Chilly Underground 'Podcast' (English)

Adam 'Babyface' Kownacki moved the the United States when he was seven years old and Adam has been a Brooklyn boy ever since. He takes his Brooklyn pride to the Barclays Center next Saturday, January 26th, as he continues his long and undefeated journey, broadcast nationally on Fox Sports.

He will be squaring off against heavyweight veteran Gerald Washington, as a co-headlining match along side Keith Thurman and Josesito Lopez.

Chilly Pete sat down with the 18-0 undefeated Polish American boxer to hear about where he stands going into Saturday nights fight, mentally, physically, and professionally. And what lies ahead for Adam as he looks down the road towards the heavy weight champs such as Deonte Wilder, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Furry.

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We check in with our in house beer expert and industry insider, Bryan Roth, who is currently serving as the director for the North American Guild of Beer Writers. Bryan kindly shares with us his top five winter seasonal beer selections as well as some industry beer news including how the current government shut down might be effecting your beer choices in the very near future.

You can also check out Bryan's other writings at Good Beer Hunting , where Bryan serves as editor.

Top 5 (In no specific order)
1- Sierra Nevada- Celebration
2- Tröegs Brewing Company- Hop Blizzard
3-Sam Adams entire variety 12 pack
4- Great Lakes- Black Out Stout
5- Hartywood- Gingerbread Stout

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We lighten the mood and after the political fix, we turn to music and my interview with James Felice of the Felice Brothers which I taped last week before their sold out December 29th show at The Brooklyn Bowl. James was ultra candid about his thoughts on our society and the interplay between the toxic political climate and the art that it is breeding including his bands own music. James revealed that the bands 6th full length release will be hitting the airwaves in May of this year and he also sheds light on the music industry and the ever evolving music landscape that he continues to traverse 12 years after the Catskill family band began busking in the New York city Subway.

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With shocking last minute news coming from Governor Cuomo's hastily arranged Thursday afternoon press conference that the Manhattan/Brooklyn L Train will not be shut in its entirety for 15 months beginning in April, host Chilly Pete speaks with local Assemblyman Joe Lentol to better understand the news. What alternate travel accommodations will remain in place on nights and weekends, how much money will the new plan require, and is Assemblyman Lentol comfortable with Governor Cuomo's non-traditional approach to this issue? They also discuss pending legislation in Albany that is set to legalize cannabis for consumer use in this upcoming legislative session.

Chilly Pete is then joined with transit consultant Joe Anastasio of Access Queens who authored the organization's L train closure analysis plan. They discuss the logistical dilemmas that will still exist during the L trains night and weekend disruptions for the next few years as the work is slated to take at minimum 15 months to complete.

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Western New York Defense Attorney Mario J. Fratto has always been a type of person to say what is on his mind. When candidate Donald Trump entered the political arena, Trumps disdain of traditional political norms attracted Fratto to then candidate Trump.

Two years into his Trump’s Presidential term, Fratto admits things are a bit dysfunctional, but he’s sticking by his guy. Fratto believes the system is so rotted from within, dysfunction is something that could be beneficial- it certainly has motivated citizens from all political persuasions to tune into political as was seen by November’s near historic voter participation.

Fratto chats with Chilly Pete about politics in 2018, jumping from one hot button issue to the next with some predictions for the new year. They keep it civil and they both hope for calm in 2019, but Fratto admits calm is an unlikely political reality once Democrats take the Congressional gavel on January 3rd.

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Democratic political strategist Patrick McGill joined Chilly Pete in studio to review the 2018 year in politics. McGill distilled it down to these top 5 events that will reverberate in the year ahead.

1) Brett Kavanaugh's Political Appointment
2) Parkland Shooting and the Lefts Political Awakening
3) November Election
4) Mueller Investigation and Political Fallout
5) Family Separation and Child Detention at the Southern Border

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In the last several weeks Chilly Pete has been in contact with an individual who has been brought both to the court of law and equally consequentially to the court of public opinion. Based on the social verdict, he has been forced to spend the last several years out of the public spotlight.

In a new social era, which some have dubbed the #MeToo era, what do those seeking to come back into the public realm need to do to try in gaining public acceptance- if they are going to even to attempt a comeback?

Chilly Pete is joined by Ariel PJ Stewart, MSW, and Rabbi Yisroel Nissim of Greenpoint Chabad House, to traverse this socially fraught topic.

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After a busy first week at Axios covering the crazy economic markets, Dion Rabouin was kind enough to stop by Chilly Underground to break down 2018's Year in music. He reveals his top 6 albums of the year and we also discuss music highlights and even broke into some economic analysis.

Dion's Top 6 Albums of 2018:

1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
2. Jay Rock - Redemption
3. Florence + the Machine - High As Hope
4. Royce Da 5'9 - Book of Ryan
5. The Carters - Everything is Love
6. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer

Honorable mention: Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel, XXXTentacion - ?; Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy, Pusha T - Daytona, Freddie Gibbs - Freddi, Vince Staples - FM!, Black Thought - Streams of Thought Vol. 1, J Cole - KOD, Mac Miller - Macadelic, Panic! At the Disco - Pray for the Wicked.

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On December 13th at around 1am, a fire that began in a Sunnyside restaurant on Queens Boulevard quickly spread down the street and ended up destroying six neighborhood businesses. 12 people were injured while putting out the five alarm blaze, but luckily no one killed in the process and the FDNY did an amazing job in brining the scene under control.

