Bar Crawl Radio

Bar Crawl Radio

By Alan Winson & Rebecca McKeanSociety & CultureArts
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Bar Crawl Radio episodes

  • BCR & Angst and Daisies: Ending 2020 with friends

    This will be our third visit with the hosts of the podcast -- Angst and Daisies -- Caroline Aaron, co-starring in "The Amazing Mrs. Maisel", and Steve Saporito, lawyer and knower of current American politics. We talked a bit about about the state of our country -- some on the Amazon hit series -- and a morsel on our favorite Christmas tunes and films. It was a lot of fun catching up with our new buddies who are now "old" friends.

    Contact Rebecca and Alan at [email protected]

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    52 min
  • Rhonda Roland Shearer: 1st Responder to 1st Responders-EXTRA

    This is a BCR EXTA. Rhonda Roland Shearer was a first responder for the WTC first responders directly after the attack on Sept. 11th, 2001, At the time – she and her daughter London handed out a million dollars in PPE, construction helmets, bolt cutters and other essential equipment that supported those who worked the PIT. IN BCR 119 Rhonda tells that story and talks about her recent efforts at supplying PPE and other lifesaving materials to hospital workers in NYC.


    For this BCR extra Ms. Shearer talks about her other interests – as a sculptor of women subjects, media ethics reporter and her work with her scientist husband Stephen Jay Gould for their Art Science Research Laboratory – we begin by talking about revolutions in art – influenced by Marcel Duchamp and fractals which influences   modern art  -- and the basic differences between male and female geometries  

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    18 min
  • Rhonda Roland Shearer: 1st Responder to 1st Responders

    How was 9/11 like COVID19? Both needed effective PPE. Rhonda Roland Shearer satisfied that need then and now. This is a must listen BCR episode featuring a person who you should know. Soon after the destruction Rhonda and her daughter were at the WTC Pit handing out effective digging and cutting equipment and protective gear to the first responders despite being kicked out by city officials and did so on her own dime - over $1 million. She became a known figure at the WTC site for many months and fought for the dignity of those who died.

    Two decades later Rhonda is handing out PPE to hospital workers and vulnerable New Yorkers, through her organization "Cut Red Tape 4 Heroes," and, as in 2001, paid for by money she borrowed and continues to pay back -- over $800,000. She is also a sculptor and co-founder of the Art Science Research Laboratory with her former husband and scientists Stephen Jay Gould.

    There was a lot to talk about, and so this BCR119 episode comes to you in two parts. First -- Ms Shearer's work as a sculptor and 1st responder to 1st responders - and second -- her many interests in art and media.

    Let us know what you think of BCR programming -- [email protected]

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    1 hr 1 min
  • An Elementary School Teacher During COVID
    Rebecca McKean and I - Alan Winson - were back at our "studio" in the loft at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar in our Upper West Side neighborhood. Rebecca is an elementary school teacher, and I had watched her conduct distant learning classes in our tiny apartment from our dining room table and listened to her concerns about her students for months and wanted to interview her about the difficulties of teaching as an elementary school teacher during the pandemic. This is one dedicated teacher's experience -- that is repeated throughout the world by these dedicated teachers.

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    32 min
  • COVID19 Long-haulers with Nathan Lents

    This will be the third visit with scientist and genetics expert -- Nathan Lents. We focused our conversation on the nature of the "long-haul" maladies of those who have had the COVID19 virus. These serious health outcomes are known to effect even those who did not manifest the disease. And we talked to Dr. Lents about the new approach to viral vaccines using the mRNA technique.

    We also talked to two COVID19 survivors about their experience during and after contracting the infection. Believe it or Not - this thing is serious.

    CONTACT BCR hosts Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson at [email protected]

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    52 min
  • Expat Poets from Hispaniola: Rhina P. Espaillat & Jean Dany Joachim

    We were joined by two world-class poets from Hispaniola -- Jean Dany Joachim writes in Haitian Creole and Spanish poet Rhina P. Espaillat who left the Dominican Republic as a young girl fleeing the Trujillo massacre of 1937. Their poetry cuts to the bone of the immigrant experience in simple but deeply revealing ways. This episode is a lively conversation with lovely people who interpret their poetry in most accessible performances.

    CONTACT: [email protected]

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Distraction Attractions
    It's a great time to wake up and get really distracted. If that is your goal -- then this BCR episode is for you. So if you really want to loosen your brain and drop any hope for serious and focused thought -- tune in and zone out while Rebecca and Alan tell you all about ... what was I saying?

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    29 min
  • A Joyous Sound on the Upper West Side
    It was the day when we learned that the Biden/Harris ticket had won the Presidential election, and the sounds of elation and joy rose in the street outside our Upper West Side apartment windows. We ran down to West End Avenue with our equipment and quickly set-up to get some testimony from our neighbors about how they were feeling. Up the street 150 people had filled the street and were dancing and yelling as passing cars honked on W. 93rd Street. We could breathe and the unifying breath was saying, "Let the healing begin."

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    24 min
  • Election Nite 2020: A Pundit, the Press, and a Poet
    WARNING!!! LIBERAL TALK ZONE.

    It's the night of the 2020 election, and we did not want to be alone with the results. So, we invited a few knowing friends with whom we were in near total agreement. That's is how we roll:

    Lincoln Mitchell is a political pundit and professor at Columbia University -- Poli Sci. We talked with Lincoln about his recent book "San Francisco Year Zero" at BCR #73.

    The News Broads Podcast's hosts Gina Cirrito and Lynn White joined us on BCR #95. They are savvy media news veterans and they talk with top political thinkers on their podcast.

    Martín Espada is a renowned poet who tells stories of the Puerto Rican diaspora. He and his talented wife Lauren Schmidt had joined us for BCR #88. Essayist, translator, editor, and attorney, Martín pursues social justice. He reads his poem "Litany at the Tomb of Frederick Douglass."

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Buggin' with Rebecca & Alan @ Gebhards
    Rebecca and Alan are back at their favorite bar -- Matt Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on the Upper West Side on W. 72nd Street. It was really good to be back on our old turf recording Bar Crawl Radio. The episode honed in on the behaviors and sounds and bugs that bug us. It was loud and a bit smelly from the fumes on the busy bus-strewned street -- but we had a great time sitting at a real bar and recording our silliness. Contact us at [email protected]

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    37 min

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Did you ever have a really interesting conversation at a bar -- sharing ideas over a couple of martinis -- and wish you could've bottled it? That's Bar Crawl Radio. Rebecca…