Bar Crawl Radio

When the problem is too large to fix --Just start. We talked with Jon Ross the head and founder of MicroAid International  at Vino Laventino off Broadway at W. 94th Street. Jon and his organization go into third world disaster areas after the big boys – NGOs – Government agencies and news media – have left – andhelp rebuild homes and the economy using local resourcesJon has lived a multi-face...

Our daughter is getting married to a fantastic guy and we are happy and crazy. Our work and podcasting lives continue but we are also building a self-standing chupah [with buckets of concrete - try that in a one-bedroom apartment]. Picking the flower designs. Meeting with the bar manager for the reception. Checking out the wedding venue in Ft. Tryon Park. Getting out invites of our...

Poet for President in 2020! What about that idea? We tried a business man who is a liar -cheat - con man - maybe, a lyrical president would be a nice change of pace. This was one of many ideas that came up in our delightful, fun conversations at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar with three poet/performers who had participated in the World Poetry Movement event called "For a World Without Walls" held...

This episode is about: How early film experiences -- Changed our lives – Filled us with wonder – Gave us meaning – Put us asleep and woke us up – Amazed our sox off – Filled the lonely times of childhood – Taught us about love and how to be feminine and masculine – Showed us proper ways to act and to drive a wooden stakes into a vampire's heart – Showed us adventures we would never have...

Going to U.S. Federal Prison for Planting Corn. Kathy Kelly has been in Federal Prison four times. Brian Terrell has spent more time in jail than in college and has learned more for it. Becky and I spoke with these two "stars" in the field of Peace Activism at Gabriella's Tequila Bar over wine and margaritas. Becky had a serious ear ache and so drank water -- poor baby. Kathy and Brian w...

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 --...

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 p...

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 pl...

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 thi...

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 a...

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 ac...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Cit...

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...

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 t...

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...

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 w...

"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 bring...

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 a...

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 Vil...

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 I...