♪ REGINA: I AM REGINA MITCHELL.

SHIRLEY: I AM SHIRLEY MIN.

AN ILLNESS AFFECTING BIRDS.

TABLE PING-PONG.

PLUS, A HISTORY MAKER AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA.

WE MEET THE CHESTER COUNTY WOMAN WHO CELEBRATES THE WAY PEOPLE FROM PHILLY REALLY TALK.

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VISIT NCICAP.ORG] >> HI.

HAPPY YOU COULD JOIN US.

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.

SHIRLEY: I AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

I WISH I COULD SEE YOU IN PERSON.

THAT WILL NOT TELL ME ABOUT THIS STORY RIGHT HERE.

A DELAWARE LIBRARY IS PILOTING THIS BORROWING PROGRAM CALLED THE LIBRARY OF THINGS.

LIBRARY PATRONS CAN CHECK OUT BOOKS AND TOOLS, EVEN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

♪ PATRONS OF THE LIBRARY IN DELAWARE ARE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS LIBRARY OF THINGS.

A NEW BORROWING PROGRAM WHERE VISITORS CAN CHECK OUT THINGS THEY CAN USE, BUT DO NOT WANT TO BUY.

>> IT IS A COLLECTION OF ITEMS THAT WE PROVIDE THAT ARE NOT THE NORMAL THINGS YOU WOULD FIND IN A LIBRARY.

FOR EXAMPLE, A DETECTOR, A CROQUET SET.

SHIRLEY: BETTER YET, A RECORD PLAYER, A MICROPHONE TO RECORD A PODCAST.

>> A AND TERRY GROSS.

SHIRLEY: AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET TESTER.

>> LIBRARIES TRY HARD TO STAY RELEVANT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SOME OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS HAVE A LIST SO YOU CAN SEE THE THINGS THEY HAD AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT.

THEN WE JUST STARTED ASKING EACH OTHER WHAT KIND OF THINGS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE, THEN WE STARTED MAKING LISTS.

>> SOMETIMES I JUST NEED A LEVEL TO FIX SOMETHING AND I AM DONE.

I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT LIBRARIES AS DIGITAL LEARNING, INNOVATIVE LEARNING PLACES WHERE THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER COMPLETELY FREE TO TAKE OUT MATERIALS, BUT IT IS FAR MORE THAN JUST BOOKS.

♪ SHIRLEY: CHECK OUT FOR THE LIBRARY OF THINGS WORKS THE SAME AS OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS.

>> IF IT IS AVAILABLE, PICK IT UP AND CHECK IT OUT ON YOUR LIBRARY CARD.

>> IF THE SYSTEM GOES WELL IN THE PROGRAM WORKS, AND THERE IS DEMAND, WE WILL INCREASE IT TO OTHER LIBRARIES.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING IN OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR WAYS WE CAN SERVE YOU BETTER, USE OUR LIBRARY AS A COMMUNITY TOOL TO BRING US TOGETHER.

SHIRLEY: AND HELP US REDISCOVER ALL THE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT OUR LIBRARIES HAVE TO OFFER.

THE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED THROUGH A $2500 GRANT FROM THE COUNCILWOMAN.

IT IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF DELAWARE, AND LIBRARIES EVERYWHERE WOULD BENEFIT.

REGINA: HOW HAS THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED SO FAR?

SHIRLEY: POSITIVE ALL AROUND.

THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS ARE ALREADY CHECKED OUT, INCLUDING THE UKULELE.

REGINA: WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR THINK PEOPLE ARE CHECKING OUT.

SHIRLEY: RIGHT NOW IT IS A CORN HOLE SET FOR A WEEKEND BARBECUE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BUY IT.

I'D THE IDEA.

REGINA: SOUNDS NICE.

FROM LIBRARIES TO SCHOLARSHIP, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ANYONE GIVES AWAY FREE MONEY, BUT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA SAYS THEY HAVE IT AND WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT.

IN THE SPRING, THERE WERE 132 RECIPIENTS.

THIS FALL, 228.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF JUST SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIP, GIVING PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.

ONE DOCTOR SAYS THAT FUNDING LIKE THIS CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

>> IN MY WORK, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY STUDENTS WHO DID NOT DO WELL IN SCHOOL OR DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE BOOKS.

THE SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES BOOKS FOR STUDENTS.

$500 FOR $250.

FOR SOME STUDENTS, THAT IS $1 MILLION, BASED ON THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THEY MAY HAVE, SO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES THAT LAST DOLLAR SUPPORT.

