Gossipnista: A New York City Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Tis the season to be jolly - Happy Holidays everyone! Ending season 5 with the spirit of the holidays.  The Gossipnista podcast will return in 2023.

For more Christmas episodes check out the links below:

Becoming a New York Radio City Rockette with Sophie Sea Silnicki

SPOTTED: Christmas in New York

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Gossipnista 

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Let’s talk art and the city, with my fabulous guest, Alex Mitow! 

Alex Mitow has a history of being a successful serial entrepreneur and has found his love/calling in the art world for the past 8 years, with his business Superfine Art Fair (co founded with the fabulous artist James Mille). Here artist can showcase their work, build a community and an audience, as well as get some great business tips along the way. In our interview Alex talks about his history as an entrepreneur and what led him to Superfine Art Fair. He’ll open up about what he see’s as the biggest issues in NYC for artists, which includes a kind of reformation and policy change. He’ll share how he took NYC by storm and all the tips and tricks along the way. Emphasizing that if, “NYC feels like home than it’s home” - he is an avid believer of bike riding in the city, picking your neighborhood wisely, finding your favorite spots in the city, and building a community within it. 

This is an episode not to be missed! Be sure to check out the link at the bottom of the episode notes for resources on Superfine Art Fair and Alex. Please subscribe, rate, and review Gossipnista wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow along on Instagram @GossipnistaPodcast to stay up-to-date on the latest about the podcast, episodes and exclusive content.

Thank you for your support.  Enjoy the episode!

Xoxo,
Gossipnista💋

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CONNECT WITH  ALEX MITOW & SUPERFINE ART FAIR BELOW:
Alex Mitow's Instagram
Superfine Art Fair Instagram
Moonlit Manor Airbnb
James Miille (Co-founder) Instagram 

Superfine Art Fair Website - See upcoming show dates for artists & attendees 
Superfine Art Fair Podcast 

Xoxo, 

Gossipnista

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This is one of the most impactful topics and conversations to date on the podcast, with guest  @plantpoweredmetrony, because it could actually help transform and save lives in small steps but dramatic ways. 

New York City isn’t just about the dining and food experiences, nightlife, attractions, landmarks, etc., but it’s also the energy of the people, the communities built here, the connections we make, giving back and not just taking, and how we choose to build our everyday lives here. 

Did you know chronic diseases are the leading cause of mortality not only in the U.S., but across the world and Covid-19 did not help. All caused by a short list of risk behaviors that are generally under our control:

•Tobacco use and exposure

•Poor nutrition, including diets low in fruits and vegetables and high in sodium and saturated fats

•Lack of physical activity

•Excessive alcohol use

With pizza, bagels and BEC’s as the culture of NYC…I bring this conversation to the forefront to not only inform and educate myself and fellow New Yorkers on what resources are available in our community, but also for those who want to elevate their well-being and lifespan. 

***TONS OR RESOURCES LINKED IN THE SHOW NOTES***

Lianna Levine Reisner, Newtwork Director at Plant Powered Metro New York, a non-profit organization in the city that started in 2019, helps to empower people to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. Lianna joined me to share her NYC story and initial culture shock of NYC and how finding places beyond the tourist traps ended up being her safe haven, as well as, how freedom of movement with transportation and all that the city offers has been a dream come true. 

She’ll also share how she and many others like our NYC Mayor have overcome chronic diseases through nutritional changes and how one can start their own path today. This is a much listen to interview, if not for you, then for your loved ones. 

Sign-up for Plant Powered Metro New York's Programs below  (Click Program Name)
***Get Started with Whole Food, Plant-Based Nutrition (Start's May 5th, 2022)
***21-Day Plant Powered Jumpstart (Starts in mid-May)

CONNECT WITH PPMY BELOW
Website
Instagram 

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HEALTH BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS BY GUEST & HOST
1. LifeForce by Tony Robbins (Host) - My new must read and life changing book...start on chapter 12
2. The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (Guest) - "The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health"
3. Lifespan by David Sinclair (Host) 

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Gossipnista

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Born in Japan, raised in Tennessee, and making a name for himself in New York City and all across multimedia outlets in the U.S. through interviewing some of the biggest names in the industry, I’m happy to have been able to turn the tables on Justin Crawford and introduce his story and journey in the city. 

