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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 had a 12:30am meltdown as the nightmare of war scares the living shi* out of him.Then, on the rest of the menu, Live Nation employees pulled an Enron by mocking customers as ‘so stupid' in internal messages released in the multi-state antitrust court case; the Trump administration sued California over the state's nation-leading vehicle-emission rules; and, Montana halted permitting on all weekend rallies at the Capitol in a brazen move to thwart the massive upcoming ‘No Kings' event.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Dutch police are investigating an arson attack after a fire broke out at a Rotterdam synagogue; and, an Australian jury convicted a Sydney business consultant over deals with Chinese spies.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 is furious Republicans are killing his election-grabbing scheme.Then, on the rest of the menu, YouTube banned Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings' podcast after the AI monitor flagged his debunking of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” was hate speech; the Social Security Administration's internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint into the misuse of data by an ex-DOGE employee; and, a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they are following the government's racist orders to be racist as MAGA is.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where South Africa summoned new ambassador Brent Bozell to explain his demand the nation reverse its anti-Apartheid laws; and, white South African “refugees” are returning home rather than live in Trump's racist police state.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 their 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, Alina Habba is mean and stupid, so of course MAGA will go to the mats for her.Then, on the rest of the menu, judges across the nation are losing it over ICE's brazen and 'unremorseful' defiance of court orders; Energy Secretary Chris Wright's ”accidental” post about Navy tanker escorts in the Strait of Hormuz cost petroleum traders $84 million in mere minutes; and, the Democratic candidate came out on top in the race for Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat in a shocking election twist.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Tokyo and Berlin said they planned to release oil from their strategic reserves to address supply disruptions from Trump's Middle East war; and, Italy stunned the US, beating the Dream Team 8-6 in the World Baseball Classic.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 War Criminal in Chief is learning war increases gas prices.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge in Oregon limited federal officers' use of tear gas at Portland ICE building protests; a federal jury awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying; and, the Pentagon was busted for purchasing over $2 million dollars on Alaskan King Crab, a $98 thousand dollar Steinway piano and over $6 billion dollars from foreign governments in its record-breaking spending binge.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Japan is preparing to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles; and, Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team after Trump thrust the world into war.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 is refusing to acknowledge the rising death toll of US troops in his Iran war or the severity he has done to the United States economy and to the economies of countries across the world.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ford has recalled 1.74 million of its cars over rearview display issues; a second NTSB member was fired without explanation by the Trump administration; and, California US Rep Darrell Issa retiring raises the stakes for the GOP holding House control.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump said to fuhgeddaboudit it when asked whether Russia was sharing intel with Iran to kill US soldiers; and, European countries are on high alert after bomb blasts near a Belgian synagogue and outside the US Embassy in Oslo over the weekend.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, twenty states have rushed to court to put a stop to Trump's nasty habit of stealing American's money through a new illegal tax scheme on international goods.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon lawmakers approved a measure to prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks; US Customs and Border Protection has opened an internal investigation into whether Gregory Bovino made disparaging comments about the Jewish faith of the US attorney for Minnesota; and, House Republicans have formally asked for criminal charges against key Jan 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson, in another attempt to gaslight what the whole world saw live on television.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Gulf allies complain the US did not notify them of the Iran attacks and ignored their warnings; and, Sri Lanka began transferring more than 200 sailors from an Iranian vessel to shore after the ship sought assistance in the wake of the US sinking an unarmed Iranian ship returning home from an exhibition in India.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 Trump family's flawless record of avoiding military service would be unremarkable if Donald Trump never started a war”Then, on the rest of the menu, as other Americans stuck in the Middle East were told they're on their own, Trump leapt into action to help a group of well-connected MAGA influencers flee the war he started; a federal judge ruled Florida's move to declare one of the nation's largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights groups, a foreign terrorist organization was unconstitutional; and, families are turning to the states for civil rights support as Trump dismantles the Department of Education.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home in international waters after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India; and, millions are left without power after a major blackout hits Cuba's western region.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 their 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 has engulfed the entire world in war from Ecuador to Iran and from Venezuela to Bahrain.Then, on the rest of the menu, over seventy Democratic lawmakers demanded a probe into DHS warrantless location tracking; California peach farmers are expected to take a multimillion-dollar financial hit and lose vast quantities of crops after 139-year-old Del Monte Foods' plan to permanently close two massive state plants; and, prosecutors began presenting never-before-seen video depositions of Meta executives at a trial in New Mexico.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Russian businessman was conveniently found dead after being named in the Epstein Files; and, with 100 days to go until the World Cup, the Iran war has added a new layer of complexity to the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.