Podcast appearances and mentions of Holland Tunnel

This Day in Legal History:  Frederic William Maitland BornOn this day in legal history, May 28, 1850, Frederic William Maitland was born in London. Maitland would go on to become one of the most influential legal historians of the 19th century, widely regarded as the father of modern English legal history. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Maitland initially studied moral sciences before turning to the law. He was called to the bar in 1876 but soon found his true calling in historical scholarship. In 1888, he was appointed Downing Professor of the Laws of England at Cambridge, a post he held until his death in 1906.Maitland's most enduring contribution came through his collaboration with Sir Frederick Pollock on The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, published in 1895. This seminal work remains a cornerstone of English legal historiography, notable for its rigorous use of original sources and its narrative clarity. Maitland brought a historian's eye to legal development, emphasizing the role of institutions and the evolution of legal ideas over time. His scholarship reshaped the understanding of English common law, highlighting its medieval roots and its organic, often non-linear, development.Beyond his academic writings, Maitland played a critical role in editing and publishing primary legal texts, including year books and medieval court rolls, through his work with the Selden Society, of which he was a founding member. His meticulous editing practices set new standards for legal historical methodology. Despite a relatively short life—he died at 56—Maitland's intellectual legacy continues to influence the study of common law traditions worldwide.A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit brought by 14 states against Elon Musk and the federal agency DOGE could proceed, while dismissing claims against President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that the states had presented a plausible argument that Musk's aggressive cost-cutting measures lacked legal authorization, though she emphasized that courts cannot interfere with a president's official duties.The lawsuit, initiated in February by attorneys general from states including Oregon and New Mexico, argues that Musk has been given sweeping, unchecked authority over federal operations without Senate confirmation or congressional authorization. The states contend this violates constitutional requirements, as Musk has not been formally appointed or confirmed for any federal office.DOGE, a newly formed government efficiency agency led by Musk, has been rapidly eliminating jobs and programs deemed wasteful, sparking significant legal pushback. Since its inception under Trump's second-term reforms, roughly 20 related lawsuits have emerged, with courts issuing mixed rulings. Critics argue the agency operates outside constitutional bounds, while supporters claim it is essential to fiscal reform.US judge allows states' lawsuit against DOGE to proceed | ReutersA federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order against law firm WilmerHale was unconstitutional, marking the third time courts have rejected such orders targeting legal opponents. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon concluded that Trump's order retaliated against WilmerHale for hiring Robert Mueller, violating the firm's rights to free speech and due process. Mueller, a former special counsel, led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election—a probe Trump has long criticized.The executive order sought to strip WilmerHale's attorneys of security clearances, ban the firm from federal buildings, and block its clients from receiving government contracts. Judge Leon described the move as a “staggering punishment” that undermined the firm's ability to function and penalized it for protected political expression. WilmerHale celebrated the ruling, asserting that it upholds critical constitutional principles.This decision follows similar rulings by Judges Beryl Howell and John Bates, who struck down Trump's executive orders targeting Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block, respectively. A fourth ruling is pending regarding Susman Godfrey. The Department of Justice has defended the orders, insisting they fall within the president's authority, and may appeal Leon's decision.Some firms, such as Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins, reached agreements with the Trump administration to avoid penalties by pledging nearly $1 billion in pro bono services. These deals have sparked concern within the legal industry, with critics warning they reflect dangerous capitulation to political pressure.Judge bars Trump order against law firm tied to Robert Mueller | ReutersWilmerHale Wins Quick Ruling Against Trump's Executive Order (2)U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rescinding federal approval and funding related to New York City's congestion pricing program. The judge's order came just one day before the U.S. Department of Transportation, under Secretary Sean Duffy, was set to begin withholding environmental approvals and project funds from the city and state. The Trump administration had revoked the program's federal green light in February, arguing it unfairly burdened drivers and lacked a free highway alternative. New York officials, including Governor Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), sued to stop the federal rollback, calling the move politically motivated and unconstitutional.The congestion pricing program, which began in January, charges most vehicles $9 during peak hours to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Designed to reduce traffic and fund transit improvements, the initiative has shown clear signs of success in its first 100 days. Traffic congestion has dropped significantly, with up to 6 million fewer cars entering lower Manhattan compared to the same period a year ago. Commutes through bottlenecks like the Holland Tunnel have seen delays cut by nearly half, and traffic-related injuries in the zone have also declined by about 50%.Other measurable benefits include a 70% drop in complaints about excessive car-honking and improved bus speeds to the point that some drivers have to slow down to stay on schedule. Economic indicators like Broadway ticket sales and pedestrian foot traffic are up, suggesting that the tolls haven't deterred business as critics warned. Public transit ridership has also increased, particularly on the LIRR and Metro-North, reinforcing that many former drivers are switching to trains.Despite early skepticism and political backlash—including Trump's own social media mockery of the program—the numbers show that congestion pricing is working. The MTA expects to raise about $500 million this year, funding upgrades like subway elevators, electric buses, and the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway. While final legal outcomes remain uncertain, for now, both traffic and funding are moving in the right direction.US judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from killing New York congestion program | ReutersHow Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very. This is a public episode. 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//The Wire//2300Z April 10, 2025////ROUTINE////BLUF: FLOODING CONCERNS REMAIN IN KENTUCKY. OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONTINUES IN NORTH DAKOTA. USA/CHINA TRADE SPAT ESCALATES.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------HomeFront-New York: This afternoon a private helicopter (tail number: N216MH) crashed in the Hudson River in the vicinity of the Holland Tunnel. As of this report, no survivors have been reported, though rescue operations are ongoing.North Dakota: Tuesday morning a rupture was reported at the Keystone pipeline near Fort Ransom. Roughly 3,500 barrels of oil were spilled in a farmer's field as a result of the pipeline rupture.Kentucky: Recovery efforts continue following the flooding events of the past week. Severe weather events swept through the region last week, causing widespread damage from the floods. Many areas are still inaccessible due to roads washing out, and debris generally causing challenges with transportation.Washington D.C. - Tariff shenanigans continue as the White House clarifies the math on the total tariffs on China. So far, the final tally as of this morning is that a 145% tariff on all imports from China is in effect.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: As the helicopter crash in New York is a developing situation, not much is confirmed. Eyewitnesses state that the aircraft broke up mid-flight, with no obvious signs of distress or mechanical failure before the incident. Analysis of the aircraft's transponder data does not indicate any abnormal flight pattern before the incident that may indicate what happened. Of note, misleading videos are already circulating on social media, being pushed by very big accounts. An older video of a similar helicopter showing erratic flight is being falsely claimed to be from this incident, when in reality that footage was from a few years ago. In today's age, misleading, old, or even outright fake video clips always circulate on social media in the minutes after a disaster. Despite this, most people on social media quickly forget the accounts that push fake information, thus continuing the circus the next time something happens.In North Dakota, no cause was reported for the Keystone pipeline incident. However, the impacts will continue to be felt as the pipeline remains shut down (almost three days after the incident) while repairs are underway. This pipeline transports on average 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, so any downtime whatsoever will probably negatively impact the prices of petroleum products while repairs continue.Analyst: S2A1Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground//END REPORT//

Gio is unsure if he should be excited about the Knicks' potential. Boomer asks what they need to beat Boston. Gio dismisses Cleveland, despite their good season. They discuss the Knicks' starting five and the importance of health in the playoffs. C-Lo gives an update, but first they discuss Holland Tunnel traffic and Evan Roberts and Pete Hoffman taking gummies before recording their podcast. Brandon Tierney suggested they smoke a blunt instead. BT said Carton changed Evan. The final segment discusses Aaron Glenn and the Jets, emphasizing the need for patience with a first-time head coach and GM.

Hour 1 Tragic news of a fatal mid-air collision between a commercial jet and a military helicopter started the day. C-Lo filled in for Jerry and discussed a past on-air fight with Al. Evan's 420 Day. Sports news included the Knicks' win, Adam Silver's proposed rule change, Steve Wilks' new role, and Rutgers' victory. David Blough's potential Jets role brought up a bad memory for Gio. The show questioned the 49ers' firing of Steve Wilks after a Super Bowl appearance. Hour 2 The Jets hired Steve Wilks as defensive coordinator, and Boomer discussed why the Niners let him go. Boomer also talked about David Blough and Josh McCown's prospects, and a caller asked why QBs don't backpedal anymore. C-Lo gave an update, and they discussed David Blough's potential role with the team. The Knicks beat the Nuggets, and some Eagles attended the Sixers game. Rutgers beat Northwestern. Scottie Scheffler had an accident at home. Gio started watching the new Netflix documentary on OJ Simpson and found it surprisingly informative. Hour 3 Gio is unsure if he should be excited about the Knicks' potential. Boomer asks what they need to beat Boston. Gio dismisses Cleveland, despite their good season. They discuss the Knicks' starting five and the importance of health in the playoffs. C-Lo gives an update, but first they discuss Holland Tunnel traffic and Evan Roberts and Pete Hoffman taking gummies before recording their podcast. Brandon Tierney suggested they smoke a blunt instead. BT said Carton changed Evan. The final segment discusses Aaron Glenn and the Jets, emphasizing the need for patience with a first-time head coach and GM. Hour 4 The show discussed Steve Wilks' resume, Peter Schwartz's press conference, and C-Lo's update on CBS Sports Network's deal with professional table tennis. They also talked about the Utah NHL team's potential names, Brandon Tierney's solo show, and Bernie Sanders. The Moment of The Day was Boomer cursing while talking quarterbacks.

Beacon writer reimagines Aesop's If he excelled on the high school certification exams in his native Australia, Matt Eddy planned to become a lawyer. With middling results, he would pursue journalism. A real screw-up might lead to an acting career. Somehow, Eddy worked all three gigs. After a short stint as a reporter, he graduated from law school and flexed his thespian muscles in court as a criminal defense attorney. But he burned out and now helms the U.S. branch of a tech startup whose clients are corporate lawyers. To accommodate the creative bent, he turned to fiction, jazzing up Aesop's Fables. At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 2), he will read from a new collection, Vices & Virtues: Animal Stories for Adults, at the Howland Cultural Center with actor Amy White. The characters in Vices & Virtues include a gambling badger, a raccoon with a drug problem and a dog stuck in a loveless marriage, each of whom confronts moral and existential quandaries. In a YouTube video in which Eddy reads "The Rat & the Squirrel," his hands augment a debonair, deadpan delivery. When mellow mood music kicks in, Eddy pours a three-olive martini without missing a beat. Though 37, his persona, dapper dress and the setting evoke 1930s Art Deco. The online magazine The World's Faire first published "The Badger," which centers on a poker game at an independent living facility. After drinking bootleg grappa, the group discusses ethical lapses. Coyote stole clothes, money and canned goods from a church to allay his family's poverty. Fox, a storeowner who worked with cash, never paid taxes. A contractor, Wolf, huffed, puffed and blew up a building to receive an insurance payment so his wife could be treated for a debilitating illness. The melancholy tale ends with Badger, a widower, lying in bed as a paint chip breaks free from the ceiling and drifts down, "spinning and falling gracefully in its final dance." After "feeling its soft tickle on his cheek," Badger let it "lay alongside him, rejected and alone." In "The Crow," which appears on the website Half and One, the hep cats dig instrumental improvisation and wear zoot suits. Raccoon is a trumpet player addicted to heroin and "living the jazz life," though he gets clean and walks away from the scene. Crow, Raccoon's bass player, is a junior lawyer bored by "the three Fs: filing, fetching and photocopying." Reflections on rehab, a character's "breath smelling like vomit" and a musician who "leaned on the microphone stand like a crutch" add an edge. The author met his wife, Andrea Bombino, in a West Village dive bar. They lived in Australia before moving to Jersey City but disliked the concrete confines. "In Melbourne, we're 20 minutes to the beach, 30 minutes to the mountains and 40 minutes to wine country," Eddy says. "Sometimes it took a half-hour to get through the Holland Tunnel." They knew Beacon from road trips, but during one visit, Bombino discovered Notions & Potions on Main Street and he found Max's on Main, where he watched the Green Bay Packers while their daughter doodled. "We figured, 'We can live here,' " he recalls. They moved in 2023, and on Oct. 6, a son joined the family. Bombino still views Australia as an escape hatch. "The active shooter drill at our 4-year-old's school freaked her out," Eddy says. "But the clock is ticking [on immigration matters], and we're leaning toward Beacon." He discovered a local writers' group, fell in with the LitLit open mic and gravitated into the orbit of old souls under 40. "I've redefined myself, turning to fiction and live readings," he says. "I can't resist the urge, so who knows where it goes?" The Howland Cultural Center is located at 477 Main St. in Beacon. Tickets are $20 ($25 door) or $40 for VIP at dub.sh/matt-eddy-howland. Eddy's readings will be posted on YouTube and Spotify on Nov. 2.