REGINA: NAMED AFTER A CIVIL-RIGHTS AND EDUCATOR, IT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP THOSE IN NEED PAY FOR THINGS LIKE TUITION, ADDITIONAL FEES, FOOD, AND TRANSPORTATION.

IT ALSO GIVES STUDENTS A PATH TO SUCCESS BY PROVIDING FACULTY AND STAFF TO GUIDE THEM ALONG THE WAY.

>> THE CONNECTION TO THE SCHOLARSHIP IS ENSURING PEOPLE WITH WANT AN EDUCATION AND THOSE WHO WANT A VOICE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP, BY PROVIDING AN ANTI-POVERTY MECHANISM THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN CREDENTIALS AND HAVE THE LIFE OF THEIR DREAMS.

REGINA: TO APPLY, CCP APPLICANTS ONLY NEED TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM A PHILADELPHIA ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOL.

IT APPLIES TO THE COLLEGE, AND FILLS OUT THEIR STUDENT AID FORM.

IT IS EASY ENOUGH, BUT IT HAS BEEN HARD TO CONVINCE STUDENTS IT IS TRUE BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY.

>> IF THEY MEET THIS CRITERIA, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS.

WE ARE CALLING, SENDING EMAILS, TEXTING THE STUDENTS SAYING YES, IT IS REAL.

FREE IS REALLY FREE.

REGINA: WHILE THEY JUST WELCOMED THEIR NEW SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, NOW IS THE TIME TO GET READY TO APPLY FOR NEXT SPRING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, HEAD OVER TO THE WEBSITE.

SHIRLEY: THIS SUMMER, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT AN ILLNESS KILLING SONGBIRDS IN THE REGION IN NEARBY STATES.

THERE WERE ENOUGH CASES THAT WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ASKED PEOPLE TO TAKE DOWN THEIR BIRDFEEDERS AND BIRDBATHS TO PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING.

♪ NOW THREE MONTHS LATER, THE BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED IN DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND NEW JERSEY.

AS CASES OF THE MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS APPEAR TO BE ON THE DECLINE.

SIGNS OF THE DISEASE INCLUDE, CRUSTING AND SWELLING, CAUSING BLINDNESS AND SOME, AS WELL AS NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS CAUSING ERRATIC FLIGHT.

THE BIRDS, STARLINGS, AMERICAN ROBINS, AND OTHERS.

WILDLIFE OFFICIALS STILL DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE, BUT HAVE RULED OUT THE COMMON ILLNESSES THAT AFFECT THE BIRDS OF THE YEAR.

>> CERTAINLY IT WAS AFFECTING MORE FLEDGLING AND JUVENILE BIRDS, YOUNG BIRDS JUST LEAVING THE NEST, THEN ADULTS, BUT IT WAS AFFECTING ADULTS AS WELL, SO NOW THAT WE ARE LATER IN THE BREEDING AND NESTING SEASON, WE ARE SEEING THESE BIRDS ARE GROWING INTO LATER JUVENILE AND EARLY ADULTHOOD AND POTENTIALLY THAT COULD BE WHY WE ARE NOT SEEING AS MANY, BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS YOUNG BIRDS CURRENTLY.

WE ARE SAYING IT IS OK TO RETURN THEATERS -- FEEDERS TO YOUR YARDS, IF YOU CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE ITEMS WITH A 10% BLEACH SOLUTION.

WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THESE ITEMS WEEKLY, IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY.

SHIRLEY: OFFICIALS ARE STILL COLLABORATING ACROSS STATE LINES AND RUNNING TESTS TO DETERMINE A CAUSE.

IF THERE ARE ANY TIMES WHERE AFTER YOU PUT YOUR FEEDERS AND BATHS OUT, AND YOU NOTICE A SICK OR DEAD BIRD, BRING IT INSIDE AND FILE A REPORT WITH YOUR WILDLIFE AGENCY.

♪ REGINA: I AM GLAD THINGS ARE IMPROVING.

SHIRLEY: I AM TOO.

REGINA: HERE IS ANOTHER STORY YOU WILL LIKE.

YOU KNOW HOW YOU ARE ALWAYS CORRECTING ME WITH MY ACCENT?

SHIRLEY: THE ACCENT IS HARD NOT TO NOTICE.

REGINA: WELL, WE FOUND A WOMAN WHO IS MAKING THE ACCENT SHE GREW UP LISTENING TO A BIG HIT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

♪ >> HOW DO YOU SAY DAUGHTER -- REGINA: MEET HER.

>> I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT WEEK.

REGINA: WIFE, MOTHER, ENTREPRENEUR, AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER.

>> WHEN I GOT INVOLVED WITH TIKTOK, IT WAS NOT TO BE AN INFLUENCER.

IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD LITTLE KIDS AND IT WAS FUN DURING QUARANTINE.

BACK IN THE DATE THAT IS REGINA: IF YOU HAVE NOT GUESTED, HER TIKTOK PERSONA PAYS HOMAGE TO THE VERNACULAR.

>> THAT IS VETERANS STADIUM, NOT FICTION STATING.

I GREW UP WITH SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE STUFF MY FRIENDS' PARENTS SAID.

IS THAT LIKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WATER?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER IT.

I THOUGHT OF MY DAD, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS MY DAD SAID.

YOU DON'T GET UNDRESS.

I POSTED IT AND IT STRUCK A CHORD WITH PEOPLE.

REGINA: R FOLL GIFFOR ♪ FOR IT.

>> DID SHE CALL ME?

YES, NO.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS, EVERY SINGLE DAY, I WAKE UP SO EXCITED TO RUN TO MY PHONE.

HEY, GUYS.

HOW LOW ON WHEELS ASKED IF I WOULD SAY, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?

FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FROM PHILLY, EVERYBODY IS HUM.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

CAN I GET YOU MORE COFFEE?

TAKE A PLATE?

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?

I HOPE EVERYBODY IN PHILLY CONTINUES TO APPRECIATE HOW UNIQUE THEY ARE.

>> THERE IS NO M. IT IS COMFORTABLE.

HOW UNIQUE THEIR ACCENT IS, HOW SPECIAL IT IS, AND HOW SPECIAL IT MAKES ALL OF PHILADELPHIA AS A COMMUNITY.

HOW DO YOU SAY DAUGHTER?

REGINA: YOU CAN FIND MORE ON TIKTOK.

SHIRLEY: I LOVE THAT.

THE PHILLY ACCENT IS HUGE IN HOLLYWOOD BECAUSE OF THAT HBO'S SERIES.

KATE WINSLET DID A GOOD JOB.

REGINA: SHE DID.

IT'S GOOD.

THEY EVEN WON SOME END AWARDS.

-- EMMY AWARDS.

SHIRLEY: WE GET TO EXPERIENCE A RIVER FIRSTHAND AND THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE ENDURANCE THEMSELVES.

>> IT IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO THE RIVER IN THE TRAIL.

WHEN PEOPLE CONNECT TO THE RIVER AND THE TRAIL, THEY FORM A RELATIONSHIP AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THEIR LIVES AND IT CHANGES THEIR BEHAVIOR.

THE RIVER HAS A REALLY IMPORTANT GOAL IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THEN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WHEN IT WAS A SUPERHIGHWAY FOR ALL OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTY COMING TO PHILADELPHIA, AND THEN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION, AND THAT WE LIKE TO SAY WE ARE IN THE RECREATIONAL REVOLUTION.

THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING IS THE RIVER TRAIL, WHICH WE BUILD AND MAINTAIN.

WE INVESTED IN PROVING THE QUALITY OF THE RIVER THROUGH A RESTORATION FUND.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE THE RIVER IS STILL THE DRINKING WATER FOR 2 MILLION PEOPLE.

♪ PEOPLE HAVE REDISCOVERED THE OUTDOORS AND WANT TO GET MORE CONNECTED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WHOLE AREA AND ESPECIALLY THE RIVER.

>>, AND OTHERS -- >> I AND OTHERS COLLABORATED TO BUILD A MAP OF THE TRAIL.

IT BEGINS NEAR FOX HILL AND ENDS IN PHILADELPHIA.

AGRICULTURAL AREAS, MOUNTAIN AREAS, WENT IT THE BIGGEST AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, SO A COOL WAY TO CONNECT THAT STUFF.

>> IT IS AN EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE MADE SOME FRIENDS HERE, AND EVERY YEAR, YOU MEET PEOPLE, PICK UP NEW FRIENDS, HEAR NEWS STORIES, A GOOD, NATION OF HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, AND PEOPLE.

>> WE AVERAGE 14 MILES A DAY TO 18 MILES A DAY.

>> [SINGING] >> WE LEARNED THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAMS HOW IMPORTANT THE RIVER WAS, HOW IT IS USED FOR DRINKING WATER, RECREATION, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE RIVER TO CLEAN THE RIVER.

IT HAS REALLY BEEN, IT IS AN AMAZING, HOW THE RIVER HAS TRANSFORMED.

EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE SOMEBODY NEW.

EVERYBODY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS INVOLVED IN HAVING FUN.

>> I THINK ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN THIS, THIS HAS SET OFF A LOVE AND PASSION THAT THEY CONTINUE ON BECAUSE THE CONNECTION WITH THE RIVER, QUIET, SOLITUDE, AND JUST BEAUTY OF NATURE, ONCE YOU TASTE IT, IT STICKS.

