Best Ty Wenzel Podcasts (2024)

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 85 The Ryans 1:18:33

2M ago1:18:33

1:18:33

Think of the word "lifeguard", and one name typically comes to mind: Ryan. Think of the name Ryan and one word comes to mind: lifeguard. The Ryans have been protecting the beaches of East Hampton (and Southampton) for three generations. To prove it, we gathered three generations of Ryans to come to the Cafe and chat about lifeguarding. Of course, n…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 84 Ty Wenzel 1:13:11

3M ago1:13:11

1:13:11

Get checked. And get checked again. And if you're not sure they checked correctly, have someone else check. Because the last thing you want to hear is that you have stage 4 cancer and they "missed it" on the mammogram, or whatever scan or screening they use. That's exactly what happened to Ty Wenzel. Ty was going about her highly interesting life a…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 83 Jimmy Minardi 1:03:11

3M ago1:03:11

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You know those helpful signs at the East Hampton Village beaches that tell you how to get out of a deadly rip current? Or the surf cams that surveil the beaches 24/7, reporting data to surfers across the world, not to mention Stony Brook University and NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration). Ever wonder how they got there, and…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 82 Tisha Collette 59:13

4M ago59:13

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Twenty-three years ago, before "Women Owned Business" was cool, before pre-owned vintage clothing was more valuable than new, Tisha Collette struck out in business. In a small shop on Jobs Lane in Southampton, she opened "Collette", a consignment shop featuring a curated collection of previously owned, designer fashion goods. Not long after, she op…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 81 Erica Broberg 1:05:54

4M ago1:05:54

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When we think of East End architecture, and new building and development in general, we often gravitate toward the obvious: the large, new, cutting edge design that makes magazine covers and lifelong name recognition. Erica Broberg certainly doesn't shy away from taking on large projects, but her business mission holds firmly to one critical ethic …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 80 Ryan Sherman 1:25:55

4M ago1:25:55

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To make ends meet on the East End, these days, it helps to wear a lot of hats. It helps even more if those hats are all for roles that aren't being worn by lots of others around town. Need a digital marketing expert? No, you say? Well, you're wrong. It doesn't matter what you do, nowadays, if you're not in the media business, you're not in business…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 79 Amanda Merrow 1:18:23

6M ago1:18:23

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You have the hat. Probably in several colors. Because everyone has the hat. But when Amanda Merrow and Kate Baldwin set out to start Amber Waves Farm, they did not expect to be the creators of one of the most iconic fashion pieces of the past 10 years. In fact, they didn't expect to be many of the things they turned out to be, 15 years later. But h…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 78 Jeremy Blutstein 1:23:29

7M ago1:23:29

1:23:29

Jeremy Blutstein is NOT a local. He makes that clear several times in the course of our conversation. He wasn't born here, only moved here when he was a kid, used to be a summer kid. All the bona-fides of a non-local. But you'd be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated to promoting and contributing to the local economy than he does as current …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 77 Nick Epstein 1:12:38

7M ago1:12:38

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A recurring theme for many of my guests, is that they knew what they wanted to do from an early age. When Nick Epstein was very young, he knew he wanted to perform onstage. Today, Nick can be seen onstage as the lead singer and guitar player in Roses Grove Band, a group that plays songs from the Grateful Dead songbook, mostly on Long Island and ver…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 76 Angel Santamarina 1:12:02

8M ago1:12:02

1:12:02

In lots of the pictures I take, my guests have their eyes closed. I usually delete those. But in the case of spiritual healer Angel Santamarina, it's only fitting that I use a photo with his eyes closed. After all, the name of the book he co-wrote with Erica Broberg is titled "I See Better With My Eyes Closed", and after a read of the book or a lon…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 75 Mayor Jerry Larsen 1:20:20

9M ago1:20:20

1:20:20

Not everyone likes flower baskets hanging from the lampposts in East Hampton Village. Not everyone likes banners promoting coming Village events. Community events in Herrick Park? Santa arriving by helicopter? Not everyone is into it. Jerry Larsen, East Hampton Village mayor for the past three years, understands that. And, for the most part, he's o…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 74 Minerva Perez 1:02:54

9M ago1:02:54

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Just because Minerva Perez tackles some of the most critical issues facing some of the most vulnerable East End residents, doesn't mean she can't be a little silly sometimes. And even though she has a degree in theater from NYU, her movie credit might be a little less highbrow than you would think. But... you'll have to listen to the end to find ou…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 73 Walker Ward 1:14:04