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers It's February 1944 and we're in the U.S. Fleet Post Office at 80 Varick Street. 80 Varick Street is in the Hudson Square area of Manhattan just north of Canal Street and southeast of the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey. The street itself is named for Richard Varick, an early New York lawmaker, landowner, and mayor from 1789 to 1801. The Fleet Post Office was established on July 1st, 1943. Previously, mail addressed to naval personnel serving overseas was handled by Navy mailmen at the Morgan Annex of the New York General Post Office. When CBS' World News Today signed on Sunday February 20th, 1944 at 2:30PM eastern time, the allied forces had just begun “Big Week,” a six-day strategic bombing campaign against the Third Reich. By the time it ended on February 25th, German cities Rostock and Augsburg had been bombed, as well as several Dutch cities near the German border. The Germans also lost more than three-hundred-fifty aircrafts, and most importantly, more than one-hundred pilots. Lieutenant. A. E. Newton is in charge of this post office, but with forces in the European Theater growing larger by the day, it was already obvious this post-office has reached max capacity. Space was being acquired on Pier 51 of the Hudson River to handle the expected increase of letters and parcels to fighting servicemen. Here's Bill Slocum Jr. at the Fleet Post Office discussing how V-Mail works. In September 1944 the Parcel Post Section was moved to Pier 51. The Fleet Post Office continued until the end of the War. By January 1946, with many troops home, most of its functions had been moved back to the General Post Office. World News Today's sponsor, The Admiral Corporation, was originally known as the Transformer Corporation of America. By 1929 it was the biggest supplier of radio parts in the world. Bankruptcy ensued, but in 1936 owner Ross D. Siragusa purchased the right to change the name to Admiral Corporation America Inc. They began sponsoring World News Today in 1942. For a longer look at the news from this week, tune into Breaking Walls episode 148. Meanwhile, as the weather warmed on April 6th, 1944 the U.S. celebrated “Army Day,” while Al Trace and His Silly Symphonists took to the air over Mutual Broadcasting from the Plantation Room in the Dixie Hotel. The Dixie Hotel opened on West 43rd street between 7th and 8th avenue in 1930. It featured one-thousand rooms and a bus terminal which occupied the entire ground floor. Buses arriving at the terminal would drive onto a turntable, which would then rotate to the proper slip. Two sets of doors, one on either side of the terminal, led from the loading area to the waiting room. The waiting room had a cafe, newsstand, ticket booths, and elevators leading to the hotel's lobby. The hotel was developed by the Uris Buildings Corporation, which announced plans for the site in September 1928. A year after it opened it was foreclosed on. The Bowery Savings Bank ran it until in 1942, when the Dixie became part of the Carter Hotels chain. That year the Dixie Lounge Bar opened on the first floor. Decorated in a Southern Colonial style, it could be accessed from the lobby, the dining room, and directly from the street. The nightclub, along with the adjacent Plantation Room restaurant, fit five-hundred people. The Bus depot became redundant when the Port Authority Bus Terminal opened nearby in 1950. It was closed in 1957. Carter attempted to rehabilitate the hotel several times, even renaming it The Carter Hotel in 1976. They sold it the next year. New Yorkers knew this hotel as one of the worst in the city. It was closed in 2014.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Missing Man 1: Aboard Apollo 11:Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin. (Michael) Collins. 2: In a famous double-play combo:Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers. Frank Chance. 3: In the name of an optical products company:John Jacob Bausch. (Henry) Lomb. 4: In a legendary trio:Balthazar, Melchior. Caspar. 5: On an 1896 Republican presidential ticket:Garret A. Hobart. McKinley. Round 2. Category: The Reformation 1: This king's demand for an annulment aided the spread of the Reformation to England. Henry VIII. 2: Some reformers insisted that this initiatory rite be performed not on infants but on adults who had made a choice. baptism. 3: The Reformation's greatest leaders were Martin Luther in Germany and this Geneva-based Frenchman. Calvin. 4: Contrary to church doctrine, the Reformation declared that grace was a reward for this, not for works. faith. 5: Around 1545 the Catholic Church launched this movement to oppose the Protestants. the Counter-Reformation. Round 3. Category: The New York Knocks 1: Anyone from Boston will tell you the New England type of this, with milk, tops Manhattan's, with tomatoes. chowder. 2: The title of this Broadway musical that opened on May 5, 1955 makes its feelings about the local baseball team quite apparent. Damn Yankees. 3: Tough times at this arena, the "Mecca of Basketball", as even Pixar dunked on the Knicks in "Soul", explaining decades of futility. Madison Square Garden. 4: In their 1979 Top 40 hit "Shattered", this group sang, "Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots"... shadoobie. The Rolling Stones. 5: A Yelper on this landmark connecting Canal St. and Jersey City: a "traffic jam tunnel. If you have a small bladder like me, good luck". the Holland Tunnel. Round 4. Category: Last Words 1: This 1892 Leoncavallo opera ends with "La commedia e finita", or "The comedy is finished". I Pagliacci. 2: This term for "the end of the line" was once a god celebrated at the end of the Roman year. terminus. 3: In Clement Moore poem, what Santa said after "Happy Christmas to all". and to all a good night. 4: "Crito, I owe a cock to Aesculapius; do not forget to pay it". Socrates. 5: Founder of Communism, he said, "last words are for fools who haven't said enough". Karl Marx. Round 5. Category: It Sounds Like 1: Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad. Tonight. 2: A cylindrical storage container for grain, it sounds like an order to exhale quietly. Silo. 3: A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring. Relief. 4: It sounds like the kind of personality most likely to have a heart attack in the capital of Taiwan. Taipei. 5: A runway material, it sounds like what you do before you feather your Apple computer. Tarmac. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

It's NYC in the mid-90s. Everything is awesome until white gang members cause a disaster in the Holland Tunnel. Who will save the survivors trapped inside? Will it be policemen, a group of brave EMT's, or maybe the Ninja Turtles? How about a disgraced EMS Chief who's played by Stallone?  It'll be fine.   

At the end of the 20th century many world governments sought to lower birth rates – e.g. China's One Child Policy – but now in 2024… most major world governments are focussed on bringing fertility rates up. In fact, nearly all of the developed world is facing a declining and aging population. Hence, for the first time in human history a majority of the globe's population now lives under governments with a stated intent to influence childbearing.    So why do so many governments seem obsessed with national fertility rates? Should they be in the business of encouraging more people to have children – and if yes, what kind of incentives do or don't work? Are their coherent international regulations governing adoption and surrogacy and if not, why not? Is the domain of demography another realm of coordination failures and enduring disorder?    To start this week's episode, Jason Pack and Alex Hall Hall discuss the overall demographic state of our planet and why there can be so much traffic at the Holland Tunnel even amidst failing fertility rates. Alex talks about her own IVF journey and the thought process that led to the eventual adoption of her kids and she discusses why governments need holistic approaches to fertility rather than the mere use of cash incentives. Jason rails about the glaring need for global governance to provide universally acknowledged rules concerning adoption, surrogacy, and to deter the use of those pesky chemicals in plastics that reduce men's sperm counts.    To close the show, Alex and Jason take some listener questions. They cover: 1) Could Russia implode when Putin loses in Ukraine? 2) Should Britain finally create a written constitution? 3) Are voices that point out western hypocrisy without proposing solutions actually spreading disorder? And 4) All things considered (meaning holidays, NHS, and public transport) is one better compensated in the UK or US for the same work?    Twitter: @DisorderShow    Subscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/     Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/     Producer: George McDonagh  Exec Producer: Neil Fearn    Show Notes Links  Listen to Birthrates Are Plummeting Worldwide. Why? https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000649683423     Hear Are we living through an infertility epidemic? https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bunker/id1496246490?i=1000650753528     Listen to The Guardian's The chilling policy to cut Greenland's high birth rate https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626?i=1000652922783     Check out Who screwed millennials: a generation left behind – Full Story podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626?i=1000650954693   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. They were killed in a horrible collision with an impaired driver. The impaired driver reportedly had multiple prior offenses for driving while impaired. She recounts the tragic events, how she found out, her life afterward, and her mission in life. She also talks about the continuing problem with impaired and distracted drivers and how she has become an advocate and instructor for Police Agencies. On February 22, 2016, the impaired driver exited the Holland Tunnel from New York City and drove southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike extension toward the toll booths at Interchange 14C in Jersey City, according to court records. At the same time, Timothy O'Donnell was also driving southbound. He had stopped at the leftmost toll booth to obtain a toll ticket, with his five-year-old daughter, Bridget, in the backseat. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. Listen to this for free in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms. Suddenly, the impaired driver's car crashed into O'Donnell's vehicle, pushing it into oncoming traffic, where it collided with an ambulance. O'Donnell was pronounced dead at the scene, and Bridget died en route to the Jersey City Medical Center. The tragic deaths of Timothy, 48, and his daughter, Bridget, resulted from this accident at Interchange 14C of the New Jersey Turnpike when Hahn rear-ended their car as it approached the toll booth. The impaired driver was sentenced to 37 years and one day on May 23, 2019, and is currently serving his sentence at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway. However, he is challenging the court's decision. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms. Pam described her husband, Tim, a beloved science teacher at County Prep High School in Jersey City, as passionate about science. She said, "if there is such a thing as a perfect marriage, we had it. We loved each other. We respected each other. We talked about everything. Any issue—we talked it out. We were a partnership. We were a team." From an article in NJ.com. Pam remembered Bridget as fun, delightfully mischievous, and incredibly compassionate. During Pam's cancer battle two years earlier, Bridget cared for her devotedly, waking up every two hours at night to help her mother take her medication. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. You can listen to this in Apple Podcasts, our website, Spotify or most major podcast platforms. Operational Police Protective Services, provides professional, safe and effective security services in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. And will be expanding to other States soon. Get more details at www.oppsprotection.com. Colonial Metals Group, helps with the goal of protecting your financial future. Being at the whim of the stock market or the current Administration doesn't not make many people feel safe, or secure. But having a self-directed IRA where they can safely store gold and silver, assets that have stood the test of time, no matter what the economy or the government policies are, makes sense. Colonial Metals Group helps create a Self-Directed IRA where people can have direct access to their assets. Learn more about a special offer for our audience - click on the link in the description below or call the special 800 number and you'll receive a safe and up to $10,000 in free silver. Call 800 898 1841, 800 898 1841, that's 800 898 1841 or go online to www.colonialmetalsgroup.com/letradio Follow us on MeWe, X, Instagram, Facebook. Be sure to check out our website. Listen to this for free in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms. Get the latest news articles, without all the bias and spin, from the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast on the Newsbreak app, which is free. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer Find a wide variety of great podcasts online at The Podcast Zone Facebook Page, look for the one with the bright green logo. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. Available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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From war in the Middle East to Hunter Biden, Crosstalk covers it all. Here's a sample of what Jim presented this week from the news desk----Tomorrow, in Washington, D.C., Hamas supporters are planning a big jihad jamboree at the National Mall called, -The March on Washington for Gaza.- It's being sponsored by every jihadi partner of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.---325 pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested after blocking 3 bridges and a tunnel in New York City on Monday, blocking lanes bound for New Jersey on the Holland Tunnel along with blocking traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges.---Wednesday was the first day of a new session of the Colorado State House and immediately, pro-Hamas demonstrators set the tone by disrupting the proceedings as Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie did nothing.---Over the weekend, pro-Palestinian demonstrators defaced the Los Angeles National Cemetery. ---The Justice Department has effectively issued a stand-down order to federal law enforcement and U.S. attorneys to stop them from investigating incitement, violence and vandalism committed by Hamas supporters who hold U.S. visas, according to a complaint filed with the Justice Department.---A member of Congress investigating the January 6th, 2021, protests at the Capitol estimates that the FBI had 200 undercover assets both inside and outside the building. ---Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, suggested that law enforcement will soon target those who merely stood outside the Capitol on January 6th.---The United States and Britain carried out a series of air strikes on military locations belonging to Iran-backed Houthis.

