This is our "other other" BCR episode -- the one in which Becky and I just talk. We consider it a form of marriage counseling -- you know -- real talk -- mature talk -- deep listening -- about those areas of our relationship that need to be investigated. We talked about television. This BCR episode was recorded at 5 Napkin Burger on Broadway and W. 84th Street. Met the new manager -- Julio -- who treated your BCR hosts very well. We followed the recording by sharing a fat 5N burger - onion rings...
Apr 04, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Walking to the Greene Space with Raphael Espinal Raphael Espinal is a 30-something NY City Council member from Brooklyn. We first invited him onto BCR when we learned about Raphael's idea for a NYC Night Life Mayor , and his work to end the city's ancient Cabaret Laws that banned dancing at bars -- BCR #6. Then Raphael joined us for our "Margarita Crawl" -- BCR #16 -- to talk about his "ban plastic straws at bars" initiative. Each time, he was a delightful interview. When we learned that he was ...
Apr 04, 2019•52 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Moving on Up ... This is our third BCR show with Brooklyn Council Member Raphael Espinal -- at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on W. 72nd Street. Our first conversation with this young politico was in BCR #6 to talk about his initiative to create the office of Night Life Mayor . Then on BCR #16, Raphael joined us at Gabriella's for our summertime 'Margarita Crawl' to talk about his ban on plastic straws. Raphael joins us a third time to talk about his run for NYC Public Advocate. We talked about his ...
Apr 04, 2019•52 min•Season 2Ep. 30
A long march to the White House. An anti-WAT protestor. And the fast ends. Guantanamo or Gitmo has held many hundreds of men accused of terrorism against the U.S. in connection with the 9/11 2001 attacks – most were innocent of any crime – several dozen remain at the prison on the Cuban island. They have been imprisoned for 17 years in limbo -- beyond judicial recognition. “Is this who we are?” is a podcast series reflecting the actions, arguments, and emotions of the WAT protesters who gathered...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 29
Arrests at McConnell's Office. Guantanamo or Gitmo has held many hundreds of men accused of terrorism against the U.S. in connection with the 9/11 2001 attacks – most were innocent of any crime – several dozen remain at the prison on the Cuban island. They have been imprisoned for 17 years in limbo -- beyond judicial recognition. “Is this who we are?” is a podcast series reflecting the actions, arguments, and emotions of the WAT protesters who gathered for a week in 2019 in Washington. D.C. My n...
Apr 04, 2019•59 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Arrests at the Supreme Court. Guantanamo or Gitmo has held many hundreds of men accused of terrorism against the U.S. in connection with the 9/11 2001 attacks – most were innocent of any crime – several dozen remain at the prison on the Cuban island. They have been imprisoned for 17 years in limbo -- beyond judicial recognition. “Is this who we are?” is a podcast series reflecting the actions, arguments, and emotions of the WAT protesters who gathered for a week in 2019 in Washington. D.C. My na...
Apr 04, 2019•59 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Singing at Code Pink House. Yelling at the White House. INTRODUCTION to the series. The U.S. Guantanamo Prison on the Cuban island was opened in 2002 and has held many hundreds of Muslim men accused of terrorism following the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Most were innocent of any crime and hundreds were released. Forty remain in a limbo -- beyond judicial recognition. This four-part series follows the week-long activities of the civil disobedience organization "Witness Against Torture"...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 29
I -- Alan -- met Chris Brandt when I interviewed him for "UWS Neighbors" -- a show featured on UWS Radio . We spoke about the work he was doing for the "Medicine Show" Theater in Manhattan. As he was leaving the studio, he turned and said, "You want to know what I'm really interested in -- torture." And that started Becky and I on an adventure that took us to Washington, D.C. and a most important conversation with members of This is a dedicated, spirited, inspired and inspiring group who detest ...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 29
For BCR #28, your stalwart crawlers traveled to a small town east of Los Angeles, CA to help put the finishing touches on the La Canada/Flintridge float entry in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses Parade. We met float enthusiasts from around the country and played with roses -- lots of roses. If you watched the parade this year, you can just catch our contribution on the back bumper of the award-winning "Three Frog Night" float. This episode includes everything you need to know about the secrets of ...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 28
Erin is a pharmacy manager at a NYC academic medical center -- she must "mute" her appearance so as not to distract her male office-mates. Tulie is a project manager for a large NYC general construction firm -- at times, she needs to be the "mother in the room" to mask any sexual "messages." Jessica is the program manager of a Philadelphia after-school music program -- who reminds us that in this "me-too" moment "everything is considered sexual harassment." From Gebhard's Beer Culture Ba r -- th...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Folks -- this is a weird one. Little worked in this episode as we planned; nevertheless, your intrepid podcasting bar crawlers forged ahead and continued to drink at their moderate rate. That's good--yes? Rebecca and Alan were joined for the intro segment by Paul Alan Ruben -- author of Terms of Engagement -- at Vino Laventino to share Malbec and bad poetry. Alan introduced this episode's ennui by sharing his discouraging experience of The New York Review of Books--Holiday Issue. And Becky ended...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 26
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument -- W. 89th Street in Riverside Park -- has sat majestically overlooking our Upper West Side neighborhood in Manhattan since 1902. The battles of the Civil War and the Northern generals festoon its Greek-styled columns - and it is slowly crumbling under the wear of the elements and time. For this BCR show we talk with officials of New York City Parks, John Herrold and Jonathan Kuhn -- and the president of the Soldiers' and Sailors's Memorial Association, Peter ...
