the kid mero

It’s around the lunch rush, early afternoon on a summer Monday in a studio on the southern edge of Manhattan’s Chinatown, but Joel Martinez is working hard. The all-purpose Bronx-entertainer-turned-New-York-City-institution—affectionately referred to as “Mero” in his hometown—is on the mic, recording one of his three concurrently running podcasts, discussing the worst moment of his life….

On Air Fest, the festival that brings creators from music, film, photography, and other forms of media together to explore the relationship between audio and storytelling, on Thursday announced the first wave of its lineup and locations for its 2025 festival.  Saturday Night Live’s James Austin Johnson, the Kid Mero, Alex Goldman, Modern Love host…