Q&A w/ T.J. English - Hosted by Joey "CoCo" Diaz: The Westies - Inside New York's Irish Mob. Hosted by Joey "CoCo" Diaz
About This Event
At the Cutting Room, author T.J. English appears in a Q&A about The Westies — Inside New York's Irish Mob, hosted by comedian and podcaster Joey "CoCo" Diaz. English is known for nonfiction on organized crime and the American underworld; Diaz brings a decades-long career in stand-up, acting and podcasting to the moderator’s chair.
About The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob
At the Cutting Room, author T. J. English joins a Q&A on *The Westies: Inside New York’s Irish Mob*, with comedian and podcaster Joey “CoCo” Diaz as host. English draws on his long record of reporting on organized crime to trace how the Westies rose from the margins of Hell’s Kitchen into the city’s power networks, and what their story reveals about New York’s changing streets. Diaz brings a stand-up sensibility that can cut through the mythmaking without softening the violence. In a city that archives itself through crime lore, this conversation treats the material as social history, not legend.
About the Artists
T. J. English
T. J. English is an American author and journalist known primarily for his non-fiction books about organized crime — both contemporary and historical — criminal justice, jazz, and the American underworld.
Joey Diaz
José Antonio Díaz, also known as Joey "CoCo" Diaz, is a Cuban American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, and author. After pursuing stand-up comedy full time in 1991 in Colorado and Seattle, he moved to Los Angeles in 1995, where he began acting, securing various film and television roles including BASEketball, Analyze That, Taxi, Rules Don't Apply, ER, and Maron.