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Desus is one half of the brilliant podcast team "desus vs. kid mero." its a very fast freeform riff diatribe on life in the bronx and whats happening in the news in hip-hop, or last night. >> desus: growing up in the bronx, youre isolated from the rest of the city. you know what im saying? so, the other city has like, citibike. the bronx doesnt get any of that. were kind of abandoned up here. people get on a boat and go to staten island before they ride up to the bronx. >> anthony: i -- i got to...

Born and raised here, hes never really left for over seven decades. this is a disappearing aspect of new york, for sure. the real thing jewish deli. liebmans is one of the last. there used to be dozens of places where you could get your brisket, chopped liver, a good pastrami, some pickles, with a black cherry soda or a cel-ray of course to drink. >> lloyd: the world series is going on. howard cosell is on the air. suddenly you see a tongue of flame ricking up into the, uh, up into the sky. and ...

>> anthony: oh, that looks good. >> callita: smoked neck bone with, uh, banana, yuca, yautía, malanga, in coconut soup. >> anthony: well, that sounds good. yeah! ill definitely have some neck bones and, uh, plantains. yeah, lets do that! >> callita: okay, so, lets put some plantain here. >> anthony: in garifuna cuisine mashed plantains come with just about every dish. >> baron ambrosia: plantains are just part of it. thats part of hudutu. you would never have this without -- without the plantai...

The south bronx than had ever existed in history. that doesnt mean that we have reached utopia. we have not. how long it will take? im a historian. i look in the other direction. uh, i would say my crystal ball is cracked. >> white castle employee: i got four cheeseburgers coming up! >> anthony: is it the best hamburger in the world? far from it, my friends. is it even, strictly speaking, a burger? i mean, its small and square and steamed. it can be, especially when you eat a lot of them, as one...

For a date. its either a huge turn-off or a huge turn-on. like, it might give a lady a preview of what theyre about to get into. >> anthony: right. >> desus: you know, a little -- a little bib, a little sucking action. just let em know, you know, in an hour, this could be you. >> anthony: wow. what have i been missing all my life? this is -- this is pretty awesome. saturday night, city island, thats where people are going. t-mobile one save you hundreds a year. right now get two lines of data fo...

Different than, like a cheeseburger, which is what it kind of is actually. >> female student: but its really people from way, the way uptown, or like, downtown, if you say, can i get a chopped cheese? and theyre like, "what?" >> second female student: right. >> female student: like, but if you get it here, like, "all right! coming right up." >> anthony: so this a regional, indigenous, uh, specialty. >> teacher: and its newer too. >> anthony: right. >> teacher: right? it hasnt been around that lo...

>> desus: pig tail, right? >> anthony: awesome. oh hell, i love this. oh damn, that looks good. people, sort of, stopped paying attention to the bronx when it wasnt burning anymore. when fort apache was something we didnt have to think about -- >> desus: yes. lets just say that this is the neighborhood where they perfected stop-and-frisk. >> anthony: right. did you -- you remember your first time? >> desus: i remember my first time. >> anthony: how did you feel, first -- first time stop-and-fris...

Showman, iconoclast, explorer, and gourmet. >> baron ambrosia: the bronx is so multi-faceted, but for some reason, this is the first place i always take people because this just oozes and emanates, kind of, that flavor of the bronx. >> anthony: and he knows what i like -- places like this. 188 cuchifritos on 188th street and the grand concourse. old school new york puerto rican good stuff. get within 20 feet of this place and prepare to lose your freaking mind. >> baron ambrosia: cuchifrito itse...

Twenty years from now theyll still be talking about "the message" and "planet rock" and all the classic records. you know what i mean? so thats what it is. >> anthony: robert moses has been dead over 30 years now. and people in the bronx, for the most part, still hate him. in his role as master builder he ran the cross bronx expressway and the parkway system straight through dozens of working-class neighborhoods, seemingly uncaring about the destruction of whole communities. massive housing proj...

Because every time you have an event of note in the bronx, you have to come celebrate at city island. >> anthony: i noticed all the big catering halls. >> desus: yeah. ifou get married, ifou get arraigd, if the babys not yours, you come here. >> anthony: sea shore restaurant -- a massive fish factory on the water of a type im very familiar with, having started my cooking career in one just like it. >> anthony: oh, now, see this -- this -- yeah. im also a sentimental fool, and i love this kind of...