Open Bar Talk Podcast With Jim Search

This is it! The season finale! Very exciting. Thank you for tapping in this whole season and if you're new to the show...go back and listen to all the old episodes!

This week we have the first guest of the season, KP (IG: @kidplayboy) back in the virtual building. He tells us an update on a "friend" of his and some ins and outs of the bar business. It's a great one.

Also, go check out his bar The Armory (IG: @thearmorybk) for a drink or two...or three!

Our penultimate episode awaits! This week, we sit down with returning guest and very rad dude George Gordon (IG:@therealygfgeorgepgordoniii). He brings us some hilarious musings of seeing actors on screen in their birthday suits...and then in real life! Also, he brings us a great tale of the difference between a new New Yorker and an OG. Listen to his podcast, No Season Two, IG (@:noseasontwopod). It's a look into those TV shows that didn't quite make it past season one...enjoy!

Oh man…one of our favorites! You’re in for a real treat. A great friend of the show, expert drink slinger, and righteous human Ralph Balboa Andradez (IG: @ralphonzoandradez) is in the building this episode! Literally! He stopped by Jim Jam Studios to chat about his wild ass life behind the bar. Check out what happens when Karma pays a visit to a patron...quickly!

Here we are y’all with an incredible bartender interview for you! This week we sit down with Becca Derosena (IG: @dbecosena). She tells us the varying degrees of being ‘86ed from a bar. From an arena, down to a dive bar. Buckle in for a gripping tale about her most recent 86. Get into it!

What’s happenin? We got another banger of an episode ready for you this week. We talk to drink slinger Lee Berger (IG: @bergerextracheese). He’s got quite a story on his hands. From having it out with fraudulent customers to asking a director if he’s ever seen a movie he directed…he has lived quite a life behind the bar. Enjoy it!

Yo…this one is a trip. We got whirlwind and dope dude Brendan James Lambert (IG: @lovelymuddypress) on the pod this week. We are givin it up one time for the homie Kenny DeForest (R.I.P) (IG: @kennydeforest). Please go check out all his comedy…he’s the best. Brendan is bringing us through the wild world of the bar scene of St. Louis. When I say wild, I do mean wild! Get ready for it. After you listen, go check out elmp.tumblr.com for some of Brendan’s haikus and also his GoFundMe for his sweet dog Princess, she deserves all the love.

We are back at it with another great interview this week folks! This go around we chop it up with Jimmy Ho (IG: @abominable_ho_man). Check out his beginnings in the corporate bartending universe and then into the unpredictable wild world of dive bartending. Also, he teaches us an important lesson on what it means to be a friend to someone! Enjoy!

Hey y’all, we are back once again with a dope episode waiting for you. This week we sit down with Ray Reynolds (IG: @ray_mysterio1). Check out his story starting at Bar Sepia and the pivotal events there. He breaks down Tinder dates gone great, bad, and everything in between. This is a dope one y’all…enjoy it!

Another one in the books! This go-round we are sitting down with Freddie Heinemann (IG: @mr.pinsandbuttons). This guy knows his drinks and breaks down some real science behind the bar. On top of that, he takes us on a journey through accidents at the bar and a snowball fight gone awry. It’s a great one you don’t want to miss. Tap in! Also, go check out Freddie’s EP DogGo! And his band's Junk Made iLL, Warn The Duke

We have a great episode for you this week! Friend of the show Celine Dyer (IG: @strongpuff) is back behind the bar, so to speak, for another installment. Very exciting to say the least! Come check out some tales of feral children and the parents who won’t claim them along with four Becky’s who think a bathroom stall is the best place to “catch up.” You’ll love it!