Listen weekly as your host, Churchill, chronicles the different communities, experiences and hardships as a young professional in New York City. Joining Churchill are various guests that discuss everything from the struggles of living in New York City, interesting interactions, sex, relationships and shameful social moments. Subscribe to my newsletter "The City Weekly" for more fun updates: citylivingwithchurchill.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylivingwi ...
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A weekly podcast that chronicles the different experiences, communities and highlights of being a young professional in New York City. Joined with Churchill are various guests that discuss everything from the pandemic, interesting interactions, sex, relationships and shameful social moments. Leave Churchill a voice message on this episode and other…
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Over the past several years, self care has become a viral craze with an over focus on taking care of the individual more than community. It is now a $450B industry. In this final episode of season 2 of City Living With Churchill, I read a recent reflection piece. I makes an argument on how self care should include community care. I argue it is impo…
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Trappy Hour has become such an iconic nightlife experience in the black NYC queer scene. What started as a birthday party celebration took a life of its own and has now become such staple part of the black queer experience in NYC. It has been attended by Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Lil Nas X and Andy Cohen among others. In today's episode of City Li…
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Transforming Trans Visibility and Community
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In this episode of City Living With Churchill, Churchill sits down in conversation with community organizer, nightlife aficionado, and ballroom mother Gia Love on Transforming Trans Visibility and changing the narrative from Trans suffering to one of joy and community love. This conversation is even more relevant given the many policy attempts to o…
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Friendships Amidst The Pandemic: The pandemic changed a lot peoples perspective of how they think about friendships. In this episode of City Living With Churchill, Churchill is joined by his friend Ronny Oppong to discuss how the pandemic has impacted friendships. We talk about how our friendships have been reshaped, transformed and in some cases f…
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The Great Resignation: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 4.5M people quit their jobs in September, October and November of last year. And there is a forecast of an average 3.7M people per month quitting their jobs. A lot of these people are between ages 18-34. It is being called The Great Resignation. 5M new business applications were sub…
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In this episode of City Living With Churchill, Joann Wang the Co-Founder of East Side Stories and I talk about the importance of uplifting and amplifying Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) voices, inclusivity & solidarity in the AAPI communities and where do we go from here with the Stop Asian Hate Movement Leave Churchill a voice message o…
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Stillness Amidst The Pandemic: Part two of our discussion with Father Paul Daniels of The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. We discuss what the pandemic was like Priests and Pastors in NYC, especially when dealing with so much death but not being able to memorialize people because of COVID restrictions. We talk about what Ne…
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Changing the Narrative: A two part discussion with Father Paul Daniels of The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. We discuss spirituality in New York City and how to change the narrative between the black LGBTQ community (What does it mean to give up the narrative that Christianity is always already antagonistic to queerness?)…
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Season 1 comes to end. This week, for the season 1 finale of City Living With Churchill we revisit some notables moments from the season. Discussions on the importance of black queer representation, NYC Subway stories, maintaining friendships, surviving in NYC and dating in a city like New York. Check out my blog: citylivingwithchurchill.medium.com…
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Uli Beutter Cohen wanted to connect to New York City in a meaningful way. She noticed there were a lot of people that read on the train. Her observation sparked an idea. She would interview commuters on what books they are reading & why and document it on social media. 7 years later, the movement has grown to 132k followers and has been featured on…
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Samantha & The Mystery of Roosevelt Island
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Samantha Hartsoe felt a cold draft air coming from her bathroom. She went to investigate where the cold air was coming from and in turn discovered a secret apartment behind her bathroom mirror. She captured her experience on Tik Tok and the video went viral gaining 1.2M views. She was also invited unto The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss her advent…
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Think Dating in NYC is hard? Finding a Therapist is Worse
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Part 2 of my discussion with my good friend Jenny. We discuss the mental health hardships of being stuck at home during the pandemic in the winter and our experience in trying to find a therapist. Jenny also shares her experience with cat calling in. New York City. Check out my blog: citylivingwithchurchill.medium.com Subscribe to my newsletter for…
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Usually when folks move to New York City, they want to enjoy life as a singleton and have this Sex and the City fantasy of finding love. However, there are also a group of folks who move to city as a couple and want to have similar adventurous experience of being in an environment like NYC. I have been curious about how that adjustment is like for …
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I remember my first time trying to find an apartment in New York City, I felt miserable and confused. I have so many stories where I show up to apartments that didn’t match up with the photos posted online by the broker. Some apartments did not even have a ceiling installed. I did not know about broker’s fee. I didn't understand the difference betw…
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A lot of people move to New York to pursue dreams and passions of becoming a musician, model, artist, designer, finance manager amongst others. However, a lot of us run into the reality of pursuing dreams vs the financial struggle of being able to pay rent, utilities, food and debts. We get a 9-5 but that does not satisfy the itch. So we decide to …
