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Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how many flashes of insanity from a president should we tolerate?Then, on the rest of the menu, Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools; the racist Gestapo DHS called a lawsuit filed after a US citizen's repeated arrests at workplace raids, “race-baiting opportunism;” and, environmentalists, politicians, celebrities and more recall the life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the captain of an oil tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet will face trial in France; and, Trump was reminded that FIFA, not any government, ultimately decides which cities will host the 2026 World Cup games.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canada is outmaneuvering Trump after his latest threats before American military generals and admirals.Then, on the rest of the menu, the civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights dropped a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination;  Trump Border Czar Tom Homan's own ICE agent set up his FBI sting; and, another federal judge ruled yet another Trump-appointed federal prosecutor was unlawfully installed.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a former top aide to a German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been convicted of spying for China; and, the Munich Oktoberfest fairgrounds have closed after a bomb threat following an earlier, deadly explosion in northern Munich.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's newly-installed, inexperienced US Attorney, whose claim to fame is not only competing in Trump beauty pageants, but also insisting there are too many exhibits about slavery in the US African-American museum, encountered a fed up judge fed up with MAGA legal incompetence.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri governor signed a Trump-backed gerrymander aimed at helping Republicans win another US House seat; a 79-year-old US citizen injured in a Los Angeles immigration raid at his car wash business filed a $50 million claim; and, intense and intentional training is helping Democratic women gain state lawmaking seats.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Rory McIlroy called out the ‘unacceptable and abusive behavior' from MAGAfied golf fans at the Ryder Cup; and, Moldova's pro-EU party defeated several extreme right wing, pro-Russian groups and won a clear parliamentary majority.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the MAGA National Archives illegally released the entire unredacted military file of Mikie Sherrill to her three-time loser MAGA opponent for New Jersey governor, who then “shopped it to the press” when told not to.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while battling the largest wildfire on the West Coast last month has finally been released; Whiskey Pete Hegseth literally whitewashed the Massacre at Wounded Knee; and, a federal judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors whose books were illegally pirated to train chatbots.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a senior minister revealed Russia is tracking two Intelsat satellites used by the German military; and, an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a UK-based defense and security forum revealed Russia is helping China prepare an invasion of Taiwan.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had an overnight meltdown as United States fighter jets scrambled over Alaska while Russian aircraft encroached into Alaska air space.Then, on the rest of the menu, the mother of a Black Michigan elementary school student is speaking out after her son was expelled for one year after taking a gun away from a white classmate on campus; Oregon handed over the sensitive Medicaid personal data of every Oregonian in the system demanded by the MAGA government to avoid losing federal funding; and, donors to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's PAC received one billion dollars in state contracts.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Danish officials say the “systematic” drone flyovers at four airports overnight, is “hybrid warfare” by a foreign “professional actor” meant to sow fear and division; and, an Australian judge fined telecommunications giant Optus $66 million dollars for unconscionable conduct selling services to vulnerable customers.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had another late night meltdown as he says he will sue ABC and Jimmy Kimmel while pushing the United States government closer to a shutdown.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump goon Ed Martin threatened Sandy Hook hero FBI Special Agent William Aldenberg for being part of the Alex Jones suit; Black church leaders reject Charlie Kirk's martyrdom and point to his race rhetoric; and, a former Tennessee House speaker was sentenced to three years in prison over a legislative mail scheme.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Paris court is set to rule on Sarkozy's illegal campaign financing by Libya's Ghadafi government; and, Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean warned that Russia is spending hundreds of millions of euros to “take power” in a pivotal parliamentary election.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “Big Daddy” Gavin Newsom made the Trump administration cry in public.Then, on the rest of the menu, attorneys press for the release of an Oregon wildland firefighter detained by federal immigration officials while on the fire line of the largest wildfire on the West Coast; the guy who was kicked out of Italy for being too corrupt and too fascist for the corrupt Italian fascists, says American teachers are terrorists; and, Trump just ended hunger in America by shutting down the government's annual report on hunger in America.