>> THANKS WHYY.

REGINA: CHECK OUT THE SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

MONDAY MARKS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, HONORING THE HISTORY, HERITAGE, AND DIVERSITY OF NATIVE AMERICANS.

♪ >> INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY STARTED IN 1992, BECAUSE IT WAS THE 500 YEARS CELEBRATION OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAS, BUT THERE IS A PART OF THAT THAT WAS TO START, TELLING THE TRUTH, TO RECLAIM THE TRUE HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT IN PHILADELPHIA.

IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CAPITALS IN THE U.S.

IT WAS ENVISIONED BY WILLIAM PENN, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND OTHERS WENT SOUR AFTER THE TREATY THEY HAD HERE, WHICH IS KNOWN TO BE WHERE ONE OF THE LEADERS OFFERED A TREATY OF PEACE.

NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION REGARDING WHETHER IT WAS FOR THE PROPERTY, OR A SYMBOLIC ACTION PAID FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS A SYMBOLIC ACTION TO MAINTAIN PEACE AMONG THE PEOPLE, THE ENGLISH, AND DUTCH, AND PEOPLE SETTLING IN THE TERRITORY.

IT IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF GENOCIDE AND ECHO SIDE, BECAUSE IT CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF THE REGION.

SO WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS PROJECT AN ANNUAL EVENT?

ONE GOAL FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS TO OPEN THE DOOR AND GIVE AN INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE HISTORY, WHAT IT MEANT FOR THE DIASPORA TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS TERRITORY TO OTHER AREAS LIKE OKLAHOMA, CANADA.

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION?

THAT IS A BIG QUESTION.

THERE IS A LARGE LATINO COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY, THERE IS A LOT OF INVISIBILITY TO THE INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICAN NARRATIVE.

OVERALL, WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE OFFERING IS DEFINITELY TO RECOGNIZE WHO NATIVE AMERICANS ARE, UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSITY THAT WE COME FROM DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, EXPERIENCES , AND ALSO HOW HISTORY IS TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, AND THEN, WITH THE HOPE, YOU START TO EMBRACE THIS IS ALSO NATIVE AMERICAN LAND, AND ALSO MANY OF THEM NEED SPACE.

WE DON'T HAVE A NATIVE AMERICAN CENTER OR PLACE FOR US TO COME TOGETHER, BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW FEDERAL COLONIALISM IMPACTS NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IT RELATES TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING HERE.

♪ REGINA: TO LEARN ABOUT THESE EVENTS, CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.

SHIRLEY: PING-PONG HAS MOVED OUT OF THE BASEMENT, AND IS MORE FUN THAN EVER.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, I CHECKED OUT THE SPIN TO SEE WHAT THE BUZZ IS ABOUT.

I HAD A BLAST.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] ♪ SHIRLEY: I AM AT SPIN PHILADELPHIA WITH A 14-TIME SWEDISH TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.

SHIRLEY: TELL ME ABOUT HOW THE WHOLE CONCEPT CAME ABOUT.

>> OUR TWO FOUNDERS WERE BEST FRIENDS.

THEY STARTED THROWING PING-PONG PARTIES, A MIX OF CELEBRITIES, FRIENDS, PROFESSIONAL PING-PONG PLAYERS, AND IT GREW REALLY BIG UNTIL THEY ENDED UP FOUNDING SPIN.

♪ SHIRLEY: I'D LOVE THE ARTWORK.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

>> WE WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS.

IT IS CITY-SPECIFIC.

WE SEE ROCKY HERE.

SHIRLEY: I KNOW THIS IS FUN AND GAMES, BUT THERE IS A CHARITABLE SIDE.

>> YES.

EVERY YEAR, WE DONATE TO SCHOOLS , LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE KIDS PLAY PING-PONG.

WE DO A LOT OF THINGS HERE.

FRIDAY NIGHT IS PLAYERS NIGHT.

YOU CAN COME IN WITH FRIENDS AND PARTICIPATE IN GAMES WHERE YOU RUN AROUND THE TABLE, WIN FREE DRINKS AND MERCHANDISE.

YOU CAN RENT A TABLE WHERE YOU PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

WE HAVE APPROACH TO GIVE YOU TIPS AND TRICKS.

FIRST, HOW TO HOLD THE PADDLE.

THE SECOND, SHAKING THE PADDLE'S HAND.

YOU SHOULD BE ARMS LENGTH FROM THE TABLE.

YOU PLAY WITH THE BODY.

YOUR BACKEND HERE.