From war in the Middle East to Hunter Biden, Crosstalk covers it all. Here's a sample of what Jim presented this week from the news desk----Tomorrow, in Washington, D.C., Hamas supporters are planning a big jihad jamboree at the National Mall called, -The March on Washington for Gaza.- It's being sponsored by every jihadi partner of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.---325 pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested after blocking 3 bridges and a tunnel in New York City on Monday, blocking lanes bound for New Jersey on the Holland Tunnel along with blocking traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges.---Wednesday was the first day of a new session of the Colorado State House and immediately, pro-Hamas demonstrators set the tone by disrupting the proceedings as Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie did nothing.---Over the weekend, pro-Palestinian demonstrators defaced the Los Angeles National Cemetery. ---The Justice Department has effectively issued a stand-down order to federal law enforcement and U.S. attorneys to stop them from investigating incitement, violence and vandalism committed by Hamas supporters who hold U.S. visas, according to a complaint filed with the Justice Department.---A member of Congress investigating the January 6th, 2021, protests at the Capitol estimates that the FBI had 200 undercover assets both inside and outside the building. ---Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, suggested that law enforcement will soon target those who merely stood outside the Capitol on January 6th.---The United States and Britain carried out a series of air strikes on military locations belonging to Iran-backed Houthis.

We look at the continued surge of pro-Palestine protests in New York City, starting with a report-back from Monday's shutdown of Lower Manhattan traffic by pro-Palestinian protesters who made national headlines yesterday when they blocked inbound traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhatta,n and Williamsburg Bridges and outbound traffic at the Holland Tunnel. Over the weekend the Ridgewood Tenants Union led a 1,000-person march that highlighted the displacement experienced in both rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods like Ridgewood and by Palestinians at the hands of Israeli settlers. We speak with two organizers from the Ridgewood Tenants Union, Raquel Namuche and Lamisse Beydoon. Lastly, we hear from Indy author Lara-Nour Walton who wrote a cover story about the Little Palestine neighborhood in South Brooklyn.

We look at the continued surge of pro-Palestine protests in New York City, starting with a report-back from Monday's shutdown of Lower Manhattan traffic by pro-Palestinian protesters who made national headlines yesterday when they blocked inbound traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges and outbound traffic at the Holland Tunnel.

A Morning News Update That Takes Into Account The News Stories You Deem 'Highly Conversational' Today's Sponsor: FlowersFast!http://thisistheconversationproject.com/flowersfast Today's Rundown: United finds bolts that need tightening during inspections of door plugs on grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planeshttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-finds-bolts-need-tightening-inspections-door-plugs-grounded-boe-rcna132879 OpenAI claims The New York Times tricked ChatGPT into copying its articleshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030283/openai-nyt-lawsuit-fair-use-ai-copyright Mehdi Hasan Announces He Is Leaving MSNBChttps://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-mehdi-hasan-leaving-msnbc-in-surprise-announcement-at-end-of-final-sunday-show/ Tiger Woods, Nike end partnership after more than 27 yearshttps://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-nike-2bdbb4182d344d03314f0cc253a6a626 Pro-Palestinian protests block New York City bridges, Holland Tunnel; over 100 arrestedhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/pro-palestinian-protests-block-new-york-city-bridges/story?id=106194623 Explosion, injuries reported at downtown Fort Worth buildinghttps://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article283992053.html Falcons fire coach Arthur Smith hours after completing 3rd straight 7-10 seasonhttps://apnews.com/article/atlanta-falcons-arthur-smith-cb8ea8dfb9830a37b296cbec417c1598 Commanders fire coach Ron Rivera as new ownership begins making changeshttps://apnews.com/article/commanders-fire-ron-rivera-54cde60a342da9879ba1d8f3457c4b72 Website: http://thisistheconversationproject.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/thisistheconversationproject Twitter: http://twitter.com/th_conversation TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@theconversationproject YouTube: http://thisistheconversationproject.com/youtube Podcast: http://thisistheconversationproject.com/podcasts #yournewssidepiece #coffeechat #morningnews ONE DAY OLDER ON JANUARY 9:Jimmy Page (79)J.K. Simmons (69)Dave Matthews (57) WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:2002: The United States Department of Justice announced it was going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.2007: Apple Steve Jobs announced the iPhone.2022: Actor and comedian Bob Saget died after experiencing blunt head trauma from an accidental blow to the back of his head, likely from a fall. PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: Word Nerd Dayhttps://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/national-word-nerd-day#:~:text=Celebrate%20National%20Word%20Nerd%20Day%20on%20January%209%20by%20embracing,%2C%20reading%2C%20writing%20and%20literature. TODAY'S POLL QUESTION: Will Michigan Wolverine Football Outlive The ‘Cheaters' Tag Given To Them After Winning The National Championship?http://thisistheconversationproject.com/dailypoll20240109/

Today on America in the Morning   Lloyd Austin's Hospital Stay Under Review   Both former President Trump and many within the GOP are demanding the resignation of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over his lack of disclosure after word leaked about his hospital stay, one where members of the Biden administration and the President were unclear as to where he was.   Now, the White House will review Austin declining to inform the top levels of government that he was hospitalized for an extended stay.   Correspondent Julie Walker reports.      Trump In Court Over Immunity   Former President Donald Trump is expected in court today as his legal team argues Presidential immunity.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.       Car Smashes Into White House Gate   Security scrambled at the White House after a car crashed into the exterior gate.  It happened just before 6 PM Monday night when the driver of a car hit the White House barrier near 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.         Mass Arrests In Pro-Palestinian NYC Rally   It was “Car-mageddon” in New York City when pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked entrances to bridges and the Holland Tunnel, causing traffic jams and some scuffles with angry drivers.  Sue Aller reports the chaos and violations of police orders led to more than 300 arrests.       Weather & The Iowa Caucuses   Winter storm conditions gripping the Midwest are a reminder that inclement weather seem to be impacting the Iowa caucuses.   Correspondent Norman Hall reports.        Business News   The president of the National Association of Realtors is stepping down, but not for the usual reasons.  Tracy Kasper announced she's leaving, alleging a blackmail threat.  Here's CNBC's Jessica Ettinger with Tuesday business.        Gun Law Working   The Justice Department says a gun law that took effect after the 2022 Texas elementary school massacre and other mass shootings seems to be working.   Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.       Tax Season   The IRS has announced January 29 as the official start date of the 2024 tax season, with millions of returns expected by the April 15th deadline.   Lisa Dwyer has the details.         737 MAX Investigations   Passengers were calling it 10 minutes of terror after a bolt that holds panels together came loose on an Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon.  As Donna Warder reports, the National Transportation Safety Board says the door plug from that Boeing jetliner has been located, and the FAA ordered all 737 MAX-9 planes to be grounded and inspected.       Pushback Against The Budget Agreement   House and Senate leaders on both sides of the political aisle are beginning to push a new spending agreement on Capitol Hill more than a week before a possible government shutdown deadline, but some conservatives are pushing back.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.     Latest In The Middle East   A high-ranking Hezbollah commander has reportedly been killed in an Israeli drone attack in Lebanon.  As correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports, the incident happened with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the region, and concerns that with every strike and counterstrike, Israel, the US, and Iran's allies inch closer to all-out war.    Florida GOP Chairman Removed   Florida Republicans had called for his resignation, but since state GOP Chair Christian Ziegler refused, they voted to essentially fire him.  Pamela Furr tells us what led to his high-profile ouster.      More Weather Worries   More bad weather is on the way across parts of the nation, after weekend winter storms brought heavy snow and freezing rain to both coasts.   Correspondent Julie Walker reports.       Biden Campaigning   In South Carolina, President Biden compares election lies to white supremacy, campaigning on a grim theme about threats to truth and democracy.   Correspondent Jennifer King reports.          Sports – Robert Workman    College Football National Championship and more.          Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the 4pm All Local update for January 8, 2023

Michael Wallace has the evening's top stories from the WCBS 880 newsroom....

Here are some notable events that happened on November 13 in history:1002: English king Æthelred the Unready ordered the St. Brice's Day massacre, a brutal and indiscriminate killing of Danish settlers in England.1789: Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he famously wrote, "In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."1833: The first recorded college football game took place between Princeton and Rutgers in New Jersey, USA.1927: The Holland Tunnel, the first tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York City, opened to traffic.1942: The Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II began in the Pacific.1985: The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted in Colombia, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero and resulted in the deaths of around 25,000 people.2015: A series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris, including shootings and suicide bombings at various locations, resulting in the deaths of 130 people.These are just a few examples, and various other events, births, and deaths also occurred on November 13 throughout history.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-november-13/Social Media:Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/simian-samba/audrey-horne/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

I don't always live this value, but I hope that when my boys look back at their childhoods they will remember that we taught them to show up for people they love. When we have the opportunity to love someone in action, we do it. Even if it means braving the Holland Tunnel on a Friday night, dealing with two hours of Jersey traffic heading toward New York, driving my eight year old minivan through Manhattan all the way to the East side, letting whoever must honk at me, honk. Parallel parking on 3rd Avenue at 5:45 pm. And no, not for a Broadway show. For a middle school play. I imagine that's the kind of Friday night commute Jesus would have made too. Jesus would have cheered with delight for the drama kids, some of their voices cracking their way through songs, their costumes falling off their bodies, their families hollering in the audience, their teachers so openly adoring them. In our culture of constant fretting and over-scheduling, taking the time to show up for the people we love, or perhaps, the people it feels difficult to love, can seem impossible. Today I want us to spend time imagining two different people in our lives: One, someone who showed up for you at some point when you needed it. Maybe, like me, you remember an adult who cared for you when you were young, whether they were significant during a vital life moment, or were simply a brief presence of kindness. Then, I want you to spend time imagining a person in your life you want to love with your presence. Someone you care about, but have struggled to make time for, or aren't sure how to love well. I'll guide you through it. 

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Ashok Bhalla has the top local stories from the WCBS Newsroom.

The 4:00 PM All-Local for March 15th, 2023. 1010 WINS anchor Larry Mullins reports. 

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Ashok Bhalla has the afternoon's top local stories from the WCBS newsroom.

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This week: We say goodbye to the Hudson Reporter which has been covering local county news for the past 40 years and why its important to have local media around. We discuss recent moves by the JC Cannabis Control Board that might not benefit the community, the Holland Tunnel is getting fixed and elected officials are attempting to erase black history. Get comfortable beloved, we have much to discuss. Tell a friend to tell a friend. Follow the show: For The Stress: instagram.com/forthestress_podcast 4K Jae: twitter.com/4KJae Frankie Metalz: instagram.com/frankiemetalz The Dojo: instagram.com/thedojojc Inquires: forthestresspod@gmail.com

This is the afternoon All Local for Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane have the top stories from the WCBS newsroom, including allegations that Congressman George Santos scammed a disabled vet out of money to treat his sick dog, the start of overnight closures at the Holland Tunnel, and cancer patients newly eligible for treatment under the World Trade Center Health Program.

Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane have the morning's top stories from the WCBS newsroom.

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Episode: 2328 George Lindenthal's great unbuilt bridge from Manhattan to New Jersey.  Today, an unbuilt bridge.

