:23:00] You don't think about it as much, but if it takes you 10, 20 minutes to even get out of bed and you have to do specific things, maybe exercises, maybe things like that, the whole process thickens.And in a sense, for me, it's an antithesis to escapism because there are things you cannot escape. There are things you have to deal with. And because there are things you have to deal with, you have to pay attention to them more. And that means the most ordinary mundane thing becomes or can become, if you're willing to gently sense it, a lot richer.So, this is one of those interesting things where if people want to go places to experience new things, Okay, that's a whole issue that you've obviously talked about throughout the podcast, but there is a certain sense in [00:24:00] which we don't even know where we started from. We've not explored our own bodies.I mean, I wrote a piece in 2020 when all the lockdowns hit that got shared around various bits of the internet and I think even in the newspaper at one point in, but I got a request to syndicate it, of how to exist when you're stuck in your house. You know, what do you do to "keep," in inverted commas, "sane," which, of course, is an ableist framework, but what do you do to stop yourself from losing mental health? How do you function? And I broke it down and I sort of made practical suggestions of, this is how I, as somebody that doesn't actually have a, quotes, "normal life," and spends a lot of his time unable to travel or go out much, stops myself from feeling isolated, [00:25:00] because I've ended up having to learn to explore what some might regard as a limited domain.But to me, that limited area, that limited domain has given me this sense of vastness that's, you know, I can't remember which philosopher it is, but there is a philosopher who basically says, I think it is a Camus, who says "you just need to reopen when you're in your room and the whole world will reveal itself to you."And when you don't have a choice, when you're stuck in chronic pain, or sickness, or something like that and you have to work out what to do with your limited energy, to embrace life, there becomes a sort of challenge, to go, "okay, how can I feel like things are enriching? How can I, almost metabolize the things that other people would reject.⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.You know, [00:26:00] because disability is so "Oh, it's so sad he's disabled. Or we've got the cure for this and that. And we've got to cure it." And it's not really about ameliorating suffering. Which is a good thing. It's an analoid good to ameliorate any form of suffering. But there is this sense that the only way to perceive the world is through a so called "non disabled" abled body.The only way to experience a rich world, and again, I'm not knocking people who do a lot of travelling per se, but the only way to experience the world is to go on long journeys, and backpack and explore you know, new ways of thinking. That's great. And I'm not saying you can do exactly the same at home, but you can also become radically hospitable to yourself and to the environment in which you find [00:27:00] yourself.And that opens a whole lot of doors that I think I would regard as generatively colouring life and revealing life. In a way that was possibly occluded before. Chris: Yeah, I mean, so much of what I've come to in the research around tourism and hypermobility is this question of limits.And that certainly comes up in other themes, in other contexts. But not just the limits to one's place. Like, where does your place end? But also the limits of the human body. And, when we talk about freedom generally in the West, or in, in the context of modernity, it's so often pinned or underpinned via the freedom of movement, in part, because I know you're coming from the other side of the Atlantic, but certainly in, in this part of the [00:28:00] world, in the Americas and especially North America, freedom is understood as freedom of movement because that's in part how, the states and, and the nation's existences are justified.And so, I would just ask you what you think of that in the context of freedom being, of course a synonym for liberation. And how so many of our western notions of freedom are attached to movement and have. To a large degree become glorified in the hyper mobility of our times.Craig: I would agree with you. I think it was always there because of the colonial urge, but I think North American notions of freedom have, through a certain cultural hegemony, filtered back. You get it in the media, even Star Trek, you know, the final frontier, you know. Things like that. Or wide open spaces. There's still this notion of, freedom to move, room to live. It has its own European context and [00:29:00] horrors, unfortunately.But also, I think the notion of freedom as freedom to move. There is a question there for me, because I'm not sure we know what we're doing when we move. Right? And one of the questions that always was raised for me is, if I raise my finger, as I'm doing now, and I bend it so it's 90 degrees, how did I do that?What did I do? Well, science would say, okay, you used all your tendons and so on and so forth, and I'm like, yeah, "okay, those are nice descriptors. But what did I actually do?" Where's the connection between the impulse and the urge to bend my finger? Right. I don't know what I did there. I just thought I'm gonna bend my finger and the [00:30:00] finger bent But there's a whole bunch of stuff going on.So when I'm thinking about freedom of movement First the question is, "freedom to move in what way?" Right? So the the classic example is, in perhaps North America and and English speaking countries is "to go where I want, when I want, with none to to gainsay me, none to say you can't go there," which has been problematized thanks to the history of enclosure of land and capture by state and political actors, but also this notion that if you get into a city and you can go and people go, "Oh, I'm free to go wherever I want."I always sit there and I'm going, "yes, but you can go wherever you want, but if a place has stairs and no lift..." right? I [00:31:00] can't go there. So do I have less freedom? Well, according to the traditional notions of freedom, yes. I am less free. When I grew up, as an example in the UK I went to America when I was about four or five, and I was absolutely stunned by the amount of public toilets that had a disabled toilet.Right? Because virtually nowhere where I grew up at that point had a disabled toilet. This was due to the fact that the U. S. has a disability rights movement that was slightly ahead of the U. K. 's. So I was freer to go about my holiday in the U. S. than I was technically at home. I couldn't go certain places because there weren't toilets, or there weren't ramps, because that had not been legalized. You know, there'd been no legislation. In the UK, there was [00:32:00] no disability legislation until 1995. You know, so technically, I was born in 1981. I had no specific extra legal rights that I needed for 14 years. Now some would say, "oh, that, you've got freedom there... the law has given you freedom.It's giving you the ability to move, but it's only given me the ability to move in approved ways, right? And so every single time somebody talks about room to move, my query is always, okay. "One, as I said, move in what way? And two, who taught you what method of movement is approved or disproved?" So, particularly in Europe, we have folks like the Romani, the Irish travellers, [00:33:00] even the so called New Age travellers, right, who are nomadic folks.And despite this obsession with freedom, the idea that people are nomadic, are shiftless and rootless, still exists. Yes, a degree. The degree of privilege, the degree that I could be, quote, "more confident going into public spaces." And you'll see this in American history and throughout European history as well.And when I was talking about the nomadic folks, I was saying, you know, there are only certain people who are allowed to move in certain ways, to travel in certain ways that are approved. In similar ways with disability there were only certain kinds of people who were allowed into public spaces.They might not have been legislated against in the mid twentieth century. They might have struck those off the books, but at [00:34:00] various points, at least in the US, if you look up the Chicago Ugly Laws, people who were regarded as vagrants or unsightly, were not allowed in public spaces. They could be jailed for that.It's not just loitering. It was very much anything that could give offense because they were physically disabled. Or, the idea that the physically disabled are more likely to be begging or doing things like that. That was all folded in. So, this notion of freedom as the ability to move and move in space.Despite the North American urge to be like, "well, nobody can tell me what to do." There's still a certain level of certain forms of movement are privileged or regarded as normal versus others. So, you know it's weird if you don't stay [00:35:00] in one place or perhaps, it's weird if you don't have a reason for your seasonal job, right?When I was a kid and a teenager... like I said, where I grew up was kind of known for surfing, right? And I met folks who would come from places like Australia and live in Volkswagen transporter vans and work in the seasonal hotels and then go surfing. And then sometimes in the winter they disappear off to Morocco.And you wouldn't see them for six months and they'd come back and there's all this kind of idea of Differing rhythms, which has really influenced my entire life because those folks, they were there there were hundreds of them you could see them parked on every road and I knew several of them very very well, but the fact of those seasonal rhythms, which weren't [00:36:00] approved. It wasn't approved that they didn't stay in one place and pay taxes. To some that might be, you know, "Oh, that's freedom! That's telling the government, I don't have to pay your taxes or I don't have to stay in one place and be a registered visible citizen. I can be a free spirit and go to Morocco whenever I want. But, the fact of it is, if you walked on the, on the roads, people would look at you funny, right?If you look at people who do long distance walking in areas that are drivable, I mean, especially I guess in North America, that's looked at as very, very, very strange, because you guys don't have the infrastructure. So, for me, it's this really strange notion that we're fixated on particular kinds of movement to do with agency and power, right?And we, we will say, "oh, [00:37:00] that's mobile, that's fast, that's quick, that's agile." And I'm always curious about what criteria we're using to say, "oh, that's fast, that's agile, that's nimble," when you look at the so called natural world, and you've got plants that are seemingly immobile, but they actually turn to the sun.You just don't notice it until you stick it on a stop motion camera. And then you're like, "wow, they move." But you could go past that plant every single day and be like, "yeah, it doesn't move. It's a plant. It just stays there." Right? Because our perception of what movement is and what is approved is based around one, what we're taught and two, what we see every day.But also three. What we can't notice unless we're forced to look at the same thing over and over again, right? [00:38:00] Because our tendency is to see one thing, think, "Oh, I know it. I've spotted it. I know what it is. I've identified it. It's fitted into my matrix of identity. I can move on now. It's all sorted." But the whole ethos, I guess, that I'm coming at iswhat if you don't know? What if you don't know? What if that microphone that I'm speaking into and you're speaking into it looks like a particular thing and you think you could describe a microphone to somebody but go down to say the flows of the electrons and it's a context issue. You know? And, and So, I'm interested in thinking about what are the contexts are in the room with us right now that we're not even paying any attention to, and not even in the room, in our own bodies, in our own language.Chris: Wow. Yeah, again, there's so much there. My [00:39:00] my thoughts just flew off into a million different directions. And I feel like it would probably take me a while to to gather them in.Craig: No problem. You do what you need to do. I mean, that's, that's the whole point. Chris: Yeah. So I had a queer crip travel writer named Bani Amor on the podcast in season three.And we were talking about the fallout and the consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic. And she said something like, you know, "the settler can't stay still. That the pandemic showed us that we can't stay still." In the context of that time that so many people who had been engaged in and who glorify or who simply have been taught to live a hyper mobile life, that there was this