Ep. 210 • I Was Right There When the Towers Fell w/ @nickarrojo
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Master Hair Cutter and educator Nick Arrojo @nickarrojo had just opened his salon in New York a week before 9/11. He shares his incredible story of being a block away when it happened. We also discuss navigating catastrophes such as 9/11 (and now Covid) as a salon owner.
This Week's Topics:
• Walking into Vidal Sassoon salon at 16 years old to ask for apprenticeship
• Moving to London and New York to advance career
• Starting a business with partners – leaving to operate independently
• His experience living 1 block away from twin towers during 9/11
• Getting his salon restarted after 9/11
• Navigating the Covid shutdown – Having to permanently shut down a location
• Discussion on grant programs and financial assistance
• Lack of advocacy and lobbyists in the beauty industry – Why?
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| 0:00.0 | You cannot change what you did yesterday, but you do have the ability to create tomorrow. |
| 0:09.2 | Hi, I'm Neil Malick. |
| 0:10.3 | Hey, I'm Jenny Streby. |
| 0:11.5 | Steve Sleeper from the Professional Beauty Association. |
| 0:13.9 | Hi, I'm Philip Wolfe, and you're listening to the Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:20.7 | Hey, listener, I'm Eric Taylor. |
| 0:23.0 | This is the 20-year anniversary of 9-11, and we're bringing you this special episode with |
| 0:28.9 | New York hairstylist Nick Erojo, who was there. |
| 0:32.7 | 9-11 was one of those rare, truly impactful events that changed millions of lives directly and indirectly. |
| 0:39.7 | Let's remember it, of course, for its tragedy, its victims, and all of the lives lost, |
| 0:45.3 | but also for its heroes who made us all proud and for the way that it brought all Americans together. |
| 0:53.3 | That's the way that I like to think about 9-11. |
| 0:56.2 | In other news, the Newsome recall in California is tomorrow, September 14th. I will never forget |
| 1:04.0 | how we singled out our industry and shut us down while allowing other activities like film production, |
| 1:10.0 | including hair on film production, |
| 1:13.2 | dentistry and so many other industries that had proven to be more dangerous for cross-infection |
| 1:18.6 | for COVID. |
| 1:19.7 | But no, he shuts us down. |
| 1:21.5 | It's no surprise that Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO, has been his biggest donor. |
| 1:27.3 | Reed Hastings gets a lot from Newsom and Newsom gets a lot from Reed Hastings. |
| 1:31.3 | Remember the Netflix lobbyist at the French Laundrie restaurant with Newsom, maskless, |
| 1:38.3 | when Newsom's own rules deemed that a dangerous activity. |
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