Goddamn Dirtbags this was a really fun episode. It was my first time meeting Christoph but it felt like we had a little bit of a musical kinship. I can't tell i we've got kind of similar stories or if the pursuit of punk is just really relatable whether you grew up in a small mountain town or practically in the city that never sleeps. Christoph grew up in the shadow of Manhattan just on the other side of the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City. As early as 12 he found himself making his way into New York City looking for “punk” or any sign of its faint and distant heartbeat. While many old-timers from the Glory Days of punk may have considered the movement long dead before Christoph's inquisitive arrival, Christoph forged on. After years of searching and hard work it seems that the very heart of punk has found him. No other than Iggy Pop has personally asked Christoph's group Crazy & The Brains to play Destination Chaos, Iggy's festival in the Dominica Republic this coming winter. Whether he found it or it found him doesn't matter. They've found each other and they'll keep making noise and fucking shit up until they walk off into that far setting sun. Listen to Crazy & The Brains on Bandcamp, Spotify, or Apple Music. If you'd like to support our show directly please head on over to www.patreon.com/charlesellsworth. Buy a record, or a t-shirt, or a hoodie by visiting my Bandcamp! If you'd like to listen to some of Charles' music, you can do that here: Spotify Apple Music YouTube Thanks for listening! Please subscribe and share A Dirtbag's Guide with your friends, family & fellow Dirtbags. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adirtbagsguide/support

Goddamn Dirtbags this was a really fun episode. It was my first time meeting Christoph but it felt like we had a little bit of a musical kinship. I can't tell i we've got kind of similar stories or if the pursuit of punk is just really relatable whether you grew up in a small mountain town or practically in the city that never sleeps. Christoph grew up in the shadow of Manhattan just on the other side of the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City. As early as 12 he found himself making his way into New York City looking for “punk” or any sign of its faint and distant heartbeat. While many old-timers from the Glory Days of punk may have considered the movement long dead before Christoph's inquisitive arrival, Christoph forged on. After years of searching and hard work it seems that the very heart of punk has found him. No other than Iggy Pop has personally asked Christoph's group Crazy & The Brains to play Destination Chaos, Iggy's festival in the Dominica Republic this coming winter. Whether he found it or it found him doesn't matter. They've found each other and they'll keep making noise and fucking shit up until they walk off into that far setting sun. Listen to Crazy & The Brains on Bandcamp, Spotify, or Apple Music. If you'd like to support our show directly please head on over to www.patreon.com/charlesellsworth. Buy a record, or a t-shirt, or a hoodie by visiting my Bandcamp! If you'd like to listen to some of Charles' music, you can do that here: Spotify Apple Music YouTube Thanks for listening! Please subscribe and share A Dirtbag's Guide with your friends, family & fellow Dirtbags. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adirtbagsguide/support

In the 12 p.m. hour of the K&C Masterpiece, the guys establish the Cowboys ceiling and floor, then go around the NFC East and visit the Holland Tunnel in their first voyage on The Expressway

This week Andrea and Collette come back from the Holland Tunnel to greener pastures (er. yellowish pastures due to drought) on a walk through Beverly. They discuss the Airbnb party rule, why people should stop saying this one word and try to get into a party all on a pod. Please bear with us, we didn't record this in studio.

A gallery born in Brooklyn embraces its new homeThe Holland Tunnel Reaches Newburgh was first posted on August 19, 2022 at 9:27 am.

Paul Murnane and Wayne Cabot have the top stories from the WCBS newsroom, including an uptick in West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes in the area, the COVID guidelines for public school students in New York City, and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy weighs in on the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike entrance into the Holland Tunnel.

All hail the Manhattan! This classic cocktail named for NY's most celebrated borough is, like the place, full of complexity, and definitely not for the faint of heart. But once you've come around to it, no other libation will ever move you in quite the same way. In about the time it takes to get through the Holland Tunnel (non-rush hour), Dan tells all about the only cocktail that can slug it out toe-to-toe with the martini.

On this edition of The Other Side of Midnight:  Frank Morano, the man who's bark is worse than his bite! Our host invites Cory Windelspecht, activist who led the charge to have the Port Authority change the Christmas decorations and the host of an internet show on Hard seltzer and Amy Bursor, actor, model & 3 Paws Kitchen Owner & Founder specializing in deserts for dogs. The group discusses Christmas decorations at the Holland Tunnel, The Rockefeller Christmas Tree, Holidays for your pet and the explosion in hard seltzer popularity. Then Michael Trager, Luxury Travel and Casino Gaming Industry Entrepreneur with Travelzork.com for the The AC Report. Plus Frank becomes an officer of the "Hyperbolice", enforcing appropriate coverage of topics in the news.

On this edition of The Other Side of Midnight:  Frank Morano, the man who's bark is worse than his bite! Our host invites Cory Windelspecht, activist who led the charge to have the Port Authority change the Christmas decorations and the host of an internet show on Hard seltzer and Amy Bursor, actor, model & 3 Paws Kitchen Owner & Founder specializing in deserts for dogs. The group discusses Christmas decorations at the Holland Tunnel, The Rockefeller Christmas Tree, Holidays for your pet and the explosion in hard seltzer popularity. Then Michael Trager, Luxury Travel and Casino Gaming Industry Entrepreneur with Travelzork.com for the The AC Report. Plus Frank becomes an officer of the "Hyperbolice", enforcing appropriate coverage of topics in the news.

Cory Windelspecht, activist who led the charge to have the Port Authority change the Christmas decorations and the host of an internet show on Hard seltzer and Amy Bursor, actor, model and chef, 3 Paws Kitchen Owner & Founder  specializing in deserts for dogs. The group discusses Christmas decorations at the Holland Tunnel, The Rockefeller Christmas Tree, Holidays for your pet and the explosion in hard seltzer popularity.

In this episode we ask Siri a MILLION questions, she gets snippy. Also, Andrew is convinced horses went through the Holland Tunnel. Scotty B is more interested in chatting about vanity license plates.

It's a rambler, folks, but full of nuggets: Intro: "Tunnel of Love" by Dire Straits - Can BIG Transcend Bjarke? - Angry Foursomes, Unwieldy Threesomes in Rock and Architecture - Sole proprietors aspiring to be corporate - The Holland Tunnel aspiring to be the Lincoln Tunnel - A Section of Now at the CCA - Department of Care is a thing - Walton in Buffalo, Wu in Boston, call it a draw? - George Floyd died in a bike lane, or, infrastructure ain't shit without access - Clearing the block in Baltimore - Child care = infrastructure - Ballooning costs of built and social infrastructure - The Economist (subscription required) - California Dreaming > I want my TGV - Gateway Tunnel - GoJek, the Gateway Drug of Mobility Apps - IBC says no to green at NAHB's bequest? - Get in the GPIT - Ghost Kitchens in Dark Cities - CoMotion report card - Lindsay's Law - Wolf & Crane Outro: "Walking in LA" by Missing Persons

Today’s episode, number 63 to be exact, is another Dumb Birthday Game. This time from November 13th, 1994. Now this is an excellent example of Norm’s appeal to younger listeners as I've titled it: The DBG: College Bowl Edition! All our players are attending college in the Boston area. Well, to be truthful, I’m not sure about one but he’s still a younger caller. Our contestants: Scott from higher education unknown Jonathan at Harvard University Raj from MIT The peer pressured Lara from B.U. Sid Whittaker, producing, playing and a student at B.U. And the Dean of Traffic School, Jack Harte For some reason I was busy in the newsroom and could not participate. An interesting tidbit about Jonathan: he was the co-creator of Inside Edge Magazine. A periodical geared toward 18-24 year olds. Norm had spoken to him earlier and plugs it a few times during the game. Mr. Jonathan has done quite well for himself as he is a CFO of some large company. The celebrity birthdays and events: Whoopi Goldberg Linda Christian Richard Mulligan Madeleine Sherwood Joe Mantegna Events: What year did… …the Holland Tunnel open? …Walt Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ made its world premiere? In what year was artificial snow invented? During this game, many stories are told, references made, opinions given and souls bared. Did I build that up enough for you? Episode 63, the College Bowl Edition of the DBG staaaaaaarrrrts now. To inquire about/purchase a copy of my book, ‘Bows on Bears and Ties on Tigers,’ please email me at fuzzywuzzypublishing@gmail.com Email the show normnathanvos@gmail.com Castos https://norm-nathans-vault-of-silliness.castos.com Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/norm-nathans-vault-of-silliness/id1539251258 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/74Z2CAHU1TT9KHCEiEdrkG Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Ep-Norm-Nathans-Vault-Silliness/dp/B08JJSR5MF/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=vault+of+silliness&qid=1604440081&sr=8-1 Google https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ub3JtLW5hdGhhbnMtdmF1bHQtb2Ytc2lsbGluZXNzLmNhc3Rvcy5jb20vZmVlZA?sa=X&ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwiY4PGsu-_sAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

Wedding dress shopping, meeting the sister you just found out about, and your ex-boyfriend fighting your fiance all in one day?! This episode focuses on the section 11:57 am, Wednesday, May 6, limo in line at the Holland Tunnel rate the royals rating: 7 through the section 7:45 pm, Wednesday, May 6, The Plaza Hotel, Rate the Royals rating: 1 in Volume XI: Royal Wedding.  Website - www.thepodcastdiaries.com  Facebook - The Podcast Diaries  Instagram - @thepodcastdiary1  Twitter - @thepodcastdiary  Gmail - thepodcastdiary@gmail.com  Anchor - www.anchor.fm/thepodcastdiaries

Photo: .Nacirema ("American" spelled backward) Demolition Company, based in New Jersey, immediately sent enormous demo equipment through the Holland Tunnel to the pile to start clearing the site. Volunteers poured into lower Manhattan from all over the United States.  No one asked them to come; they just dropped everything and raced to help their compatriots who were in trouble. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Memories of 9/11 in New Jersey and New York.  @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal

Rocky recalls the first time she ever got into a snow fight. Plus, a Jack & Jill party that won't soon be forgotten! Isabelle Owens (actress, comedian) joins the Party God Squad as a reformed bad girl. Find out how she went from zero to one hundred with a story that'll leave you speeding through the Holland Tunnel, if you can find it!

On this week's show we will journey to Hudson Square, sometimes referred to as “The New Hudson Square”, which is directly west of SoHo and a neighborhood that even some die-hard New Yorkers are not very familiar with.My guests will be will be returning Rediscovering New York expert Joyce Gold, Founder of Joyce Gold History Tours; and Richard “Rip” Hayman, co-owner of the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street.Tune in for this fascinating conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.Show NotesSegment 1Tonight's show will revolve around Hudson Square which is a place many New Yorkers are not entirely familiar with. Today's guests are Joyce Gold who is the founder of Joyce Gold History Tours. She got her start working on Wall Street and eventually stumbled upon a directory that discussed all of the places she passed everyday. She then started giving tours on the weekend which led to a full time business. She does more private tours than public. One day she was asked to give tours on Hudson Square in order to get people more familiar with it. It is sometimes referred to as the New Hudson Square because of all of the construction that is occurring. Richmond Hill was a hill that was a resident of Hudson Square that is now flattened. Some renowned historic figures like George Washington were also former residents. He used to live at 1 Cherry Street. Washington's home was on top of the hill which was right next to the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District.Segment 2Joyce is now back to giving tours due to the near end of the pandemic. She says that she will have 11 tours being offered by the end of the month. Hudson Square first became a major contributor to printing in the 1920's. Later, the Holland Tunnel was built which was a big help getting cars into New York. Before this tunnel, there were only a couple alternative routes. There was a big effect that it had on the neighborhood. There was a huge amount of construction going on. In addition, while building the tunnel it was stressed not to overcomplicate the roadways. While it was being built in the 1920's, air regulations had to be followed so that excessive pollution did not take place. Furthermore, Donald Trump has a hotel that is running in Hudson Square. The name was changed to The Dominick once he decided to run for president because many people did not like him. There are also some great entertainment places in the area. One of them is titled SOB or Sound of Brazil that is still open today. This place features music and dancing styles of Brazil and Africa.Segment 3To begin this segment, the second guest is introduced. His name is Captain Richard “Rip” Hayman who is the co-owner of The Ear Inn on Spring Street. He is also a United States Coast Guard mariner and former president of the Hudson Valley Line.He is originally from New Mexico and came to New York as a student. He realized his love for the sea while at a beach in New York. The Ear Inn and the James Brown Building was built right next to the docks of the Hudson River. Also, since it was part of a major shopping district, the sidewalks are very spacious. James Brown was a tobacco merchant. The Ear Inn's name has a history that goes back all the way to prohibition. At first, it was called The Bar Inn but had to be changed. There were rules in place against the adding to the name but none in place that prohibited subtraction. They eventually settled on The Ear Inn, simply altering the letter B.Segment 4Captain Richard Hayman today owns a bar that he says he brought when he was young and stupid. At first, he was renting out one of the rooms. Later one of his female friends bought the bar from the former owner which transitioned it from a place where mostly men went to one that was more welcoming to everyone. During the pandemic, Richard was not able to serve his community the way he was accustomed to. Now that it is near an end, he is able to serve people seated outside at a bigger capacity. The parks that are in the area are a good contributor to his business.