opportunity to question [00:40:00] that, to bring it into a different context.And I know a lot of people, couldn't necessarily leave their houses in the quote unquote lockdowns. But I don't think that wouldn't necessarily stop people from tending to or allowing themselves to witness the more than human world in that way. And so, my question is, assuming we have the opportunity, in some manner, in any manner, how do you think we might have our understandings of movements subverted, or at least challenged, by virtue of looking at the movement in the more than human world.Craig: Great question. I think one of the biggest notions, and I just want to return to that phrase, "the settler can't stay still." And really, agree with that, and so add to secondary things of what actually is stillness, right? We have [00:41:00] this idea of stillness as immobility, as, as, as perhaps staying in one place.Not moving, but actually, if we look at what we're doing when we're actually apparently still, there's still movement going on, right? There's still movement going on in our bodies. There's still a different kind of mobility going. And we're not the only ones, right? The more than human does this exactly as well.If you look at a rock, oh, you think a rock doesn't move? I mean, it doesn't move, but then you have erosion, right? Then you have the rain, and the way that particles are shaved off it, and it shifts. So, when we're thinking about outside, when we're thinking about... and when I say "more than [00:42:00] human," I'm not saying "better than human," I'm saying "exceeding the human," I just want to make that clear, it exceeds the boundaries of the human. Disability as mutual friend Bayo would define it is, I believe he said "it's a failure of power to contain itself." So, that's Bayo Akomolafe. And this notion that the world and the modern human flows through and beyond any sort of boundary, right? So, any outline we form is not immune in the sense of there's no boardwalk, right?A wall is not an untouchable upright edifice. It's actually touched and permeated, right? So everything in the more than human context interrelates and is, to a certain extent, degrees of [00:43:00] permeable. So, yeah, our cells keep certain things out, and let certain things in, but even the things they keep out, they're in contact with.They're relating to. Right? Because in the same way, with COVID 19 vaccine, people think, "oh, it's a vaccine. It's immunity, right? It'll stop me getting COVID. Or it'll stop me getting this, or stop me getting that." What it actually does is it has an interaction with your, the vaccine has an interaction with your immune system.There's a dialogue, there's a discussion, a call and response, which then engenders further responses in your body, right? So, there's constant relation that is ongoing. So, nothing is one and done, right? To borrow from Stefano Hani and Fred Moten No motion is ever completed, right? Nothing's [00:44:00] ever finished. It's not like we're gonna get off this and, and you'll be like, "oh, I've finished recording the podcast." Sure, you've hit the stop recording button, but the recording of the podcast is still ongoing. And there's this fundamental ongoingness, which is a product of the world.The world is worlding, right? And that means the most ordinary, mundane thing you can think of is ongoing. The mug I have right in front of me right now with tea in it. It's ceramic. It's been painted, but it's still ongoing, right? It still has the relation to the machines that shaped it. And it also has this ongoingness with the human history of pottery.Right? And people go, Oh, that's ridiculous. That's not practical. You know, "it's a mug," but I always [00:45:00] think. Isn't that just commodification? Like, is that not just saying it's a commodity, it doesn't have a story? Like, I don't want to get all Marxist here, but there's that real alienation from ongoingness and the fact that we also are ongoing attempts at relation. We're not even fixed identities. Our movements cannot be technically circumscribed because I have a disability which means I can't dance. Right? I use a wheelchair. I can't dance. I can't do the tango. Right? Okay. But everybody uses dance in a context of bopping to the music and doing all this thing and it's a bit like freedom. You know, everybody assumes that dance is a particular thing.But as Bayo and We Will Dance with Mountains, the course, the whole point of it being [00:46:00] called We Will Dance with Mountains is the fact that mountains don't dance like humans. Mountains dance like mountains. And the only way we spot how mountains dance is to actually pay attention to them and attempt to relate to them.We can't get out of our framework completely, but we can be open to say, what does our framework for a mountain miss about those massive landforms? What are we missing when we say a mountain doesn't move? And that's where you have references to indigenous and local stories that actually talk about these landforms, these places, these folklore places, as the living, moving beings that they actually are.Hmm. You know. Yeah, "okay, that stone circle over there was because a bunch of women were dancing on a [00:47:00] Sunday and in a Christian country, that's bad, so they got turned to stone," or in Scandinavia, "that rock there, it's actually a troll that got caught out in the sun." that these are living, ongoing beings and events, which it's not woo, it's actual or intellectual, I think.If you look at anything for long enough, you start to notice what's ongoing with it, even something that's solid and fixed. And that, to me, the gripping is the bending of the perception, right? That is queering, but crip-queering is that point where you have the restriction involved. People will talk about queer liberation, and yeah, we want crip liberation. That's cool. But if you think about crip liberation as, it might actually be the limits that bring us liberation.And then, if you track back [00:48:00] into mythologies long enough. You've got figures like Dionysus or then poetic gods who say, they're the ones that fetter you. They can bind you, but they can also set you free. And that is really interesting to me that a lot of these liberational figures also have a side that they can tie you up.And I don't just mean in a bondage sense. It's this notion that the two things, the two complexes are part of a whole thing, and you can't divide it into restricted and free and you can't escape. You can't pull a Harry Houdini from existence, which, to a certain extent, some people, when they go on holiday, engage in tourism, they're trying to escape for a little while, their other lives. But we all know you can't escape them. Mm-Hmm. But the inescapability of it is not bad. Right. By default, it's not [00:49:00] bad. It can be, but the assumption something is inescapable, just like, oh, something is disabling. Mm-Hmm. the assumption of good and bad. If you can hold that in abeyance and actually look at it for a second and go, Okay, what's going on here?Maybe our conceptions of this need reevaluating. Now the reason we don't do this on the regular, even in modernity, is because it takes a lot of effort and time to focus. And that's another benefit that I get as a disabled person, right? Because I can't use my time for a whole bunch of things that non disabled folks can.So I've got more time, I've got a different relationship to time and space, which means that I can sit and look at things with that differing relation to time and space, and be like "Huh, I never noticed that." And then I get to talk [00:50:00] about this stuff to folks like you, and people get surprised.And they're like, "you think about this all the day." I'm like, "no, I don't think about this. This is my life. This is how I live. This is my embrace of life, right? And this is my freedom to literally, Be like, " well, okay, my restrictions. How do they actually open me to the world?" And I'm not offering a prescription here, because everybody's different.But it strikes me that even the most nomadic person always carry stuff with them, right? And to borrow from Ursula K. Le Guin with her "Carrier Bag Story of Fiction," which Bayo talked about in We Will Dance The Mountains, the idea of what we're carrying is really interesting, but how often do we rummage in our own bags?Hmm. [00:51:00] Right? How often do we take off our backpacks and rummage just for the sake of it? Often we just look in the backpacks for something specific. Hmm. Right? Oh, I need a map. Oh, I need a chocolate bar. Oh, I need my, you know my iPad. We rarely stick our hands in and notice the way our clothing might shift around our fingers or the way, you know, the waterproofing is possibly coming off and means that the fabric has these different textures because we don't take the time and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's the fact that we don't have that relationship to time and space.And babies, kids do. It's why kids put things in their mouth. All those things where you're like, "Oh no, don't put that in your mouth, it's bad for you." They don't know that. But the whole point of putting it in their mouth and feeling it is to try and not [00:52:00] understand it, not get it.There's nothing there in a baby in its early function that says, "I must understand what that is." The understanding comes upon you through experience. But there's no bit, at least as far as I can work out, that's like, "I must understand what it is that I'm putting in my mouth."It's more like, "hmm, that tastes interesting, it has some interesting textures," and then your brain does all the work or your brain and your body mind do all the work, but the personhood isn't also doing all the work, just like the "I" of my body, right, my relationship with the "I", as in my sense of self, I have to expand that to my entire body, You know, because there's so much going on right now in this conversation that I'm not aware of, right?There's stuff going on in my room that I'm [00:53:00] not aware of, but it's going on now. And so I have to expand and that expansiveness also means I sometimes have to venture into realms of pain, right? Because I have chronic pain. And in order to fully experience that, sometimes I have to encounter that pain.I have to slow down and focus and go, "Oh, the chronic pain that I was mostly ignoring because just in the background, it suddenly leaped to the fore because I'm paying attention." Now, modernity says you shouldn't do that. You shouldn't do stuff that causes you pain. Understandable in a certain context, but If I didn't understand that the pain was also part of the experience and changes how I move, if I didn't understand that chronic pain changes how time stretches, then I wouldn't be where I am.So the more than human permeates the human in ways [00:54:00] that the human is either deliberately trained to deny or doesn't even know is going on and the pandemic basically was, in my eyes, the more than human kind of knocking on the door going you are not this completely hermetically sealed box, right? Your society is not a hermetically sealed box. Chris: Amen. Amen. I mean, could have gone in a lot of different directions, but here we are, at least being able to reflect on it in a good way, and I'm reminded, this notion of abeyance and attention and, and the expansion of the I.I'm reminded of this, this line from Simone Weil who said that "absolutely unmixed attention is prayer." And so, I think that it, something like that is worthy of the times we, we wish to live in and perhaps sometimes do. Craig: [00:55:00] Definitely.Chris: And so, you know, I wish we had more time, Craig really getting into some beautiful black holes there. But hopefully we get the opportunity to speak again sometime.Craig: I'd be, be happy to. Be happy to. Chris: And so before we depart, I'd just like to ask the kind of token question that always comes at the end of interviews, which is where can our listeners find your work?And I'm pretty sure you had a book that came out last year entitled, Goetic Atavisms, if I'm not mistaken. Craig: Yes, I did. So you can find me on my mostly moribund, but strange little blog at cold-albion.net. And you can also pick up the book, which is, to be clear, more of an occult angle on this, but it also brings in the disability angle directly from the publisher Hadean Press or you could get it from, you know, the Bezos Behemoth, if you really [00:56:00] wanted. I am also not really on social media as a project, but I'm also on you know Blue Sky, so you can search me up there, or Mastodon, which you could always search me up there, and I occasionally post things on there.Chris: Wonderful. Well, I'll make sure that all those links and connections are available for our listeners once the episode launches. And I very much look forward to reading Goetic Activisms myself. So, thank you so much, Craig.Chris: Thank you, Chris. Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe