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where German and Swedish fighter jets tracked a Russian reconnaissance plane flying over the Baltic Sea; and, airport cyberattacks linked to Russian intelligence disrupts more flights across Europe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, decorated federal prosecutor Maurene Comey is fighting back against Trump over her illegal firing.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a city's ban on no-knock warrants; the MAGA Senate confirmed forty-eight of Trump's nominees at once after changing the rules; and, a late-night Instagram post from a San Francisco 49ers star led to the unraveling of a massive Charlie Kirk sports news scam targeting NFL players and teams.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where one hundred twenty land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared in Latin America last year; and, history has been made, America's first Pope refuses to meet with the self-appointed King of the Unified States of MAGA Land.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump wants us to talk about Jimmy Kimmel, so we'll talk about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, instead.Then, on the rest of the menu, Portland, Oregon will issue a land use violation notice to the city's ICE building for breaching detention limits; experts have independently resurrected the Census Bureau advisory committee that was axed by Trump; and, a federal judge ordered Alabama's largest county to redraw its illegal racially gerrymandered districts.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Poland is drawing on Ukraine's expertise in battle-tested drone warfare, just over a week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace; and, British, Lithuanian and Latvian authorities have detained over a dozen people for arson and spying for Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats finally go on the offense and call out MAGA Congress Members and witnesses at an important hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration sued Oregon to force it to turn over the full information about every state voter; ICE Barbie Noem lobbed false homicide claims at a grieving mom who had a stillbirth while in ICE custody; and, Pam Bondi's Department of Justice has quietly deleted a study showing that far-right attacks outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violence extremism.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where British politicians condemned the “dangerous” comments Elon Musk told an anti-immigration rally that violence is coming to Britain and they must fight or die; and, British Royalty is indulging the “King Trump” fantasy for him like an over-eager courtesan.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the MAGA Supreme Court was “bench slapped” in open court.Then, on the rest of the menu, authorities in Utah say two men have been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City; the privately- funded National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta expanding at a critical moment in US history is not immediately subject to King Krasnov's whims; and one of the GOP's most prominent foreign affairs hawks is so concerned about WWIII after Russia's escalation, that he announced his retirement.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Ukrainian drones struck one of Russia's largest oil refineries; and, Brazil's Lula pushed back against Trump's tariff threat, telling the mumbling authoritarian the country's democracy ‘is not on the table.'All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as Trump musters his illegal Federal shock troops to invade and occupy major Democratic Sanctuary cities and states, leaders of those Cities and States have unleashed an unexpected push back.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Senate's top three Democrats, and two of the state's only Black lawmakers, received bomb threats at their homes over the Charlie Kirk killing; historically Black colleges across the United States issued lockdown orders and canceled classes after receiving threats over the Charlie Kirk killing; and, the two people who were detained, publicly named and later released following the killing of Charlie Kirk, continue to face an onslaught of death threats and stalking, even after police said they were not suspects.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where thousands in Slovakia gathered in an escalation of previous protests against the pro-Russian policies of Prime Minister Fico; and, while Trump shuffles and mumbles, France deployed fighter jets and the UK announced fresh sanctions against Russia over its drone attack over Poland.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's FBI is in total shambles as Kirk's killer escapes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas dropped its lawsuit against a doctor accused of “illegally” providing care to transgender youth; the Oregon couple who are members of a Christian anti-medicine cult and let their newborn baby die while waiting for a miracle, will serve only thirty days in jail; and, Trump cut grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional and discriminatory against white men.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the German parliament lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker who was recently accused of being a spy; and, a New Zealand court rejected the latest bid by internet racketeer Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the United States.