“In just a few years after graduating from the University of Tennessee, Justin has managed to work for companies such as NBCUniversal - while on the side also building brands, launching creative production companies, podcasts and bringing media outlets some of the most exclusive interviews to date.” 

In our interview, Justin shares how he strategically built his life and career in New York City and how one can do the same. He also opens up about the exclusive interviews he’s done with celebrities, thought leaders, movers and shakers and what ultimately led him to the create the #menofthehour podcast. Justin will also dive into his new and exciting project with The House of Routines, and of course, he’ll share how New York City wasn’t that easy on him to start, and how it gave him some learning lessons that helped shape his habits and routines that ultimately led him to success. 

All this plus how one can live in NYC two months free with a certain fellowship program; how he explored New York 7x before pulling the trigger to move here; insight on the community he’s built in the city; and so much more. 

Please subscribe, rate, and review Gossipnista wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow along on Instagram @GossipnistaPodcast to stay up-to-date on the latest about the podcast, episodes and exclusive content.

Thank you for your support. Enjoy the interview!

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Connect with Justin below
Instagram

Men of the Hour
Website
Podcast

Learn about  'The House of Routine'
Website

Justin Crawford's Bio

Justin Crawford is a multimedia host, creative content producer, top podcast host and entrepreneur who interviews some of today's biggest celebrities, newsmakers, thought leaders and more. In just a few years after graduating from the University of Tennessee, Justin has managed to work for companies like NBCUniversal - while (on the side) building brands, launching creative production companies, podcasts and bringing media outlets some of the most exclusive interviews to date.

Justin is now a Co-Owner and the Chief Lifestyle Officer at The House of Routine, a rapidly growing productivity and health/wellness company that caters to customers and partners seeking to better their daily lives through routines, habits and everyday practices. Under his leadership, the company has already begun partnering with companies like NBC and SoHo House, gearing up to launch a new podcast, producing exclusive live events, and building strategic plans to grow the business forward.

Justin also hosts the "Men of the Hour podcast,” an Apple Top 100 New Podcast that aims to educate and encourage listeners through the narratives of Justin's guests. After 2 short years on the air, hundreds of thousands have tuned in to hear his candid interviews and high-energetic personality with guests like Gabriel Iglesias, Andy Grammer, Rob Ryrdek, Sugar Ray Leonard and Ryan Locthe!

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This episode is a must listen if you ever wondered how New York City apartments work (outside the regular market) and how you can lock yourself into the city and an apartment forever, if you choose to. 

Hattie Kolp my guest today notes, “everyone can get a rent stabilized apartment in New York City.” But nearly no one, will get an apartment for the price and square footage she is paying today, in her childhood home on the Upper West Side. She reveals all the details and more in our interview today and helps to break down rent stabilized vs. rent controlled apartments, as well as how you can get one in NYC. 

I’m fortunate to have connected with Hattie to share her unique New York upbringing in the city with an even a more unique living situation. She shares the details on her pre-war gem of an apartment; family history on rent stabilized apartments; how she fell into fame and recognition during the pandemic due to her home; and lovely interior design skills and handy work. Also, how three Master Degree’s later she is finally doing what she loves. 

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Thank you for your support. I’ve linked countless resources on the show notes regarding this subject that I hope you’ll find helpful. Enjoy the interview!

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Connect with Hattie Kolp below
Website

Good article on rent stabilized vs. rent controlled below
Localize Article

NYC Gov rent stabilized resource
Rent Guidelines + Apartments

NYC Gov Crime Map below
NYC Neighborhoods + Boroughs 

Xoxo,
Gossipnista

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Realities of NYC Parenting - all packed into one conversation, which  includes an unbelievable Upper East Side story! 