Salt Lake City has big plans for getting Japantown back, but what about Greek Town? Executive producer Emily Means and host Ali Vallarta dive into the drama and opportunities around a proposal to redevelop the area. Plus, here's how much your energy bill could go up, and local tips for ghost town explorers and moviegoers. Resources and references: As SLC looks to revitalize Japantown, the question arises: What about Greek Town? [Salt Lake Tribune] How We Get Japantown Back [City Cast Salt Lake] Rocky Mountain Power lowers its rate increase proposal to 18.1%, down from 30.5% [Utah News Dispatch] Why Your Electric Bill Might Go Up [City Cast Salt Lake]  How to balance safety vs. adventure at Utah's ghost towns and abandoned mines [Axios]  Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It's the best way to support our work and help make sure we're around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC. Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:  Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/CITYCAST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to the full Episode here: https://www.patreon.com/coldpod Tony Price (⁠Maximum Exposure Inc⁠) and Peter Alexandropoulos (⁠P.S.⁠) are two lifelong Greek Town residents. For part two of this special 3 hour podcast we discuss the two sides of nightlife, the intersection of fine dining and DJing, Dreyfus, the price of a bottle of Peroni, music vs hospitality, audiophile dining experiences, not respecting DJ's, navigating the music world in 2024, scarcity mindset, Bambi's, natural wine bros, the cost of going out in Toronto, Sounds Good, the return of midsized venues, pre-batch cocktails, the impossibility of counter culture in 2024, the mafia, mass interconnectivity, grilled fish, jaded Toronto people, The Science Centre, Sim City, James Ferraro's 'Far Side Virtual', City Place, Toronto being anti cultural and much more! ⁠Tony Price⁠ ⁠Tony Alexandropoulos⁠ ⁠Josh McIntyre⁠ ⁠Austin Hutchings⁠ ---- ⁠COLD POD