Freehand guitarist Matt Sweeney (heard in the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, Skunk, Chavez, and more) guests on this episode of CrossFade! He picked “John, the Wolf King of L.A.,” the first solo record from The Mamas & The Papas founder John Phillips, because of its hauntingly beautiful arrangements and its dark underbelly. The discussion focuses on how such sunny-sounding music can hide such sinister stories, and what that says about the man who embodied it all. Host Matt Helgeson chose “Marquee Moon,” the debut album of American rock band Television – a true guitarist’s record and a through-and-through groundbreaking rock album that would help shape punk, pop, and art rock through the late 1970s and ‘80s. It opened both Helgeson and Sweeney’s eyes to the depths that rock riffs can plumb – there’s stuff on this record that even they can’t figure out to this day. Support MinnMax on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Follow Matt Sweeney at https://twitter.com/theheavyjamz Listen to the Red Dead Redemption 2 Housebuilding EP on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3cYSW3k and look for it wherever you get vinyl records Pre-order Superwolves from Matt Sweeney and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, out April 30, 2021, at https://bit.ly/31ZXUXw To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below… 02:04 - How Matt Sweeney came to work with Rockstar 18:27 - John Phillips - “John, the Wolf King of L.A.” 21:59 - “April Anne” 26:41 - “Someone’s Sleeping” 31:12 - “Topanga Canyon” 34:25 - “Malibu People” 38:09 - “Drum” 40:45 - “Holland Tunnel” 45:56 - Television - “Marquee Moon” 50:30 - “See No Evil” 56:15 - “Venus” 59:52 - “Marquee Moon” 1:08:55 - “Elevation” 1:12:54 - “Guiding Light” 1:17:01 - “Friction” 1:21:42 - Community Questions 1:39:30 - Parcels - “IknowhowIfeel” (suggested by MinnMax supporter whitemex)

Here's a chat with Jack Antonoff, guitarist in Fun, founding member of Bleachers, and an in-demand songwriter/producer whose credits include Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, St. Vincent, and more. Jack talks about his new Bleacher's song, 'Chinatown' (featuring Bruce Springsteen), the cultural importance of the Holland Tunnel, the melody and mystery of the band Sparks, and is he the Leonardo DiCaprio of music?

Hoe maak je een documentaire met 5000 euro in New York binnen 2 weken? Hierbij een speciale extra podcast aflevering (was ik niet gestopt?) Ja, maar dit wilde ik graag nog even delen. Ik kan namelijk eindelijk mijn documentaire Requiem for Williamsburg laten zien aan iedereen en ik wil heel graag iets over het maakproces vertellen. Want het was nogal een wilde rit, met veel vallen en opstaan. Over de documentaire: Requiem for Williamsburg vertelt het verhaal van de Nederlandse kunstenares Paulien Lethen, die met twee jonge kinderen begin jaren ’80 naar New York City verhuist. Ze kan zich alleen een vervallen huis permitteren in de wijk Williamsburg, waar drugscriminaliteit en prostitutie de straten domineren. Tegen alle verwachtingen in lukt het haar niet alleen het huis op te knappen, ze opent ook de snel bekende galerie Holland Tunnel in haar tuin. Pauliens inspanningen beginnen hun vruchten af te werpen en ook haar wijk knapt zienderogen op. Rond 2000 ziet Paulien dat haar buurt door gentrificatie in rap tempo begint te veranderen en moet zij een drastisch besluit nemen. Via deze link kun je de documentaire bekijken: https://vimeo.com/490142825

Steve Earle, Holland Tunnel, and let's roll.

ON THIS EDITION IT'S THE FINALE OF THE HISTORY OF THE TUNNEL THAT SPANS THE HUDSON RIVER, WILL LOOK AT THE LATER YEARS AND ACCIDENTS AND TERRORISM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Tunnel#Later_years PICTURE BY: By Debbie Galant - https://www.flickr.com/photos/debgalant/3331723817/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55069224 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR FUTURE EPISODES YOU CAN DONATE HERE: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

ON THIS EDITION ON THIS PART WILL LOOK AT THE FURTHER CONSTRUCTION AND OPENING AND EARLY YEARS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Tunnel#Nearing_completion PICTURE BY: By Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53089172 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR FUTURE EPISODES YOU CAN DONATE HERE: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

ON THIS EDITION ITS THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE TUNNEL THAT SPANS THE HUDSON RIVER, WHICH WILL LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND TUNNEL BORING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Tunnel#Construction PICTURE BY: By MusikAnimal - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39270995 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR FUTURE EPISODES YOU CAN DONATE HERE: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

In this episode of Throwback FDNY… A military structure takes root in 1867 under General Alexander Shaler, the 1940 origin of the training publication, WNYF, and the deadly 1949 Holland Tunnel Fire.

ON THIS EDITION ITS A FIRST LOOK AT THE TUNNEL SPANNING THE HUDSON RIVER: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Tunnel#History PICTURE BY: By Blue Peep - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85572768 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR FUTURE EPISODES YOU CAN DONATE HERE: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

Today in history: Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard. Benjamin Franklin 'Death and Taxes' quote. NBC Symphony Orchestra debuts. Karen Silkwood dies. The Holland Tunnel opens.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FBI informant Emad Salem is close to not only the Blind Sheikh but his trusted lieutenant, an ambitious terrorist named Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali. Salem soon finds himself at the Statue of Liberty with Siddig Ali; their goal is not to enjoy their visit but figure out how to destroy it with a bomb. It is one of five targets in what will come to be known as The Landmarks Plot -- a plan to cause mass casualties by attacking not only tourist sites but heavily trafficked crossings such as the Holland Tunnel and George Washington Bridge. Salem convinces Siddig Ali and his accomplices to make their bombs in an abandoned Queens warehouse that has secretly been wired with FBI cameras and other recording devices. As the plans near completion, the plotters are arrested. They will eventually be convicted and sent to prison. Law enforcement now better understands that the threat of terror against America is ongoing and international … which makes it even more difficult to fight.

FBI informant Emad Salem is close to not only the Blind Sheikh but his trusted lieutenant, an ambitious terrorist named Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali. Salem soon finds himself at the Statue of Liberty with Siddig Ali; their goal is not to enjoy their visit but figure out how to destroy it with a bomb. It is one of five targets in what will come to be known as The Landmarks Plot -- a plan to cause mass casualties by attacking not only tourist sites but heavily trafficked crossings such as the Holland Tunnel and George Washington Bridge. Salem convinces Siddig Ali and his accomplices to make their bombs in an abandoned Queens warehouse that has secretly been wired with FBI cameras and other recording devices. As the plans near completion, the plotters are arrested. They will eventually be convicted and sent to prison. Law enforcement now better understands that the threat of terror against America is ongoing and international … which makes it even more difficult to fight.

Greg and Joe are joined by their good pal and action movie savant Taylor Sullivan to discuss his list of the top 10 action movies of the 90's by each year. Before jumping into the list Taylor takes the hosts through his reasoning for focusing on the 90's while giving all due respect to the GOAT action movie from 1988. The one and only Die Hard (3:56). After much praise for the film that paved the way the group starts off the list with the number one film of 1990 (7:52). As they move through each year they cover a wide range of topics such as legendary movie helicopter pilots who deserve lifetime achievement awards (16:14), action movie trailers that have aged into spoof sketches (26:20), Steven Seagal's incredibly strong teeth (31:17), setting the record straight on how bad Demolition Man is (40:45), Al Pacino's meth induced characters from the 1990's (56:47), how the movie Daylight shines a light on some questionable engineering design choices for the Holland Tunnel (1:13:17) and some pearls of wisdom for parents with teenagers brought to you by the movie Face/Off (1:24:05). All that and much MORE!

Just before 9 A.M. on Friday, May 13th, 1949 a truck carrying unstable and dangerous chemicals exploded inside the Holland Tunnel's Southbound side while traveling out of New York City. Instantly, a disaster broke out with multiple trucks catching fire and the 100+ cars behind the mess grinding to a halt.  Within scant minutes, heroic tunnel personnel were rushing people and cars out of the tunnel so fire crews could run in at the blazing inferno. Temperatures skyrocketed as trucks continue to explode and burn with the peak being recognized by engineers and those studying the disaster after the fact at some 4,000-degrees F.  As the brave crews battled the fire, trucks, telecommunication lines, and even the ceiling supports melted. 650-tons of rubble were left on the floor of the tunnel when the fire was completely extinguished. But no one died at the scene. Not only that, the tunnel was back in operation just 56 hours later like nothing had happened! This is an amazing story of a fire, a tunnel, bravery, and the get it done attitude of 1949 America. A truly miraculous disaster. 

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us to Pier 96 at Hudson River Park in the Clifton section of Manhattan. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. New York City elementary school students will be graded “meeting the standards” or “needing improvement” for the remainder of this coronavirus-disrupted school year, while high school students will use the existing grading scales while having a pass-fail grading option. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that students who need help to catch up will be given academic support through the summer and into next fall. 2. A speeding car apparently struck several people at the scene of a crash on a roadway leading into the Holland Tunnel, leaving a Port Authority police officer critically injured. The first crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on Route 139 in Jersey City Authorities say emergency responders soon arrived and were working at the scene when the second accident occurred shortly before 1 a.m. 3. Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini is undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 colon cancer and expects to miss the season if major leaguers return this summer. Mancini had a malignant tumor removed shortly before turning 28 on March 18. Writing a first-person article for The Players Tribune, the 28-year-old says has been undergoing chemotherapy since April 13. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brandon-julien/support

EPISODE 307 The Holland Tunnel, connecting Manhattan with Jersey City beneath the Hudson River, is more important to daily life in New York City than people may at first think. Before the creation of the Holland Tunnel, commuters and travelers had painfully few options if they wanted to get to and from Manhattan. And for the city's many waterfront industries, there was mostly only one option --- barges and ferries that carried cargo across the crowded Hudson River, maneuvering through an overcrowded port system which profited from the grotesque congestion. And then along came the automobile, rapidly transforming the American way of life. How could an average motorist -- or a regular cargo truck -- get back and forth to New York City in its current chaotic state? The new tunnel envisioned by chief engineer Clifford Milburn Holland would create a new pathway for motor vehicles, the first for such conveyances under the Hudson River. Yet one pressing problem stood in the way of its completion. Railways and mass transit could travel through long, underground tunnels because their tracks were electrified. But automobiles produced poisonous exhaust -- carbon monoxide -- making a contained tunnel almost 100 feet underwater a deadly proposition. The ingenious solution would ensure not only the success of the New York/New Jersey tunnel, but would change the fate of automobile transportation in the United States and around the world. PLUS: The tragic story behind the naming of the Holland Tunnel Support the show.