Apr 03, 2019•57 min•Season 2Ep. 25
What a wonderful opportunity and pleasure to have a conversation with NY State Assembly person Linda Rosenthal. Her Manhattan office is next door to Gebhards Beer Culture Bar and when she knocked on the porch window during a BCR recording -- we knew we had to invite her on the podcast. We talked with the SA person about her success at bringing "Menstrual Equity" to the state and her fight to extend the statute of limitations to prosecute child sex offenders. And we talked politics -- the shift t...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 24
This BCR episode started at Gabriela's Tequila Bar on W. 93rd Street talking about favorite shot glass and the experience of watching the top of Jeff Daniels' head -- during his performance of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" from the "angel's view" in the Shubert Theatre. We then crawled over to Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on W. 72nd Street and had two wonderful conversations, First with the founder of Paracademia -- Milica Paranosic. We met this prolific, multi-talented arts, teacher an...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 23
At Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar , we spoke with Robert Jackson's campaign manager Richard Fife about the Democrat's work for education in our city, and /about his qualifications and goals when he gets elected to the State Senate. Here's a chance to meet a politician you probably don't know but who is gaining in power and prestige. Our intro section was recorded at the UWS "5 Napkin" restaurant on Broadway and W. 84th Street -- we talked about bathrooms and blackmail and met our favorite bartender ...
Apr 03, 2019•56 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Recently -- Becky and I attended the Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference in Swedesboro, NJ. We met a bunch of great podcasters -- dined on grease at Appleby's almost got swept away in a flood hugged the Blind Blogger & Super Joe Pardo won TWO XLR microphones in a Podcast Contest for our new creation -- "One Nip'll Never Do" learned about all the things we are doing wrong and right -- and we wanted to share these experiences with you. So, if you've always wanted the scoop on the shadowy secrets o...
Apr 03, 2019•50 min•Season 2Ep. 21
"Trump is the first of any modern presidents to advocate for reducing legal immigration." Sarah Pierce of the Migration Policy Institute "More of the United States population are foreign-born now than at any time since 1910." NYTimes - Sept. 2018. The First Lady's parents become citizens through what Trump calls "Chain Migration." What a world! BCR's second show on U.S. immigration brings in two experts -- one an academic -Immigration lawyer Cyrus Mehta on BCR at Gebhard's Bar in Manhattan -- Mo...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 20
CHOOSE TWO: We are a nation of immigrants. We are a nation that does not want immigrants -- keep it right and white. We are a nation that welcomes the talented and those who yearn for a better life and those who are escaping oppression. We are a nation that sticks to our own - outsiders are dangerous. BCR #19 brings together three immigrants -- a Czech -- a Filipino -- an Irishman -- who are now authorized "United Statesians" OR USians. [If you are from the United States -- you are not "American...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 19
BCR hosts--Becky and Alan--had been to Cabo, St Lucas at the tip of the Baja Peninsula and loved the beaches, food and tequila -- but we yearned for something less touristy -- less honky-tonk and richie-rich. We had visited Todos Santos up the coast on the Pacific side of Baja and decided that we would vacation in this sleepy Mexican village. Becky found a spacious, airy room at Villa La Mar, nestled on the side of a hill facing the Pacific Ocean. The ride from Highway 19 was a bit rough over ru...
Apr 03, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Becky has been developing our BCR Instagram account and "hearted" Island to Island - 642 Rogers Ave. She and Danii, owner and brew-master, started talking. Danii invited us over for a photo exhibit event. So -- we decided - why not schedule an unplanned -- pop-up Bar Crawl Radio podcast in Brooklyn. We had a blast talking with photo-artist, Ivona Hertz and-- and Ivona's friends -- Alan and Mike -- as well as Island2Island bartender -- Emily. We tasted all sorts of herbal infused beers and meads....