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, will Trump's attorney face sanctions for lying about the Epstein letter?Then, on the rest of the menu, Intel's most senior woman leader has been forced out; former school board member Jennifer Jenkins who defeated a Mom's for Liberty co-founder, challenges MAGA-extremist Ashley Moody for a US Senate seat in Florida; and, a Georgia judge will toss the landmark racketeering charges against sixty-one ‘Cop City' protesters.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a spy network being built across Europe by Belarus was broken up by the intelligence services from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania; and, NATO held Article 4 consultations after Polish and Dutch jet fighters shot down Russian drones in Poland airspace.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Stephen Miller's wife is losing it over Gavin Newsom's mockery.Then, on the rest of the menu, while DHS continues to post propaganda about the arrests on the fire line in Washington State, wildfire veterans say the operation was nearly unprecedented and a breach in longstanding protocol that federal agents don't disrupt emergency responders to check immigration status; a drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Trump has been found guilty of violating terms of his release after a spate of recent crimes; and, Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee want the Trump administration to give its reasons for revoking the security clearances of thirty-seven current and former national security officials.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Moldova's president accused Russia of conducting a ‘hybrid war' ahead of the nation's key elections; and, US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA Republicans pulled an “insane” last minute scheme in court.Then, on the rest of the menu, Intel said DEI was ‘instrumental' to innovation, then suddenly stopped talking about it when Trump confiscated part of the company; Trump ordered a Peace Vigil that has stood in Lafayette Park for over forty years dismantled for being a “hazard to those visiting the White House and the surrounding areas;” and, a MAGA Marines' shocking ties to pro-Russian neo-Nazis has been exposed after Raw Story sued the Trump-led Naval Criminal Investigative Service.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where South Korea leaders feel betrayed over the detainment of hundreds of workers at the Hyundai plant raid in Georgia; and, undersea cables cut in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in Asia and the Mideast.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the most dangerous nepo baby in American history was not put under oath by the MAGA Chairman from Idaho when he repeatedly lied in the Senate Health Department hearing.​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, five-time draft-dodger Trump really wants to rebrand the Department of Defense to the Department of War; Brett Kavanaugh is doing his best to rebrand the Supreme Court's “shadow docket” by another name; and, US employers adding just 22,000 jobs last month means Trump will fire whoever at the Labor Department released the report.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where South Korea expressed ‘concern and regret' over a US immigration raid at Hyundai's Georgia plant that apprehended over four-hundred-fifty South Koreans, including the executives; and, prosecutors in Argentina charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official with trying to hide a stolen 18th-century painting from authorities.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Tulsi Gabbard's reckless outing of a CIA officer has exposed the staggering incompetence of this administration, again.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines; the Navy reversed its demotion of drunk quack MAGA Ronny Jackson; and, Trump's surge of federal law enforcement into Washington, DC, is exposing the FBI's fleet of unmarked cars, risking its ability to do its most sensitive national security and surveillance work.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Nepal blocked Facebook, Xitter, YouTube and others for failing to register with the government; and, China's military parade revealed new hypersonic missiles, drone submarines and ICBMs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA leaders in Congress instantly folded during a contentious cross examination at a heated hearing about Trump's cover up of his dark past.Then, on the rest of the menu, the just-resigned director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, accused Robert F Kennedy Jr of promoting eugenics; concerns about possible deportation are at the top of the mind as Oregon's roughly half million students return to their classrooms; and, Trump is moving the Space Command from its fortified base buried deep in the Rocky Mountains, to an area out in the open in the Redneck Riviera of Alabama.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where NATO is working to thwart Russian jamming of civilian flights, two days after a jet carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted; and, the shooting death of an Indonesian diplomat in Peru is being investigated as a contract killing.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, world leaders are furious at Trump after Russia's attempt to assassinate European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a GPS jamming operation that forced her plane to land in Bulgaria.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's authoritarian policies sparked protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day;  a Democrat and a Republican will team up to try to ban masked law enforcement in Oregon; and, the MAGA Supreme Court is poised to rip a new hole in the Constitution.