9M ago1:14:04

1:14:04

You may be excused for having no idea who Walker Ward is. Very few of us, myself included, had any idea who he was. Until, that is, "Wall Street Intern" got on the train to Montauk for the first time. And then was overheard in line for the Surf Lodge. And couldn't get on the corporate jet. And for many of us, the travails of the "Wall Street Intern…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 72 Brian Halweil 1:15:22

9M ago1:15:22

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Brian Halweil has been a mainstay in the East End local food movement since before "Locavore" was even a word. For many years, Brian brought the sights and stories of local producers and their food products directly to our hands via "Edible" publications, "Edible East End" and "Edible Long Island" being the most relevant locally. But a few years ag…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 71 Brian Burns 1:24:21

10M ago1:24:21

1:24:21

This is an episode I was looking forward to for a long time. Brian Burns is not just an extremely successful Film and Television writer and producer, he's an extremely interesting person and a helluva nice guy. And a great little league coach! So among his Hollywood credits such as "Blue Bloods" and "Entourage", on which he did much of the writing,…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 70 Josh Gladstone 47:39

10M ago47:39

47:39

"Watch till the End"!! In the course of my conversation with Josh Gladstone, I explain how, in the life of Brew's, the long running NYC bar and restaurant after which this podcast is named and formulated, every single day something would happen that had never happened before. And here Josh keeps the spirit alive by ending the episode with not just …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 68 Doug Levin 49:42

12M ago49:42

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You probably won't recognized Doug Levin by name, but by the end of the day, he will likely have impacted your life in some small, unnoticeable but very important way. As the founder and CEO of Black Duck Software, Doug was responsible for creating a company that led to an entire segment of the industry focused on both making open source software l…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 66 Debra Geller 1:02:36

1y ago1:02:36

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You might recognize Debra Geller's name from construction signs outside several of East Hampton's more glamorous design projects. Working with builder Phil Kauffman, she has designed, built, decorated and sold (or is selling) two gorgeous homes here. But as you'll hear here, deep down she's really just a "sawx" fan raising a houseful of Yankees fan…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 65 John Kowalenko 1:03:54

1y ago1:03:54

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You've probably heard the stories over the years, the concerts, the events, the fundraisers.... the bars, nightclubs and famous names from Hamptons glory days. John Kowalenko not only was there, he probably put the whole thing on. Over the course of the past 35 years John Kowalenko has had a hand in some of the most iconic events and happenings on …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 64 Matt Beamer 1:15:42

1y ago1:15:42

1:15:42

It seems like not all that long ago, to me anyway, that potatoes were a big deal on the South Fork of Long Island. Throughout the past several decades, though, potatoes, and farmland in general, have given way to development of large summer homes, as the pressure to sell the exceedingly valuable farmland between Montauk Highway and the Atlantic Oce…

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Brew' Cafe- Episode 63 Ryan Serhant 34:22

1y ago34:22

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By now, many have you have figured out that I'll pretty much go to any length to get a great guest. I mean, you might think I'd even change jobs and leave a well established firm to join an upstart company with little brand recognition in this market, just to get an interview with a guy like Ryan Serhant. In our business (real estate, in case you m…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 62 Randye Lordon 53:52

1y ago53:52

53:52

Just in time for Hamptons Whodunnit comes this very special episode with mystery novelist Randye Lordon. Randye, who lives full-time in Springs, walks us through the process of becoming a mystery writer, where her characters come from and how much fun it was setting this particular mystery in East Hampton. Randye will be reading and signing her mos…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 61 Nancy Atlas 1:07:29

1y ago1:07:29

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By now, Nancy Atlas needs no introduction, but I'm going to do it anyway. It's possible a listener might've been living under a rock for the past 25 years, or maybe they live far away. For anyone who's spent more than a week or two on the east end, though, it'd be pretty hard to avoid Nancy Atlas. And even though you might see her on Friday at the …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 60 Hugh King 34:47

1y ago34:47

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You might not recognize Hugh King out of uniform. Quite often, while in public, he wears a black top hat and a black cape. And he's usually leading a graveyard tour, or a historical walk or some other similar historically based activity. For when someone, anyone in East Hampton needs to know about the past, they usually turn to Hugh King. Born and …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 59 Paul Dickinson 55:37

1+ y ago55:37

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There are four major tournaments in golf: The Masters, The US Open, The British Open and The PGA. Most of us aspire to go and watch one of these tournaments, to simply to get to SEE the likes of a Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson or Justin Thomas today, Jack Nicholson, Arnold Palmer in past eras and names like Ben Hogan and Sam Snead in the history book…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 58 Jenny Landey 44:57

1+ y ago44:57

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Chances are you know Jenny Landey. Everyone seems to know Jenny Landey, and she seems to know everyone. High school friends post pics on Instagram and they're "liked by JennyLandey."... We did not go to high school in the same state. She has her own explanations for how this could be, and they seem plausible. But there's a whole lot more to Jenny t…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 57 Paul Johnson 56:35

