John Catsimatidis | Red Apple Media Owner & Operator | 11-24-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Comedy, Sports, News

4.2 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Red Apple Media Owner & Operator John Catsimatidis joins Sid live in-studio for his weekly Monday morning hit to talk about the charitable event where WABC and the Police Athletic League distributed 5,000 turkeys to kids in Harlem. He reflects on his upbringing in Harlem and the importance of mentorship for young people. The conversation also covers political matters such as Lara Trump's potential in politics, criticisms of U.S. senators, and speculations about Donald Trump's strategic plans following his White House meeting last Friday with NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Catsimatidis talks about the high cost of turkeys in New York, ongoing investigations, and critiques of Canada's Prime Minister. The interview ends on a lighter note with news about Catsimatidis's cameo in an upcoming movie and his gratitude for WABC's success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry.
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0:30.0	On your Monday morning, the man sitting in front of me looking very dapper today.
0:35.9	I must say black suit, white shirt, nice yellow tie.
0:39.2	He is the host of Katzen Cosby, 5 p.m. every weekday afternoon here on W.A.B.C., the Cats roundtable, 8 a.m. every Sunday morning.
0:47.4	John, I want to start with Saturday. What a great day for W.A.B.C. in Harlem.
0:52.3	And you had a Saturday, it was a beautiful day yeah we gave away uh police
1:00.1	athletic league has 27 centers uh we gave away 5,000 turkeys beautiful distributed and we also
1:08.6	gave it to a few other people and um it was a beautiful. To see some of those kids, and I'll send you pictures later on, you have tears in your eyes. And Carlos Velasquez, who is the executive director of the Police Athletic League, was there. And they did a great job.
1:28.7	And between Grisidis and Grisides, Dacistino, Parisi was there, Chad was there, WABC,
1:38.7	we all teamed together to make, I guess, the 20,000 kids of the inner city to have a better Thanksgiving.
1:49.5	Fantastic.
1:50.2	But you had two events.
1:51.6	You had Saturday day and Saturday night.
1:54.0	No, Saturday.
1:55.5	Sunday, I'm sorry.
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