Τα καλύτερα Lo Down podcast (2024)

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Gary Guarinello of Catalyst Records 21:09

16h ago21:09

21:09

Host Traven Rice spoke with Gary Guarinello, founder of Catalyst Records in Essex Market, for this episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Gary is a drummer and a music lover who is also a former butcher. He was working at The Market Line Food Hall at Ends Meat when he pitched the idea for a record store, which he opened in 2022. When the food hall sh…

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Author Dan Slater's "The Incorruptibles" 39:19

4d ago39:19

39:19

Host Traven Rice spoke with author Dan Slater about his new book, "The Incorruptibles - A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld," which focuses on the true stories of the Lower East Side underworld and the secret efforts by wealthy uptowners to eradicate them during the late 1800's and early 1900's. It's a …

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Filmmaker Claire Ayoub 27:26

28d ago27:26

27:26

Host Traven Rice spoke with writer-director Claire Ayoub for this episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Claire's first feature film, Empire Waiste, is out now. The boundary-pushing film tells the story of Lenore Miller (Mia Kaplan) an overweight, insecure teen whose talent for fashion is discovered by her confident, plus-sized classmate Kayla (Jemim…

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Ep. 3 SJ Nurses Strike Back! 1:21:10

1M ago1:21:10

1:21:10

Welcome back and thank you for being a part of the Lo Down! In this episode, we meet with long-time registered nurses Susie York and Alyssa Dulong who work right here in San Jose at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. We speak with them about the people and experiences that inspired them into their profession, their appreciation for and challenges o…

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Musician and Activist Fury Young 19:54

2M ago19:54

19:54

This week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast features a conversation with musician and activist Fury Young. Fury grew up in the neighborhood, and recently released Tree Indeed, his first solo EP as a musician. His music is "artland rock meets surrealist rap, a melodic record about growing up in the LES and life." His late father, the artist and …

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Ep. 2 LAT. AM. to S.J. 37:51

3M ago37:51

37:51

SJLD is back with an episode featuring the perspectives and lives of several immigrants from Latin America. We hear from 2 recent immigrants from Mexico and Columbia and how their life in San Jose compares to their lives in their home countries. Our closing interview features the founder of non-profit org. L.U.N.A., Salvador "Chava" Bustamante. LUN…

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Luis Fernandez of "Forsyth Fire Escape" 19:23

3M ago19:23

19:23

"Culture Cast" Host Traven Rice speaks with Luis Fernandez, a partner in the popular "Forsyth Fire Escape" (of the amazing scallion pancake burrito creation) which started in 2021 during Covid. Founder Isabel Lee created the "burrito" with inspiration from her Chinese and Thai roots and Luis's Dominican background. During the pandemic, they served …

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Ep. 1 Education in SJ 1:17:14

3M ago1:17:14

1:17:14

Episode 1 is here! In this episode you hear from the people working to give the future of San Jose a leg up. We sit down with several educators and professors who try to approach education in a different way. This episode features East side High School teacher Alberto Camacho, Graduate student and teacher Annette Jones-Gonzales, the new director fo…

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Clocking In: SJLD 2:08

4M ago2:08

2:08

“The San Jo Lo Down is San Jose’s first podcast on working class culture, politics, and life–at work, at home, and at play. SJLD is a show about and for the incredible, diverse, talented, inspiring working people of our communities. ” -SJLD TeamΑπό τον SJLD

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Remote Theater Project's "Thank You For Listening" 25:08

6M ago25:08

25:08

Host Traven Rice spoke with Alexandra Aron, Founder and Artistic Director of Remote Theater Project, about the upcoming production that will take place in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Saturday, June 8th at 2pm and 4pm. The show, titled "Thank You For Listening," is a community engagement project that's been in the works for over a year. It's based on …

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Pioneer Gallery Owner James Fuentes 30:22

