This week on Canal Street Dreams, Eddie and Natashia sit down with Dana Brown of Caper Media to talk about restaurants as cultural institutions and what makes a place matter beyond the food. Dana explains why he started Caper and how its Mario Batali piece began with a headline he’d written before the company existed. They discuss whether Batali has “served his time,” accountability, and how the Me Too movement has evolved over the years. Then we round things out with a rapid-fire rundown of Dana’s favorite NYC restaurants for hospitality: the places that know how to take care of you.

This week, we're joined by the legendary homie Theophilus London. We kick things off with what he's been up to in his hiatus from music, and how he's been spending his time away. We talk writing processes, reminisce on the old days in New York and the value of taking a break in your creative career. We also get into some conspiracies, from all things aliens, UFOs and of course, sports betting.

This week on Canal Street Dreams, Eddie and Natashia recap the Save Our Stories banned books event, which Eddie spoke at regarding the statewide-ban of Fresh Off The Boat in Texas. They talked about Ali Velshi’s particularly touching speech on the affect of Perks of Being a Wallflower on a student, the books that find you when you need them, and why people are so pressed about what other people read.

Then we get into Vanity Fair’s Thomas Straker and Keith McNally article and how sh*t talking is back. That’s also a perfect segue to breakdown Chet Hanks pressing Eric Andre.

Plus, the Brooklyn teachers in Issey Miyake dupes, Eddie’s Stone Island school for criminal kids, Natashia’s farm school lore and Dallas Cowboys cheerleader ambitions and apple picking. Eddie discusses what it was like going from working with Ryan Mcginley at VICE in the old days to being featured in New York Magazine’s first-ever men’s issue. We close with Natashia’s best stories of pulling up on people as a teenager.