Bar Crawl Radio

It's seems to be the just-right-moment to stock up on all the essentials, preferably canned or irradiated -- find a cozy indoor spot, conveniently chained with a steel door and no windows -- and wait for it to get dark -- so we can listen for the gurgling sounds of the always ravenous walkers of the night. Life has become much like the pandemic films we so love -- Contagion -- Outbreak -- 28 Days Later -- and even -- The Andromeda Strain [Rebecca and I had to pay for this 1971 film getting ready for this podcast. It is not really interesting except to see how strange an old film can look to 21st Century, COVID19-covered eyes].

Bar Crawl Radio took to the streets -- West End Avenue and 92nd St. -- to ask our neighbors if they liked pandemic films.

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BCR100-PART 3: For BCR's 100th Episode, we invited two young women running for the NY City Council in the 2021 election. Johanna Garcia is running for a seat in District 10 - Upper Manhattan. She is the daughter of immigrants and mother of three children. As President of the School District's Presidents Council and as President of the Community Education Council, Ms. Garcia opposed extreme testing and the sale of student information to private parties, and highlighted the crisis of lead in NYC schools.

Sara Lind is running for District 6 which is our own Upper West Side, presently headed by Helen Rosenthal. She has a law degree from Univ. of Chicago and worked for asylum seekers. Ms Lind has been working to increase the number of women in government. She worked on the Clinton presidential campaign in '16 and is the Executive Director for 21 '21' focused on electing at least 21 women to the NY City Council.

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BCR100-PART 2: Our second guest for out outdoor podcast on West End Avenue was former NY City Council Member, Rafael Espinal. Rafael is one of our favorite guests. , He has been with us many times and Alan covered his run for City Advocate a year ago. We have celebrated his many accomplishments as City Council Member for District 37 in Brooklyn. And now Rafael Espinal is the leader of the Freelancers Union. We talked about his many accomplishments with a Council Member, his new job as head of the Freelancers Union and possible future political aspirations. Talking with Rafael is always fun.

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BCR100-PART 1: This three-part BCR episode celebrated its 100th episode on a Manhattan street. West End Avenue was closed to traffic and so BCR took to the street to celebrate the resiliency of our UWS Neighbors as we face-down a most deadly pandemic. 

• PART ONE: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer talked about her attempts to guide the mayor and governor to make the wisest decisions for our amazing urban population. Did you know that over a period of time Gale and her husband, Cal Snyder, had 35 foster children?
• PART TWO: A blast from the past. Former City Council Member, now head of the Freelancers Union Rafael Espinal dropped by, shared a beer, and we caught up with his recent activities as head of the Freelancers Union and looked back on his accomplishments in city government.
• PART THREE: We talked with two young women running for the NY City Council in 2021 -- Johanna Garcia for District 10 in Upper Manhattan -- and -- Sara Lind for District #6 -- the Upper West Side.

Also -- with us were our Upper West Side neighbors on the "BCR Kvetch Mic." 

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The ugliness of police brutality aimed at Black Americans cannot be ignored – and cannot be papered over with meagre policy changes. We have to recognize the ugly fact that Racism is at the core of this country – is the ground from which arises white rage against dark skin. Rebecca and I feel it is important that we develop conversations about the enormous issue of white privilege and the near impossibility of white citizens to see the true nature of this country as racist.

For this BCR 101 episode, we had a respectful and confessional talk with two young Black Americans, working in IT -- Kendra Claiborne and Matthew Bishop -- about racism in this country. 

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This country has two social crises – the coronavirus pandemic – and – social unrest caused by white racism. Added to that – our government has no coherent, effective policy to help us move forward.  These social and health upheavals have impacted our children’s education.  For this Bar Crawl Radio episode, we are talking with two educational leaders whose organizations are working to establish equity and justice for poor Brown and Black children – Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters – and – Jasmine Gripper of Alliance for Quality Education. 

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BCR has gone to the streets -- West End Avenue and 92nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- to be precise. We set up an open mic in the middle of the asphalt and have been taking testimony from UWSers about how they are doing. AND -- one of the BCR hosts makes a life-changing announcement -- proving one more time that it is never too late to change your life. It is part of the 'Don't Be a 'Becky' Movement" #amnotbecky

For her husband of many decades this is going to be difficult, but he has been given a one-person dispensation. He is one lucky guy.

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Recently, a dear friend sent us her son’s new book about his work in the field of social justice in poor and Black communities in the Chicago area – and elsewhere.   At the end of Seeds of Justice Alex Tindal Weisendanger writes:  “We can transform our churches and our churches can transform the world”

This BCR episode features Alex and two other Christian leaders working for social justice. This BCR episode was co-produced by Alina Larson.

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Becky and I are hunkered down at the Windermere Chateau Bar overlooking beautiful West End Avenue to talk about how social isolation has a positive side. We spent some time earlier in the week at the Street level Bar talking to our neighbors taking a late afternoons stroll -- and asked "How you doin'?" We will continue to collect their testimony for future BCR episodes.

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Bar Crawl Radio hosts interview the interviewers -- members of The News Broads Podcast. A breezy conversation with three media savvy ladies about their experiences of talking with the biggest movers in journalism and entertainment on their podcast produced by David Levin.

• Judy Licht -- Co-founder of firstcomesfashions.com; Commentator on WNBC's "Power Panel" ; Cohosted "Living in Style" for Martha Stewart; Creator of "Full Frontal Fashion" television series -- and more.
• Lynne White -- Three-time Emmy award winning journalist.
• Gina Cirrito - Former entertainment Producer at Fox News, covering all the red carpet biggie events.

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