York, England is a place full of haunted locations with a vast history stretching back centuries. There are those who claim that York is the most haunted city in the world. On this episode, I'm going to focus on a few of those haunted locations in particular that all share one thing in common. They are or were churches at one time. Join me as I share the history of York and the haunting of her churches! The Moment in Oddity was suggested by Chelsea Flowers and features Aqua Tofana Poison and This Month in History features the opening of the Holland Tunnel. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2019/11/hgb-ep-314-haunted-churches-of-york.html Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump The following music is from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/: "Vanishing" by Kevin MacLeod (Moment in Oddity) "In Your Arms" by Kevin MacLeod (This Month in History) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) All other music licensing: PODCASTMUSIC.COM License Synchronization, Mechanical, Master Use and Performance Direct License for a Single Podcast Series under current monthly subscription. Gothic Design by 5 Alarm Music on Wurlitzer and Church Album Underscore 12 by 5 Alarm Music on ECK Scream Album Abide with Me by 5 Alarm Music on Wurlitzer and Church Album

Elliott Kaufman's career path is unique but has always revolved around architectural motives. When he began shooting in the mid 70s his orientation was toward the fine arts. Kaufman developed ideas for site-specific photomurals and wall art much before this concept became a mainstream art venue.  He was able to work in this capacity with corporate industrial clients such as Westinghouse, General Electric, Warner Brothers and The Walt Disney Company. He then exhibited this work in such venues as in The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the American Institute of Architects, The Light Gallery in New York, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. He won a competition jointly sponsored by the Port Authority of New York and The New York Public Art Fund, where he was awarded the commission to create a 35' x 45' public art mural outside of the Holland Tunnel.  He has recently re-issued his first book American Diner, which captured the culture of the diners during the late seventies.    Photographer Links:    Education Resources:   Candid Frame Resources   Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for iOS. Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

(recorded 2-3-2018) WEBurlesque's Viktor Devonne sits down for a cozy brunch with bubbles with The Brick House of Burlesque herself, Falana Fox. Falana gets personal with her backstory with a little Behind the Music moment of her time as an almost-Mary J Blige in the 90s, plus we both delve into flipping tables; pink walkie talkies; The Muppets; Colorforms; growing up a Jehovah's Witness, leaving the church, faith; professional acting, back-up singing, checking the contract; Titus Walker; Classical Theater of Harlem; Lady Capulet; Street Court; kismet in a Sephora; Lola Falana; the Three Little Foxes?; Ireland at age 10; Paris in December; wine and bread at IKEA; Seward Alaska; tagline -- The One You'll Never Forget; improvising; the moment before - the moment after; Janet Jackson and the Super Bowl; Adam Barta; Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus; exoticizing African culture; Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus; acting black; cultural appropriation and entitlement; the best actor for the job; the fuckery of it all; Ladyqueen, and introducing Billie Daze. shout-outs include: Delysia La Chatte, Magdalena Fox, Ivory Fox, Jo Boobs, Jezebel Express, Perle Noire, Anja Keister, Clara Coquette, Sake Fevah, Lillian Bustle, Tigger, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Poison Ivory, Ula Uberbusen, and Crimson Kitty Falana Fox is an entertainer living in Jersey City. You can see her her regularly with LadyQueen, White Elephant Burlesque, and in various productions on both sides of the Holland Tunnel. She was nominated for The Sweetheart in 2018's Silver Tusk Awards, and will be appearing in the February 14th Valentine's Day show. intro and outro music: "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress (used w/ permission) ... interlude music: "Poppers and Prosecco" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ... Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week, we discuss Spiderman: Far From Home AND John give us his reviews of last week's DMC movies.    

[EPISODE] Tribeca Journey with me this week to Tribeca! My guests will be Rediscovering New York regular guest contributor Joyce Gold, of Joyce Gold History Tours, and David Steingard, CEO of Laughing Man Coffee and Tea. Segment 1 Joyce explains how she got into the business of giving tours around New York City.  Joyce explains how the name Tribeca came to be and what it means. Jeff and Joyce discuss the beginnings of Tribeca and Joyce talks about the Native American tribes that lived in the area. They discuss St. John’s Chapel and the history of it. Jeff and Joyce discuss the Washington Market as well as Tribeca’s evolution into what the area is now. Segment 2 Jeff and Joyce talk about St. John Park  and its connection to Port Authority and the Holland Tunnel. They discuss the West Side Highway and its origins in Tribeca. Joyce explains when Tribeca’s industrial businesses began disappearing and where they went to. Joyce talks about her own experience living in Tribeca and her view of the Hudson River. Jeff and Joyce discuss the ways Tribeca was impacted by the September 11 attacks and how the Tribeca Film Festival came into existence. Segment 3 David explains how his upbringing made him decide to go into the world of business.  He talks about why he switched to law, the work he did with the Brooklyn D.A.’s office and why he switched back to business. David talks about what inspired him to start Laughing Man and his connection to Hugh Jackman.  Jeff and David discuss the area of Tribeca that Laughing Man is located and when the business first started. Segment 4 David talks about what makes Tribeca unique for him as a place to live and do business.  He discusses his experience with changes in the neighborhood from when he first moved there until now. Jeff and David discuss David’s customer base and what it’s like interacting with them. David talks about some of the struggles in Tribeca and things about the neighborhood that surprises him.

Friend and fellow Ochelli Radio Network host Pearse Redmond is our guest as we talk a bit about his show Porkins Policy Radio. A strange media landscape filled with nonsense opens up a lot of opportunity for anyone hoping to do something different.  topics include: #porkinspolicyreview, Instagram, Porkins, live radio, podcast, listener feedback, getting recognized in public, Qanon, calling in to shows, bike lane in Holland Tunnel, hosting, Joseph L Flatley, conspiracy theory, MKULTRA, making up lies, grifters, right wing vs left wing views, doctrinaire beliefs, propaganda, far left politics, hard to please audience, deep events

Pull Request #73 - 13 Jan 2019 - Looked Good to Me! ▶ STILL IN DEVELOPMENT - we're still refactoring the show, so here's another light episode! THIS WEEK – The World of Quality Assurance (QA) - what it is, best practices, how to automate, etc. PLUS - The secret fibre optic cable hidden in the Holland Tunnel! More Canarsie Tunnel michegas! BUT, QUITE POSSIBLY - Theresa May murders the Internet! AND, FINALLY – Remembering 20th-Century singers who tried to sound Black + Eric Newman, Wayne Cheng, & Michael Swiss

One step forward, two steps back. The Holland Tunnel’s holiday décor debacle was fixed following a public outcry, yet we find ourselves reckoning this week with even more horrors, such as Russian Nest hackers, robots gone wild and the shocking revelation that Azealia Banks is the tech world’s Zelig, last seen hiding in Elon Musk’s house after fashioning an amulet out of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s beard hairs. Joined by WIRED senior writer Lauren Goode, we shut down the most horrible gifts of the season, including but not limited to burrito scented candles, a push-up sports bra that can hold an entire bottle of wine, a smoke-free fire pit and a dongle for your toilet. Also, we address an important #AskNope holiday quandary: Is a bicycle bell OK to wear on your purse to encourage pedestrians to keep it moving?   HEAR US ON ITUNEShttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Read Nick Bilton’s “parenthetical bombshell” in Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/jack-dorseys-eureka-moment And the follow-up investigation by SPIN magazine here: https://www.spin.com/2018/12/jack-dorsey-azealia-banks-hair-amulet/ Learn more about Boris the Russian robot who turned out to be just a dude in a robot suit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/high-tech-robot-at-russia-forum-turns-out-to-be-man-in-robot-suit   The #Nope Gift Guide: The Wine Rack: https://www.amazon.com/WineRack-200-010-Wine-Rack-Large/dp/B07228KHS1 A DIY tecnology toolkit that will likley void your warranty: https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-307 Biolite Smokeless Fire Pit: https://www.bioliteenergy.com/products/firepit?variant=12471708287075 Pradamalia charms: http://www.prada.com/en/a-future-archive/projects/pradamalia.html A Bonebox subscription: https://www.cratejoy.com/subscription-box/skulls-unlimited-international-inc/?clickid=3U0RwGy7f3w3XHF0xY21D1wSUkgRap2VsXu13Y0&irgwc=1&utm_medium=AFF&utm_source=IR&utm_basket=BuzzFeed&utm_carton=ONLINE_TRACKING_LINK&utm_egg=Online%20Tracking%20Link Burrito scented candle: https://stinkycandlecompany.com/product/burrito-candle/#reviews The Aviary cocktail book: https://www.theaviarybook.com/buy/ The Tushy portable bidet: https://hellotushy.com/?utm_expid=.4q1sPWKtQ6KDdg6HH7h6aA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Neuticles, for your bashful pet: https://www.neuticles.com/ A Razzle Dazzle haircut (or carwash): https://www.razzledazzlebarbershop.com/   Big #YUP to… Julie Klausner and her excellent podcast “How Was Your Week?” Listen here: http://www.howwasyourweek.com/ The greatest Christmas duet of 2018 is here: Lil Jon and the Kool-aid Man celebrate the holidays.   Lauren Goode gives a shoutout to the “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G9LGZCM/?ref=dvm_us_dl_sl_go_ast_125MM_TLeP5|c_316614120392_m_PStu8QZR-dc_s__&gclid=CjwKCAiA9efgBRAYEiwAUT-jtDuuBneWFk92ki-QombTa08T1P_sOVwnMpgFIeqZKLpamoyMzwWmQRoCA0wQAvD_BwE And major props to Walt Mossberg for his decision to abandon Facebook: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html

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After Shaker Grad Corey Windelspecht created a petition to change to decorations at the Hollad Tunnel, the Port Authority has decided to make changes.

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Emerging from glamorous Art Basel, where we rubbed shoulders with everyone from former Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon to grifting Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, we’re really struggling this week to acclimate to New York's rat and diarrhea-infested subway. In addition to demystifying Miami, on this week’s episode we shut down the hottest toy of the season, Poopsie, and explore the dystopian panopticon overseen by an Elf on the Shelf.  Also: the Holland Tunnel struggles with a violent backlash to its holiday decorations; men embrace penis contouring; frenemies are orbiting and employees are ghosting. We respond to an #AskNope query about the merits of sharing business contacts with strangers and offer a hearty #Yup to incoming House Speaker/style icon Nancy Pelosi and a random straphanger who offered Brian a Metrocard. A holiday miracle!  HEAR US ON ITUNEShttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  In this week’s episode:  Learn more about the hottest toy of the season, a doe-eyed unicorn with loose bowels called Poopsie: https://nypost.com/2018/12/12/unicorn-that-poops-glitter-is-this-years-hot-holiday-toy/ Men are contouring their penises, according to Men’s Health magazine: https://www.menshealth.com/grooming/a19524495/penis-contouring/  Orbiting is the new ghosting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/style/orbiting-dating.html  Big #YUP to… Future House Speaker and style icon Nancy Pelosi, for having major BDE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/fashion/nancy-pelosi-coat.html  A random tourist in the subway who gave Brian a free metrocard. 

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Former Shaker student Cory Windelspecht now lives in New Jersey and frequently travels into New York City using the Holland Tunnel. For the last 10 years he has become progressively more annoyed by the decorations hung on the tunnel entrance. And it isn't because he hates Christmas.

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(recorded 2-3-2018) WEBurlesque's Viktor Devonne sits down for a cozy brunch with bubbles with The Brick House of Burlesque herself, Falana Fox. Falana gets personal with her backstory with a little Behind the Music moment of her time as an almost-Mary J Blige in the 90s, plus we both delve into flipping tables; pink walkie talkies; The Muppets; Colorforms; growing up a Jehovah's Witness, leaving the church, faith; professional acting, back-up singing, checking the contract; Titus Walker; Classical Theater of Harlem; Lady Capulet; Street Court; kismet in a Sephora; Lola Falana; the Three Little Foxes?; Ireland at age 10; Paris in December; wine and bread at IKEA; Seward Alaska; tagline -- The One You'll Never Forget; improvising; the moment before - the moment after; Janet Jackson and the Super Bowl; Adam Barta; Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus; exoticizing African culture; Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus; acting black; cultural appropriation and entitlement; the best actor for the job; the fuckery of it all; Ladyqueen, and introducing Billie Daze. shout-outs include: Delysia La Chatte, Magdalena Fox, Ivory Fox, Jo Boobs, Jezebel Express, Perle Noire, Anja Keister, Clara Coquette, Sake Fevah, Lillian Bustle, Tigger, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Poison Ivory, Ula Uberbusen, and Crimson Kitty Falana Fox is an entertainer living in Jersey City. You can see her her regularly with LadyQueen, White Elephant Burlesque, and in various productions on both sides of the Holland Tunnel. She was nominated for The Sweetheart in 2018's Silver Tusk Awards, and will be appearing in the February 14th Valentine's Day show. intro and outro music: "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress (used w/ permission) ... interlude music: "Poppers and Prosecco" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ... Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Grand Coulee Dam.  Air-conditioning.   Hoover Dam.  Empire State Building.  Over 3 million miles of highway.  Golden Gate Bridge.  Verrazano Bridge.  Holland Tunnel.  George Washington Bridge.  Automatic transmissions.  Commercial jet travel. Electric refrigerators.  That and more took place 1900-1960.   Since then…?  Almost nothing!  What! Why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grand Coulee Dam.  Air-conditioning.   Hoover Dam.  Empire State Building.  Over 3 million miles of highway.  Golden Gate Bridge.  Verrazano Bridge.  Holland Tunnel.  George Washington Bridge.  Automatic transmissions.  Commercial jet travel. Electric refrigerators.  That and more took place 1900-1960.   Since then…?  Almost nothing!  What! Why? 1960 is approximate date marking the end of Christianity as the respected central organizing force in American society.  That date also marks the end of our ability to build really significant projects like bridges, dams and highways.  Are they connected?

