About this episode

The episode features a conversation with cheesemonger Kijon Underwood about hip hop and local culture.

A certified cheesemonger who can also talk MF DOOM bars without blinking is exactly the kind of guest that turns a live podcast into something you can’t make up. We’re posted up at Pizza Time Pub on Sixth Avenue with Kijon Underwood, letting the conversation bounce between hip hop nerdery, neighborhood truth, and the everyday craft of working a cheese counter at Metropolitan Market in Proctor. We get into why DOOM’s wordplay, samples, and mask-era mythology still hit, then flip it into...

People in this episode

Guest: Kijon Underwood

Topics covered

• cheese
• hip hop
• local culture
• interview
• craftsmanship

Keywords

• cheesemonger
• MF DOOM
• hip hop
• Tacoma
• local flavor
• Pizza Time Pub
• Metropolitan Market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metropolitan Market

Places: Tacoma, Pizza Time Pub, Proctor

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