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This was a first for Bar Crawl Radio -- A Real Bar Crawl -- three bars -- three conversations -- in one late afternoon crawl on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. We had a tight schedule -- 30 minutes of recording and then a rush to the next bar. We had to put together a small recording kit that could be re-assembled quickly ... Zoom MP3 recorder Three mics and portable mic stands Three headsets Portable headphone amp Lot's of cable and extra batteries ... and we headed off >>> At Gabrie...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 16
We had decided to produce one podcast a month. So, Becky and I had settled into an easy Bar Crawl Radio July schedule -- the first annual BCR Margie Crawl was planned for the end of the month -- we had lined up some interesting guests -- things were going smoothly. Then, we went to Smoke -- a small venue jazz club on the UWS to hear jazz trumpet great -- Charles Tolliver. After the set, we talked to Mr. Tolliver and invited him to Bar Crawl Radio, and he said, “Sure -- I’m free next week.” So th...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 15
BCR14 focused on the scientific / psychological study of violent criminal behavior – the worst of interpersonal human acts -- murder and rape. We talked with Criminal Psychologists Gabrielle Salfati and Marina Sorochinski. Both work to identify bad actors in our community. They have dedicated their professional lives to interrogate the complex interactive, human dynamics that result in violent outcomes. And they look to discover more effective descriptions of the criminal mind with the overall g...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Conversations with two "crime" writers. In Two Acts Act 1 -- BCR13, hosts -- Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson -- talked with Michael Wilson who wrote the "Crime Scene" column for the NY Times from 2011 to 2017. In over 300, well-formed narratives, Wilson covered the human-side of crime from both sides of the law. BTW -- did you hear the one about the criminal who "robbed" the frig during the heist? Act 2 -- [@ 00:50:30] A troubling conversation with author Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich -- "The Fact...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This BCR episode brought together local mead makers and beer brewers to talk about and taste liberal samples of their craft. We spoke with Raphael Lyon of Enlightenment Wines and Honey's tasting room, Brian Sullivan of Capital Meads, Walter Lee (not a mead maker but a mead scholar and epicure) of the Pagan Mead Society. And -- we spoke with beer brewing masters Kyle Hurst or Big Alice Brewing and Jason Sahler of Strong Rope Brewery. Check out the BCR12 extras -- Interview of Ken Schramm of Schra...
Apr 03, 2019•57 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Following the Parkland High School mass killing, we wanted to have a BCR conversation about guns in our City. BCR hosts, along with Alina Larson -- our new co-producer -- talked about our "make-my-day" experiences firing Ruger rifles at the West Side Pistol and Rifle Range in Manhattan. Also, we speak with gun prevention activists Marie Delus, a Desert Storm Marine, Shannon Van Esley, the president of the NYC Chapter of the NYC Brady Campaign, and original Million Mom marcher Johnnymae Robinson....
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This episode celebrated progressive NY women taking over the U.S. political scene. BCR hosts talked with the women leaders of Indivisible We Stand UWS, Indivisible Harlem, and True Blue NY -- socially progressive political groups run by women. Lisa DellAquila, Camille Davis, Andrea Flink, and Lois Gudeon-Sloan argued for getting rid of the NY Senate's IDC and supporting progressive Democratic candidates of either gender. Camille Davis talking with Rebecca McKean of BCR at Gebhards BC Bar. Matt G...
Apr 03, 2019•57 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Into our second season-- Bar Crawl Radio hosts, Becky and Alan, talked with American Scoreboard producers -- Chris Burney and Fran Kirmser -- about their project of bringing verbatim performances of Congressional hearings to NYC audiences and beyond. Brooke Weisman and James Patrick-Wilson read a most telling selection from the recent GPS Fusion hearings. We also spoke with U.S. Presidential scholar Brian Arbour about presidential leadership style and his work on Fox News in predicting political...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Recorded at Polpette 71 on W71st Street in Manhattan. This show was the culmination of our first, full season of broadcasting out of some really amazing bars in our city, as well as Ireland and Wales. We talked with Nancy Chaffetz--President of Broadway Mall Association. And we invited former guests -- voice-over artists Johnny Heller and Jo Anna Perrin, Jungian, Chris Hoffman and Nicholas Martin-Smith--Producing Artistic Director of Hudson Warehouse . We had a brief conversation with the barkee...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Becky and I returned to Gebhards Beer Culture on W. 72nd Street for our 7th BCR podcast. I am lovin' the beer choices that Matt -- bar owner -- and Lindsey -- manager -- have gathered. Beer selection changes every week. Anyway ... the show features a conversation with Wade Ripka leader of the Eastern Blokhedz and Greek Judas bands and includes cuts from his new album with Greek Judas -- must hear their version of the Rebetika standard "Why I smoke cocaine." Ingrid Griffth speaks about her one-wo...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 7