This article is a collaboration between WNYC, ProPublica and The New Yorker. In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump’s two eldest children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., found themselves in a precarious legal position. For two years, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had been building a criminal case against them for misleading prospective buyers of units in the Trump SoHo, a hotel and condo development that was failing to sell. Despite the best efforts of the siblings’ defense team, the case had not gone away. An indictment seemed like a real possibility. The evidence included emails from the Trumps making clear that they were aware they were using inflated figures about how well the condos were selling to lure buyers. In one email, according to four people who have seen it, the Trumps discussed how to coordinate false information they had given to prospective buyers. In another, according to a person who read the emails, they worried that a reporter might be onto them. In yet another, Donald, Jr. spoke reassuringly to a broker who was concerned about the false statements, saying that nobody would ever find out, because only people on the email chain or in the Trump Organization knew about the deception, according to a person who saw the email. There was “no doubt” that the Trump children “approved, knew of, agreed to, and intentionally inflated the numbers to make more sales,” one person who saw the emails told us. “They knew it was wrong.” In 2010, when the Major Economic Crimes Bureau of the D.A.’s office opened an investigation of the siblings, the Trump Organization had hired several top New York criminal defense lawyers to represent Donald, Jr. and Ivanka. These attorneys had met with prosecutors in the bureau several times. They conceded that their clients had made exaggerated claims, but argued that the overstatements didn’t amount to criminal misconduct. Still, the case dragged on. In a meeting with the defense team, Donald Trump, Sr., expressed frustration that the investigation had not been closed. Soon after, his longtime personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz entered the case. Kasowitz, who by then had been the elder Donald Trump’s attorney for a decade, is primarily a civil litigator with little experience in criminal matters. But in 2012, Kasowitz donated $25,000 to the re-election campaign of Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., making Kasowitz one of Vance’s largest donors. Kasowitz decided to bypass the lower-level prosecutors and went directly to Vance to ask that the investigation be dropped. On May 16, 2012, Kasowitz visited Vance’s office at One Hogan Place in downtown Manhattan — a faded edifice made famous by the television show, “Law & Order.” Dan Alonso, the chief assistant district attorney, and Adam Kaufmann, the chief of the investigative division, were also at the meeting, but no one from the Major Economic Crimes Bureau attended. Kasowitz did not introduce any new arguments or facts during his session. He simply repeated the arguments that the other defense lawyers had been making for months. Ultimately, Vance overruled his own prosecutors. Three months after the meeting, he told them to drop the case. Kasowitz subsequently boasted to colleagues about representing the Trump children, according to two people. He said that the case was “really dangerous,” one person said, and that it was “amazing I got them off.” (Kasowitz denied making such a statement.) Vance defended his decision. “I did not at the time believe beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime had been committed,” he told us. “I had to make a call and I made the call, and I think I made the right call.” Just before the 2012 meeting, Vance’s campaign had returned Kasowitz’s $25,000 contribution, in keeping with what Vance describes as standard practice when a donor has a case before his office. Kasowitz “had no influence and his contributions had no influence whatsoever on my decision-making in the case,” Vance said. But less than six months after the D.A.’s office dropped the case, Kasowitz made an even larger donation to Vance’s campaign, and helped raise more from others—eventually, a total of more than $50,000. After being asked about these donations as part of the reporting for this article—more than four years after the fact—Vance said he now plans to give back Kasowitz’s second contribution, too. “I don’t want the money to be a millstone around anybody’s neck, including the office’s,” he said. Kasowitz told us his donations to Vance were unrelated to the case. “I donated to Cy Vance’s campaign because I was and remain extremely impressed by him as a person of impeccable integrity, as a brilliant lawyer and as a public servant with creative ideas and tremendous ability,” Kasowitz wrote in an emailed statement. “I have never made a contribution to anyone’s campaign, including Cy Vance’s, as a ‘quid-pro-quo’ for anything.” Last year, The New York Times reported the existence of the criminal investigation into the Trump SoHo project. But the prosecutor’s focus on Ivanka and Donald, Jr. and the email evidence against them, as well as Kasowitz’s involvement, and Vance’s decision to overrule his prosecutors, had not been previously made public. This account is based on interviews with 20 sources familiar with the investigation, court records, and other public documents. We were not able to review copies of the emails that were the focal point of the inquiry. We are relying on the accounts of multiple individuals who have seen them. Requests for interviews with Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., were referred to Alan Garten, the chief legal officer of the Trump Organization. In an emailed response, Garten did not address a list of questions about the criminal case. Instead, he quoted the company’s filings in civil litigation relating to the Trump SoHo, which described complaints as “a simple case of buyers’ remorse.” But even a lawyer in the Trump camp acknowledges that the way the case was resolved was unusual. “Dropping the case was reasonable,” said Paul Grand, a partner at Morvillo Abramowitz who was part of the Trump SoHo defense team. “The manner in which it was accomplished is curious.” Grand, who was a partner of Vance’s when the district attorney was in private practice, said he did not believe that the D.A.’s office had evidence of criminal misconduct by the Trump children. But the meeting between Vance and Kasowitz “didn’t have an air you’d like,” he said. “If you and I were district attorney and you knew that a subject of an investigation was represented by two or three well-thought-of lawyers in town, and all of a sudden someone who was a contributor to your campaign showed up on your doorstep, and the regular lawyers are nowhere to be seen, you’d think about how you’d want to proceed.” [Have a tip about this story? Click here to share information with WNYC and our reporting partners ProPublica and The New Yorker.] In June 2006, during the season finale of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump, Sr. unveiled the Trump SoHo as a visionary project. The luxury development was intended to mark the ascension of Ivanka and Donald, Jr.—then 24 and 28 years old, respectively—as full players in the Trump empire. They signed the licensing deal alongside their father, and photographs of Ivanka were featured in the Trump SoHo’s advertising, under the tagline “Possess your own SoHo.” Their partners on the project included two Soviet-born businessmen, Felix Sater and Tevfik Arif, who ran the Bayrock Group, a real estate development firm. Sater had a history of running afoul of the law. In 1993, he was convicted of assault and spent about a year in prison for attacking a man with the stem of a margarita glass in a bar fight. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering for his role in a $40 million securities fraud scheme. The Trump SoHo was beleaguered from the start: Named for one of Manhattan’s trendiest neighborhoods, the development wasn’t really in SoHo, but located just west of it, near the entrance ramp to the Holland Tunnel. Zoning laws wouldn’t allow a residential tower at the location, so the Trumps fell back on an alternative: a “condo-hotel,” in which buyers got a hotel room rather than an apartment, and were legally prohibited from staying there more than 120 nights per year. Worse, the high-priced condos hit the market in September 2007, just as the global economy began to crater in what became the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Business was slow, but the Trump family claimed the opposite. In April 2008, they said that 31 percent of the condos in the building had been purchased. Donald Jr. boasted to The Real Deal magazine that 55 percent of the units had been bought. In June 2008, Donald, Jr. and Ivanka, alongside their brother Eric, gathered the foreign press at Trump Tower in Manhattan, where Ivanka announced that 60 percent had been snapped up. “We’re in a very fortunate position,” she said, “where we have enough sales and now we are strategically targeting certain buyers.” None of that was true. According to a sworn affidavit by a Trump partner filed with the New York Attorney General’s office, by March of 2010, almost two years after the press conference, only 15.8 percent of units had been sold. This was more than a marketing problem. The deal hinged on selling at least 15 percent of the units. By law, the sales couldn’t close with anything less. The Trumps and their partners would have had to return the buyers’ down payments. Some buyers concluded that they’d been cheated. In August 2010, some sued the Trump Organization and others involved in the project in New York federal court. “This action seeks to redress the substantial and ongoing pattern of fraudulent misrepresentations and deceptive sales practices” by the Trumps and the other defendants, the suit charged. The plaintiffs argued that there’s a vast difference in value between a unit in a building that is fifteen percent sold and one that is sixty percent sold. Their complaint accused the sellers, including the Trumps, of “a consistent and concerted pattern of outright lies.” After the civil suit was filed, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office opened a criminal investigation. Prosecutors are often wary of getting involved in a dispute between wealthy litigants. But in this instance, according to a person familiar with their thinking, the lawyers in the Major Economic Crimes Bureau quickly concluded that there was enough to warrant an investigation. They believed that Ivanka and Donald, Jr., might have violated the Martin Act, a New York statute that bans any false statement in conjunction with the sale of a security or real estate. Prosecutors also saw potential fraud and larceny charges, applying a legal theory that, by overstating the number of units sold, the Trump were falsely inflating their value and, in effect, cheating unsuspecting condo buyers. Peirce Moser, an assistant district attorney known for his methodical, comprehensive investigations, soon took over the case. “He is not a cowboy,” Marc Scholl, who spent almost forty years as a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office, said. “He is certainly not out to make headlines for himself or to advance himself.” On the other side, the Trumps’ defense team included Gary Naftalis and David Frankel, of the law firm Kramer Levin; Paul Grand represented one of the real estate brokers who had worked with the Trumps. As the investigation progressed, Vance suffered an embarrassing setback in one of his highest profile cases. In the summer of 2011, his office had abandoned a sexual-assault case against the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Vance, who was pummeled in the press afterward, denied in his interview with us that the case made him reluctant to take on another prominent defendant. A few months later, on Jan. 11, 2012, Marc Kasowitz contributed $25,000 to Vance’s campaign, unbeknownst to prosecutors in the Major Economic Crimes Bureau, who continued their work. Moser was particularly focused on email correspondence, according to seven people familiar with the case. The prosecutors began considering impaneling a special grand jury, according to a person familiar with the investigation. That would have represented a significant escalation in the case, because it is often a prelude to indictments. With a grand jury in place, defense lawyers knew the risk of indictment was high. The defense team offered a deal to stave off this possibility, floating the possibility of a settlement of some kind, including a deferred prosecution agreement, which would have meant the corporate equivalent of probation for the Trump Organization. With the investigation appearing to gather momentum, Naftalis and Grand, who had already met with the prosecutors twice, began to step up their campaign against the case. Grand calls this the “internal appellate process.” Particularly when well-heeled or high-profile defendants are involved, there can be a multi-month advocacy process that slowly makes its way up the hierarchy inside the Manhattan D.A.’s office. Grand and Naftalis decided that it would be unwise to go over the heads of the staff prosecutors. Instead, on April 18, 2012, they sent a letter to Adam Kaufmann, then chief of the investigative division (he’s now in private practice), outlining their arguments. The next day, the defense lawyers met with Moser, Kaufmann, and others from the prosecution team. The defense team acknowledged that the Trumps made some exaggerated statements in order to sell the units. But this was mere “puffery”— harmless exaggeration. Such language, they contended, didn’t amount to criminal conduct. The Trumps weren’t selling useless swampland in Florida. The condos existed. And the buyers’ money was in escrow the entire time. The defense lawyers argued that bringing such a case to trial would be wasteful and that resources would be better spent on more serious offenses. As Grand put it to us during our recent interview, “I guess in a world that is completely pure and where there is no deviation between propriety and the law, that kind of exaggeration and deliberately concentrated exaggeration can be pursued. But is that the kind of criminal law enforcement the D.A. should be doing?” Moser’s answer seemed to be “yes,” and he found support among his supervisors. Moser had prepared an elaborate PowerPoint presentation, featuring dozens of emails that prosecutors believed showed that Ivanka and Donald, Jr. had repeatedly lied to buyers. “You couldn’t have had a better email trail,” a person familiar with the investigation told us. At the meeting, Kaufmann peppered the defense team with questions, at one point raising his voice, according to a person who was there. “I believed in the case,” Kaufmann told us, though he declined to discuss the evidence. “But believing in the case doesn’t mean we had reached the point when [I had] settled on what should happen with the case.” *** White-collar criminal cases are often challenging to bring because of their complexity. And, by the time of the April meeting, prosecutors knew that they faced another impediment, this one created by legal maneuvers in the Trumps’ civil case. Five months earlier, the Trumps and their partners had reached a settlement with the disgruntled buyers. The defendants agreed to return 90 percent of the buyers’ deposits, plus their attorneys’ fees. But they extracted a rare concession in return: The plaintiffs agreed not to cooperate with prosecutors unless they were subpoenaed. (Garten, the Trump Organization’s chief legal officer, noted that the settlement terms were confidential and declined to comment on them.) Adam Leitman Bailey, the attorney for the buyers, had been helping prosecutors. Now he provided aid to the Trumps, writing a letter to the district attorney that stated: “We acknowledge that the Defendants have not violated the criminal laws of the State of New York or the United States.” In our interview with Vance, he said he had never before seen a letter where plaintiffs in a civil case asserted that no crime had been committed. “I don’t think I’d ever received a letter like it,” Vance said. He calls it a “significant and important” communication. Certainly, prosecutors could subpoena the buyers of Trump condos. But they feared the witnesses would undercut the criminal case by claiming they weren’t victims of a fraud. Still, Moser, backed by his supervisors, persisted. “Peirce believed in his case,” Grand said. “We did not succeed in talking him out of it and didn’t succeed in talking one or two levels above him into dropping the case.” *** Finally, in the spring of 2012, Kasowitz joined the case. His involvement “came from out of the blue,” Grand told us. He and the other lawyers assumed Kasowitz intervened at the request of Donald Trump, Sr. In early May 2012, Kasowitz asked to see the District Attorney. Vance told us such meetings aren’t unusual — but his investigations chief at the time, Kaufmann, characterized Kasowitz’s request as “a little premature.” The Trump lawyer was going over the heads of everyone who had been working on the case. The gathering, on May 16, lasted 20 to 30 minutes, according to Vance. Kasowitz repeated the arguments the defense team had made before. Afterwards, Kasowitz didn’t seem to think his clients were in the clear. On August 1, he suggested a settlement, proposing that the Trump Organization would not admit to wrongdoing but would agree not to mislead people in the future and would submit to outside monitoring. The offer proved unnecessary. Two days later, on August 3, 2012, Moser called the Trumps’ defense attorneys and told them prosecutors were dropping the investigation. (Moser, who  still works for Vance, now as senior investigative counsel, did not respond to requests for an interview made over multiple months. Shortly before this article was published, he sent an email stating that Vance’s ultimate decision in the case “was not unreasonable” and that throughout the process, the D.A. asked “smart questions” and expressed “reasonable skepticism.”) In his interview, Vance defended his decision to drop the case with no conditions, even after Kasowitz offered a deal. “This started as a civil case,” Vance said. “It was settled as a civil case with a statement by the purchasers of luxury properties that they weren’t victims. And at the end of the day, I felt if we were not going to charge criminally, we should leave it as a civil case in the posture in which it came to us.” In September 2012, within weeks of the case being resolved, Kasowitz contacted Vance’s campaign about hosting a fundraiser, according to a spokesperson for the campaign. Kasowitz held the event that January. He personally donated almost $32,000 to Vance’s campaign, and 20 of his law firm’s partners and employees kicked in at least another $9,000. Then, in October 2013, as Election Day approached, he hosted a breakfast —“Republicans for Cy Vance” — which raised an additional $9,000. Vance defended his decision to accept the money Kasowitz sent his way. “We did the right thing,” he said, referring to the decision to drop the case. “Another five and a half months go by. Marc Kasowitz has no matter pending before the office for the Trumps or anybody else. It’s 2013 and it’s an election—and I welcome his support.” Vance noted that New York law allowed him to accept such a contribution. Still, he now intends to return the money to Kasowitz. Ivanka Trump is now an adviser to the President, with an office in the West Wing. Donald, Jr., is running much of the family empire while his father is in the White House. Kasowitz attained national prominence when he was retained to represent the president in the Russia investigation, only to be supplanted as lead counsel. Vance is running unopposed for reelection in November. The Trump SoHo went into foreclosure in 2014 and was taken over by a creditor. Only a hundred and twenty-eight of the three hundred and ninety-one units in the building have sold. That comes out to around thirty-three percent. Derek Kravitz and Leora Smith of ProPublica contributed reporting to this article, as did Keenan Chen, Alex Mierjeski, Inti Pacheco and Manuela Andreoni of Columbia Journalism Investigations. This article is a collaboration between WNYC, ProPublica and The New Yorker. 