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where African media grilled FIFA's Infantino about fans and players being safe from MAGA thugs and officials at the 2026 World Cup in the United States; and, German authorities warned people against becoming ‘disposable agents' for Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is headed for a major disaster in court over his attempt to fire Lisa Cook.Then, on the rest of the menu, Hegseth is purging everything Black from the military, but he restored the giant painting at West Point of turncoat Robert E Lee wearing his gray Confederate uniform and accompanied by a slave guiding his horse; the Bum from Queens and Ice Barbie put a target on her back as they revoked Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris ahead of her book tour; and, Native American firefighters were detained and arrested by ICE while fighting the largest wildfire in Washington State.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Tesla sales plunged again in Europe as anger at Musk keeps buyers away for the seventh month in a row; and, President Milei of Argentina defended his influential sister against claims that she and other close associates profited from a bribery scheme within the country's disability agency.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jack Smith and his lawyers are coming out swinging as he shoves back against MAGA's “imaginary and unfounded” phony “whistleblower” complaint against him.Then, on the rest of the menu, mystery surrounds a $1.2 billion Army contract to build a huge tent concentration camp in the Texas desert; the MAGA-led Air Force will provide full military funeral honors to traitor Ashli Babbitt; and, Army is the last service academy to finally sell alcoholic drinks at football games.(No Chef's Table today, had to get Gunner to his Vet appointment earlier than planned. The links to the reportage do work.) After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made a historic port call in Tokyo; and, Australia, Canada and the Philippines staged air defense drills off the disputed shoal guarded by China.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump got a rude awakening with major protests chasing his goons from swank DC neighborhoods.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin Lutheran pastor tested the new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC and lost his church; ICE Barbie says the entire southern border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it; and, a federal judge ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court gerrymander map violates the Voting Rights Act.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a US appeals court puts the brakes on the contested land transfer for an Arizona copper mine to a pair of international companies; and, Paris residents fight the ‘Disneyfication' of their beloved Montmartre neighborhood.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Stephen Miller melted down on live television over Trump's latest scandal as Newsom mocked him mercilessly.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump threatened retaliation for countries that tax or regulate US tech companies; the leading license plate camera company has halted cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security over concern how its investigations are used; and, in its efforts to ethnically cleanse America, the Trump MAGA administration charged George Mason University's efforts to diversify its workforce violates a civil rights law intended to end segregation.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Indonesia launched a measles vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak that has killed seventeen; and, Australia accused Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks across the country and has expelled its ambassador.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out her MAGA colleagues for playing “Calvin Ball.”Then, on the rest of the menu, thousands of homes in the Northern California wine country and central Oregon are under evacuation orders and warnings; Trump halted work on a massive New England offshore wind project that's almost ninety percent complete; and, all of the major railroad companies refuse to join a voluntary safety program to reduce derailments two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where an American accused of offering sensitive information on the US military to China has been indicted in Germany; and, European postal services have suspended the shipment of packages to the US over Trump's tariffs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the only thing MAGA hates more than fair and free elections, is Gavin Newsom.Then, on the rest of the menu, Alina Habba is ‘unlawfully appointed' and has been 'disqualified' as a US attorney by a Republican judge; former Trump advisor John Bolton was the subject of an early morning Night of the Long Knives raid conducted by the FBI; and, Trump's death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block attempts to reverse prior decisions.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Michigan couple held for thirty-two days in a maximum-security Mexican prison without trial over a dispute with a luxury timeshare firm, has filed a lawsuit against the company; and, lawyers asked a judge to order ICE to free a Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the more Trump's DOJ talks, the more they give a gift of evidence undermining their own prosecutions of Democrats.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal district court accepted a settlement mandating Montana provide education to students with disabilities up to age twenty-two; parents of kids swept away in the Texas floods begged lawmakers to protect future campers while lawmakers devoted all their attention to their illegal gerrymander, instead; and, stocks are falling again on Wall Street after a weaker-than-expected profit report from Walmart.