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We already knew Rick Kriseman was a cool candidate (CL endorsed the eventual winner of last year’s race for mayor, after all), but now the LGBTQ-huggin’, Trump-bashing, bearded head honcho of the Sunshine City has a talk show, too.
Filmed at long-running St. Petersburg listening room Hideaway Café, Mayor’s Lounge finds Kriseman interviewing local celebs before a musical performance at the end of the show.
Episode one, which hit the web late last month, finds the mayor interviewing Dr. BBQ (who used to work for Justin Timberlake, according to the segment) at the beginning of the show before Bay area blues and soul powerhouse Betty Fox performs “Sweet Goodbye,” which she and her stepmom wrote about Betty’s father, who passed away from Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Episode two films next week. Watch via YouTube by looking above.
This article appears in Oct 18-25, 2018.
