Veteran journalist Jeff Greenfield joins the program for a collective deep dive into everything from his time working with the late senator Robert F. Kennedy, his 1968 introduction to journalism through the program Firing Line, his stints at CBS, ABC, CNN, & PBS, the 14 books he's written & his die-hard fandom of the New York Yankees. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Former NYPD Chief of Department Terry Monahan joins the show, discussing his development as a young man growing up in The Bronx, working in The Bronx as a young patrolman during a particularly violent period for the borough during the ‘80s, his ascension to Chief of Department, key tactics as a boss, & the chaotic year of 2020 that culminated in his retirement from the NYPD. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Retired Federal Agent Lorenzo Toledo joins the show as he & Mike Colón discuss his humble beginnings in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, how his brother's murder inspired him to pursue a career in law enforcement, & his 31-year run in federal law enforcement that saw him serve as a U.S. Marshal, ATF, U.S. Customs, & DHS Agent, interacting with mobsters, drug dealers, gun runners, crooked cops, gangbangers, & more. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twi...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Mike Colón is joined by legendary sportscaster & television mainstay Bob Costas as the two converse of Bob’s early stints as a play by play man in St. Louis, his 1980 arrival to NBC & the many memorable moments he’d cover in his 40 years at the network, fond memories of the late Joe Morgan & Bob Uecker, & his infamous tension filled March 2001 interview with WWE owner Vince McMahon. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instag...
Nov 16, 2021•55 min
DISCLAIMER: There were several audio & video issues throughout the recording of this podcast which in turn led to rough sound quality. Apologies in advance for this inconvenience Mike Colón is joined by New York Daily News Police Bureau Chief Rocco Parascandola as he looks back on his stints with the New York Post, New York Newsday, & currently the New York Daily News, how he strives to cover the NYPD fairly, & what the future of crime reporting is. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: ...
Nov 10, 2021•54 min
Retired NYPD Homicide & Hostage Negotiation Detective, Author, & Professor Al Titus joins the show as he discusses his time as a plainclothes officer, working as a homicide detective, the intense training involved with being assigned to the elite Hostage Negotiation Team, writing his three books, & his work teaching as well helping today's youth. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://w...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Mike Colón is joined by law enforcement consultant Yael Bar Tur who recounts her upbringing in her native Israel, the difference in Israeli customs versus American ones, the internship that led her to the NYPD, and the trials and tribulations of modernizing & running the department's social media accounts. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a For All S...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 5 min
In a gripping edition of The Best of The Bravest, Mike Colón is joined by retired FDNY Firefighter Tim Brown who tells of a 20 year career that saw him go from his native Connecticut to The Big Apple where he saw the worst but also the best of both the fire service & by extension, humanity. Believe me you’re going to want to listen to this one. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 47 min
For Volume 6 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit, Mike Colón is joined by retired NYPD Inspector Ron Wasson as they discuss the Inspector's early years patrolling Brooklyn, his rather odd entry into ESU, the various promotions throughout his career & the different assignments that came with them, & his return to ESU in late 2000 at the request of then NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 13 min
CBS New York reporter & anchor Ali Bauman joins the show for a conversation on her career in broadcasting, from her time at Syracuse University, covering Capitol Hill, working in The Bronx & Brooklyn, & the last 5 years at WCBS, where's she covered protests, a pandemic, & more. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a For All Sports Related Pod...
Oct 27, 2021•48 min
In a truly awesome & fun episode of the podcast, Mike Colón is joined by veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield, who discusses her formative years in Canada, traveling Siberia as she covered two major summits, emigrating to the United States, nearly getting killed on 9/11, interviewing Yassar Arafat during the War on Terror, & how she hopes her network can help change the narrative on cable news in a bias heavy industry. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven ...
Oct 23, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Mike Colón is joined by retired NYPD Chief John Cutter who recounts his 15 year run in the former New York City Housing Authority Police, how his career ascended following the merger with NYPD in 1995, & running the department's intelligence division in post-9/11 New York City. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ For All Sports Related Podcast Inquiri...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 20 min
In Volume 15 of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD's Arson & Explosion & Bomb Squad, Mike Colón is joined by retired Detective Jeff Oberdier as he discusses his upbringing in Ohio, working as an EOD Tech in the Air Force, joining the Bomb Squad in 1995, two wild jobs in 1997, & the Times Square bomb plot in 2010. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Instagram: https://www.instagram....
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 27 min
In Volume 6 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews With The FDNY’s Elite, Mike Colón is joined by retired FDNY Captain Dennis Tardio who discusses coming onto the department at that tale end of its War Years, interesting & dare we say humorous fires, funny colleagues, & his gripping moment by moment account of his response to & survival of the events of September 11, 2001. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-...