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where China races to build the world's largest solar farm in its efforts to meet emissions targets; and, New Zealand will buy a fleet of US helicopters in a $1.6B military aircraft spending package.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump got a rude awakening with major protests chasing his goons from swank DC neighborhoods.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin Lutheran pastor tested the new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC and lost his church; ICE Barbie says the entire southern border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it; and, a federal judge ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court gerrymander map violates the Voting Rights Act.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a US appeals court puts the brakes on the contested land transfer for an Arizona copper mine to a pair of international companies; and, Paris residents fight the ‘Disneyfication' of their beloved Montmartre neighborhood.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Bon Appétit!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump debuted his illegal executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots.Then, on the rest of the menu, Yosemite National Park employees are furious over the firing of a research scientist for making Trump mad; a federal judge issued an injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters; and, twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Justice to stop immigration requirements on victim funds.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a New Zealand soldier with ties to right wing hate groups admitted to attempted espionage in the country's first spying conviction; and, the Burkina Faso junta declared the UN coordinator persona non grata over her devastating child rights report.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's fatal betrayal of the United States alliances and our democracy is all backfiring in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, DHS says its speech writer has a first amendment right to post explicitly racist conspiracy theories on social media; three MAGA-led states are sending their National Guard to DC in service to the King; and, the FDA's new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe views.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologized for an ad showing a racist gesture against Asians; and, Europe is pushing back against Trump moving to end the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump hated the Jobs Report so much, wait until he finds out about the Producer Price Index. Who's left to fire?Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge struck down Trump administration orders against DEI programs at the nation's schools and colleges; a federal judge ordered RFK, Jr to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal information, including home addresses, of all seventy-nine million Medicaid enrollees; and, a federal judge struck down key parts of the Florida law that led to the removal of books from school libraries.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Turkish authorities detained the mayor of a key Istanbul district along with over forty other officials; and, a senior lawyer in Australia apologized to the Victoria State Supreme Court for AI-generated errors in a murder case.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's Posse Comitatus trial wraps up.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kari Lake is under investigation for criminal violations of the law related to her leadership at the Voice of America; nine people in Texas pled not guilty in a Ken Paxton-driven elections probe involving ‘vote harvesting;' and, a federal judge ordered Trump to restore millions of dollars in National Science Foundation grants withheld from UCLA, and in violation of her previous ruling.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Mexico says the twenty-six cartel capos sent to the US were requested by the Trump administration, and not part of tariff talks; and, Brazil President Lula announced five and a half billion dollars in credits for exporters hit by Trump's fifty-percent tariffs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

This is the last of our Tales-recorded episodes, and our final collab with The Speakeasy!Amir, originally from Tel Aviv, runs the cocktail program at one of Manhattan's hidden gems, the amazing Ophelia Lounge on top of the Beekman Tower, one of NY's last remaining true Art Deco skyscrapers, overlooking the UN. He was down at Tales helping us at The Australian Embassy, so myself and Greg dragged him out from behind the bar and into our makeshift podcast studio for a quick martini and a chat - enjoy!Amir on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amirbabayoff/Ophelia Lounge on IG: https://www.instagram.com/opheliany/ Get in touch with Duff!Podcast business enquiries: consulting@liquidsolutions.org (PR friends: we're only interested in having your client on if they can talk for a couple of hours about OTHER things besides their prepared speaking points or their new thing, whatever that is. They need to be able to hang. Oh, plus we don't edit, and we won't supply prepared or sample questions, or listener or “reach” stats, either, and no, you can't sit in on the interview or Zoom.) Retain Philip's consulting firm, Liquid Solutions, specialised in on-trade engagement & education, liquor brand creation and repositioning: philip@liquidsolutions.orgPhilip on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipsduff/ Philip on Facebook: Philip Duff Philip on X/Twitter: Philip Duff (@philipduff) / Twitter Philip on LinkedIn: linkedin.com Old Duff Genever on Instagram: Old Duff Genever (@oldduffgenever) • Instagram photos and videos Old Duff Genever on Facebook: facebook.com Old Duff Genever on X/Twitter: ...