This episode is FREE! Part 2 dropping next week on Patreon. Tony Price (Maximum Exposure Inc) and Peter Alexandropoulos (P.S.) are two lifelong Greek Town residents. For this special 3 hour podcast, we decided to head east and record it in the neighbourhood they call home. We sat down with Tony and Peter to discuss Tony's house being a relic of night clubs past, Greektown ingenuity, meeting at Bar Buca, tanning salons, craft breweries, Danforth in the 90s, Prince, neighbourhood legends, Crudo, the Danforth Wikipedia page, the greatest dining experience in Toronto, Athens restaurant, their trip to Greece, East vs West, the Anti-Greek Riots, New Yorker tote bags, 'Danforth behaviour', only feeling comfortable in a suit, sweatpants, Sarano Cafe, Uber Eats, comfort culture, small plates, Peter's moms radio show, Riverdale people, noise complaints, Club Rockit, Vince Carter bringing bottle service to Toronto, the King St clubs Tony helped build with his dad, Denise Benson's 'Then and Now' book, The Guvernment / Kool Haus, the club district, why there aren't any clubs in the east end and much more! Tony Price Tony Alexandropoulos Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- COLD POD https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Who is responsible for making the Mile High's food scene stand out? What restaurants have created the culinary landscape we know today as unmistakably Denver? In other words, if there was a Mt. Rushmore of this city's dining innovators, who would be immortalized? Host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi are joined by Westword's food editor Molly Martin to dig into our culinary history and create the ultimate list of the people behind the biggest influences on the tastes, innovations, and culture of Denver. Paul mentioned the Jason Sheehan piece on Biker Jim that sparked this conversation. Molly talked about Bill St. John's remembrance of Mel and Janie Master, which first mentioned the idea of a culinary Mt. Rushmore. Bree talked about Adam Cayton Holland's reporting on the Chubby's family saga, Alan Prendergast's story on the formation of Greektown, Patty Calhoun's look back at the fern bars of Denver, and History Colorado's entry on “Daddy” Bruce Randolph Sr. and the Epworth Foundation's Feed-A-Family program. For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver What do you think? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Denver Botanic Gardens Blanco Cocina + Cantina Babbel Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Axios contributor Justin Kaufmann joins Bob Sirott to talk about the best Italian ice Chicago has to offer, like Mario’s Italian Lemonade. Freelancer Samantha Nelson also joins Bob to share details about food festivals throughout the summer, including Taste of Chicago, Taste of Greektown, Vegandale, and so many more.

