Bar Crawl Radio

BCR #46 EXTRA

Following is a talk by Brian Terrel at the Catholic Worker's Maryhouse (June 7, 2019--Lower Eastside, Manhattan, NYC) on the efficacy of arrest to engender peace and positive social change. Brian is a long-time member of the Catholic Worker Movement and writes for the National Catholic Reporter and The Catholic Worker. He is a leader in several peace activist groups – including Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Witness Against Torture.  When not protesting, marching, fasting for peace or getting arrested for his civil disobedience, Brian lives and works on his farm in Maloy, Iowa with his wife Betsy

Recently. Brian walked 100 miles in Georgia in support of several activists who had trespassed on to the Kings Bay Naval Station in Georgia and who are now facing serious federal charges – Becky and I had a conversation with two of these brave peace activists and Catholic Workers -- Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy on BCR #46.

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It was the second podcast recording of the day. As soon as we finished our conversation with two progressive protestors--Mia Pearlman, True Blue NY, and Nan Faesller, Indivisible Harlem--at Gebhards Beer Culture Bar [BCR #48], we Via-ed up to Gabriela's Tequila Bar for a B&A version of our podcast--Becky and Alan just talking. 

This time it was about retirement -- which I feel is a wasted dream as one should always be retired - or another way of saying it -- one should always work with love.

We talked a bit about Julia Cameron's books -

• It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond (2016)
• The Artist's Way (1992)

We also talked about two books by Thich Nhat Hahn which I felt had a lot more to say about the art of living:

• The Raft Is Not the Shore: Conversations Toward a Buddhist/Christian Awareness,  (2000)
• The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now (2017)

We talked about our "happy moment" [Hahn's idea) and shared our ideas about our inner critic [Cameron's idea].

ASW

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The day of the recording, Becky and I walked a few blocks from home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Riverside Drive and 89th Street for this year's Memorial Day Services. The U.S. Navy Band was playing and we wanted to get some background sound for our session later in the Day with four U.S. veterans of the war in Vietnam. It was a splendiferous spring morning.

Neither of us agree with all that our government or military does, but we are of this land and feel a gratitude for those who served in the military. Our son had been a Marine and so maybe it was that -- but I think it had to do with something else -- a patriotism that resides in a need to make more perfect this flawed nation.

Four veterans of the Vietnam War joined us at Gebhards Beer Culture Bar  for a conversation about their experiences before, during, and after their time in Indochina. The Hudson Warehouse had featured their testimony in a Veteran's Day production in November 2018. BCR #44 begins with a brief synopsis of the war with Vietnam War veteran and former Marine Lt. Colonel, Robert Black.

BONUS CONTENT ON BCR: After this episode we sat down with the Hudson Warehouse team to talk about their 2018 Veteran's Day Play featuring the war testimonies of Arthur Faiella, James Britton, and Tom Pellaton. This conversation is followed by a dramatized audio version of their stories.

CORRECTION: Robert Black contacted us with a correction in the presentation of the history of the Vietnam War: "Pre-1954, it was the Viet Minh throughout all of Vietnam; post 1954 it was the Viet Cong in the South, only."

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BONUS CONTENT: Memorial Day 2019 with the Hudson Warehouse

After we spoke with four Vietnam Veterans on Memorial Day 2019, we invited to the BCR mics on the Gebhard Beer Culture Bar, the writer, director and one of the actor's of the Hudson Warehouse's 2018 'Veteran's Day Remembrance" production to talk about how they created the program. Susane Lee, the program's writer speaks in dramatic detail about convincing the Vietnam veterans to talk to her and the hours spent in getting their testimony.

This conversation is followed by a dramatization of the testimony of three of those veterans who joined us for BCR #44 -- Arthur Faiella, Tom Pellaton, and James Britton.

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The day of the recording, Becky and I walked a few blocks from home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Riverside Drive and 89th Street for this year's Memorial Day Services. The U.S. Navy Band was playing and we wanted to get some background sound for our session later in the Day with four U.S. veterans of the war in Vietnam. It was a splendiferous spring morning.

Neither of us agree with all that our government or military does, but we are of this land and feel a gratitude for those who served in the military. Our son had been a Marine and so maybe it was that -- but I think it had to do with something else -- a patriotism that resides in a need to make more perfect this flawed nation.

