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Adam, Josh, and Lee have been lifelong wrestling fans. Each episode they sit down and share the stories that have made them fans forever. Listen in for lighthearted laughs, in depth analysis, and as always hatred for Greg Gagne. This is Going to Rasslin’!
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(Not live) from New York City, this is Never Not New York. Not Carrie Bradshaw, Woody Allan characters, or the cast of Girls, Never Not Eliza and Never Not Noa are friends and (former) neighbors, serving you a slice of the New York City they are actually living in.
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The United Nations General Assembly is the most perplexing fashion week of all - there's fashion, Manhattan chaos, correlations between less democracy and fancier cars, and of course your favorite embassies competing for online reviews. This is the NNNY inside scoop on it all, including shockingly low pay, nice perks, and the right to bring whateve…
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Welcome to Never Not New York! Hosts Eliza and Noa share their little slice of NYC life -which is not like Sex and the City, a Woody Allen film, or anything like the Real Housewives. They’re here to share mysteries they stumble upon around the city, juicy stories of New York neighbors, and snippets of oddities and people behaving badly, in short, *…
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01.01: The greatest mystery of all on the UWS, and a phenomenon that brought not only our friendship, but also Never Not New York together, (and also united the block): Johnny Walker.What would you do if there was a guy walking laps on your block, and your block only, all times of day, year-round for years...? Never Not Eliza and Never Not Noa try …
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We receive a mysterious micro-cassette containing a 20-year-old voicemail message from Sylvester Stallone. It allows us to tap into the mind of the man himself — uncovering why he created Rocky and what elements of Philadelphia he used to build the world around him. We meet possibly the biggest Rocky fan ever. Then, from the top of the Art Museum s…
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We journey to the bright lights of Hollywood to meet Rocky’s original sculptor, A. Thomas Schomberg. Also, we glimpse at rare, behind-the-scenes photos of Stallone and the artist during the statue’s creation. Back in Philly, we visit a foundry and a life-size replica of the Statue of David near City Hall to understand how statues are created. Final…
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In a city that has seen dramatic change since Rocky’s time, why do so many still identify with this movie character? We tour the neighborhoods where Rocky lived to understand their modern-day challenges, like development, violence and addiction. Along the way, we meet courageous advocates and public artists who fight every day to bring hope and opp…
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Ask the average person who’s the most famous boxer from Philadelphia and they’re likely to reply with “Rocky Balboa.” In fact, it was the real-life heavyweight champion Joe Frazier who ran up the Art Museum steps and boxed raw meat sides at a slaughterhouse. We examine who is remembered when we build monuments to our heroes, and who gets left out —…
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We go down the Rocky rabbit hole to understand how the fictional fighter grew from one man’s rough sketch into a global icon. Exploring Stallone’s Instagram art history lessons, interviews about his paintings with Oprah, and a limited-edition art book worth thousands of dollars, we learn that hiding behind the macho action star is a man who longs t…
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An estimated 4 million people visit the Rocky Statue every year. That’s more than double the amount that go to the Liberty Bell. Surprising for a monument that the city once rejected as merely a movie prop. We speak to people who wait in line to snap a picture or run up the Art Museum steps to find out what motivates this pilgrimage. Their surprisi…
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