Bar Crawl Radio

Once again -- Becky and I are hunkered down in the Windermere Hotel Chateau Bar overlooking lovely West End Avenue. Another large crowd gathered near to the BCR mics as we talked about escaping the tribulations of life. Along the way Becky revealed the truth about our marriage -- and I decided her truth was not fake. This episode features one of my favorite entertainers --Jimmy Durante -- who continues to make me laugh -- a dinka doo.

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In 2002 this country began a war against the Taliban in Afghanistan -- 18 years later – that war continues. Three New York poets, Veronica Golos, Angelo Verga, and Chris Brandt decided that we could not stand by and bemoan U.S. policies. They organized events in which poets expressed their opposition to war’s destruction of life, and efforts to create understanding of life -- in language. Takes this opportunity to visit with three poets sharing their artful, deeply felt, and gut-wrenching language opposing war.

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Becky and I had a lot of fun with this one -- maybe Becky, the Dominatrix, had a bit more fun. We all deal with pain -- but all pain is not bad. This is a totally unofficial -- absolutely unscientific and subjective investigation of pain -- good and bad. For those of you who are a bit queasy, you may want to avoid the end of this episode as Becky puts me through a variety of pain tests. WARNING: DO NOT TRY THESE EXPERIMENTS AT HOME. We are professional podcasters and know what we are doing. NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THIS PODCAST.

Recorded at the Windermere Chateau Bar -- Masks NOT REQUIRED.

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WARNING: Corona virus is mentioned -- in passing -- in this podcast.

Announcing -- the official opening of the Windermere Chateau Bar and Grill --the new gathering place on West End Avenue. Masks are optional. Stupidity is celebrated. Meet Bob and Delores -- the arguing couple. Betsy -- the pansexual service person. And -- along with Becky and Alan -- consider your inner rage.

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Bar Crawl Radio hosts, Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson spoke with two young men, recently released from Otisville Medium Security Prison—Sam Johnson and Christopher Lee -- and with Professor Richard Hoehler from John Jay College who teaches in the Prison to College Pipeline – an educational program founded by English Professor Baz Dreisinger and administered by the college's Prisoner Re-entry Institute [PRI].

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OK -- sit down -- calm your busy mind -- and get ready to listen to two amazing poets read and talk about their work. Martin Espada is a world-renowned poet; he tells the stories of the Puerto Rican diaspora experience. Lauren Schmidt's poems live on the ground -- and are raw and brave, exposing the sacred lives of the oppressed and the unspoken secrets of familial love. And -- Lauren and Martin are married; this is the first time they talk about how their work and relationship mesh. Readings include selections from Lauren's recent publication Filthy Labors and several of Espada's most endearing works, including -- "Heal the Cracks in the Bell" -- and -- "Alabanza." This BCR episode concludes with this loving couple reading a favorite poem of the other. No kidding -- this is a treat!

BCR #89 was recorded on the Porch at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar.

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A CORONA-FREE PODCAST.

Relax and get lost in a conversation between Becky and Alan on the topic of rudeness -- how to handle the rude adult and the rude child. Learn about what are the most effective comebacks when someone is rude to you. How to come out on top when someone tries to hurt your feelings. Here are the important lessons on how to squash that rude cell phone talker at a bar or that person who accuses you of being a bad mother or blurts out something about your hat. It is time to get even.

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This is for the historians: It's New York City - early spring -- 2020 -- and the Big Apple is on P.A.U.S.E. Bars are closed -- but BCR pushes on. Becky and I had a wonderful conversation with Caroline and Steve of the Angst & Daisies Podcast via Skype. Steve Saporito is a Broadway producer and Caroline Aaron is a co-star of "The Amazing Mrs. Maisel."

The conversation ranged from surviving these perilous times - to the impossibility of producing a T.V. show during a pandemic - to tips on keeping Corona V from our doorstep.

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Remember the scene in “Gypsy” when Rosalind Russell plods down the theatre aisle yelling at her daughter – “Sing out, Louise! Sing out!!” Well – wouldn’t you know it – there’s an activist group called “Sing Out, Louise” -- inspired by the election of The Don to protest through parody songs “in the key of F you.” That’s their line -- not ours.

We gathered--seven of us--on the Porch of Gebhard’s Beer Culture Bar for this Bar Crawl Radio conversation with representatives of four very different progressive, activist groups -- all inspired by the last election to speak-out – act-out – write-out – and sing-out – against President Drumpf and his crooked crumbling cronies. We talked with leaders of "Sing Out, Louise," "Markers for Democracy," "Learn as Protest," and "The Shrill Collective" and learned about the best way to keep our sanity in the ague of Trump -- GET INVOLVED AND PROTEST.

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