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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.

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.

Myself and The Speakeasy Podcast co-host Greg Benson were both in New Orleans last week at the Tales of the Cocktail festival, and so were Alexandre Gabriel, master distiller and blender at Maison Ferrand & Planteray rum, plus Matt Pietrek, spirits author & publisher, who lives in the Crescent City. AND Alexandre and Matt had just published (with Matt's WonkPress company) "The Rum Never Sets: A History of Naval Rum", so we all decided to get in the pool (where else to tape a podcast about naval rum?!) and talk about Mr Fogg, Alexandre's journey from being a cognac distiller to a rum blender, naval rum, historical research, and a whole lot more - enjoy! Oh, and we drank Mr Fogg Navy Rum, the latest Planteray rum that pays homage to Michael Fogg, who you will learn about in the podcast, and the book, and HERE: https://planterayrum.com/limited-edition/mister-fogg-navy-rum/Oh, and HERE the link if you'd like to WATCH this - yep, we recorded video! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI975RFZXxIThis 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/3K545VNuOTdTSICk7D2jvB?si=1jQuzjaiTFuZtZM4qjHlGABuy The Rum Never Sets: https://www.wonkpress.com/products/the-rum-never-sets?srsltid=AfmBOooimTmyM_c6CZ6aiSmWIAXTX0OdkGo1XM5w6Mylq3wt8Be6HetEGreg Benson on IG: https://www.instagram.com/100proofgreg/?hl=enThe Speakeasy on IG: https://www.instagram.com/speakeasypodcast/?hl=enAlexandre Gabriel on IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexandregabriel.masterblender/?hl=enPlanteray on IG: https://www.instagram.com/planterayrum/?hl=enMatt Pietrek on IG: https://www.instag 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, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Ghislaine Maxwell never testified in her own criminal trial, so “what did Todd Blanche offer her to make her suddenly decide she was safe” with him?Then, on the rest of the menu, a virtual meeting of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission was interrupted by a “Zoom bomb” of pornographic, racist and antisemitic images and audio; Oregon-based Columbia Sportswear is suing New York Columbia University over a trademark dispute; and, an exhibit at the Muir Woods National Monument in California has become the first casualty in Trump's order to erase history.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Russian parliament approved a bill punishing online searches for information deemed ‘extremist;' and, a French court will decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for the Syrian chemical attacks against his own people.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, Japan outplayed Trump in his big beautiful trade war.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump EPA is torched for a move that will 'decimate' home gardens; the Trump Forest Service claims it has reached 99% of its firefighting hiring goal, but internal data shows that characterization is dangerously misleading; and, Trump's gulag guards banned Bibles at Alligator Alcatraz, saying there's "no right to religion" there.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Spanish airline Vueling denies reports that passengers were removed from a plane because they are Jewish; and, small Brazilian coffee producers fear for the future after Trump's 50% tariff.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, it may be purely a coincidence, but Epstein's former lawyer suddenly died and then total chaos consumed the White House on all fronts.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration wants Oregon to hand over personal food stamp data by tomorrow; the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the New Jersey law banning immigration detention contracts; and, Texas lawmakers finally begin a review of catastrophic floods that killed at least one hundred thirty-five children and adults.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Turkey, lacking any logic whatsoever, has banned elective C-sections at private medical centers because Erdogan thinks it will increase birthrates; and, in response to Trump disrupting the United States economy, over a dozen companies pledged to invest more than seven hundred billion dollars in Germany over the next three 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!“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, the “most transparent administration in history” keeps exposing their Epstein cover up for the world to see.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's Labor Department proposes more than sixty rule changes to deregulate workplaces; Trump administration officials sold stocks days before key tariff announcements; and, MAGA Blondie Bondi is taking revenge on the family of the man who created the Anti-ICE app.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in a one billion dollar bank fraud has been detained in Greece; and, a British man who dreamed of being like James Bond was convicted of attempting to spy 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.