While working five Olympics and numerous Wrestle Manias our guest this week Steve Argintaru has seen and done a lot .  Being at TSN for over 26 years put Steve on the map as one of the best in the business and opened many doors for him.  Currently Steve is doing some great work for two of the big independent promotions in the Toronto area; Greektown and SMASH wrestling.  Alot of great conversations were had and so much more; you must listen to find out!!!      Refin It Up Social Media Twitter and IG @refinitup ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/refinitup⁠⁠ Brian Hebner Social Media Twitter/IG @babyhebner Jimmy Korderas Social Media Twitter: @jimmykorderas IG: @realjimmykorderas Artwork by JD Hoop @JDHoop702 Music by AJ McKay ⁠⁠⁠⁠ajmckaycreative.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ TRY BLUECHEW FREE WHEN YOU USE OUR PROMO CODE REFIN AT CHECKOUT--JUST PAY $5 SHIPPING. Use the promo code "REFINITUP" to get 15% off ALL products at madcatbeardcare.com

Also in the news: Dolton trustees appoints potential acting mayor; Man robbed Greektown store with a hammer; Wildfires in Canada affecting air quality in Illinois and more.

Also in the news: Dolton trustees appoints potential acting mayor; Man robbed Greektown store with a hammer; Wildfires in Canada affecting air quality in Illinois and more.

Also in the news: Dolton trustees appoints potential acting mayor; Man robbed Greektown store with a hammer; Wildfires in Canada affecting air quality in Illinois and more.

It's Greektown Restaurant Week! In the Steve Cochran Studio is Tia and Xenia from 9 Muses Bar and Grill. Hear about Greek foods, Greek wines and beers, and the deals this week at 9 Muses. Pictured is the Baklava Cheesecake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Take a ride with ChinesePod on the Freeway of Love to Detroit, Michigan. We get to Motown, the Motor City, the 3-1-3. Though we're slightly apprehensive due to drive-by shooting cliches, we hang in there practicing our tones to stay calm as we drive though Greek Town and past Joe Louis' arm. Now, you may be on Nanjing Road or 8-Mile Road. Either way, this is the lesson for you. Learn in Mandarin about a place far, far away from your dumplings and rice... Detroit. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0843

Jan. 15, 2024 ~ Hollywood Casino at Greektown Chief Community Officer Marvin Beatty and Hollywood Casino at Greektown Assistant General Manager Jeremy Fontenot talk with Paul W about Hollywood Casino at Greektown spearheading an effort to revitalize the retail and entertainment in the downtown area around the casino.

It hasn't happened in 27 years, but tonight the Michigan football team will try to win the College Football Playoff National Championship. We talked live with University of Michigan President Santa Ono, who is there for the game. He calls the environment "ELECTRIC!" (Credit: Kirby Lee/USA Today) The Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Lions weren't the only big winners in football this season. A local man is taking home half a million dollars thanks to his unbeaten record.

Happy holidays everyone!! We are unlocking Stavvy's World Bonus #19 - The Halkias Brothers. This ep was the first time Stav's brothers, Nick Halkias and George Halkias, appeared on the show. This was a Patreon-only episode, but we're making it public for you to enjoy even if you're not subscribed, as a damn Christmas treat. Original episode description: Stav's bros Nick and George join the podcast in a special episode to celebrate Greek Independence Day and discuss growing up in Greektown, navigating the politics of the baby prison-esque middle school they went to in Baltimore City, the hilarious male role models in their family, their excitement to watch John Wick 4 and eat gyros after the pod, and much more. They also unveil a very special present for the studio from some fans of the show. Stav, Nick and George help callers including a single dad struggling to put on weight and get insanely swole, a guy wondering if he should include an off-color joke in his best man speech, and field a few questions from the beloved Patreon subscribers of Stavvy's World. Follow George Halkias on social media: https://www.instagram.com/josh.godly Follow Nick Halkias and his gym Odyssey Strength and Conditioning on his social media: https://www.instagram.com/nikostrength_ https://www.instagram.com/odyssey.strong Unlock exclusive, Patreon-only episodes at https://www.patreon.com/stavvysworld Wanna be part of the show? Call 904-800-STAV and leave a voicemail to get advice! LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE:

Hello Wednesday! Producer Shianne is in studio and we talk about the stories and events of that interest us... plus, Jer shares a yarn his pops told him about his bobcat when he went to Wayne State in the 60s. 01:38 - Shianne brought some of the new Caribou in the studio to try from the new Ferndale location. Do the vibes live up? 07:00 - The Woodward road diet in Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge is finished for the season, and traffic has opened up so we can get a better look at what was built. Shianne has thoughts (there's still some more work to do in the spring, but in short, Woodward went from four lanes to three)  12:20 - The city of Oak Park is suing the owners of the old WWJ building as a restaurant project has been stalled for years. 16:41 - A story about a wiley pet bobcat, Wayne State, and a reflecting pool. 19:17 - In our Tell Me Something good segment, the first Holidays in Greektown is this weekend, something to check out if you're looking for some ice carvings, tasty food and caroling. Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com or 313-789-3211 Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://lnk.to/dailydetroitonapple  Or Spotify: https://lnk.to/dailydetroitonspotify  Thanks to our members: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit  Or those who do a one-time contribution: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit  

