Raising the Standards

Episode 902 - Stand by New York New York

We chat with Todd Lefkovic, owner of Foods of NY about his terrific tour business, along with the effects of tourism. Also, we heard a wonderful version of Stand By Me [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTd2ylacYNU] by Ben E. King.

Episode 901 - Triple D and College Boy

We talked to Chef Hasham from El Halal Amigos which was recently featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. He shares how his appearance came together and why Guy Fieri was so impressed with his restaurant. Also our underachieving friend College Boy joined us.

Episode 894 - Talking Baseball with Jeff Idelson

Jeff Idelson joined Michael Jacobi and Bill Wolverton. We heard about the Willie Mays Foundation. Say Hey! [https://williemaysfoundation.org/] Jeff and Willie became friends when Jeff was the president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame [https://baseballhall.org/] and Museum. These days Jeff is busy with Grassroots Baseball [https://www.grassrootsbaseball.org/].

Episode 893 - Great Museum and Great Hotel

We hear of the National World War Two museum in New Orleans, from the curator, Erin Clancy Curator, as well as of the Eliza Jane Hotel there, from the concierge John Fitzpatrick

Episode 890 - A Bit of Jazz, A Bit of Western, A Whole Lot of Fun

Jacobi had to settle for looking across the studio at Bill Wolverton instead of Rachael Shelton. Everything else was really good. Mark Winkler [http://markwinklermusic.com/] schooled us on song writing, and talked about the creation of a music video. Hilary Gardner [https://www.hilarygardner.com/] shared stories of her new album, and more. Herb Alpert appeared in the Liner Notes.