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

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 panicked all night over his ever-consuming scandals.Then, on the rest of the menu, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled Mississippi's social media age verification law can go into effect; Trump threatened to hold up a stadium deal if the Washington Commanders don't switch back to their legacy of racism; and, Crash Duffy imposed new restrictions on flights from Mexico.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Kenyan pro-democracy activist Boniface Mwangi was charged with possession of ammunition; and, Musk's social media platform denied accusations from French prosecutors of data tampering and fraud, calling them politically motivated.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, MAGA Mike panicked live on television as Trump's plan backfired in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, Louisiana canceled its $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline that was funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement; a second Neo-Nazi has been charged for assault in the 2024 Nashville antisemitic attack; and, the wife of the embattled Louisiana police chief charged in an immigration visa fraud scheme has also been arrested.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where British spies and special forces identities were exposed in the Afghan data leak; and, El Salvador's top human rights organization announced it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Bukele.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, Maurene Comey, a career federal prosecutor in Manhattan, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, as well as the lead in the Epstein and Sean Diddy prosecutions, has been fired from her job in the Southern District of New York by the Trump/Bondi Justice Department for reasons unknown, so don't talk about it.Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGA John Roberts secretly praised Trump during crisis talks with judges who ruled against him; the Urban League declared a ‘state of emergency' for civil rights in the US; and, only one in four US adults say Trump's policies have helped them.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Europol-coordinated global operation took down a pro-Russian cybercrime network; and, the UK and Germany are set to sign a treaty on defense, trade and migration.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, the Justice Department refused to intervene in Ghislaine Maxwell's case.Then, on the rest of the menu, Native American radio stations are at risk as the MAGA Congress looks to cut $1Billion in public broadcasting funding; “Crypto Week” in the MAGA House is not going as planned; and, a federal MAGA judge in Texas reversed a Biden-era rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Turkish court sentenced Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor and the chief rival to Erdogan, to almost two years in prison for insulting and threatening a public official; and, a Chinese court sentenced a Japanese man to more than three years in prison on espionage charges.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, the MAGA SCOTUS looks dead set on gutting the Voting Rights Act again, this time with a North Dakota case especially teed up to be issued from the MAGA Shadow Docket.Then, on the rest of the menu, twenty-four states sued the Trump administration to unfreeze more than $6 billion in education grants; the Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on the NASA website as promised; and, for the first time in over seventy-five years, Native American teens were able to kayak the whole length of the Klamath River in celebration of the removal of four decayed dams and the return of long-lost salmon.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where turncoat Daniel Martindale, the US citizen who helped the Kremlin target and kill thousands of Ukrainian troops while he resided in the embattled country, has been granted Russian citizenship as “a sign of respect and a sign of gratitude for what Daniel has done;” and, an Irish tourist who overstayed his visa by three days because he was sick in the hospital, says "nobody is safe” after being held by ICE for over a hundred days in squalid and brutal conditions.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, attorney Marc Elias predicts the actual reason for Trump's bizarre Epstein rant.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas governor Abbott won't release his emails with Elon Musk because they are of a “private nature, not of public interest and potentially embarrassing;” chasing bizarre theories becomes a major White House time suck; and, Trump refused to leave the stage after presenting Chelsea with the FIFA Club World Cup trophy, baffling the London team.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where European Union trade ministers meet to forge a strategy after Trump's surprise 30% tariffs on America's largest trade partner; and, the largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships.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, Japan is furious at Trump and they made a powerful statement rejecting his disgraceful conduct.Then, on the rest of the menu, DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent; DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data, so now it can cut off billions to farmers; and, federal officials charged a prominent Georgia Republican with running a $140 million Ponzi scheme.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China; and, Cambodian lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment allowing the government to revoke citizenship.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, furious world leaders like Lula from Brazil, Modi of India, Zelenskky of Ukraine, the foreign minister in Mexico and President Sheinbaum, are taking decisive action to checkmate Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, the ‘oppressive' Florida State University revenue-sharing deals show continued exploitation of college football players; an “anti-government militia” announced  that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars for manipulating the weather, days after an individual vandalized a news station's radar; and, the Trump administration sued California, arguing animal cruelty laws are the real cause of high egg prices.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the European court ruled that Russia committed widespread human rights violations in Ukraine and was behind the downing of Flight MH17; and, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survived a ‘no confidence' vote.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, the American public knows Donald Trump is lying about tariffs and they've figured it out without any help from the White House press corps who continue to accept his lies as answers.Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy sparks a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics; Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts; and, Trump blocked a ‘click-to-cancel' rule, intended to make cancelling subscriptions easier, just before it was to go in effect.