On today’s episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Bethany Braun-Silva, who I feel I’ve hit the New York City Lottery of guests, to represent raising New Yorkers in so many ways than one. You’ll have to tune in to  the episode to hear them all. 

“Bethany Braun-Silva is an on-air parenting, entertainment, and lifestyle expert. She is the former editor of Parenting.com and frequently writes about the latest and greatest gear for parents and kids in the city.

She was previously the Senior Editor of Big Apple Parent Magazine and has written for OK! Magazine, Hollywood Life, Mom.com, and CafeMom. She is a graduate of New York University, but her proudest accomplishment is being a mom to Elias and Jake, who make life (and work) endlessly fun”. 

During our conversation Bethany notes how her first born birthed her career as a parenting expert as well as nostalgia of watching her children loving the same things she did growing up as a child in the city. 

Bethany’s energy and through-and-through native New Yorker personality, which she wears like a badge of honor, shines throughout our interview. She also brings a very realistic perspective on raising children in the city, plus what she likes and dislikes about New York City for kids; how the school system in NYC is bound to be the biggest barrier for city parents; why Times Square is not popular among New Yorkers; how you must live 20+ years in the city to consider yourself a New Yorker,  and when I say so much more…I mean so much more! 

NYC parenting resources mentioned by Bethany in our interview can be found below. Reach out, if you have any questions.

Please subscribe, rate, and review Gossipnista wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow along on Instagram @GossipnistaPodcast to stay up-to-date on the latest about the podcast, episodes and new season.

Thank you for your support. Enjoy the interview!

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Connect with Bethany Braun-Silva below
Website
Instagram

NYC Parenting Resources Recommended by Bethany
Chalkbeat
Newyorkfamily.com
Mommy Poppins

NYC Parenting Facebook Links across Boroughs
NYC Facebook Groups for Parents

Additional Resources
Other Parent Stories + helpful tips article
101 Things to Do with Kids in NYC

Podcast on NYC Parenting + NYC School System
Secrets of NYC Schools with Alina Adams
Raising New Yorkers

Note: Bethany's favorite NYC movie which was noted on podcast and is not for children
'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'

Bonus: NYC Fun Parent movies about kids (Not for kids)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Friends with Kids

Xoxo,
Gossipnista

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There is no New York without its landmarks and history, and I have the perfect guest to open up the new season 5!

Tommy Silk, creator of @landmarksofny not only offers knowledgable posts and insights to an array of landmarks in the city, but he can also give you a tour of them as a certified tour guide in New York City. Sprinkle in his history degree from Fordham University and you have yourself an expert on landmarks. 

With a great deal of knowledge about the city and Tommy’s New York story, it can all be digested in just under an hour. Here’s a little of what we chat about on this episode…

✧ Making the move from Manhattan to Brooklyn - the pros and cons

✧ His #onlyinnewyork story of a big raccoon taking over Central Park

✧ How the preservation of landmarks in NYC got started

✧ The most overrated and underrated landmarks, landmarks for newbies in the city and also for natives to explore as well

✧ His favorite landmark and the amazing story behind it

✧ We even talk Staten Island and give it a landmark shout out

✧ Plus we play a fun pop quiz game on landmarks, which he was not expecting. How did he do?

I’m so excited to have had the opportunity to interview him. 

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Connect with Tommy Silk
Tours
Website
Instagram 

NYC Landmarks Resources discussed in interview
MAP - NYC Landmarks
NYC Landmark Preservation Commission
QUIZZ - How well do you know NYC?

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It's the finale episode of season 4 and we're talking Transition and Newcomers to NYC...

It has been particularly challenging the last two years for those moving in, out, or around the city and will continue to be so going into 2022. 

Episode 48 brings you writer, real estate publicist, and expert, Kelly Kreth to share her wild NYC story and talk more about her role at Brick Underground, which is a one-stop online resource on all things real estate as well as an informative guide on living in the city and also a platform for sharing real New Yorkers living situations.