IN A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BODY FOR THE FOREHAND -- AND A LITTLE BIT FOR YOUR FOREHAND.

♪ PEOPLE USED TO PLAY IN THE DAYS MONTHS -- THEIR BASEMENTS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER.

IT'S NOT JUST PING-PONG, LIKE HE SAID.

YOU CAN GET FULL SERVICE.

YOU CAN ORDER COCKTAILS AND HAVE A GLASS AROUND THAT TOO.

IT IS A SPORT ANYONE CAN PLAY.

IT DOES NOT MATTER AGE OR WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

IT IS WHERE YOU CONNECT.

SHIRLEY: IT IS MORE FUN THAN I REMEMBER.

>> YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE PLAYER.

[LAUGHTER] SHIRLEY: BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE PLAYER.

[LAUGHTER] ♪ >> A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT IT, SO WE GET NEW PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT FEELS LIKE NEW FIELDS.

SHIRLEY: THAT IS WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE.

♪ REGINA: IN TOTAL, SPIN HAS DONATED 12 TABLES, AND GIFTED BRAND-NEW PADDLES AND BALLS TO GO WITH EACH ONE.

SPIN IS OPEN AND BETTER THAN EVER.

YOU CAN FIND A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.

REGINA: THE NEW JERSEY MOBSTERS WHO CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES FOR SEVERAL SEASONS ON HBO ARE BACK.

WE LOOK AT THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK.

♪ >> YOU ARE MY NEPHEW.

>> I WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP YOU.

>> MY GIFT TO YOU.

>> THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK, DIRECTED BY DAVID CHASE, IS A PREQUEL TO THE SOPRANOS.

HOW DID TONY GET TO BE THE WAY HE WAS?

THE SON OF THE ACTOR PLACE HIM AS A YOUNG MAN PEERED HIS UNCLE IS PLAYED BY ANOTHER ACTOR, BUT IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT.

>> HE ONLY LISTENS TO -- >> I THINK DAVID WANTED TO START BACK AT A TIME BEFORE THE SERIES, WHEN THERE WAS STILL THIS KIND OF FEELING OF COMMUNITY IN AN URBAN SETTING, IN NEWARK, AND ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN GROWING THROUGH THE CENTURY, AND IT, IT REALLY DOCUMENTING THE MOMENT WHERE EVERYTHING CHANGED DEMOGRAPHICALLY.

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

I AM OLD.

THE 1960'S, THAT WAS MY TIME, WHERE YOU ARE NOW.

IT DID FEEL GOOD, THEN A CHANGE.

IT HAS NEVER GONE BACK.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THIS IS A FILM IN WHICH PEOPLE WILL KNOW THE LATER VERSIONS OF OTHERS.

NOW YOU WERE NOT PLAYING YOUR FATHER, YOU WERE PLAYING THE CHARACTER YOUR FATHER CREATED, SO WHAT DID YOU PICK FROM THAT, HIS HOPE?

>> THE -- HOOK?

>> THE INITIAL DRIVE, MENTALITY.

I KNEW WHAT I HAVE TWO MOVE MY SHOULDERS IN A SPECIFIC WAY, USE MY EYES IN A SPECIFIC WAY, BECAUSE HE IS A PHYSICAL CHARACTER AND EXPRESSES HIS PHYSICALITY, AND WHEN HE DOES, YOU UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONS HE FELT.

THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME, AND THEN I HAD 86 HOURS OF ACTUAL THERAPY SESSIONS OF THE CHARACTER.

>> SAY WHAT?

>> I KNOW.

ALL THESE INCREDIBLE EPISODES TO DIVE INTO, HIS TRIGGERS, HOW HE THINKS ABOUT THE WORLD, WHERE HE COMES FROM, HOW HE IDEALIZES THE PAST, WHAT ANGERS HIM EMMA WHITE EXCITES HIM, AND REALLY -- HIM, WHAT EXCITES HIM, AND TAKE STOCK OF ALL THE THINGS.

>> ALL THE CHARACTERS COULD HAVE USED THERAPY.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CHRISTOPHER, HELLO.

>> LIKE A SCAM OR SOMETHING.

>> SOME BABIES COME INTO THE WORLD KNOW ALL KINDS OF THINGS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

SHIRLEY: THE SOPRANOS WAS SUCH A BIG HIT.

I KNOW THE FANS WILL LOVE THE MOVIE.

REGINA: I WILL CHECK IT OUT.

THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT SHOW.

SHIRLEY: JOIN US NEXT WEEK AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CHILDREN ARE DOING BACK IN SCHOOL WITH THE COVID PROTOCOLS.

REGINA: BYE.

♪ SHIRLEY: GOOD NIGHT.

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