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Magnet Fishing in NYC

Did you pick up a new hobby during the Covid-19 lockdowns" Many of us tried our hands at baking bread, taking on arts and crafts projects, urban (and rural) hiking, and a thousand other things. James Kane, profiled recently in the New York Times, developed an interest in something a little more obscure, but unlike many of the would-be sourdough experts among us, Kane has stuck with his new pastime. Magnet fishing involves, well, dropping a magnet into a body of water and seeing what you can pull up. Kane has been doing this all over New York City for the last few years, and is hoping to build a YouTube following. It?s not the most ridiculous idea. There?s plenty of junk at the end of those magnets, but sometimes Kane finds something valuable, or interesting, that sheds light on the city?s history. Like that time he found a live grenade. Who wouldn?t want to watch that YouTube video"
The Paré Paré Podcast

The Paré Paré podcast is a new venture brought to us in part by the guy behind the popular Longbeach Watch Club Instagram account, featuring fo...