The Breaker podcast

Welcome to the Breaker podcast. We are Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya. If this email has been forwarded to you can subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here. 

This week we come to you from Cha Cha Tang in the West Village, with special guest John McDonald, the owner of the restaurant, as well as Lure and Bar Mercer among others, and also a pretty successful media entrepreneur. (Not to mention an official Friend Of Breaker.) We talk about the runners and riders for the Vanity Fair editor's job, why Janice Min, David Haskell, Stella Bugbee and Sarah Ball don’t want the job and the editors who do, how shamelessness is vital for any journalist seeking to make a lot of money, why human beings enjoy stability, and how surprisingly good Tom Hardy is at rapping. (You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and a bunch of others And if you have a bar, cafe or restaurant you’d like featured in the Breaker pod get in touch.)