Jacob liked Batman, Federal Judge Overturns Ban on Openly Carrying Guns in Public, All Across The Nation Wanted Latino Criminals Are Marked As ‘White', Man arrested at Holland Tunnel with guns has no regrets, Marines pick Glock 9mm over 1911 for spec ops.

A man walks his dog in front of vacant commercial spaces along Main Street in Fitchburg, Mass. (Credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR) While Boston has more than rebounded from the great recession, many of New England’s smaller cities are still feeling the pain of de-industrialization. But in Massachusetts, some of these former mill towns are plotting a comeback. We take a look at what two so-called Gateway Cities are doing to provide economic opportunity — and we consider how the high cost of rental housing in growing towns can keep some low-income New Englanders from getting a leg up. In the second part of this episode, we continue our series about the biggest issues facing each of the New England states this election season. And finally, we remember an iconic New England restaurant chain as it fades from the region. Gateway to the American Dream Immigrant workers from Ireland and Germany were some of the first laborers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, filling the city’s 19th-century mill buildings with the hum of textile looms. Today, Lawrence has converted these buildings to refurbished work spaces for artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Shannon Dooling of WBUR brings us the story of how two Massachusetts towns are working to pull their economies into the 21st century. Angie Jimenez is a graduate of Entrepreneurship for All, a business accelerator program in Lawrence. She’s starting a cooking school in a renovated mill building in the city. (Credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR) Luis Feliciano cuts the hair of a young boy at the newly opened Brothers Barber Shop on Main Street in Fitchburg. (Credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR) It seems that the closer you are to the boom that's happening in Boston, the better off you are, and the same goes for cities in southwestern Connecticut, in the orbit of New York City. But economic booms bring high housing costs, sometimes far exceeding what lower-wage workers can afford. That's especially problematic in many of New England's coastal communities. And as rent prices rise, assistance for those who can't afford those rents is not keeping pace. We speak with Andrew Flowers, an economics writer at FiveThirtyEight, whose recent article on the subject profiled a family in South Portland, Maine. (Credit: FiveThirtyEight) Happy Fall! Can You Smell the Election? In New Hampshire, a high-profile Senate race is racking up record spending. In Massachusetts, ballot questions like whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, and whether to lift the state cap on charter schools, loom large. And in Maine, perhaps the biggest question is whether Governor LePage’s latest outbursts will tilt the state legislature’s power balance toward the Democrats. Our panelists are Casey McDermott, digital reporter for New Hampshire Public Radio; Felice Belman, politics editor at the Boston Globe; and Bill Nemitz, columnist for the Portland Press Herald and the Maine Sunday Telegram. (If you missed last week’s conversation on Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont, you can listen here). Bye Bye, HoJo’s! Howard Johnson’s began as a seaside stand on Wollaston Beach in Quincy, Massachusetts, where clams, along with rich ice cream, and hot dogs — called “frankforts” — helped make the place famous. Hojoland.com features photos of “HoJo Ghosts” – buildings that were once Howard Johnson’s and have been converted. This one on Route 34 in Derby, CT is now a Tail Gators bar. (Credit: Hojoland.com) The story goes that Bostonians came to love the place when Eugene O'Neill's “Strange Interlude” was banned in Boston, and theatergoers went south to Quincy to see a performance… with a dinner intermission at the Howard Johnson's across the street. At its height, there were more than 1,000 HoJos locations — with their iconic orange roofs — on highway rest stops, and dotting the neighborhoods of New England, New York, and points beyond. Today, Howard Johnson’s exists as a hotel chain, but there is just one HoJo’s restaurant left, in Lake George, New York. The last location in New England — in Bangor, Maine — closed earlier this month. To pay our respects, we invited Howard Mann, the man behind the website hojoland.com, to discuss the restaurant chain’s rich New England legacy. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Shannon Dooling, Galen Koch, Annie Sinsabaugh Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon, “This Must be the Place” by the Talking Heads, “Don’t Vote” by Cass McCombs, “Holland Tunnel” by John Phillips Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and pictures of your favorite restaurant to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

everend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. They are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists who have worked with communities on four continents defending community, life and imagination. Over the last 15 years of their "church," they describe the Devils that plague us as Consumerism and Militarism. In this time of the Earth's crisis - they are especially mindful of the extractive imperatives of global capital. Their activist performance and concert stage performance have always worked in parallel. The activism is content for the play. They have won an OBIE Award, the Alpert Award, The Dramalogue Award and The Historic Districts Council's Preservation Award (for leading demonstrations to save Manhattan's Poe House), and half of their singing activists have been jailed, most frequently during Occupy Wall Street. Reverend Billy has been arrested about 70 times. Reverend Billy and the SSC employ multiple strategies, including cash register exorcisms, retail interventions, and cell phone operas. Outdoors, they have performed in Redwood forests, between cars in traffic jams at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, on the Staten Island Ferry, at Burning Man and Times Square and Coney Island, and on the roof of Carnegie Hall in a snowstorm. The Stop Shopping Choir is a diverse array of economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds and has members from every continent except Antarctica, which they're working on. Among them are scientists, teachers, artists, therapists, welders, cyclists, builders, developers, hairdressers, dog walkers, actors, truck drivers, tech geeks, scholars and executives. The Choir has toured in Europe, Africa, South America and throughout North America. Here we discuss what drives the Reverend's tireless activism, the development of his persona and voice, and what it means to be an earth evangelist.

Eighty years ago, New York City needed another tunnel under the Hudson River. The Holland Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge could no longer handle the mounting traffic between New Jersey and Manhattan. Thus began construction of the Lincoln Tunnel. But this is not a … Continue reading →

Eighty years ago, New York City needed another tunnel under the Hudson River. The Holland Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge could no longer handle the mounting traffic between New Jersey and Manhattan. Thus began construction of the Lincoln Tunnel. But this is not a … Continue reading →

Lex talks about his Robin Williams memory of choice.

Lex talks about his Robin Williams memory of choice.

Today I discuss systemic failures whether municipal or biological with Rebecca Trent, the owner/operator of The Creek and the Cave. Check out the Creek's schedule and go see a show there today.  Also, Rebecca and I discuss the disastrous effect of the MTA's 7 train weeekend shutdown (42% of weekends, 2014 and in years to come) on the business and shows in the LIC nightlife scene, turning a 5 minute ride into grand central into a 40 minute shuttlebus nightmare deeper into Queens just to get into the city.  If you care about comedy, community, and making New York an ever more vibrant place, help us get a shuttlebus that runs from Grand Central through the Holland Tunnel by contacting the political entities in question. The dramatis personae are:  State Senator Michael Gianaris, Borough President Melinda Katz, State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, VP Of Gov & Community relations Lois Tendler  Contact them as follows:  On Twitter, with the Hashtag #WTFMTA: @SenGianaris @MelindaKatz Catherine Nolan: Not on twitter.  @JimmyVanBramer Lois Tendler: Not on Twitter but use @MTA By Email: Email State Senator Mike Gianaris via webform  Email Melinda Katz at info@melindakatz.com Email State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Email Jimmy Van Bremmer at jvanbramer@council.nyc.gov or via Webform Email Lois Tendler: No email but contact her on Linkedin By phone: State Senator Michael Gianaris Albany 518-455-3486 District 718-728-0960 Borough President Melinda Katz Main: (718) 286-3000  Constituent Affairs (718) 286-2669 State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Sunnyside: 718-784-3194 Ridgewood: 718-456-9492 Albany: 518-455-4851 City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer Office: (718) 383-9566 VP Of Gov & Community relations Lois Tendler  Office: (646) 252-2660 Whitepages Listing:  718-625-4756 And if they don't respond, perhaps their Wikipedia articles should be changed to reflect that:  Michael Gianaris Melinda Katz Jimmy Van Bramer Catherine Nolan Lois Tendler at The MTA

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-In this episode: Warble tells Mary about the origin of the Holland Tunnel and explains how Vincent Van Gogh (who he claims was a plumber) and his roommate and buddy Phil Gauguin used to walk from Greenwich Village to Coney Island each day to eat Nathan's hot dogs.