Tokyo Olympics, Cooking with Tinned Fish, Book on Surfing & Addiction, 'Moving in 2008' Film - a podcast by WNYC

Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and host of the Edge of Sports podcast, joins us for a conversation about the concerns and issues facing the Tokyo Olympics.

WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us for our ongoing series, "Kate Has a Plan," to discuss the stories the newsroom is following this week.

Chris McDade, chef and owner of Popina in Brooklyn, joins us to discuss his new cookbook The Magic of Tinned Fish: Elevate Your Cooking with Canned Anchovies, Sardines, Mackerel, Crab, and Other Amazing Seafood. A review in Publisher's Weekly called it: "Excellent. . . .  Salty and satisfying, these recipes hit the spot.”

Award-winning writer and current head of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center, CUNY, Thad Ziolkowski joins us to talk about his new book about surfing and addiction, called THE DROP: How The Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery. Ziolkowski, who has written about his own struggles with addiction, examines the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery.

Writer/director/producer Calogero Carucci joins us to discuss his feature film "Moving in 2008," which closed the Brooklyn Film Festival this year. The film follows a family dealing with hardship during the 2008 recession.

 

This episode is guest-hosted by Rebeca Ibarra.

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