In our interview Kelly will dive into two big narratives that have defined NYC’s ever revolving housing door the last two years. She’ll note how newcomers to the city are happy to be part of the city’s “rebirth” after the ‘New York is Dead’ conundrum that has plagued the city and caused an uproar amongst many. She’ll also dive into what New Yorkers have transitioned into the most during the pandemic, as well as, where one can get the biggest bang for their buck in the city, and also share some crazy living stories that may make one think twice about moving here.

Kelly is the first guest interview ever where someone had absolutely no negative feedback about NYC. Her positive reinforcement comes through as she states that, “no matter how long you’ve lived in New York…you’ll always still feel honored just to be here.” 

Enjoy the interview with Kelly Kreth and be sure to check out all the links at the bottom of the show notes here. You can catch Kelly’s email and share your New York living story with her & Brick Underground.

It has been my absolute pleasure serving my listeners, supporters and New York City with another year and season, and I’m very much looking forward to BIG things for the podcast and NYC in 2022.

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Thank you for your support. Enjoy the interview!

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Connect with  Kelly and the Brick Underground team below-

Kelly Kreth
Personal Blog
Instagram
Facebook

Kelly Kreth on Brick Underground:
Newcomers to NYC 
Transitions in NYC

Want to share your story to or in the city on Brick Underground's online publication?
Email Kelly Kreth - kellykreth@hotmail.com 

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Gossipnista

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New York, we’ve come a long way! Happy Thanksgiving week to you and yours, hoping that you can spend it with those you love this year, wherever you may be. 

Episode 47, I bring you Part. 2 of From New York with Love with Zigs (Erica Zigon). Zigs and I talk about how her iconic New York songs nearly didn’t happen, and how the song Manhattan was born in the living room of her small apartment. It was there in which it all began and the entire band jammed out in an impromptu session to create the foundation for the song. She also  reveals the band who sparked her creative process for this New York centric album, plus much more. 

And, as the winter and holidays approach, we also discuss her non-profit We've Got You Covered (WGYC), which aims to help the homeless population in the city by providing blankets, shoes, clothes and above all a human to human connection.  Zigs notes, she’s learned more speaking to these homeless individuals and hearing their stories than she did throughout her schooling. Now, that’s what I call the school of life in New York City! 

Tune in and let us know which version of the Manhattan song you like best - the studio version or regular version?

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Learn more about Zigs, support her music and connect with her below:
Website
Instagram
Youtube

Learn more about her non-profit We've Got You Covered (WGYC) - HERE

Watch Zigs perform LIVE at the Mercury Lounge in NYC on Nov. 28th/ticket link - HERE

XOXO, 
Gossipnista 

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It's the two-year anniversary of the Gossipnista podcast today and there is no better way to celebrate then with my special guest today and her amazing music about New York City....

I still can’t believe I had the opportunity to interview such a talented up-and-coming musician and artist such as Erica Zigon. And yes, she’s definitely from New York, but you’ll have to tune in to find out where…

Her authenticity and talent is so raw with so many colors and stories to share throughout our interview, I am nearly left speechless. 

You can expect a two episode installment with Zigs, today’s and the next one dropping on 11/22, which actually lines up perfectly with the two year celebration of the Gossipnista podcast today.

With major inspiration from her brother, who she’s always seen as a rockstar, and who helped to shape the musician she is today, she goes deeper into this bond, as well as her admiration for pop charts sensation Jon Bellion, and many other topics including New York City. 

This is just the beginning for Zigs and I absolutely love the motto she’s adopted, “I try not to focus on getting bigger…just getting better.” 

Amen to that and the new Manhattan/New York song she has created for the city! 

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Enjoy the interview and thank you for your continued support!

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Learn more about Zigs, support her music and connect with her below:
Website
Instagram
Youtube

XOXO, 
Gossipnista 

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