1+ y ago56:35

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It might not always seem so, but he really wants you to get the answers right. Maybe not all of them. But when you go to "Quiz Night" at Townline BBQ, or Trivia Brunch at Peconic Bay Brewery, Paul Johnson is trying NOT to stump you. It's actually not fun for him unless you get at least SOME of the answers. So you might not know who holds the record…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 56 Erik Schwab 1:03:33

1+ y ago1:03:33

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Green Comets? Seventy degrees in February? Unusual beach erosion? Whales washing up all over the place? What in the Earth Science is going on here?!?! To help me understand some of what is happening in our world, and a little less of how, and hardly any why, I turned to my favorite Earth Science teacher, Erik Schwab (he's competing with Mrs. Joseph…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 55 Tony Marr 1:16:00

1+ y ago1:16:00

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Sometimes the best episodes are the ones where I have absolutely no plan. The only plan is to sit down and chew the fat with someone I've known for some time and with whom I've always enjoyed chewing the fat. It helps, of course, if that someone who spends 6 hours at a clip filling empty radio air on the iconic WLNG with music, information, comment…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 54 Bill Valentine 1:11:52

1+ y ago1:11:52

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You'd think someone who'd private cheffed for British Royalty, cooked in some of the country's-- as well as the East End's-- great restaurants might want to spend a good deal of time flexing on that. And if that's what you're expecting from this week's episode with Bill Valentine, Pit Master at Town Line BBQ in Sagaponack, you're gonna be a little …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 53 Susan Spungen 1:12:41

1+ y ago1:12:41

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Susan Spungen is a cook, food stylist, recipe developer and cookbook author. She was the founding food editor at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia from its inception until 2003. She was the culinary consultant and food stylist on the feature films "Julie & Julia" , "It's Complicated" and "Eat, Pray, Love". She is the author of "Recipes: A Collection …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 52 Kathy Masterson 1:03:03

1+ y ago1:03:03

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Well, this was an easy one, I wasn't sure what to expect when I showed up to record with brand new East Hampton Schools Athletic Director, Kathy Masterson. For one thing, I left all of my recording gear by my front door. And since we'd been trying to schedule this since September, I wasn't about to reschedule. So I was a little nervous. That lasted…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 51 Michael Cinque 58:21

1+ y ago58:21

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First off, I don't drink wine. Or at least, I haven't in a very long time. Because, if I did drink wine, I'd probably still be sitting where we recorded this episode. Deep below Amagansett Main Street, under the creaky floors of the Amagansett Wine and Spirits Shop, lives a vast wonderland of wine. Boxes upon boxes and bottles upon bottles of wines…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 50 Ian Calder-Piedmonte 1:10:39

1+ y ago1:10:39

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Long before we spoke of "regenerative" farming, before "sustainable" was a thing, before "renewable", almost before "organic", there was "local". Local was a guy you knew. Who grew stuff. Maybe it was corn, or potatoes or flowers or milk. In the case of Balsam Farms, it was mostly corn, and it sat atop a flatbed wagon at the intersection of Windmil…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 49 Raymond Brown 1:21:05

1+ y ago1:21:05

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We all remember. For prior generations it was D-Day, or the day Kennedy was shot, or the moon landing. But for anyone alive on September 11, 2001, we remember where we were. What we were doing, how we felt. For Ray Brown, though, it's not a memory of sitting in a coffee bar uptown, or by the pool in Amagansett. Ray remembers that day very different…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 48 Dr. Lea Lis 48:26

1+ y ago48:26

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Just so we're clear: Dr. Lea Lis, aka "The Shameless Psychiatrist", has a child psychiatry practice in Southampton; she also has a ketamine assisted therapy practice there; they are NOT the same thing! As one of the very few (as in ONLY) child psychiatrists on the east end, Dr. Lis is in very high demand as she works tirelessly to help ease our loc…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 47 Joe Gonzalez 1:04:07

1+ y ago1:04:07

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"Two Guys Talking Sports" might be a better title for this week's episode. And who better to talk sports with than the one and only Joe Gonzalez. As bartender at Rowdy Hall for over 25 years (currently working "the stick" at South Fork Country Club), Joe not only knows sports, but is eager to talk about it. We cover mostly baseball and football, an…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 46 Diane Saatchi 55:21

1+ y ago55:21

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You might be excused for thinking that after a long, successful run in Hamptons Real Estate, one might want to take it easy. You know, play golf, sail the Caribbean, travel the world. Well, first off, even though Diane Saatchi has been as good as anyone in the local Real Estate game for as long as just about anyone, she's still quite active as a su…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 45 Nick Kraus 49:06