The Speakeasy Podcast is now on YouTube! You can watch the episodes here. Author, speaker, and Bible teacher Becky Thompson joins Blake to discuss her new book, Healing Rest. Becky shares how God has led her through seasons of fear, anxiety, and exhaustion into a deeper understanding of rest as a biblical and healing practice. Together, they explore why rest often feels difficult, how it's connected to ongoing healing, and the importance of learning to live free rather than simply break free. The conversation also dives into personal visions and how God communicates through imagery, offering encouragement to embrace rest as a slow, intentional journey of trust and surrender. In this episode, you'll be able to… Discover how biblical rest is connected to ongoing healing and freedom. Learn practical ways to recognize and respond to God's voice through visions, dreams, and promptings from the Holy Spirit. Hear personal stories that illustrate dismantling anxiety-driven habits and embracing peace. Becky is the author of Healing Rest – available everywhere now! To connect with Becky…Website: beckythompson.comInstagram: @beckythompsonauthor Go to the app store today and download the Olive holistic food scanner app to start eliminating harmful ingredients from your family's diet. Become a Premium Angel Guild member today to get your SKETCH tickets & more movies that inspire, uplift, and leave you better than they found you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the guy who had his wife he was cheating on drive the getaway car to avoid being served a court subpoena, wants to jail Beto O'Rourke for raising funds for elected legislators fighting the MAGA power grab.Then, on the rest of the menu, a deputy commanding general testified the National Guard rehearsed the show of force against Los Angeles immigration raid protesters; Trump's rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime; and, TACO now says the Intel CEO has an ‘amazing story' just days after calling for his resignation.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where China imposed sanctions on two Lithuanian banks in retaliation for the European Union including two Chinese financial institutions in its sanctions against Russia; and, the United States deployed two warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after Chinese military vessels collided with a smaller Philippine ship.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's plans of taking over Washington DC is already backfiring in his face as mass protests break out.Then, on the rest of the menu, a small Oregon county reckons with the fallout from an Amazon data center scandal; dozens of heavily armed feds swarmed a minor DC fender-bender as Trump's militarized crackdown creates chaos; and, officials are investigating the cause of a Pennsylvania steel plant explosion that killed two and injured over a dozen.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Republicans and Democrats alike exhort Trump to keep the security pact with Australia and the UK alive; and, FIFA moved ahead with a new human rights strategy for the World Cup games, but advocates are skeptical about MAGA America allowing it.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the judge assigned to the Epstein FOIA lawsuit is Trump's worst nightmare.Then, on the rest of the menu, commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order; the trial on whether deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law is set to begin this week; and, a Florida farm has been identified as the source of raw milk that sickened dozens.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Europe says the US-Russia summit this week cannot decide on Ukraine land swaps; and, Finnish authorities have charged the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a furious Canada is throwing punches that are landing hard against a weak and incompetent Trump administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Stanford University student newspaper sued the Trump administration for violating its first and fifth amendment constitutional rights; Oregon's only US congressman massively outspent every other US House member on Trump's inauguration weekend; and, nearly forty percent of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down, quadruple the rate of rejections from a year earlier.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Japan deployed its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster its defenses in the region; and, Japanese warships visited New Zealand's capital for the first time in almost ninety years.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Texas MAGA totally melt down after Dems derail Trump's power grab plans.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump thinks he can change when and how the Census is taken because he's the King and kings can do anything they want, or else; unable to recruit enough unqualified goons for their ethnic purge, DHS has lowered the age limit for ICE applicants so teens can carry guns and kick down doors, too; and, JD Vance made quite the splash when he ordered the Army Corps Engineers to raise the water level of an Ohio river for his kayak vacay.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Toyota's profit plunged thirty-seven percent with the auto giant cutting its full year earnings forecasts because of Trump's tariffs; and, Indian authorities continue their brutal crackdown on dissent in Kashmir by banning over two dozen books by eminent authors and scholars.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Sahil was down in New Orleans to re-launch Australian Bitters Co. in the US, and also because Australian Bitters Co scored both gold and silver medals in the New Orleans Spirits Competition, so me and Greg Benson of The Speakeasy lured him into our makeshift podcast studio and talked about the benefits of having royal family license plates, taking on the Goliath of cocktail bitters companies, and how he sees the bitters market as a whole. Enjoy!(Pic credit: The Cocktail Lovers, link: https://thecocktaillovers.com/meet-the-maker-sahil-beri-the-man-on-a-mission-to-put-australian-bitters-on-the-global-map/Sahil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-beri-19691b141 Australian Bitters Co on IG: https://www.instagram.com/australianbitters?igsh=NWlpbXZuYXFtYXd6 Get in touch with Duff!Podcast business enquiries: consulting@liquidsolutions.org (PR friends: we're only interested in having your client on if they can talk for a couple of hours about OTHER things besides their prepared speaking points or their new thing, whatever that is. They need to be able to hang. Oh, plus we don't edit, and we won't supply prepared or sample questions, or listener or “reach” stats, either, and no, you can't sit in on the interview or Zoom.) Retain Philip's consulting firm, Liquid Solutions, specialised in on-trade engagement & education, liquor brand creation and repositioning: philip@liquidsolutions.orgPhilip on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipsduff/ Philip on Facebook: Philip Duff Philip on X/Twitter: Philip Duff (@philipduff) / Twitter Philip on LinkedIn: linkedin.com Old Duff Genever on Instagram: Old Duff Genever (@oldduffgenever) • Instagram photos and videos Old Duff Genever on Facebook: facebook.com Old Duff Genever on X/Twitter: ...