Four veterans of the Vietnam War joined us at Gebhards Beer Culture Bar  for a conversation about their experiences before, during, and after their time in Indochina. The Hudson Warehouse had featured their testimony in a Veteran's Day production in November 2018. BCR #44 begins with a brief synopsis of the war with Vietnam War veteran and former Marine Lt. Colonel, Robert Black.

BONUS CONTENT ON BCR: After this episode we sat down with the Hudson Warehouse team to talk about their 2018 Veteran's Day Play featuring the war testimonies of Arthur Faiella, James Britton, and Tom Pellaton. This conversation is followed by a dramatized audio version of their stories.

OK -- once again Becky and I were at 5Napkin on Broadway and W. 84th Street, for our bi-monthly conversation about whatever flits through our reticular activating system. And, as fate would be, we hit on some most significant topics. Can you see the connections?:

• playing with stuff -- and how that can annoy some.
• de Blasio Presidential commercial with our bi-ethnic grandchild.
• setting the volume on my brand-new Zoom H6 recorder
• pronouncing "edited it."
• planning a road trip to a glacier.
• learning about our diseases, online
• naming Becky's school play -- "Kinda Magical Fantasy Story"
• Gmail's suggested endings to your sentences.
• Alan's Birthday Party -- Will he make it?
• robo calls from China. You can't win.
• grandchild for Blasio for President
• correct ending of "GOT."
• Son of the "Oracle Bowl" [OB] takes stage.

We want to thank Chris Hoffmann -- Jungian and searcher of the mysteries of life and our Windermere Chateau neighbor--helped us inaugurate the OB, which he gave me for my birthday -- "Thanks, Chris."

And thanks to Wade Ripka for allowing us to use the music of his band -- "Quatre Vingt Neuf."

Let us know what you think of our programming at b[email protected]

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We are a city of cyclists and walkers -- and a growing number of scooter riders. [Whatever happened to in-line skaters? They're dancing in the Park.] But our streets are controlled by cars, buses and trucks. Bikers must be vigilant -- constantly. It's Bike Month, and so it seemed appropriate to invite Erwin Figueroa of Transportation Alternatives to BCR to talk about the NYC cycling culture. Recently, pedestrian and biker accidents were up; nevertheless, there are indications that NYC authorities are considering the lowly biker as the city grows and Congestion Pricing becomes a reality.

This BCR episode was recored at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on W. 72nd Street. Drop by and tell the barkeep that you heard about Gebhard's on Bar Crawl Radio -- they may buy us a drink.

"The best conversations happen at your neighborhood bar."

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Podcasting with one's life mate is delightful and enjoyable -- Is fraught with dangers -- Is ennobled with potential growth.

The Zoom recorder was sitting on the bar at 5Napkin, and as I turned it off, I noted a familiar burning on the side of my neck. Becky was giving me that "you fucked up. buddy" look -- and, indeed I had. Of course, I argued, but I've had enough therapy to know the feeling of "defense walls going up."

I immediately considered scrapping the entire episode, but the saner mind next to me said, "No, it was a good show. Go ahead and edit it."

Next morning: I apologized and we agreed that from here on when I "bogart" the mic -- Becky will call me out. That's fair -- I can hardly wait.

On BCR #41 B&A talked about:

• Premature and mature death.
• Brian Terrel's response to an email from a BCR listener in Israel.
• B's solution to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse.
• BCR DNA-ladened MERCHANDISE.
• BCR'S now international.

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This BCR episode is a conversation with Michael Kink of Strong Economy for All - a coalition of healthcare and education unions and community activists groups working for a moral budget for all NYers. Kink is the Executive Director is a public interest attorney who had worked for Legal Aid and Housing Works, Inc.. We tried to decrease the wonk and get at the experience of this dedicated worker in the field of social justice who is dedicated to moving one of the largest state budgets in the U.S. in a progressive direction.

This BCR episode was recorded at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar. Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen to podcasts -- and let us know what you think -- topics you'd like us to pursue -- [email protected]

Catch the best conversations happening at your neighborhood bar.

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The planning -- the work -- the anxiety - the exhaustion -- the exhilaration -- then the wedding. Our Tulie is married to a most amazing man and our grandchild carried the ring. This BCR episode is personal, but we had to record a debriefing of our experiences of this pivotal moment in ours and our daughter's lives. Of course, if you love wedding stories, you will love this one --

Recorded at the bar of the New Leaf restaurant in Fort Tryon just down the hill from The Cloisters in upper Manhattan.

It was a gorgeous spring day -- and all was right with the universe.

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