Oct 16, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Retired NYPD Arson & Explosion Squad Detective 1st Grade Bill Ryan, who helped kickstart the miniseries Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD's Arson & Explosion/Bomb Squad returns to the show, as he & Mike Colón conduct a deep dive into the October 2000 attempted firebombing of the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, a case with political & potentially terroristic implications, in Volume 14 of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD's Arson & Ex...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 9 min
In Volume 5 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit, Mike Colon is joined by retired NYPD Sgt. Anthony Lisi as he recounts shootouts, 9/11, pipe bombs being thrown at him, FEMA training & more from a decorated 22 year career. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ For All Sports Related Podcast Inquiries Call: 917-727-0891 For All Sports R...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 16 min
In Part 2, retired U.S. Customs Agent Alex Alonso continues the deep dive through his career including counter smuggling operations in Venezuela, Chicago, & Spain, the merger between Customs & Border Patrol in 2003, & how the role of Customs has evolved in the 21st Century. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ For All Sports Related Podcast Inq...
Oct 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min
In Part 1 of an incredible conversation, Mike Colón is joined by retired U.S. Customs Agent Alex Alonso as he recalls growing up in the Hialeah section of Miami, his lone year as a Border Patrol Agent, joining U.S. Customs in the mid ‘80s, boat patrol, & major counter drug smuggling operations. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ For All Sports Relate...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 5 min
In Volume IV of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, the conversation between retired NYPD Detective Specialist Robert Masucci and Mike Colón continues as Detective Masucci recalls his role as a member of FEMA’s New York Task Force, rescuing a wedding band stuck in a Con Edison vault, & his near death experience at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon...
Oct 07, 2021•59 min
In Volume III of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, retired Detective Specialist Robert Masucci joins the show for an interesting look back at his childhood in Brooklyn, working on Wall Street, getting into the NYPD & subsequently its Emergency Service Unit, & his involvement in a fatal 1989 shooting of a mentally disturbed man wielding a Gurkha knife in Midtown Manhattan. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min
In a rather interesting episode of the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast, Mike Colón is joined by CBS News’ Gayle King for a wide ranging conversation spanning from her childhood in Turkey, reporting career all across America, notable interviews, & her friendship with Oprah Winfrey. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ For All Sports Related Podcast Inquiries...
Oct 05, 2021•59 min
Esquire Richard Cohen, a corporate lawyer in the medical industry, joins the show as the two discuss his interesting background in law, and his new book The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness which centers on his wife Marcia Horowitz's terminal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the admirable & positive way in which they faced their situation, & how he hopes his book will help others in times of crisis. Connect With Mike Colon: Twitter: https://tw...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Mike Colón is joined by retired U.S. Customs Agent, JUCCO Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, & Author Bob Starkman as the two converse about Bob’s upbringing in Queens, working as a correctional officer in some of New York’s toughest prisons, getting into coaching, & working as a U.S. Customs Agent during the height of the ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ era in 1980s Miami. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a/ Inst...
Sep 25, 2021•1 hr 20 min
In Part II of an exceptionally educational conversation, Mike Colón is joined by retired NYPD Inspector Anthony Raganella as he recalls his Long Island upbringing, overcoming health problems to come on the NYPD, a heart stopping car stop in Brooklyn, ascending through the ranks, & modernizing as well as leading the NYPD’s Disorder Control Unit & forming the Strategic Response Group. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
Sep 22, 2021•55 min
In Part I of an exceptionally educational conversation, Mike Colón is joined by retired NYPD Inspector Anthony Raganella as he recalls his Long Island upbringing, overcoming health problems to come on the NYPD, a heart stopping car stop in Brooklyn, ascending through the ranks, & modernizing as well as leading the NYPD’s Disorder Control Unit & forming the Strategic Response Group. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Mike Colon is joined by independent journalist & author Nancy Rommelman as she talks about growing up in '70s New York City, working in Los Angeles during the wild '90s, traveling to Portland & Minneapolis during the height of civil unrest, & the importance of objectivity in journalism. Connect With Mike Colon: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-23b3a115a/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/original_mc1/ For All Sports Relat...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 18 min
In Volume Two of the miniseries, The E-Men: Inside The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit, Mike is joined by retired ESU Detective Ken Winkler, who discusses life as an undercover narcotics officer during the drug laden '80s, responding to the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing as a FEMA team member, & the massive rescue efforts undertaken by ESU at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 14 min
For what is the milestone 100th episode of the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast, Mike Colón first offers his thanks for the support of you the listeners & the many great guests who’ve appeared on the program along the way & is then joined by NYPD Deputy Commissioner of both Public Relations & Intelligence John Miller as the two discuss John’s tenure as a news reporter in New York City, getting the opportunity to work with several notable figures in law enforcement & news, notable inter...
Sep 04, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Volume XIII of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD’s Arson & Explosion/Bomb Squad features the continuation of the conversation between Mike Colón & retired NYPD Bomb Squad Detective Kevin Barry as Barry recalls the events of September 11, 2001, remembers fellow detective & friend Claude ‘Danny’ Richards, & reflects on 51 years of marriage to his wife. Connect With Mike Colón: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeinnewhaven LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-colon-...
Aug 27, 2021•53 min
In Volume XII of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of The NYPD’s Arson & Explosion/Bomb Squad, Mike Colón is joined by retired NYPD Bomb Squad Detective First Grade Kevin Barry as the two discuss his initial foray into civil service as a volunteer firemen on Long Island, joining the NYPD during the height of civil unrest in 1968, working in the high octane Emergency Service Unit, & his 1983 arrival to the Bomb Squad & the major investigations that would follow. Connect With Mike Col...
Aug 25, 2021•58 min
