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Veteran news anchor & theatre critic Roma Torre, a winner of 30 Emmy Awards & former longtime staple of New York 1 News, joins the program for a retrospective on a storied career, & an honest look at the direction the news industry is heading in. Connect With Mike Colón:Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhavenInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115aBusiness Line: 917-781-6189Business Email: thecolonreport@gmail.comConnect With Roma Torre: Twitter: https://twitter.com/romatorrenycInstagram: https://instagram.com/romatorrenycWebsite: https://romatorre.com/Listen To The Podcast:iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/micd-in-new-haven/id1347647537iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-micd-in-new-haven-74906026/Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/mike-colons-showSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7yth6tWkA7kPAse43eJnNn?si=5y8boJBlRXOqRkIylL-KXw&nd=1PlayerFM: http://front.player.fm/series/micd-in-new-haven-2095021Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/mic%27d%20in%20new%20havenYouTube (Video Version): https://youtu.be/gR1n8B90MH8Outro Song: Garbage - Queer (1995)SONG DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THIS SONG. All Rights Reserved To Respective Owners.

Ep. 77  Roma TorreRoma Torre is a 2 time Emmy Award winning TV journalist and theater critic. She is best known for her time at New York City's first 24 hour local news station, the much loved and revered cable news channel NY1, where she was a lead news presenter for over 28 years. She's had an amazing career. She has received over 30 broadcasting awards including those 2 aforementioned Emmy's, the most recent in 2019, which would obviously justify feeling like she was in the prime of her career. But just as NY1 (the cable news channel) was taken over by a new owner (whose focus to that point was as a broadband supplier), things seemed to be inexplicably unravelling for her and 4 other senior female journalists at NY1. They were replaced. All of them. At the same time. Over 100 years of journalistic experience that the new owner must have thought was superfluous, or outdated, or lacking in skill, or....something. Roma, of course, can't comment on it because of legal restrictions - but there is a lot of public information on this out there that I could comment on. It certainly intrigued me. The fact that Roma had won her second Emmy award just months earlier intrigued me. The fact that the incoming female anchors looked - to me - eerily similar to the outgoing anchors but for one interesting fact, intrigued me. The fact that they are not allowed to say anything about this for fear of legal reprisals, intrigued me. There are similarities to the conversation I had with journalist Gretchen Carlson not so long ago. But it seems things may be changing.  We had a really interesting conversation about journalism and democracy in today's social media obsessed world. We spoke about her amazing mother, also a journalist, who owns a unique piece of journalistic history. And her love of theater - first as an actor and then as a fan and eventually, a theater critic. She's - rightfully - proud of the stance she took. Her mother did the same thing. An imposing combination. Have a listen. 

Five anchorwomen at NY1, one of the country’s most prominent local news channels, are suing their employer over age and gender discrimination, alleging a systematic effort by managers to force them off the air in favor of younger, less experienced hosts. Roma Torre has won dozens of journalism awards including 2 Emmys in her 35 year career covering every major news event in NYC. She currently hosts NY1’s Live noon hour and she is also an award winning theatre critic. Kristen Bush Shaughnessy has been an Anchor at NY1 since 1995 and winner of numerous awards. Kristen was the primary weekday morning fill-in anchor with approximately 45 slots per year. After the merger with Charter, her fill-in opportunities vanished. Find out more and support this landmark case: #unseenonTV, @unseenwomenonTV. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

A beloved icon of NY1, Roma Torre has survived Stage 4 colon cancer, putting two children through college, and three decades of broadcast journalism. In addition to seeing the shifts in NYC and commercial theatre, Roma is thriving in the shift from traditional media (such as newspapers and television) to new media (like social media and podcasting).  But as you’ll soon hear, she’s in the midst of a gender and age discrimination lawsuit, fighting for equality in the workplace. This is an episode I think you’ll love, as well as a movement and changemaker you’ll want to follow. Connect with Roma at RomaTorre.com and @RomaTorreNYC. You can follow and support the lawsuit via @UnseenWomenOnTV and the hashtag is #BroadcastWomen.  Don’t forget to share something from your past (whether a simple throwback photo or revealing a deep truth and defining moment) with #HonoringMyPast.  Stick around to the end of the episode for some exciting news… and message me with your thoughts @TonyHowell. Happy Holidays! 

Try as we might, we couldn't get that "putt down the remote" joke to work, so we'll just say we're happy Daniel MacEachern is back on the pod, and we're even happier to be talking about Holey Moley, the "Wipeout meets mini-golf" summer offering from ABC that finally found a way to use Kenny G's talents properly. From hosts to holes to gimmicky guest get-ups, it's fun for the whole family -- really! Later, we go Around The Dial with Years And Years, Animal Kingdom, Bosch, Lethal Weapon, Collateral, and Dave's non-crackpot theory on TV knockout drugs, before contemplating a universally despised Golden Girls episode that closed out that otherwise-great show's second season. Michael Sheen (not in character from The Good Fight) was a winner, execs trying to step to Buntsy's girl Roma Torre were losers, and someone got a helping hand on this week's Game Time. This is our windmil-lieu: an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS

Try as we might, we couldn't get that "putt down the remote" joke to work, so we'll just say we're happy Daniel MacEachern is back on the pod, and we're even happier to be talking about Holey Moley, the "Wipeout meets mini-golf" summer offering from ABC that finally found a way to use Kenny G's talents properly. From hosts to holes to gimmicky guest get-ups, it's fun for the whole family -- really! Later, we go Around The Dial with Years And Years, Animal Kingdom, Bosch, Lethal Weapon, Collateral, and Dave's non-crackpot theory on TV knockout drugs, before contemplating a universally despised Golden Girls episode that closed out that otherwise-great show's second season. Michael Sheen (not in character from The Good Fight) was a winner, execs trying to step to Buntsy's girl Roma Torre were losers, and someone got a helping hand on this week's Game Time. This is our windmil-lieu: an all-new Extra Hot Great.SHOW TOPICSPod BusinessHoley MoleyYears And YearsLethal WeaponAnimal KingdomBoschCollateralI Am Not A Crackpot: ChloroformThe Nonac: The Golden Girls S02.E26: Empty NestsWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Chums And HelpersSHOW NOTESCarl Carmoni and Quebecois putt-puttPoseThe Best Evidence newsletterHow chloroform actually worksMichael Sheen takes up for fan-ficNY1 anchors sue Charter Communications for marginalizing themPhoto: ABC / Eric McCandlessDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.comSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up a 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roma Torre, a recipient of an Emmy® and more than 30 other awards, is celebrating her 25th anniversary at NY1, New York’s popular cable news channel, where she is an anchor and theater critic. Torre began her television career at CBS’ flagship station, New York’s Channel 2, becoming a news writer and producer. Then, with Cablevision’s formation of the country's first 24-hour local news station, News12 Long Island, Torre was among the first reporters hired. At the station, she reported, anchored and hosted a weekly news program. Torre was also its film and theater critic and her reviews were published in the television magazine, Total TV. After five years at News12, Torre returned to New York City in 1992 to join NY1, where she now anchors its "News All Day" and is its theater critic. She previously anchored the station’s award-winning "Inside City Hall," a hard-hitting political and public affairs program described by one critic as "the ‘60 Minutes’ of local television." She followed in the tradition of her mother, the late Marie Torre. A well-known syndicated columnist and amusements editor for The New York Herald Tribune, Marie was involved in a celebrated freedom of the press case. She was the first reporter to gain national attention for going to jail for refusing to identify a news source in a dispute involving CBS and Judy Garland. (It was a 10-day sentence.) But growing up, Roma Torre wanted to be an actress. Born in New York and raised in Pittsburgh, she later graduated from Tufts University. While in Boston, Torre started a theater company with fellow student Ed Lopez. The theater lasted three years but the partnership with Lopez thrived. They married in 1991 and now have two children, Alejandro and Alegra. Torre’s road to Broadway took a detour. After performing in numerous soaps and off-Broadway productions, she traded in the stage lights for the glare of television news cameras. Her theater years are still being put to good use in her role as NY1's theater critic. She regularly contributes to its weekly theater show, "NY1 On Stage." In addition, Torre continues to cover news stories and various special events, ranging from NY1's election night coverage to major parades. She has more than 30 broadcasting awards, including an Emmy for reporting and anchoring coverage of the Avianca plane crash disaster in 1991. Torre and "News All Evening" anchor Lewis Dodley were honored in 1993 by New York Magazine's "Best Of" edition as the best news anchors in New York. Torre was the recipient of the Newswomen’s Club of New York's 2003 Peggy Award for Broadcasting for her review of the Broadway show, Big River. She has co-produced a documentary entitled, “Shout Gladi Gladi” - a story of hope and survival - narrated by Meryl Streep. It profiles a Scottish woman who has dedicated countless hours and her own money to improving the lives of African women and children living in extreme poverty. A colon cancer survivor, Torre is a staunch advocate of early screening and has spoken extensively about the need to raise awareness and the importance of cancer prevention. She is a proud board member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA). Founded in 1889, NAWA is the country’s oldest organization that promotes and showcases women in the art world.

Segment: Power Of Second Opinion With NY1's Roma Torre And Dr. Samadi by Dr. Samadi

Segment: NY1's Roma Torre Talks To Dr. Samadi About Being A Colon Cancer Survivor by Dr. Samadi

The panel of theatre critics -- "New York Post"'s Clive Barnes, "Variety"'s Charles Isherwood, "New York Times"' Peter Marks, "NY1"'s Roma Torre, and "Newsday"'s Linda Winer -- discuss the difference between television and print media, writing styles, the change in opening night review deadlines, audience reactions, unbiased reviews, reading plays prior to attending plays, how the quality of a show influences the quality of a review, returning to a show for a subsequent viewing, and the job market for critics.

The panel of theatre critics -- "New York Post"'s Clive Barnes, "Variety"'s Charles Isherwood, "New York Times"' Peter Marks, "NY1"'s Roma Torre, and "Newsday"'s Linda Winer -- discuss the difference between television and print media, writing styles, the change in opening night review deadlines, audience reactions, unbiased reviews, reading plays prior to attending plays, how the quality of a show influences the quality of a review, returning to a show for a subsequent viewing, and the job market for critics.