Brew's Cafe
How is a podcast like a New York City saloon? They each provide the setting for entertaining conversations with fascinating people. I engage in great conversation with the most interesting people from the Hamptons, Montauk and beyond...
Episodes
93 episodes
Brew's Cafe- Episode 100 Brian Cosgrove
For our 100th episode we have a very special guest. If you don't know Brian Cosgrove by name, chances are very good you'll recognize his voice. As a long time on air personality and DJ for local radio stations, his sound, his musical style and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 100
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1:14:06
Brew's Cafe- Episode 98 Dawn Watson
If the best things in life come with some difficulty, this should be an amazing episode!! As most listeners know, I do everything myself: scheduling guests and locations, setting up the recording equipment, recording, editing, publishing, promo...
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Season 4
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Episode 98
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52:09
Brew's Cafe- Episode 98 Jessica Ambrose & Mansell Beverage
For many, the mother daughter relationship is fraught with all kinds of difficulty and dysfunction. But sometimes when it works, it really works. For Jessica Ambrose and Mansell Beverage (nee Ambrose), it works so well, that they've decided to ...
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Season 4
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Episode 98
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1:12:01
Brew's Cafe- Episode 97 Bob Sullivan
Bob Sullivan is in the 1%. And not because he's a multi-billionaire. It's because that's the small percentage of Americans who've endured a home invasion by a psychotic individual intent on harming anyone they come in contact with. Before we ge...
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Season 4
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Episode 97
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1:10:07
Brew's Cafe- Episode 96 Corey Senese
Corey Senese is a surfer. I am not. Corey Senese wakes up in the morning thinking about surfing, goes to bed at night thinking about surfing, and spends most of the time in between.... Surfing. I surf whenever I can and the conditions work and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 96
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1:03:05
Brew's Cafe- Episode 95 Damien O'Donnell
You gotta love it. You REALLY have to love the work. If you're going to work in restaurants, especially in the kitchen, and especially in The Hamptons, you really have to love what you're doing. Speaking with Damien O'Donnell, chef and partner ...
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Season 4
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Episode 95
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1:07:53
Brew's Cafe- Episode 94 Tim Frazier
I had no idea what to expect when my guest for this episode met me at the studio to record. Tim Frazier is the Executive Director of the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Development Center in East Hampton. That's quite a mouthful for what we us...
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Season 4
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Episode 94
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1:16:11
Brew's Cafe- Episode 93 Levi Bennett
It's one thing to watch tv and see the footage of whatever most recent disaster is in the news cycle. Jim Cantore has left whatever hurricane zone he'd flown into, on to the next one; the news crews have hit the scene looking for drama to send ...
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Season 4
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Episode 93
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Brew's Cafe- Episode 92 Erik Schwab
He's Back!! Our resident science expert is here for a third time to help us understand the world we live in, especially here on the east end. Beach erosion, the eclipse, the earthquake, and, of course, the movement of water in the ocean all get...
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Season 4
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Episode 92
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1:08:54
Brew's Cafe- Episode 91 Pete Cestaro
Who knew he was funny?!? For many of us in this community, Pete Cestaro is "Coach Pete"-- the guy who has been teaching our kids to love the game of baseball, as well as getting good at it. Many others know him as a guy we play golf with, surf ...
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Season 4
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Episode 91
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Brew's Cafe- Episode 90 Andrea Grover
For the Executive Director (i.e.-CEO) of such a sophisticated institution as East Hampton's very own Guild Hall, one might not expect to start the session with talk of "salty balls" before segueing into an in depth analysis of "The Texas Chains...
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Season 4
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Episode 90
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1:10:08
Brew's Cafe- Episode 85 The Ryans
Think of the word "lifeguard", and one name typically comes to mind: Ryan. Think of the name Ryan and one word comes to mind: lifeguard. The Ryans have been protecting the beaches of East Hampton (and Southampton) for three generations. To prov...
