Canal Street Dreams

This week on the pod, Eddie and Natashia are celebrating the release of Episode 1 of the new season of Huang's World. Starting with The Russian Tea Room, this season will feature chefs as auteurs, sticking to all New York restaurants. They get into the most chaotic moments shooting and the funniest moments on and off the show. Tune in for a behind the scenes look into the mak...

This week on Canal Street Dreams, Eddie and Natashia sit down with Roxy Cottontail to revisit New York’s Indie Sleaze era and the scene she helped shape. From bringing Baltimore club music to NYC to coming up alongside Diplo, Spankrock, Santigold, A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs, Benny Blanco, and Va$htie, Roxy takes us back to a moment when the party was its own world.

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This week on Canal Street Dreams, Eddie and Natashia sit down with Dana Brown of Caper Media to talk about restaurants as cultural institutions and what makes a place matter beyond the food. Dana explains why he started Caper and how its Mario Batali piece began with a headline he’d written before the company existed. They discuss whether Batali has “served his time,” account...

This week, we're joined by the legendary homie Theophilus London. We kick things off with what he's been up to in his hiatus from music, and how he's been spending his time away. We talk writing processes, reminisce on the old days in New York and the value of taking a break in your creative career. We also get into some conspiracies, from all things aliens, UFOs and of cours...

This week on Canal Street Dreams, Eddie and Natashia recap the Save Our Stories banned books event, which Eddie spoke at regarding the statewide-ban of Fresh Off The Boat in Texas. They talked about Ali Velshi’s particularly touching speech on the affect of Perks of Being a Wallflower on a student, the books that find you when you need them, and why people are so pressed abou...