Tom Crawford

Bill Siegmund

In Episode 18 of The Pickup Game, I visit Digital Island Studios near the Flatiron, where I speak with its owner, Bill Siegmund. Bill, a Hawaii native, talks about recording live music, falling in love with Chelsea Football Club through Punch magazine, the pageantry of the World Cup, and the growing fear of traveling to the US.

Tom Montague

In Episode 17 of The Pickup Game, I sit down with Tom Montague, a British American who grew up and studied in Michigan and has called New York City home for the past 15 years. We talk about holding on to what makes us who we are, the tarnished "special relationship" between our two countries, and the shame of politics poisoning a global event that was built to celebrate our differences.

David Slarskey

In episode 15 of The Pickup Game, I hang out with David Slarskey, a lawyer, a teammate, and a one-time playwright, but ultimately a philosopher. Our conversation is a play written in three acts: conflict, merit, and the values of both success and failure.

Lorin Wertheimer

In episode 15 of The Pickup Game, I sit down with Lorin Wertheimer for a conversation that spans his brush with British royalty, defining moments of boyhood, writing for soap operas and reality TV, and powering through creative roadblocks.

Saral Kochar

In episode fourteen of The Pickup Game, I speak with Saral Kochar, our friend from Delhi. Saral left Delhi at the ripe age of 17 for London. From the capital of the United Kingdom, he traveled to Hong Kong before settling in New York. He started his own business after working in the textile industry as far afield as Bangladesh. The culture he has acquired throughout his rich trajectory rubs off on all of us.