In this episode: Kelly is joined by New Yorker Chris Beck! Chris is good friends with Kelly, and they bring the chemistry and laughs to prove it!

Join them as they answer questions that New Yorkers have the most passionate answers for.

Kelly and Chris talk about the small moments they have where they feel like they belong in the city. They talk about their favorite times of year in the city as New Yorkers and what they look forward to as the seasons change.

Kelly asks Chris and Jae what their most irrational fears are living in the city. Chris, Jae and Kelly all give a wide variety of fears and have a laugh at some of them.

Chris and Kelly talk about what some things they see in NY that some people might think is out of this world but real New Yorkers wouldn't even bat an eye at.

Chris gives his take on community in the city. How people can feel lonely, but also how you can grow community and build your own small world.

But above all else; Chris Beck is a New Yorker!

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• (00:00:00) - New Yorkers Podcast
• (00:02:11) - Chris on Living in Los Angeles
• (00:03:11) - The Potty Cast
• (00:05:15) - Chris on The Elevator
• (00:05:53) - Things New Yorkers Do That Tourists Don't Do
• (00:08:33) - Train passengers on the subway
• (00:11:03) - How To Ditch The Tourist In NYC
• (00:13:30) - What's The Most New York Thing You've Ever Seen?
• (00:16:27) - What New Yorkers Do About Homeless People
• (00:18:06) - We're All In This Together
• (00:18:20) - What's the Smallest NYC Moment?
• (00:21:09) - The Secret to Dating in NYC
• (00:21:32) - Meet The Real New York City Detective
• (00:23:27) - 3 New York City Places That Feel Like They're On A Movie
• (00:25:41) - People Try New York City
• (00:26:54) - Dancing in Times Square On New Year's
• (00:29:11) - The Empire State Building
• (00:29:58) - Top of the Rock
• (00:32:29) - What Makes Me Fall In Love With New York City
• (00:33:49) - People Fall In Love With Central Park
• (00:36:42) - People Talk About Medical Marijuana In NYC
• (00:38:17) - What's Your Favorite Smell In New York?
• (00:39:44) - What's Your Most irrational New York City Fear?
• (00:41:02) - What's Your Fear Of Elevators?
• (00:43:56) - Real New Yorkers Talk About Their Most irrational Fear
• (00:46:36) - Happy 60th Anniversary Ed and Betty Cop!
• (00:49:15) - New Yorkers Talk About The City
• (00:51:34) - A New York Subway Drama
• (00:54:08) - What It Means To Be A New Yorker

In this episode, Kelly is joined by podcaster, motivational speaker and survivor: Chris Felder.

Kelly asks Chris about himself, where he's from, and what he does.

Chris tells us about his story. What lead up to him having his sight taken away from him, How he learned to navigate the world around him, and how his family and friends learned to accomodate him the way that he wanted to be accomodated.

Chris talks about New York, and his love for the city. How he navigates it, and how much he misses it when he travels. He also talks about the differences between New Yorkers and the people he encounters elsewhere.

Kelly asks Chris some questions about his podcast and motivational speaking. Chris tells kelly how Wolf helped him to improve his work and grow his platform. Chris talks about how he is helping people around the world in ways that he never thought that he could.

But above all else; Chris Felder is a New Yorker.

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• (00:00:00) - New Yorkers: Chris Felder
• (00:01:40) - Blind and Visually Impaired Man on TV
• (00:03:03) - Celebrity Recalls Childhood
• (00:04:14) - Blind Man Gets Shot in the Head
• (00:08:04) - How I got shot in the face
• (00:10:28) - An Emt. Gets Shot Three Times
• (00:12:57) - How I Learned To Walk On My Head
• (00:16:20) - Blind man on the road to recovery
• (00:20:08) - How I Learned To Wash My Own Hair
• (00:22:54) - Blind People Understand The Reality Of Being Blind
• (00:25:39) - What They Didn't Tell You About Fourth Of July
• (00:26:35) - Wolf on Walking Alone For The First Time
• (00:27:51) - Blind People Get On the Subway
• (00:30:26) - Blind People Walk The Streets Of NYC
• (00:33:24) - Blind People Talk About Their Life
• (00:36:56) - Blind People in the World
• (00:38:32) - What do you miss seeing in New York?
• (00:40:15) - Married New Yorker on Life in NYC
• (00:42:54) - Blind Brooklyn Man Uses a GPS to Get Lost
• (00:45:10) - Blind People Fly Planes For The First Time
• (00:46:13) - Miami vs New York: How Both Cities Compare
• (00:48:37) - What smells will you miss most in the afterlife?
• (00:49:15) - Blind Stepper's Advice For Others
• (00:53:20) - Blind People Use LinkedIn for Social Media
• (00:55:28) - Wolf Blitzer on Becoming Blind
• (00:56:45) - EMT Brandon On His Journey Back To Happy Life
• (01:00:09) - Blind People Talk On-Air
• (01:02:58) - Blind Stepper Gets Clothes Ready For Work
• (01:05:06) - Living Life With A Blind Dad
• (01:07:53) - Isaiah Thomas on Inspiring People
• (01:09:33) - What It Means To Be A New Yorker

Due to the hustle and bustle of city life, and in honor of Father's Day coming up later this month, we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes from this year. Please enjoy this conversation that I was able to have with Jae's dad a few months ago. Share with us in the comments your favorite story or memory that you have with your dad. We will be back in two weeks with new episodes of The New Yorkers Podcast. So look forward to those conversations.

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In this episode, Kelly is joined by Jae's Dad: Huston Watson Sr. He is a business owner, computer engineer, DJ and a Veteran.

Huston talks a bit about where he was born, and how his family came to love Brooklyn. He talks about growing up in a dangerous neighborhood, the friends he made and how he got through it.

He then talks about going into the Air Force, becoming a DJ and meeting his wife.

Kelly also asks Huston about his family, and Huston reflects on what it means for him to be able to become a father and how special that is for him.

Huston then talks about his time working for Merrill Lynch, how he got the job initially, moving up the corporate later and the different jobs he's done for the company.

Finally, Huston recounts his experience on 9/11. He talks about experiencing the first plane hit, helping escort people to safety, as well as the effects that it's had on his life.

But above all else; Huston S. Watson Sr. is a New Yorker.

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• (00:00:00) - New Yorkers
• (00:01:28) - Houston Junior on His Nickname
• (00:02:29) - Jay from Brooklyn on Life
• (00:07:46) - Veteran on His Time in the Army
• (00:11:46) - Marine DJ on Temporary Duty
• (00:16:58) - Fool With a Gun
• (00:17:37) - How I Met My Wife
• (00:21:47) - Kelly on Her Love for Her Husband
• (00:26:19) - Jay Leno on Being a Parent
• (00:28:57) - How My Job at Merrill Lynch Came About
• (00:33:54) - Walking to work on September 11, 2001
• (00:38:15) - Survivors of the World Trade Center
• (00:42:33) - Witnesses on the World Trade Center
• (00:44:34) - Were You Scared of 9/11?
• (00:49:36) - Local reacts to the 911 memorial
• (00:50:57) - Were you drunk in the Warped Zone?
• (00:51:45) - Has it changed your perspective on life?
• (00:54:19) - What It Means To Be A New Yorker
• (00:55:39) - The New Yorkers Podcast: Episode 291