The hosts are back to discuss a terrible Thursday night football game in which the Raiders, of all teams, puts up 63 on the Chargers. Gilbert phones in from our sister property in Detroit, Greektown. Jenny and Caleb have a spirited debate about Patrick Mahomes' fit after the Chiefs lost to the Bills on a controversial call. Can anyone catch Jenny in the spread pick em challenge??Follow the Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behindthebookpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/behindthebook_ Follow Ameristar: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameristarbh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmeristarBH

What does it take to run a bar and restaurant? When Owen Burke and his business partner Tony Piraino first ran a bar called Pulse in 2005, the building they were leasing got demolished by the city for future progress.  So they changed concepts, got a hold of a historic building in Greektown, and opened Firebird Tavern in 2013. A decade in one concept is quite the accomplishment in their industry. And recently, they expanded with a second location in Troy, Michigan. In this honest conversation at the Daily Detroit studio at TechTown, we talk about the ups, the challenges, and a lot more. Show notes: 02:21 - History of the building in Greektown and introductions 06:17 - Why do a second location in Troy? 06:44 - The harsh impact of COVID on business, and the long-term changes 08:02 - Traffic feels down in Downtown Detroit to 2008, pre-bankruptcy levels and patterns 10:51 - Extensive plans to convert Monroe Street to be more pedestrian friendly, thoughts and impact 11:51 - The timing of I-375 project matters and it's all interlocked 12:40 - Hard business lessons from the Avenue of Fashion closures on Livernois and businesses closed  13:39 - Lessons learned since 2005 on making a place go 15:06 - Everyone will bring you a Bud Light. What's different about your spot? 17:11 - On keeping staff 19:42 - Biggest changes in the Greektown neighborhood over the years 20:40 - Wrestling with negative headlines for Greektown and addressing issues late at night 23:47 - How important are events like the NFL Draft, Opening Day, and Super Bowl? 26:37 - General advice for others wanting to start a bar or restaurant 30:14 - What to order at Firebird Tavern 34:54 - How to get business? Answer the phone. Follow up. Build the events business. 39:21 - Online ordering is a multiple times the volume in the suburbs than the city. The volume is almost non-existent downtown; in suburbs, it's a key part of business 40:10 - Who thought we'd be paying with our eyeballs? And the fact credit cards are everywhere when a lot used to be cash. Patrons are driving that change, since so few use cash now, credit card companies come with fees.  43:26 - Hopes for 2024 Thanks to today's sponsor, City Bird: https://www.citybirddetroit.com/ (To be clear, they had no impact on the content of the episode outside of their ad read) Support the businesses that support us this holiday season.  Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com or 313-789-3211 Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://lnk.to/dailydetroitonapple Or Spotify: https://lnk.to/dailydetroitonspotify  hanks to our members: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit Or those who do a one-time contribution: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit  

Have you ever felt like you were born into a mystery, one that has defined your entire life? Walk with us into the labyrinth of James's life, a fascinating story that unravels his search for identity and uncovers deep family secrets. In a world where we're often defined by our lineage, imagine waking up one day and realizing you're not who you always thought you were. Join us as we follow James and his girlfriend Shana on an intense quest to Denver, Colorado. With a few clues and a bit of online sleuthing, they trail through Greek markets and cafes, hoping to find someone, anyone, who knows James's biological father. This episode is a roller-coaster ride of emotions, as James navigates the delicate balance between his adoptive family and his newfound Greek heritage. From a gripping court case to an unforgettable trip to the Denver Aquarium, the journey is as heartwrenching as it is thrilling.The climax of our story takes us into a hidden bar in Greek Town, where James finally meets his biological father's family. Despite a language barrier, the joy of reunion is palpable. Yet, the episode is not just about finding a lost father but also about the realization of James's true identity in the grander scheme of the Jones family legacy. As we wrap up, we explore profound lessons of hope, resilience, and the power of truth. So come, join us on this extraordinary journey of self-discovery. Support the showMore from James & Haley: Chef James K Jones Website Cooking with Chef James K Jones (YouTube Channel) Support our Sponsors Hurst Towing and Recovery -Lynn & Debbie Hurst205-631-8697 (205-631-TOWS)https://hursttowing.com/Home & Commercial ServicesCall or text 205-798-0635email office@hollandhcs.comInstagram Home & Commercial Services Crossfit Mephobia - Hayden SetserCrossFitmephobiainfo@gmail.com256-303-1873https://www.instagram.com/crossfitmephobia/Dana Belcher - RE/MAX Advantage NorthWebsite: theiconagents.comemail: danabelcheragent@gmail.comCall or text 205-910-3358

Workers at MotorCity Casino and Hollywood Casino in Greektown have voted to ratify a new contract. Casino employees at MGM Grand Detroit remain on strike, holding out for a better deal. Marick Masters, Chair of the Department of Finance at Wayne State University and organized labor expert, joined Stephen to compare the Detroit Casino Council with the United Automotive Workers, the logistics of bringing together multiple unions, and the difficulties of multi-employer bargaining.

A star studded cast jam packed with unique personalities. Live from Detroits own Greektown casino! Some won, some lost, but we all learned. Featuring Justin Taylor, Lucas, Anthony, and your host Hatch a beautiful collaboration of beautiful minds. Protecting your brand & being inspired by others, "We are artists and we're sensitive about our shit."- Erykah BaduFeng Shui???What's the consumption boom? Why is my TikTok fyp only ass n titties? Were earning a dollar and paying two. We need Jesus. Your attention is currency and your morals and values will now and forever be tested. Be safe tho...Follow:https://www.instagram.com/broken__ego/https://www.instagram.com/vandeal.sales/https://www.instagram.com/topshelfordie/Support the showsolo.to/hatch

Detroit casino workers from MGM Grand, Hollywood Casino at Greektown, and MotorCity Casino Hotel are on strike this week. MGM Grand Detroit says it has made a counteroffer which includes the single largest pay increase in the history of the casino. Nia Winston, president of UNITE HERE Local 24, joins Stephen to discuss casino worker demands and how long workers are prepared to wait it out.

