Canal Street Dreams

This week we're chilling with Alexia Ioannou of Nou to talk what it takes to make a footwear brand from the ground up! Lexi also runs her business with her significant other so we talk tricks of the trade working with the person you love. We get into the affects of vintage culture, growing up on reality TV and more.

With great pizza comes great responsibility. F*ck that is Spiderman not Batman but same same. Chris Hansell of the famed Chrissy’s Pizza stops by C$D this week to talk all things New York City za. We get into what drove him to teach himself to make pizza with his home oven, the process of opening his own shop, and the classic New York slices that set the standard. It’s a conversation about craft, obsession, and the moment when a recipe finally clicks. Chris is a solid dude and there are few people on earth that love a pie like this man. Indulge!

Kicking this week's one on one show off with a little podcast therapy, we're all over the map this episode. Should you break up with your parents? We talk Brooklyn Beckham and the pros and cons of Black Tar Opium. Will Natashia being a crazy boy mom? When exactly did everyone become Chinese? Is there a food critic conspiracy to silence Eel Bar? All these questions and more are answered on this installation of Canal Street Dreams.Subscribe to the Substack where we're re-releasing an episode of the OG Huang's World every week here: https://basedfob.substack.com/

This week we’re back without a guest talking about New Year’s resolutions, krumping, and real fur. Natashia and I each give what our perfect day of eating in New York would be. We look forward to Valentine’s Day and try not to look back at past v-days (this my year yo). We’re talking box eating dinosaurs and way more— if you haven’t pressed play yet what are you waiting for?!

Jian Deleon, Men's Fashion Director at Nordstrom stopped by the pod this week so you know we had to talk about which internet bois get the flyest.

Welcome to the special Black Friday epi$ode of Canal $treet Dreams. Yes we know this is dropping on Thanksgiving. Press play and you'll learn what Black Friday has meant to our families for the last year. We start out with the fun stuff; what dinosaurs does Senna want for Christmas? Have you heard of a Birkin Dinosaur? Eddie either. In all seriousness, we get deep into family business heading into this Thanksgiving. This week, we're oversharing about our families in preparation for the oversharing many listening are probably going to run into this holiday. As much as the holidays are celebrated as a time to get together with family, there are just as many people for whom the holidays are a really tough time. If that's you this year, keep your head up homie. You're a part of the Canal $treet Dreams family and you've always got a place at our leopard print, bodily-fluid-stained pool table. Love to you, yours, and ours. Whether you're with us or not, we're thankful for you.

Hunter Harris is a screenwriter and culture critic who writes “Hung Up” on Substack and co-hosts “Lemme Say This” on Wondery. Today she’s on the pod to talk about her voice as a writer and also gets into some of her favorite TV and movies of 2025. She and Eddie critique the shopping culture of New York City and discuss where to go in terms of political optimism following the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the recent mayoral election.

Today we welcome Josh Topolsky to the pod! Josh founded The Verge and The Outline, helped build Vox Media, and has shaped some of the most influential digital brands of the past decade. You won’t hear much about any of that on this episode, because today Josh, Natashia, and Eddie do a deep dive into Eddie’s unhinged relationship with sports: how much he watches, gambles, and why The Knicks are his family. They also talk about compromise in relationships and what their greatest ultimatums are.