Pizza Pod Party

This episode is our New Haven, Connecticut pizza special! New Haven resident, Emily Bazelon hangs out, Arthur does pizza news and explains what the fuss is about when it comes to New Haven pizza.

Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and a Senior Research Fellow at Yale Law School. Emily is the author of 2013’s, “Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy” and 2019’s, “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration”. She currently co-hosts Slate's Political Gabfest podcast.

Emily talks about living in New Haven, Connecticut, how online bullying affects culture, and which pizza toppings should be considered unconstitutional. 

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Pizza headlines, kids' pizza books, and podcaster and writer Alison Rosen is hilarious talking about pizza.

Alison Rosen is host of the Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend podcast. She co-hosts the podcasts Childish with Greg Fitzsimmons and Alison and Todd After Hours. She’s the author of the 2018 book, “Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me,” which has a new addition coming out in November. Don't forget to subscribe to her Substack.

Alison talks about growing up in Orange County, California, living in New York City, and trying to find good local pizza in Los Angeles.

Check out Arthur's NYC pizza piece in BBC Travel!

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Comedian, author, and podcast host Ophira Eisenberg joins the conversation. Arthur gives you the pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: Parenting and Pizza.

Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian and former host of NPR’s Ask Me Another. She is the author of 2013’s “Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy.” Currently, Ophira hosts the iHeart podcast, Parenting is a Joke.

In this episode of The Pizza Pod Party, Ophira discusses pizza from her native Calgary, dating and pizza, and helps come up with a good alternate NPR pizza podcast title for the show. 

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Jam packed pizza party! Dave Holmes celebrates St. Louis' controversial pizza, Arthur reads pizza news and we have a very important debate over Detroit-style pizza with author, Karen Dybis.

Dave Holmes is the host of the podcasts Homophilia, Waiting for Impact, among others. He is the author of the 2016 book, “Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs.” Dave was also an MTV VJ from 1998 to 2002. Currently he's Editor-at-Large for Esquire and his Post Malone cover story is out now.

Karen Dybis is a long time business reporter, writing for The Detroit News, U.S. News & World Report, Time magazine, and currently JCK. She’s the author of five local history books about Detroit, including Better Made in Michigan, and “Detroit Style Pizza: A Doughtown History”.

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Rock star drummer and former pizzeria employee, Steve Gorman joins the party. Arthur reads the pizza news and the pizza topic is: water's affect on pizza. 

Steve Gorman was the founding drummer of the multi platinum rock and roll band, The Black Crowes.  Steve is the author (along with Steven Hyden) of 2019's "Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes". His syndicated radio show, Steve Gorman Rocks, can be heard on classic rock stations around the country. He is currently playing drums in the band Bag Men.

Steve talks about various pizza places he discovered while traveling the country in a rock and roll band and his time working at Fellini's Pizza in Atlanta.

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"Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell talks pizza. Arthur has pizza news, and the topic is "Even bad pizza is good pizza."

Candace Bushnell is the real-life "Carrie Bradshaw" and an international bestselling author. Candace  wrote the book, “Sex and the City,” based on her New York Observer column. That led to the HBO show of the same name. Her new one-woman show is called “True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City,” which you can see on October 11, 12, 14, 15, at The Green Room 42 in New York City. Get more dates at CandaceBushnell.com.

Candace talks about her life and experience through the lens of pizza in rural Connecticut, New York City, and the Hamptons. She divulges what pizza each Sex and the City character would order. 

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LA Times Columnist, LZ Granderson, Arthur gives you pizza news, and the topic is "Detroit Style Pizza".

LZ Granderson was the host of  ESPN’s Sports Nation. LZ is currently an LA Times columnist, and an ABC News contributor. He hosts ABC News’ Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson podcast.

LZ talks about eating pizza in Detroit and is not convinced there is a Detroit "style". He discusses sneaking into Terminator 2 with a sloppy pizza, NOT eating at sporting events, and why he has never put on Air Jordans. Arthur also explains what Detroit Style Pizza is and where it came from.

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Family Guy show runner, Alec Sulkin, defends Boston, and Arthur goes through the Washington Post's regional pizza guide.  

Alec Sulkin is a Twitter legend (back when Twitter was fun). For years he was a writer for Family Guy and is now the show's show runner. He’s Executive Producer of the Ted movies and A Million Ways to Die in the West. Currently he's the co-host of the “A Typical Disgusting Display Podcast”.

Alec defends Boston pizza, talks food drama while interning at SNL, and explains how picketers eat while striking in Hollywood.

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Media expert, Brian Stelter, is coaxed onto the podcast. Arthur gives you pizza news, and the pizza topic is, "pizza bones".

Brian Stelter was the media reporter for the New York Times then he hosted CNN’s Reliable Sources. He is now the host of Vanity Fair’s Inside the Hive podcast. Stelter is the author of 2013’s Top of the Morning, 2020’s Hoax, and his new book Network of Lies comes out in November.

Brian talks about local pizza growing up in Maryland. He also gives his expert opinion on how media has shaped pizza consumption and where candidates might get their pizza on the campaign trail.

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Nancy Giles of CBS Sunday Morning joins the party, Arthur goes through the headlines and our pizza topic is double-decker slice.

Nancy Giles is an actor, a voice actor, podcast host of the Giles Files, and an Emmy-award winning commentator for CBS Sunday Morning. She discusses her improv days in Chicago, her disappointment in LA pizza, and the healing powers of walking around NYC with a pizza slice.

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MSNBC's Ali Velshi impresses us so much we think he should be hosting this program. On this episode, Arthur goes through the headlines and our pizza topic is, pizza radar.

Ali Velshi  is a respected broadcaster and journalist. He is an anchor and chief correspondent for MSNBC. He hosts the MSNBC programs, Velshi, weekends at 10am ET. And is a guest host for The Last Word. Previously you saw him on Al Jazeera and CNN.

Ali brings his extensive pizza knowledge to the table and discusses why he purposely put bad toppings on his pizza in college, celiac disease, and how pizza powers the news.

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If this episode is an interrogation, Michael Ian Black is a hostile witness. Arthur gives you the pizza news and our topic is, Pizza Cognition Theory (via Sam Sifton). 

Michael Ian Black is a comedian, actor, writer, and bestselling author. A founding member of The State sketch group, he’s been in Wet Hot American Summer, Reno 911 and Another Period. His recent children’s book is titled “I’m Worried” and his most recent book for adults is “A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to my Son". Among other topics on this episode of the Pizza Pod Party, Michael discusses being a promotional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, The Facts of Life, and the pizza scenes in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and Savannah, Georgia.

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It's an NYC and Chicago throw-down as Sarah Spain comes on to defend the second city's pizza scene. Arthur reads pizza news and this episode's topic is, cold cheese slice.

Sarah Spain is an ESPN personality and an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning sports journalist. She is a Chicago-land native and the co-owner of the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League. 

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It's the very first episode of the Pizza Pod Party! This week's guest is stand-up comedian and Daily Show correspondent, Roy Wood Jr. Roy MC'd the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year. Get more information at roywoodjr.com.

Arthur reads pizza headlines about how pizza helped possibly solve a murder, and some news about Tombstone Pizza. The pizza topic for this episode is, Pizza Grease Blotting. 

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A sneak peak at what's to come this year with the Pizza Pod Party!This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information. Follow us for more information! Instagram: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4 Twitter: @PizzaPodParty @ArthurBovino @AlfredSchulz TikTok: @thepizzapodparty Threads: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4