Only days away from Christmas, the community rallied and Chilly Pete joins with the head of the Sunnnyside Queens Chamber of Commerce and the co-founder of Access Queens, Melissa Orlando, who sheds light in the aftermath as a community comes together in a time of crisis. Melissa also outlines ways that you can help Sunnyside’s residents in overcoming this tragic event including donating to the verified GoFund me site that has been set up.

https://www.gofundme.com/sunnyside-fire-relief-fund

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With the holiday season quickly approaching, we touch base with fashion blogger and influencer Tillie Adelson, of My Stiletto Life, to hear about this seasons fashions trends for both men and women.

We also talk to Tillie about Payless Shoe stores recent viral marketing campaign which turned heads in and out of the fashion world and forced many to consider what defines fashion in the first place.

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We begin this weeks edition of Chilly Underground with a conversation revolving around the breaking news out of Albany that Governor Cuomo is quickly changing his attitude on recreational cannabis. With Michigan and Massachusetts going fully legal in the last two weeks, the cannabis landscape is changing at break neck speed.

"We're drafting legislation," Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, told NBC News earlier this week- which could be introduced to the state legislature as soon as January. With Democrats now controlling both legislative chambers, it could likely sail through for a vote as soon as April, 2019.

Chilly Pete speaks with the Executive director, David Holland, of the Empire State chapter of The NationalOrganization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws to fully understand what the legislation looks like and to better understand the environment that has fostered this rapid breakthrough.

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Top Rank Boxing's Media Relations Director Evan Korn joined Chilly Pete to break down Saturday night's fight at Madison Square Garden between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza. Korn also discussed the overall health of the boxing world with HBO's recent decision to end its boxing coverage.

Korn also laid out Top Rank's short term plans in regards to the companies other premiere fighters including world champion Terrance Crawford and Teofimo Lopez.

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It's almost 2019 and as people prioritize many of their New Years Resolutions, many will choose to travel more. There is no one better to speak to about world travel than Tony Divino, an adventurer who never sits still for very long.

Where is the best food? How do you get the cheapest airline tickets? How to avoid hostile Taliban militants? Tony has your bases covered.

Tony lost count of how many countries he's been to at around 125. After arriving home from a recent trip to Ethiopia earlier this month, Tony spokee with Chilly Pete to share some travel tips, stories, and strategies that may help in your next journey abroad.


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Brandon "Taz" Niederauer picked up the guitar when he was 8 years old, and he rarely puts it down. By age 10 he was playing songs by request for Ellen Degeneres on her nationally syndicated TV program and the rest is history. His next move to was to star in the Broadway hit musical "School of Rock." His surging musical prowess has turned heads across the music landscape, getting him playing time at the nations top music festivals with blues legends such as Buddy Guy and B.B. King , to metal gods like Slash, to his idol Derek Trucks. 

Now that Brandon is in high school and maturing as an artist, he brings his talents to Manhattan's Mercury Lounge on Saturday night, November 8th. Before the show, Brandon spoke with Chilly Pete in a wide ranging interview and lets him into his creative process both as a rising musical star and as a person who is trying to hang on to a sense of normalcy.  

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We take a journey from Baghdad to Brooklyn- we hear from Saif, an Iraqi born accountant who tells us about his personal story- spanning life under Saddam Hussein in Iraq, to his 2005 escape from his war torn country, to his journey to Brooklyn. What he misses, what he doesn’t, and what it means to be an American.

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Chilly Pete is joined in studio with Nick Demeris, a NYC based artist, musician, and community builder- who offers a brutally intense blend of musical theater which he continually hones throughout the city including in theaters and subway stops near you. We hear about Nick’s creative roots and hear a few of his unique songs that he was kind enough to do for me in studio.

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Newtown Creek Alliance historian Mitch Waxman joins Chilly Underground by phone to offer his analysis and insight into the recent news that Amazon- the worlds largest online retailer- aims to build part of its new headquarters in Long Island City, a region of the city Mitch knows very, very well. As a historian writing for the Newtownpentacle.com, Steering committee member of Access Queens, his decades of familiarity with the region, offers a unique multi pronged glimpse into this important community discussion that is just beginning.

Waxman delves into the complexities of the communities toxic ecological past, the challenges to the existing infrastructure, and the concerns Amazon will need to consider as it looks to put down its East Coast corporate roots in Queens. And about those tax incentives? He discusses the economics too.
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Lauren Daab moved to Canada in November 2016, the same month Donald Trump won the Presidency. She joined Chilly Pete to discuss what it has been like being abroad during the Trump Presidency, a very odd political time in American history. Daab discusses the constant Trump fascination she confronts from our Northern neighbors, as well as what it’s like watching from the sidelines as political norms and institutions are challenged on a daily basis.

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Chilly Underground debuts its first comedy segment on this edition, welcoming comedian and Last Week Tonight writer Josh Gondelman to the studio. The interview was a throwback to when Josh’s ‘Modern Seinfeld’ Twitter account was beginning to surge into prominence and he spoke about what it was like to be riding the sudden Twitter boom, to the point where real life Seinfeld actors were giving him praise. Gondelman also discusses his Boston comedy roots and joined co-host Ben Conrad for a round of Seinfeld inspired trivia.

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Chilly Pete is joined in studio with Dr. Katrina Foster, the Rev. of Greenpoint's St.John's Lutheran Church for a widespread discussion on ethics and spirituality in America today.

Exercise your mind in this weeks Ethical Dillema segment, where difficult questions are posed to local thought leaders with the belief that we should all think carefully when acting in hopes of making the best life choices possible.

Should Chilly Pete expose a criminal who is going to open a local business and should he partake in a business deal when a client is not getting all the information they possibly could be?
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