6M ago30:22

30:22

This week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast features pioneering Lower East Side gallery owner James Fuentes. Host Traven Rice spoke with Fuentes about how growing up in the neighborhood influenced his creative aesthetics and the intention behind the gallery, which he opened in a live/work space on St. James Place in 2007. Those were the early d…

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Photographer Alain Levitt 28:39

6M ago28:39

28:39

For this edition of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, host Traven Rice speaks with photographer Alain Levitt. Alain is well known in the neighborhood as an artist and the co-owner of the beloved restaurant Bacaro. Alain recently celebrated the publication of his first official photo book, "Alain Levitt, NYC 2000-2005," edited by Tim Barber. It features a s…

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Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival 22:52

7M ago22:52

22:52

We spoke with Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF), for this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Roxy talked with host Traven Rice about the festival's beginning, founded in 2011 in an interactive storefront, and how they have continued to engage devoted movie fans by creating unique live experiences and surpri…

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Hester Street Fair 14:48

8M ago14:48

14:48

Host Traven Rice spoke with Hester Street Fair's manager and producer Janine Ciccone for this week’s episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Hester Street Fair kicks off its 15th year next weekend down at the Seaport. Formerly located at Seward Park on Hester Street, off Essex Street, it moved to the Seaport four years ago after losing their lease. It…

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Ellen Weinstein 25:50

8M ago25:50

25:50

Host Traven Rice spoke with Author-Illustrator Ellen Weinstein for this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Ellen's vibrant picture book, Five Stories (for children and adults alike) is being released this month. The story features five children, from five different cultures (Russian, Italian, Dominican, Puerto Rican and Chinese) through fi…

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Pat Enkyo O'Hara 25:29

8M ago25:29

25:29

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, PhD, is the Abbot and co-founder of The Village Zendo, a contemporary Zen center based in downtown Manhattan. A Soto Zen priest and modern day American Zen Teacher, O'Hara integrates traditional meditation and koan practice with social engagement and peacemaking. A Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order, she taught for…

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Veselka the Movie 28:05

9M ago28:05

28:05

This week on The Lo-Down Culture Cast we spoke the trio behind the new documentary, Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World. Filmmaker Michael Fiore, who wrote, directed and produced the film, joined host Traven Rice, along with Tom and Jason Birchard, the 2nd and 3rd generation owners of Veselka, the restaurant, to talk about…

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Steven Matrick 19:44

9M ago19:44

19:44

This week on the Culture Cast we spoke with Steven Matrick, Co-Founder of The New Colossus Festival, which is happening at eight different venues on the Lower East Side from March 6 - 10. Over 130 bands from all over the world will be playing at Arlene's Grocery, Pianos, Rockwood Music Hall, Mercury Lounge, Heaven Can Wait, Berlin and Baker Falls. …

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Bonnie Lucas 25:13

9M ago25:13

25:13

An assemblage piece in Bonnie Lucas' exhibit, "Small Worlds," currently showing at Trotter&Sholer (168 Suffolk St.) This week we spoke with artist Bonnie Lucas, who currently has a show at the gallery Trotter&Sholer on Suffolk Street. Bonnie has been creating intricate assemblages, collages, drawings and paintings that deconstruct the cliches of gi…

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Hannah Traore 22:55

9M ago22:55

22:55

Kicking off our next series of interviews with culture changers in downtown New York is our conversation with gallery Founder and Director Hannah Traore. She's an up and comer in the NY art and fashion scene who's been widely recognized for taking "old guard" gallery owners to task, especially when it comes to artist representation. Host Traven Ric…

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Niki Russ Federman 33:17

12M ago33:17

33:17

Host Traven Rice speaks with Niki Russ Federman for episode 11 of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. She's the 4th generation co-owner of the esteemed appetizing shop, Russ & Daughters. Known for the best bagels, lox, herring, caviar babka and other traditional baked goods and smoked fish in New York City, the landmark shop has been in the same location at …