1+ y ago49:06

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Chances are, if there's something going on at night in East Hampton, Amagansett or even Montauk, especially if it involves a popular live band, Nick Kraus is somewhere behind the scenes. Many have come and gone from the Hamptons nightlife scene, and very few have remained relevant. At the top of the latter list, though, is Nick Kraus. Whether it's …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 44 David Rattray 1:16:39

1+ y ago1:16:39

1:16:39

What's news? Nowadays, with a 24/7/365 news cycle from nearly unlimited sources, pretty much anything. But what goes into a small town weekly newspaper? The answer to that question is a little more nuanced. Add to that the fact that the "East Hampton Star" is not your typical small town newspaper, and David Rattray, Editor and Publisher of "The Sta…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 43 Jolie Parcher 1:03:52

1+ y ago1:03:52

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The week Jolie Parcher opened Mandala Yoga in Amagansett Square more than 20 years ago, Yoga was still in what she calls "Weirdoville". Two people showed up for the first few classes. The next week, Oprah declared on her show that Yoga was "a good thing'. And suddenly Jolie was looking for more space. All these years later, Jolie applies Yoga to ev…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 42 Bryan Downey 1:08:14

1+ y ago1:08:14

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Not many locals know the story of The Miegs Raid and its importance in the American Revolutionary War. Some, but not many, might know of the Battle of Sag Harbor, which was the same event. But if Bryan Downey-- photographer, cinematographer, musician, carpenter, local historian, civil disruptor, are among the many hats he wears-- has his way, we'll…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 41 Ron White 1:02:04

2y ago1:02:04

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Ron White is one of those guys who uses up every available character in his job description: Successful Real Estate Agent, Head Coach of the Bridgehampton HS Boys Basketball team, President of the BH School Board, plus husband, father, brother and generally great guy. Whenever Ron and I get a conversation going, two things are inevitable: it's goin…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 40 Carl Irace 1:14:10

2y ago1:14:10

1:14:10

If your legal knowledge is limited to "Better Call Saul", or even "Law and Order", and you're curious whether either of those are remotely accurate, you might want to check this one out. As a Former Prosecutor, Public (and private) Defender, as well as a practitioner of all aspects of the law (including real estate!), it's hard to think of a person…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 38 Amanda Fairbanks 54:48

2y ago54:48

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I'm always a little intimidated when I interview a guest who's actually a real journalist, but in this case I was a little extra intimidated because not only has Amanda Fairbanks written a highly successful book, "The Lost Boys of Montauk", but she's been interviewed by countless real journalists, book writers and other literary intellectuals. Of c…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 37 Mark Smith 1:02:21

2y ago1:02:21

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Anyone who's ever worked in an Honest Man Restaurant, which includes Nick and Toni's, Rowdy Hall, La Fondita, Coche Comedor, Town Line BBQ and a few others which have come and gone over the years, knows if there's one phrase which describes the owners here, and Mark Smith in particular, it's "hands on". At any given time you might find Mark at one …

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 36 Walter Struble 1:05:23

2y ago1:05:23

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It seems hard to believe that it's been 12 years since Della Femina in East Hampton closed its doors, but if anyone would know, it'd be Walter Struble. Walter was perhaps more synonymous with the iconic restaurant of the 90's and 00's than its namesake himself. Ever present, overseeing the door, the dining room, the bar, the staff, the customers, t…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 35 Leilani Bishop 1:18:07

2y ago1:18:07

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You know that old story about the beautiful young girl walking on the beach in Hawaii and someone comes up to her and says "do you want to be a model"? It's either a fairy tale or an intro to a "Criminal Minds" episode, right? Either way, that never happens in real life. Well, don't tell that to Leilani Bishop. Of course, nothing happens overnight,…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 34 Gian Carlo Feleppa 1:06:25

2y ago1:06:25

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If you don't know what 20,000 vinyl LP's looks like, then you've never been in Gian Carlo Feleppa's basement slash recording studio slash office slash record depository. Add to that many hundreds, even thousands of reel to reel tapes, numerous and various machines to play them on, speakers to listen to them through, mixers, recorders and other vari…

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Brew's Cafe- Episode 33 Jimmy Minardi and Bardie Rose 1:10:50

2y ago1:10:50

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Considering how long Jimmy Minardi has been a valuable member of this community, and how many athletes, semi-athletes and non-athletes (he'd say they're all athletes but since I've done some training with him I'm equipped to say they're not!) he has trained on the beach, on the roads, in the ocean and in the gyms and yoga studios of the east end, y…

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