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Turkish court ordered a ban on Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok for offensive content; and, French police raided the far-right National Rally headquarters in a new finance probe.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, it was a sight to behold Fox News panicking on live tv over Trump's major failures, and trying to desperately flip the script.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump is opening new coal sales from public lands in Montana and Wyoming; a Georgia appeals court upheld a ruling that election officials must certify results according to deadlines set in law; and, ICE Barbie Kristi Noem shrugged off oversight as detainee deaths surge.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a British jury convicted three men of an arson attack organized by Russian intelligence; and, Trump's director of personnel, Sergio Gor, was born in the Soviet Union and secretly visited Moscow just last year.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, Fox issued an apology in anticipation of a defamation suit by Kilmar Abrego Garcia.Then, on the rest of the menu, the anti-climate change MAGA candidate who claimed no one was killed in the Texas  'fake flood,' ramped up a $175M Texas 'land grab' conspiracy; the guy who said he only wants little Jews wearing yarmulkes counting his casino money, claims he never knew ‘shylock' is an antisemitic term; and, the quick action by one Texas summer camp lead to timely evacuations ahead of the deadly flash flood no one was warned about.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where China retaliated against the EU with a ban on European medical devices; and, China used embassies to undermine the sales of France's flagship Rafale fighter jet.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, King Krasnov gave an Independence Day speech for the ages at the Iowa State Fair.Then, on the rest of the menu, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is the one responsible for halting aid to Ukraine, blindsiding the State Department; Alina Habba has been under professional investigation for a year in a hush money scheme for Trump; and, the Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit against a state park for breaking state law by planning an exhibit on slavery, segregation and white supremacy.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where hours after US anti missile shipments were halted to Ukraine, Russia hammered Kyiv in the largest missile and drone barrage since the war began; and, a strike by air traffic controllers is disrupting travel to, from and over France.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, a whiny-ass House MAGA whined on the Capitol steps, “we are not a bunch of little bitches!”Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA dropped a legal case against major Trump donor GEO Group over its misuse of a harmful disinfectant in an ICE facility; with anti-vax loon RFK, Jr at the helm, the United States is seeing the largest measles outbreak since the infectious disease was declared eliminated 25 years ago; and, National Guard pilot Jo Ellis is suing a right-wing influencer for falsely blaming her for the DC crash that killed sixty-seven people.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where France's foreign minister denounced spy charges being used to hold two French nationals in Iran for more than three years; and, a US federal appeals court ordered the reinstatement of the convictions of a former Fox executive and a South American sports media/ marketing company in the FIFA bribery investigation.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's mid-decade “census recount" plan is obviously illegal to anyone who cares.Then, on the rest of the menu, a MAGA TV outlet was forced to change its name because it 'confused' Trump; Zuckerberg's ‘Bizzaro World' cameo at a top secret military conference with Trump left military leaders and officials in attendance “mystified and a bit unnerved;” and, a bombshell report revealed a 'massive stockpile' of cash Trump has built since the election.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the first American ‘scientific refugees' have begun arriving in France; and, Azerbaijan detained seven people linked to Kremlin media outlet Sputnik over the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis held in Russian custody.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 rushed off to the Florida Everglades concentration camp for alligator feeding time.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump is appealing the judicial order striking down his EO that targeted law firm Perkins Coie; Texas data shows after Abbott outlawed abortion, near death first trimester miscarriages soared to over fifty-four percent; and, Iran, if you're listening, if you could release the tens of thousands of hacked emails from Tump's inner circle of Susie Wiles, Lindsey Halligan and Roger Stone, our media will reward you, mightily.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Russia's lavish ex-deputy defense minister was handed a thirteen-year prison sentence on corruption charges; and, coming to an America near you, Turkey's Erdogan has just detained over one hundred-twenty opposition figures, including a former mayor.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, a Trump lawyer just got some brutal disbarment news.Then, on the rest of the menu, the suspected gunman who fatally ambushed firefighters in MAGA Land Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has been found dead; a second intelligence leak has undermined Trump's claim that the Iranian nuclear program has been “totally obliterated;” and, while serving as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem secretly took a 'disturbing' $80K payment from a mystery donor.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Chilean communist scored a surprise win in the primary vote as the larger battle with the far-right looms; and, women can be drafted into the Danish military as Russian aggression and military investment grows.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, Republicans have lost so much control at their hearings, even Melania got roasted by witnesses on live television.Then, on the rest of the menu, Big Balls never left, he's now embedded in the biggest agency Musk wants to break; Oregon's only congressional Republican has joined the chorus against federal land sales; and, Louisiana is latest state to redefine planet-warming natural gas, as green energy.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Apple revamped its EU App Store terms to avert more fines; and, Brazil's outspoken first lady is coming under fire, but she refuses to stop speaking out.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, well-known draft dodger Bone Spurs Krasnov says he's a warrior for watching bombs drop, and he'll disappear any reporter who reports he's not more of a warrior than Eisenhower, that guy on PT-109 and all the those dead losers on battlefields through all of time.