This week, we were joined by Scott Smith, Generative AI expert to do a deep dive into the topic: what it is, its rise to popularity, corporate governance, and ethics. We ended the show with some fun and asked ChatGPT for some date night in Detroit suggestions, and to respond as a pirate. Here's the result: Arrr, matey! If ye be lookin' fer a swashbucklin' date night in Detroit, here be some fine ideas to consider: A Stroll Along the Riverfront:Set yer sails for the Detroit RiverWalk. Take a leisurely walk hand-in-hand along the water, enjoyin' the scenic views of the river, the Renaissance Center, and the Belle Isle Bridge. Dine Like a Pirate: Find a fine establishment in Greektown, Corktown, or Midtown to savor some delectable grub. Perhaps ye fancy seafood or a juicy steak, or even some Motor City pizza – Detroit's got it all, matey! Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA):If ye be art lovers, head to the DIA, where ye can explore a treasure trove of fine art, includin' the famous Diego Rivera murals. Don't forget to raise a glass at the Kresge Court for a romantic toast! Belle Isle Adventure: For a day of exploration, sail over to Belle Isle. Visit the conservatory, take a bike ride, or simply enjoy a picnic on the lush island. Detroit Distillery Tour: If ye be enjoyin' a bit of rum or whiskey, embark on a distillery tour in Detroit. Learn about the makin' of spirits and enjoy some tastin' sessions. Night at the Theatre: Check out what be playin' at the Fox Theatre or the Detroit Opera House. Catch a show or a concert for a memorable evening. Starry Night at the Planetarium:Visit the Wayne State University Planetarium and stargaze together. It be a romantic way to explore the cosmos. Downtown Ice Skatin':In the winter months, the Campus Martius Park be a grand spot for ice skatin'. Hold hands as ye glide across the rink under the twinklin' lights. Haunted Detroit Tour: If ye both be admirers of ghostly tales and history, take a haunted tour of the city. Detroit has its fair share of spooky stories to share. Riverboat Cruise:Look into takin' a riverboat cruise on the Detroit River. Some offer dinner cruises or moonlit sails for a romantic adventure on the high seas. Remember, me heartie, the best date be one where ye both be enjoyin' each other's company. So, choose the adventure that suits yer tastes and make it a night to remember in the Motor City!

Greektown, Detroit Tailgate (0:00 - 9:12) Lions beat Falcons (9:13 - 17:59) NFL Week Three Sunday Breakdown (18:00 - 40:49) Over-Under (40:50 - 50:35)

0:00 - Sports & Politics: Coach Joe Kennedy, Bremerton HS (WA) 7:05 - Ecosupremacists 24:51 - THE GREAT DISINTEGRATION: Chicago enlightened, wealthy suburbs 44:03 - THE GREAT DISINTEGRATION II: Chicago's hot real estate market & Chicago's great schools 58:17 - Migrants heading to Greektown  01:16:55 - Andrew Quinio, attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, on the fight against reparations from California to Evanston, IL. Anyone/Everyone who might be affected by this nonsense is encouraged to reach out. PFL attorneys are pro-bono constitutionalists with 17 SCOTUS victories and always stick up for the underdog - pacificlegal.org 01:31:07 - Noted economist Stephen Moore weighs in on plans to eliminate sub-minimum wage for tipped workers in Chicago. For more Steve @StephenMoore 01:43:41 - UFO stories with Aaron Rodgers, ayahuasca enthusiast 01:47:51 - Washington Times national security correspondent, Bill Gertz, discusses China/Ukraine/Russia and the Blinken/Kuleba McDonald's french fry summit. Bill is also the author of  Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global SupremacySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jay took his daughter to Hollywood Casino at Greektown for the first time this weekend! Plus, what were Allyson and Chelsea up to?

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Jer is from the east side, and Devon from the west side. They meet near the middle to discuss what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit. We lose power near the end of the show, but keep on plugging forward.  Where we've been: 01:40 - Jer Beat Drake to SheWolf in Detroit's Midtown by a few hours. Worth it? 06:08 - Devon went to the new Mezcal location in Midtown and has a full review. We also get into how just one block, or around a corner, can make all the difference in Detroit and whether or not the location works.  10:57 - A couple of pieces of harder news, as Rock Central and Rocket Mortgage are offering voluntary buyouts to a lot of employees.  13:56 - Do we really need to be building hundreds of thousands of more office spaces when it's clear the demand isn't there? 15:05 - Meanwhile UWM leader Mat Ishbia is building himself the largest occupied house in the state complete with an enchanted forest. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2023/07/18/phoenix-suns-mat-ishbia-bloomfield-township-michigan/70410992007/ 17:28 - The Book Tower is getting five new restaurant concepts, from French to Japanese. We walk through them. Will the Book Tower be a must-go-to destination in the region for food and hospitality? 21:43 - The well-liked Avenue American Bistro in Wayne is opening up a second location at the Dearborn Hills Golf Club. No, you don't need to be a member to go. Jer gets schooled about the west side. 24:48 - The Firebird Tavern in Greektown is setting up a second location in Troy. To Devon, Big Beaver Road is "up north." 25:52 - Saffron DeTwa's Chef Omar Anani won a round on Chopped! Go watch it on Food Network. He moves on in the tournament. 26:00 - Bon Bon Bon was named one of the top 10 10 10 chocolate shops in the country by USA Today 26:15 - Randy is bringing KISS themed Rum into the studio soon. I give Devon fair warning, and learns he thinks KISS is overrated. Link to vote in the Podcast Awards for us - We are in the News and Politics category as well as People's Choice. https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup  Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com or 313-789-3211. Remember we're on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2  And Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9  Thanks to our members: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit  Or those who do a one-time contribution: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit  

Patreon preview. Unlock full episode at patreon.com/stavvysworld Stav's brothers George and Nick Halkias return to the pod to discuss getting lost on their drive to NYC, Greektown's best and brightest, conquering one form of mental illness and descending into another, their dad's secret stash, Eldis's incompetence, and more. George, Nick and Stav help callers including a rehab center employee with two patients who are constantly fighting about politics, and a guy whose girlfriend put him in the doghouse after she saw he liked several thirst traps. Wanna be part of the show? Call 904-800-STAV and leave a voicemail to get advice! 