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Subway Doodle is a multimedia artist known for mixing photography, illustration, and digital collage to create imaginative depictions of New York City. His most recognized creations portray blue monsters as residents of the city. His work has been recognized with dozens of media industry awards and displayed at the Museum of the Moving Image This w…
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This week, I sit down with Johnny Cirrilo, the photographer behind "Watching New York" street fashion blog. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Greenpointers and Brooklyn Magazine amongst others. We discuss his experience growing up in New York, how he got into fashion blogging, his method of capturing street fashion, fashion hot spot…
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Moving to New York City During The Quarantine
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In 2020, many people left New York City once quarantine went into effect and the city shutdown. However, there was a group of dreamers who still decided to move to New York City. One of them was my little brother, who moved to the city right before the shut down. His only experience of living in New York City has been with COVID. This week, I sit d…
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Thank You! This week's episode is dedicated to you. You continue to listen to this podcast weekly and show love and support. You are awesome, and I want to let you know how awesome you are! Many of us don't give ourselves enough credit. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to succeed, but not as much pressure on ourselves to be happy, fulfilled an…
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On May 5th, Phil Miner sent out a note to friends and strangers on Instagram inviting them over for World Naked Gardening Day to create a magazine. The vision was to get together naked and celebrate their hobby of plants, bodies and queerness. What started as a one off opportunity for strangers and friends coming together to create a magazine has n…
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This week, I sit down with Joe Morris who has been in the business of party producing/promoting for years. He is known for curating some of the the best parties in New York City, especially in the black queer scene. His parties have drawn the likes of Jamie Foxx amongst others and has had performers such Caresha from City Girls. In todays episode, …
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This week, our guest Dajzsa and I discuss the gentrification of Harlem New York (and the role of young black professionals in the gentrification), the cat calling madness in New York City, dating apps and the importance of swiping intelligently. Check out my blog: citylivingwithchurchill.medium.com Subscribe to my newsletter for more fun updates: c…
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If you have ever visited New York City or live in New York City, one of your memories or experiences is tied to the subway system. From the mysterious smells, the overcrowded trains, the performers, the many delays/ service changes - the New York city Subway system is made up of 472 stations, 36 rail lines and an annual ridership of 1.7billion. Thi…
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Something Exciting Waits For You On New York City Streets
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In this week's episode, our guest Brooklyn talks about her experience as a young black professional woman in New York City. We discuss her experience being black and working for the National Football League (NFL) during the recent social unrest, working with celebrity athletes and why she will not date one. Brooklyn also shares stories about gettin…
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To Live In New York City, You Have To Deal With Some Sh*t
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New York City is awesome. We love it, the city, the restaurants, the culture and all of it. But you need to know how to deal with some shit if you live here. However, in the end it's worth it. This week on City Living With Churchill, I interview roommates Lizzie & Avery on how they are adjusting to New York city from the midwest. They share their s…
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Hi! I'm Churchill and I am In Love with New York City
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This week on City Living With Churchill, Churchill is interviewed by his good friend Ronny. We discuss Churchill's journey to New York City, shameful New York moments during his run in Central Park, why New York City is his favorite city, his dream guests and what is installed for the upcoming episodes of City Living with Churchill. This episode de…
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During the 2020 peak of Covid, we were all trying to find new hobbies and activities to keep us busy. One of those popular hobbies was getting into plants. Like most of you, I became a plant parent and adopted 14 plants as a beginner. If you are like me, you had some fumbles with your plants along the way and had to do research on how to take care …
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Happy New Year! 2020 was a tough year and honestly a cluster f*ck. We struggled, we cried, we complained, we became obsessed with hand sanitizer. Face masks were the must have fashion item. But, most importantly, we survived. With the dawn of a new day in 2021 on the horizon, instead of doing a new year resolution, I decided to do an end of year re…
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BONUS: It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
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In this Special Bonus Christmas Holiday Episode, Churchill sits down with his friend Kevin to discuss Christmas holiday memories and do a verzuz of their top 5 Christmas songs of 2020. It is a very fun and joy filled episode. Happy Holidays and a Merry Merry Christmas! Church's Top 5 Christmas songs of 2020 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year …
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Trappy Hour has become such an iconic nightlife experience in the black NYC queer scene. What started as a birthday party celebration took a life of its own and has now become such staple part of the black queer experience in NYC. It has been attended by Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish and Andy Cohen among others. In today's episode of City Living With C…
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If You Don't Show Action, It Is Not The Friendship For Me
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Join along Churchill as he shares details of his time in NYC with his favorite people (Strangers + Friends) that have help shaped his experience. In this episode Churchill sits down with his friend Heidi to discuss dating in NYC and her time maintaining various forms of relationships Check out my blog: citylivingwithchurchill.medium.com Subscribe t…
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