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Janet Kalish, Fighting Food Waste in NYC One Dumpster-Dive at a Time

December 11, 2019 by Jennifer Sanchez

Photo by Meliddy C. Members of the Freegan Community dig through trash left out on the curb in NYC.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure… or groceries. About 3.9 million tons of New York food makes its way into landfills each year. Some people, like Janet Kalish, have made it their mission to fight food waste by scavenging through garbage left on the curb.

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Odd Job: David’s Shoe and Watch Repair

November 19, 2019 by Roberto Bosoms

  David  Solovyov has been fixing clocks and watches in Lower Manhattan for 37 years. David is one of the few repairmen left in the city since smartphones took over the watch industry. David’s shop is like a time machine to the Manhattan of the 1900s.

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More Than a Side Hustle

June 19, 2018 by Gabi Dunham

Photo courtesy of @positivebrothers on Instagram. New York City street performers are legitimizing their businesses with permits and tax forms. What most tourists and New Yorkers have always viewed as a “side hustle” is becoming a performance industry starting right on the sidewalks of the city. NYU’s Gabrielle Dunham reports.

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Cuba after Fidel

December 19, 2016 by Revathi Janaswamy

A Cuban American NYU student, Reynaldo Madiedo, discusses Fidel Castro’s rule and reactions to his death. He also tells the story of his grandparents, who were Cuban exiles. By Revathi Janaswamy and Kilee Alexander

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Shattering Stereotypes With Tattoos

December 17, 2016 by Verena Toh

Tattoos are stories of their own, a permanent trace of who we are as people. Erin Shore, an NYU junior, tells us about her tattoos, their meaning and how they shape her life. By Verena Toh and Lucy Hwang https://soundcloud.com/user-78438869/tats-for-chats

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Exciting Everyday: Nurses

December 17, 2016 by Moira Donohue

Exciting Everyday hosts, Moira Donohue and Ryan Shoushani, discuss America’s highest paying post-college graduate profession, nursing. In an interview with NYU nursing student, Monica Lopez, shares her dreams of becoming a nurse as a small girl, her experiences in nursing school, and what may lie ahead. Produced by Moira Donohue and Ryan Shoushani

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The Fight Against Sex Trafficking

December 16, 2016 by Sana Dadani

We all have a little bit of that “change the world” feeling inside of us. Maybe that’s why we are in college, to learn how to do so through our respective interests and career fields. The first episode of this podcast features Melissa Godin, an NYU Global Liberal Studies student who is making her mark […]

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Rose and Basil

December 16, 2016 by Alexandra Delyanis

Alexandra Delyanis and Rayne Ellis sit down with NYU students Ioana Holt and William Wang to talk opening a specialty foods cafe called Rose and Basil and creating healthy desserts.

Filed Under: Audio, Multimedia Tagged With: dessert, food, healthy, New York City, NYU

Break Out & Hear the Dance

December 14, 2016 by Allegra Preuss

Hear the Dance with hosts Victoria Agrifolio and Allegra Preuss takes you into the intimate world of dance professionals working in various dance related fields. This edition features a chat with Dance Magazine assistant editor, Courtney Escoyne. By Victoria Agrifolio and Allegra Preuss  

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The Street Vendor Project

December 13, 2016 by Dhika Himawan

In our very first episode of The Future of Food, we chat with Sean Basinski, founder and director of Street Vendor Project. With a $15,000 grant from Yale University in 2001, Basinski created an organization that advocates for more than 10,000 street vendors in New York City. Happy listening! Sophie and Dhika

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