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Season 3
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Episode 85
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1:18:33
Brew's Cafe- Episode 84 Ty Wenzel
Get checked. And get checked again. And if you're not sure they checked correctly, have someone else check. Because the last thing you want to hear is that you have stage 4 cancer and they "missed it" on the mammogram, or whatever scan or scree...
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Season 3
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Episode 84
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1:13:11
Brew's Cafe- Episode 83 Jimmy Minardi
You know those helpful signs at the East Hampton Village beaches that tell you how to get out of a deadly rip current? Or the surf cams that surveil the beaches 24/7, reporting data to surfers across the world, not to mention Stony Brook Univer...
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Season 3
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Episode 84
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1:03:11
Brew's Cafe- Episode 82 Tisha Collette
Twenty-three years ago, before "Women Owned Business" was cool, before pre-owned vintage clothing was more valuable than new, Tisha Collette struck out in business. In a small shop on Jobs Lane in Southampton, she opened "Collette", a consignme...
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Season 3
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Episode 82
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Brew's Cafe- Episode 81 Erica Broberg
When we think of East End architecture, and new building and development in general, we often gravitate toward the obvious: the large, new, cutting edge design that makes magazine covers and lifelong name recognition. Erica Broberg certainly do...
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Season 3
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Episode 81
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1:05:54
Brew's Cafe- Episode 80 Ryan Sherman
To make ends meet on the East End, these days, it helps to wear a lot of hats. It helps even more if those hats are all for roles that aren't being worn by lots of others around town. Need a digital marketing expert? No, you say? Well, you're w...
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Season 3
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Episode 80
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1:25:55
Brew's Cafe- Episode 79 Amanda Merrow
You have the hat. Probably in several colors. Because everyone has the hat. But when Amanda Merrow and Kate Baldwin set out to start Amber Waves Farm, they did not expect to be the creators of one of the most iconic fashion pieces of the past 1...
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Season 3
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Episode 79
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1:18:23
Brew's Cafe- Episode 78 Jeremy Blutstein
Jeremy Blutstein is NOT a local. He makes that clear several times in the course of our conversation. He wasn't born here, only moved here when he was a kid, used to be a summer kid. All the bona-fides of a non-local. But you'd be hard pressed ...
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Season 3
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Episode 78
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1:23:29
Brew's Cafe- Episode 77 Nick Epstein
A recurring theme for many of my guests, is that they knew what they wanted to do from an early age. When Nick Epstein was very young, he knew he wanted to perform onstage. Today, Nick can be seen onstage as the lead singer and guitar player in...
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Season 3
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Episode 77
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1:12:38
Brew's Cafe- Episode 76 Angel Santamarina
In lots of the pictures I take, my guests have their eyes closed. I usually delete those. But in the case of spiritual healer Angel Santamarina, it's only fitting that I use a photo with his eyes closed. After all, the name of the book he co-wr...
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Season 3
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Episode 76
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1:12:02
Brew's Cafe- Episode 75 Mayor Jerry Larsen
Not everyone likes flower baskets hanging from the lampposts in East Hampton Village. Not everyone likes banners promoting coming Village events. Community events in Herrick Park? Santa arriving by helicopter? Not everyone is into it. Jerry Lar...
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Season 3
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Episode 75
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1:20:20
Brew's Cafe- Episode 74 Minerva Perez
Just because Minerva Perez tackles some of the most critical issues facing some of the most vulnerable East End residents, doesn't mean she can't be a little silly sometimes. And even though she has a degree in theater from NYU, her movie credi...
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Season 3
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Episode 74
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1:02:54
Brew's Cafe- Episode 73 Walker Ward
You may be excused for having no idea who Walker Ward is. Very few of us, myself included, had any idea who he was. Until, that is, "Wall Street Intern" got on the train to Montauk for the first time. And then was overheard in line for the Surf...
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Season 3
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Episode 73
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1:14:04
Brew's Cafe- Episode 72 Brian Halweil
Brian Halweil has been a mainstay in the East End local food movement since before "Locavore" was even a word. For many years, Brian brought the sights and stories of local producers and their food products directly to our hands via "Edible" pu...
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Season 3
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Episode 72
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1:15:22