People at the Core
From The Greenpoint Palace bar in Brooklyn, New York writers and bartenders, Rita and Marisa, have intimate conversations with an eclectic mix of people from all walks of life about their passions, paranoia and perspectives. Featured guests could be artists or authors, exterminators or private investigators, or the person sitting next to you at the bar.
People at the Core
Latest Episodes
Going Online to Get People Offline?: Julia Moak of Greenpointers.com on Career Pivots, Hyperlocal News and Building Community
Your neighborhood has secrets, and most of them never reach citywide news. We sit down with Julia Moak, the owner and publisher of Greenpointers.com, to talk about what hyperlocal journalism looks like when it is done by people who actually liv...
You Don't Have to Be in the Same Room to Feel Love: Lauren Schell on Retiring in Florida, Bartending, and Practicing Reiki on Humans AND Animals
Something weird happened during our Reiki sessions: our dogs got involved. Not “cute background nap” involved, but focused, locked-in, making-eye-contact, breaking-character involved and it made us ask better questions about what Reiki is and w...
Not Shying Away From the Awful Edges: Tré Miller Rodriguez On Grief, Ghostwriting, Love and Loss
The night can bend a life. Tré Miller Rodriguez walks us through the moment everything changed—waking to find her husband gone—and the choice to pick up a pen before the pieces even settled. What starts as an obituary and a eulogy turns into a ...
One Badass Babe: Julia Cuthbertson on How Teaching in Spain and Crashing a Wedding in Mexico Led to a Love Affair with Mezcal and the Birth of Las Chingonas Imports
A wedding in Oaxaca. A chance meeting. A suitcase full of small-batch bottles that turned into an import company with a mission. We sit down with Julia Cuthbertson—founder of Las Chingonas Imports—to unpack how real mezcal is made, why labels c...
Panache, Persistence and Truth: Writer and Photographer Elyssa Maxx Goodman (a.k.a. Miss Manhattan) on Her Love of Drag, Unheard Stories, and NYC Culture
Ever wondered how someone builds a life around what they love? Elyssa Maxx Goodman offers a masterclass in turning passion into purpose. Born to New York natives transplanted to Florida, Goodman always felt the magnetic pull of the city where "...