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, US Representative Jasmine Crockett breaks down Gerrymandering, Gaslighting, and Ghislaine.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation; anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy, Jr axed five hundred million dollars from vaccine development that has saved millions of lives; and, a Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal MAGA efforts to disappear Black history.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump's crackdown on foreign students and higher education has resulted in a sharp rise in university applications outside the United States; and, Afghan women turn to online courses as the Taliban bans education for women beyond primary school.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Bon Appétit!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's plan to unlawfully gerrymander Texas has instantly backfired as Republicans are terrified now that Democratic governors and leaders are actually fighting back.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon is leading the legal fight against Trump's cuts to humanities funding; a MAGA lawsuit challenging California affordable housing programs has been filed after a Supreme Court ruling on another California housing issue; and, a federal judge ordered Florida and federal officials to produce ‘Alligator Alcatraz' agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles; and, Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died at age 90.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court weighs the nuclear option on the Voting Rights Act about a week before the sixty year anniversary of the law.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration told NASA to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; the Oregon Jewish Museum was vandalized with painted swastikas; and, Trump told Schumer to “go to hell.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a lawyer says he's not been allowed to see the five immigrants secretly deported last week by the US to solitary confinement in a prison in Eswatini; and, Brazil's Supreme Court is standing firm on the Bolsonaro trial despite foreign pressure coming mostly from Trump.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump attorney Jeffrey Clark has been referred for disbarment.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Portland, Oregon mayor ordered the city to go Vichy and change its equity policies to comply with the King's anti-DEI mandate; the MAGA House is trying to defund a beloved national monument in Utah; and, two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where TACO Trump injected a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushed the start date back to August 7; and, the Pakistani independent human rights group demanded the withdrawal of terror charges against a 7-year-old boy for sharing an anti-government speech by a rights activist on social media.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump goes on the attack against the chief judge of the DC federal district court.Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK Jr is under investigation after his  'dangerous and unprecedented' purge of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; Pete Hegseth is about to see “Signalgate” enter the group chat once again; and, a Wisconsin man plead guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump moved to lift visa restrictions for Argentina in a boost to his right-wing ally; and, former Colombian President Uribe is found guilty in a bribery and witness tampering trial that threatens the strongman's legacy.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, what makes America great is Trump after getting instantly called out and bullied by his pissed off political rivals.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Georgia MAGA PAC tied to a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections in the state; the MAGA Senate confirmed a white nationalist, neo-Nazi who failed twice running for office, as Trump's counterterrorism chief; and, the MAGA administration was ordered by a federal judge to explain why his order to restore Voice of America wasn't followed, and who pocketed the damn money congress appropriated.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where eighteen countries applied for billions of EU funds as Europe seeks to provide for its own security without the renegade United States; and, an Australian court rejected an appeal by the Musk social media outfit in a child safety case and was ordered to pay legal costs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Down in New Orleans during the Tales of the Cocktail festival, I helped Procera, a luxury gin from Kenya, to run a private hospitality House, which came complete with a pool, so myself and Greg Benson of The Speakeasy had the bright idea to interview the Procera founders, Guy and Alan, while drinking martinis on the rocks, in the pool.Yep, we invented poolcasting!Alan, born and raised in Nairobi, is one of Kenya's most celebrated chefs, a restaurateur, trained brewer (he founded Kenya's first craft brewery) and as well as co-founding Procera, is raising Africa's first herd of cattle for wagyu beef! Guy, who is from Australia, got his MBA in France and spent almost his entire career in microfinance throughout Africa, helping small entrepreneurs gain access to capital to start and grow their businesses, before moving to Nairobi and co-founding Procera. I loved this taping, and, oh yes, HERE the link if you'd like to WATCH this - yep, we recorded video! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko1RWuYfYWEThis episode is a dual-cast collab with The Speakeasy, the longest-running spirits / bar / cocktail podcast around, to which you should certainly subscribe, link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4MPPFrIDI1sDVjurk9UIGy?si=7kAeza_pS0i6UgtP0oOvXgGreg Benson on IG: https://www.instagram.com/100proofgreg/?hl=enThe Speakeasy on IG: https://www.instagram.com/speakeasypodcast/?hl=enAlan Murungi on IG: https://www.instagram.com/alanmurungi/?hl=enGuy Brennan on IG: https://www.instagram.com/guybrennos?igsh=MXU1d2hzNHE4amp0Nw==Procera Gin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/proceragin?igsh=ZWViYXJyNWJlcmhn Get in touch with Duff!Podcast business enquiries: consulting@liquidsolutions.org (PR friends: we're only interested in having your client on if they can talk for a couple of hours about OTHER things than their prepared speaking points or their new thing, whatever that is, for a few hours. They need to be able to hang. Oh, plus we don't edit, and we won't supply prepared or sample questions, or listener or “reach” stats, either.) Retain Philip's consulting firm, Liquid Solutions, specialised in on-trade engagement & education, liquor brand creation and repositioning: philip@liquidsolutions.orgPhilip on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipsduff/ Philip on Facebook: Philip Duff Philip on X/Twitter: Philip Duff (@philipduff) / Twitter Philip on LinkedIn: linkedin.com Old Duff Genever on Instagram: Old Duff Genever (@oldduffgenever) • Instagram photos and videos Old Duff Genever on Facebook: facebook.com Old Duff Genever on X/Twitter: ...

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch is blowing up in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ratcliffe's CIA dumped the 'best officer of his generation' over a 'nightmare' warning about Trump; the Trump Justice Department has been forced to drop scores of cases against protesters in Los Angeles because of false claims made by federal immigration agents; and, MAGA states have “kicked a hornet's nest” by repealing voter-approved laws.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Poland has detained thirty-two people for coordinating with Russia to engage in acts of sabotage; and, the EU admits it doesn't have the power to guarantee the $600 Billion Dollar promise to Trump, only hours after he brayed about it.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, DOJ officials who enter into a corrupt bargain with Maxwell to protect Trump, can be charged with criminal conspiracy.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump was caught on camera cheating at golf in Scotland; authorities will file terrorism and assault charges against the suspect in the Michigan Walmart knife attack; and, more than 3,400 Boeing fighter jet workers in the St Louis area rejected a contract offer and are expected to strike.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where European Union regulators accused Temu of failing to prevent the sale of illegal products; and, as Dubai cracks down on crowded, illegal apartments, migrant workers have nowhere else to go.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

On this week's episode of the Who Are You? Podcast we sat down with TJ Ward. TJ is a father, cohost of the very popular ” Speak Easy Jax” podcast, a Director of Advocacyfor Project opioid at the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and so much more. We broke down where the idea to start the Speak Easy Jax podcast came from, what it has been like to sit down with some of Jacksonville's most influential people such as Patric young, Mark Brunell , Ken Babby and more. We also discussed the major opioid issue that is plaguing the USA and Jax, Tj tells us all about project opioids mission to raise awareness of the dangers of opioid/otherstreet drugs and to provide a helping hand to people who may be struggling with active addiction and so much more. Project Opioid is an amazing program that is helping our city become a better place if you or someone you know has beenaffected by the opioid's definitely check them out! For more on TJ, the Speak Easy Podcast and project opioid follow the links below TJ Social media: https://www.instagram.com/tjwardfl/ Speak Easy Podcast: https://www.speakeasyjax.com/ Project Opioid: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectOpioidJAX/ Sponsors: BetterHelpGo to https://betterhelp.com/whoareyou for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored  Make sure to turn on your notifications so you don't miss an episode, please share the episode, leave a like, a review and a 5-star rating. All those things help the podcast be seen by more people!For all business inquires or are interested in being on the show please reach out to me at: whoareyoupod@yahoo.com For all updates and information about the podcast:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoareyoupod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089483824865 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@who.are.you.podca?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc YouTube: https://youtube.com/@whoareyoupod?si=qHi5b7UP28YqrqwU All other links: https://linktr.ee/Whoareyoupod