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Michelle Myles 21:55

1y ago21:55

21:55

Host Traven Rice speaks with tattoo artist and historian Michelle Myles. Michelle started tattooing on the Lower East Side in the early 1990's, before it was legal. She opened Daredevil Tattoo in 1997 with her business partner, Brad Fink. Michelle was one of the first female tattoo artists around. Brad has always been a collector. They ended up wit…

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Joe DiNoto 27:58

1y ago27:58

27:58

This week we spoke to Orchard Street Runners Founder, Joe DiNoto. DiNoto created a weekly running group that has blossomed into an organization that is known globally for its creative, high intensity, late night (threshold pace) races that take place on the live streets of NYC. A born and raised New Yorker, Joe DiNoto founded Orchard Street Runners…

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Whitney Browne 29:02

1y ago29:02

29:02

Host Traven Rice speaks with Whitney Browne, an experimental and commercial photographer whose work explores themes of movement and gesture as reflections of mental states. Best known for her involvement in the dance community, she currently works in New York City and Los Angeles. She has spent the last decade developing her own experimental moveme…

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MM Serra 24:19

1y ago24:19

24:19

MM Serra joins host Traven Rice to talk about her career as an avant garde and experimental filmmaker. Serra has been based on the Lower East Side for over three decades. She is also an author, curator, and professor at Parsons at the New School. For 32 years, she was the Executive Director of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative, the world’s oldest and la…

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Nonhuman Teachers 21:49

1y ago21:49

21:49

Host Traven Rice speaks with the folks from Nonhuman Teachers, a new non-profit that takes a creative approach to ecological storytelling. Executive Director Christian Cummings, Events Coordinator Joey Valley and Board Director Sandeep Rangi spoke with host Traven Rice about the newly formed project that aims to help deepen the relationship between…

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Yin Kong 25:32

1y ago25:32

25:32

Host Traven Rice speaks with Yin Kong, Director and Co-founder of Think!Chinatown. Yin is a community-based designer and curator living and working in Manhattan's Chinatown. Think!Chinatown is the culmination of her work in urban design, museum, culinary & cultural instruction, and community engagement. Think!Chinatown is an intergenerational non-p…

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Alex Knowlton 36:14

1y ago36:14

36:14

Host Traven Rice speaks with Alex Knowlton, Director of Joe's Pub at The Public. Joe’s Pub is an eclectic downtown cabaret space that was named for Public Theater founder Joseph Papp. Since it opened in 1998, Joe’s Pub has been supporting an array of artists at different stages of their careers, offering an intimate space to perform and develop new…

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Destiny Mata 22:16

1y ago22:16

22:16

Host Traven Rice speaks with photographer Destiny Mata for the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Mata is a rising star who grew up in the neighborhood. She is a Mexican American photographer and filmmaker who focuses on issues of subculture and community. After studying photojournalism at LaGuardia Community College and San Antonio Colleg…

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Clayton Patterson 28:42

1y ago28:42

28:42

Host Traven Rice speaks with artist and documentarian Clayton Patterson. Patterson has been living and working on the Lower East Side since 1979. He's known for his portraits of the wide array of people representing the street culture of the LES in front of his front door on Essex Street as well as his rebellious designs for what became known as th…

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Natalie Kates of Kates-Ferri Projects 23:03

1y ago23:03

23:03

Host Traven Rice kicks off The Lo-Down Culture Cast with a conversation with gallery owner Natalie Kates. She's the founder of Style Curator, Inc. and co-founder of Kates-Ferri Projects. An early supporter of urban art, Natalie has established herself as a leader in discovering and promoting emerging artists. She has curated numerous exhibitions an…

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Episode 12: Thomas Edison, Greek Food, and Actors Making Stuff Up 1:31:54

9+ y ago1:31:54

1:31:54

On the twelfth episode of Lo Down Random Thoughts, myself and Ash discuss the good news of the day, me singing, actors acting without scripts, Thomas Edison being a Jedi, and what food is good food, plus TONS more. ENJOY!Από τον Lo Down Random Thoughts

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