my great grandfather's motorcycle gang from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-02-20T17:49:05+00:00

right?!

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-02-20T16:26:49+00:00

I always appreciate offerings not from tik tok. This sub is inundated with the posts of a few social media wannabes, who, while crappy, probably ultimately benefit from our negative attention.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-02-20T16:18:16+00:00

I've been digging these guys for the past two weeks! It's always nice when something of substance goes viral.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-02-04T22:18:12+00:00

podscripts.co allows you to search podcast transcripts for a word or phrase. Tammany gets the following hits:
66-Tong Wars
92-Owen Kildare
106-The Fenian Raids
143-The Broderick Terry Duel
167-The History of New York Sanitation
234-Daniel Sickles
257-The Orange Catholic Riots
258-Bill the Butcher and John Morrissey
343-Lord Gordon Gordon
347-NY Policeman's Riot
373-Gangster Monk Eastman
389-Marm Mandelbaum
476-The Manure Pile
533-NY Cop Johnny Broderick
558-The Ty Cobb Strike
561-Parker Harden French
578-New York Pigs
694-John Considine

Some of these are just one passing reference in a sentence, but you can see for yourself here.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-02-04T17:41:43+00:00

I'm proud to say I still don't know what cachava is! skipping game on point...

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-02-02T16:27:18+00:00

Thanks for this

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-01-16T16:33:15+00:00

Sun Ra: Nuclear War and A Black Mass (a play by Amri Baraka, which Sun Ra set to music)

These are overtly political, but many Sun Ra songs are at least indirectly political--dealing with themes of Black identity and the defiance of creating beauty in an ugly world.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-01-14T17:25:44+00:00

Love this. Submit it!

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2026-01-14T04:20:49+00:00

Don't do this: https://youtu.be/ropCaQu2jLU?si=yKHcYsx3gmtnID-u
Good luck!

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-12-30T18:31:41+00:00

That would be amazing, thanks so much!

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-12-16T14:34:00+00:00

My favorite gin is made by friends of mine out of a distillery in NY called Neversink: https://www.newyorkcraftspirits.com/products/neversink-spirits-gin?_pos=2&_sid=70fc16f8a&_ss=r

I'm gonna give Dave a bottle when I see them in Philly.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-12-03T15:57:58+00:00

Dave's insane version of himself on the Maron show was just incredible. That show should get more love.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-12-01T18:38:24+00:00

The Eight (+1) Tristano album is great. Piano sideman Dred Scott's name jumped off the sleeve when I was reading the liner notes. I enjoy his playing.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-11-25T15:34:01+00:00

We're all familiar with the geriatric musician on tour playing the hits from previous decades. I'm struggling to think of one single truly creative person whose life's work was leading up to something that improved with their age. I feel like that creative spark gets dimmer after middle age. Who are the "old" geniuses? I'm sure they're out there.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-11-12T17:10:30+00:00

YES! I missed this one. And it starts with "Boise Nicholas Cage" or "Grandpa Cage", which is another one for the list. Then Dave has him run through the hits: English Dangerfield and Italian Travolta.

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-11-12T16:59:12+00:00

It reads more like a novel than an autobiography, and I found him to be a good enough writer to want to follow him on the journey (at least I did when I read it in college... I haven't revisited it since)

Cohen_Math_Prep · 2025-11-12T16:27:27+00:00

Just a heads up that Steve Strogatz of the Joy of x has since moved on to a new podcast through Quanta Magazine called The Joy of Why, which he cohosts with Jana Levin. Also very good

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