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's Big Beautiful $20 Billion Dollar War with CBS will have to knock off three zeros; rumors about armed militia threatening teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, forced a medical unit to flee hurricane-hit North Carolina; and, a federal judge ordered the Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during its lawsuit to purge the Great Society from American life.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where reeling from the erratic firehose of Trump rebukes, Europe weighs deeper ties with China; and, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that her administration is investigating contamination from a SpaceX rocket explosion that landed in its territory.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, an exploding “F*** You!” Trump whistleblower bomb has exposed a lawless DOJ plot.Then, on the rest of the menu, Stephen Miller's push to have the FBI assist in the Trump administration's ethnic cleansing has been put on ice; in response to a habeas ruling by the bench, MAGA Pam Bondi is demanding the entire federal district court in Maryland recuse itself; and, acting-US attorney Alina Habba was slapped with a new ethics complaint over her pursuit of New Jersey Democrats.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a federal judge ordered Trump to release billions of dollars in funding for electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states; and, after musing whether he abides by Article 5 of the NATO treaty “depends on your definition,” TACO said about twenty-four hours later that he stood with that promise.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, a key provision of the MAGA budget bill that sought to limit judicial power is dead.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk's lawyers are trying to claim in court he doesn't use a computer; home sales just posted their slowest May in sixteen years; and, a jury ordered a J6'er to pay five hundred thousand dollars to the widow of a DC police officer who killed himself after the insurrection.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where pro-Russian hackers launched a series of denial-of-service attacks on several municipalities and organizations linked to the NATO summit; and, the fighting between Iran and Israel raises questions about Russia's influence in the Middle East.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 was dealt a stinging rebuke by the judge in the latest Garcia hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, ICE detained a Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby; oil prices flip-flop and US stocks drift as Wall Street waits for Iran's reaction to Trump's ‘Good Vibrations' bombing attacks; and, Elon Musk announced plans to completely rewrite human knowledge itself after his AI chatbot Grok keeps clashing with his far-right worldview.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Russian prosecutors asked for a 14.5-year prison sentence for a former deputy defense minister jailed on bribery charges; and, 639 employees of Voice of America, including employees at VOA's Persian-language service, were issued layoff notices just before Trump's Big Beautiful Bombing of Iran.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, New Jersey governor candidate and former Navy lieutenant Mikie Sherrill, critiqued Trump's military deployments to US cities.Then, on the rest of the menu, first the states cut civics classes, now the Mississippi education board has axed the US history test for high schoolers to graduate; Virginia Democrats have a big fundraising advantage in the race for governor this year; and, he didn't complain about it on Columbus Day, but Trump had to rail about federal holidays on Juneteenth.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Romania's new president nominated a center-right former mayor as prime minister; and, Europe and Iran will try diplomacy as Trump weighs nuking cofeve in two weeks.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, Hegseth insists on “Peace Through Strength,” but several strong women senators tore him to pieces.Then, on the rest of the menu, tech companies don't want you to know how much energy AI uses; the MAGA Justice Department says the Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos for her cancer research brought in illegal ‘biological materials;' and, Redemption Bank becomes the first bank owned by a Black-led investment group in the Western US.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Finland's lawmakers voted to leave the international land mine treaty as the Nordic country boosts its defenses against Russia; and, Russia's economy minister says the country is on the brink of recession.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, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Senator Tina Smith confronted Christo-Nationalist MAGA Mike Lee for mocking the Minnesota assassination victims, who were also her personal friends.Then, on the rest of the menu, Colorado shut down a state campaign finance site after the Minnesota assassination; Oregon state lawmakers recently passed a bill blocking their personal addresses; and, Trump called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz “slick,” “whacked out” and said, “I'm not calling him” after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would “waste time” he doesn't waste on losers.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Czech coalition government faces a parliamentary no-confidence vote over a bitcoin scandal; and, the remaining leaders at the G7 will have no problem completing their summit after Trump's early exit.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's cognitive issues continue being exposed as he is bullied into submission for his failures.Then, on the rest of the menu, voters rebuked the MAGA-led Huntington Beach City Council effort to ban books; Noem's not-so-secret boyfriend Lewandoski was spotted at the detention of Senator Alex Padilla; and, the Louisiana AG is investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation that would have closed down the corporation.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a US-backed Israeli company's spyware was used to target European journalists; and, with daily threats from DHS, ICE and the White House, fans don't appear to be snatching up tickets to the Club World Cup.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 rightwing Georgia Supreme Court ruled against MAGA Republicans.Then, on the rest of the menu, the former head of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs filed a federal lawsuit accusing Governor Kay Ivey of wrongful termination and defamation; a former worker who leaked information about plans by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' administration to build golf courses and hotels in Florida state parks has filed a whistleblower lawsuit; and, seven Arkansas families filed suit challenging the state law that requires the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Polish security services have detained three men who were planning an attack inspired by Neo-Nazi perpetrators of mass killings; and, the European court ruled Italy is not liable for the actions of the Libyan Coast Guard in a fatal 2017 migrant boat sinking.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.