Vote in the Podcast Awards for us! We are in the News and Politics category as well as People's Choice. https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup Norris and Fletcher join Jer to catch you up on what you missed over the holiday.  Greektown is getting a $20 million grant to turn it into a proper part time pedestrian plaza There's more than 40 roundabouts in Oakland County, we discuss. Good or bad? Younger people are holding off on getting their license to drive and cars are more expensive than ever. Coincidence? We think not. Plus, Detroit City FC's mens team lost and a solid finish for the women's team as they defeated Ann Arbor FC in their last game of the season. Remember national dive bar day is Friday! Link to vote in the Podcast Awards for us - We are in the News and Politics category as well as People's Choice. https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com Remember we're on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2  And Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9  Thanks to our members: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit  Or those who do a one-time contribution: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit  

Donald Trump releases new NFT cards, KC door knock shooting, WATP Karl zooms in, Draymond Green's stomp, Jonathan Majors reps drop him, no one tells Antonio Brown what to do, United Airlines v. Anthony Bass gets dumber, grandmas love farts, and we check in with Alabama Mike. PLEASE visit BranDon, Eli and Marcus at The Breeze in Hazel Park on Thursday, 4/20. Get some Ghostbudsters. Crypto News: After many attempts Shaq is finally served in the FTX case. Donald Trump has released series two of his cool NFTs. Bill Maher and Ben McKenzie discuss how crypto and NFTs are a ponzi scheme. Live with Kelly and Mark is off to a bad start according to the viewers. Kelly Ripa has a new podcast that no one wants or needs. This grandma gets pranked with fart spray. Corey Feldman defenders have attacked us on YouTube, but our listeners return fire. The Anthony Bass vs United Airlines story got more irritating after Jessie James Decker enters the fray. Karl from WATP joins the show to re-review The Big Podcast with Shaq (with special guest Jeremy Piven) and rip another Barstool show: Chicks In The Office. Car crashes are racist. Annie got kicked off the Avatar ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom by a Power Hungry Big Head named Alex. MyFanPark.com is a Cameo wannabe. Book Michael Jackson today. Camila Sterling was found dead in the bathtub of a music executive's hotel room. "There's not much more too it." Stormy Daniels talked about Donald Trump's huge... room. The cause of death for Aaron Carter was drowning do to huffing duster. Jonathan Majors dropped by manager and PR team because of his domestic issues. Marvel may drop him too. Meanwhile, DC rolls on with Ezra Miller. Beef's David Choe is in trouble for past comments on a podcast. Where's the (Dave the) beef (Wellington)? The Detroit Tigers are on a roll. Former Michigan State Spartans: Miles Bridges has finally been suspended for 30 games after missing the entire season. Draymond Green was ejected for stomping on Domantas Sabonis. Shootings: Super Sweet 16 party in Alabama leaves 4 dead and 32 injured. DMP Alabama correspondent, Mike, is needed to fill in the gaps of the story. Old man Lester has been arrested for shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl. Yarl's GoFundMe is rocking. Kaylin Gillis was killed after pulling into the wrong driveway. A brutal murder went down in a Harlem smoke shop. Teen Takeover in Chicago was a disaster. Two have been arrested in fatal Greektown shooting. An Akron Grand Jury has decided not to pursue charges against officers that shot and killed Jayland Walker. Bud Light Fallout: Brantley Gilbert is not a fan of Bud Light. Ron DeSantis is doing bits about the controversy. A woman in Flint had her car repossessed while she was still in it. ABNN News: Antonio Brown owns a football league now and was kicked out by security. A Russian court upholds the detention of the Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich. Paul Whelan remains SOL. Here is another Arnold deepfake because BranDon loves them. Visit Our Presenting Sponsor Hall Financial – Michigan's highest rated mortgage company If you'd like to help support the show… please consider subscribing to our YouTube Page, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon). Or don't, whatever.

Patreon preview. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/stavvysworldStav's bros Nick and George join the podcast in a special episode to celebrate Greek Independence Day and discuss growing up in Greektown, navigating the politics of the baby prison-esque middle school they went to in Baltimore City, the hilarious male role models in their family, their excitement to watch John Wick 4 and eat gyros after the pod, and much more. They also unveil a very special present for the studio from some fans of the show. Stav, Nick and George help callers including a single dad struggling to put on weight and get insanely swole, a guy wondering if he should include an off-color joke in his best man speech, and field a few questions from the beloved Patreon subscribers of Stavvy's World.

Stavros Halkias is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast Stavvy's World. His first special “Live at the Lodge Room” was released in 2022 with over 5M views on YouTube. His new crowd-work special “4 Nights in New York City” comes out this week, also on YouTube Stavros Halkias joins This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von to chat about growing up in Greektown, Baltimore, unethical gyros, bad AI comedy, the ongoing Bud Light controversy, muscular love, why he left his old podcast, and much more.  Stavros Halkias: https://www.instagram.com/stavvybaby2/  ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit  https://amzn.to/3KOLMQj  Babbel: Visit https://babbel.com/theo to get up to 55% off your subscription. BetterHelp: Visit https://betterhelp.com/theo today to get 10% off your first month. RocketMoney: Visit https://rocketmoney.com/theo and stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way. Morgan & Morgan: If you're ever injured, visit https://forthepeople.com/thispastweekend or dial Pound LAW (#529). Their fee is free unless they win.  Raising Cane's: Satisfy your Cane's fix fast by ordering through their app, online at https://raisingcanes.com, or stop by your local restaurant. ------------------------------------------------- Music: "Shine" by Bishop Gunn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3A_coTcUek ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: tpwproducer@gmail.com Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers/ Producer: Ben https://www.instagram.com/benbeckermusic Producer: Colin https://instagram.com/colin_reiner

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