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 lost a major redistricting case in a devastating blow to his efforts to sabotage the midterms.Then, on the rest of the menu, Idaho considers an ‘apocalyptic' choice for disabled people and their families; the Trump administration eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the VA last year; and, Minnesota launched an investigation that could bring charges against federal immigration officers.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump urged stranded US citizens in more than a dozen countries to leave, but he's not sending any planes or ships to help after major airlines suspended flights; and, Sweden intercepted a Russian drone that violated its airspace during a visit by the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.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, Kash Patel's misuse of FBI resources is even deeper than the fun run to Italy's Olympic games.Then, on the rest of the menu, the chief federal judge for Minnesota warned the state's top prosecutor and ICE, ‘Obey court orders or face contempt;' thousands of corrections continue being issued for Texas' Bible-infused curriculum; and, Anthropic refuses to bend to the Pentagon and make its killer robot kill more people on its own.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a renowned German human-rights group that helps women victims of online attacks, is barred from the US after the Trump administration accused the founders of being part of a “global censorship-industrial complex;” and, the Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation said eight members of Cuba's delegation were denied visas to the United States for the World Baseball Classic.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, some people think a woo woo Surgeon General should be vaccinated if they are going to be blasted out of their brains on shrooms.Then, on the rest of the menu, in just one year, ICE's spending on weapons, ammunition, and accessories to wage war on Americans surged over 360 percent; Kash Patel went on a revenge-fueled firing spree, terminating at least 10 employees who investigated Trump for stealing top secret nuke docs for sale; and, an ICE operation in Newark, New Jersey caused a multi-vehicle crash with injuries to several children.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Speaker of the UK's House of Commons said he was the one who tipped off police that Epstein conspirator and former ambassador to the US, was a flight risk; and, Trump's Border Czar said he will use his extensive Catholic grade school training to “educate” the Pope on Church teachings.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 their 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, even more of Trump's dark past surfaces at the worst possible time for the decaying monarch.Then, on the rest of the menu, in a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans cannot sue the US Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver the mail; a judge barred the government from a ‘wholesale' search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's seized devices; and, Whiskey Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge's order that blocks him from punishing former Navy fighter pilot, astronaut and now US Senator, Mark Kelly, for reminding the troops to follow the law.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the US and South Korean militaries will have joint drills in March as tensions with North Korea escalate; and, Japan demands the swift release of a Japanese national detained in 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!“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, Aileen Cannon is still trying really hard to erase Jack Smith's espionage report on Trump, by any means necessary.Then, on the rest of the menu, a new federal lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracks and intimidates observers; FedEx wants its money back after Trump's tariffs are ruled illegal; and, you can tell Trump is racist because when faced with charges of racism, Trump always claims some of his best friends are Black.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where former UK ambassador Mandelson has been released on bail after his arrest for passing secret government documents to convicted pedophile Jeffery Epstein;  and, former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been hospitalized after a “suicide attempt” amid his Epstein-linked corruption and sex probe.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, furious world leaders are banning Trump military bases across the world as he plans his invasion against Iran.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump DHS was hit with a blistering court order over its illegal 'terror' and 'violence;' the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional; and, scientists decry the Trump order to drop the rule to keep nuclear workers' radiation exposure “as low as reasonably possible.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the US was the only major destination to see a decline in international travelers last year, falling eleven million short of Biden's last year in office; and, the navies of El Salvador and Mexico announced seizing ten tons of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean this week, while Trump blew up another eleven people to tiny bits for driving speed boats in Latin American waters.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 DOJ blows it bad in a blistering loss.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Trump DOJ attorney was held in contempt for refusing to return an ICE detainee's paperwork; Kathy Ruemmler could be called a spy for sharing secret details with Epstein about a probe into a 2012 prostitution scandal that engulfed the Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel; and, Trump's executive order to boost production of RoundUp weed killer, makes it illegal to warn the public of pesticide and herbicide dangers.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the former South Korean president received a life sentence for imposing martial law while leading his failed 2024 insurrection; and, a nationwide union strike in Argentina tests Milei's flagship labor law overhaul.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 their 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 DOJ lawyers are quitting and posting about leaving their jobs on LinkedIn as the mass exodus continues.Then, on the rest of the menu, Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify for the first time in front of a jury in a watershed social media trial; Minnesota and federal authorities are separately investigating what caused the eight skull fractures that landed a Mexican citizen in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital; and, Warren Buffett's company invests in The New York Times six years after he sold all his newspapers.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Peru's Congress voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations; and, Paris prosecutors opened two new investigations into sex abuse crimes and financial wrongdoings linked to Jeffrey Epstein.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 was busted in a major affidavit scheme to trick judges and grand juries to grant them relief.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kristi Noem verbally ordered a C-130 pulled in the middle of a search and rescue mission for an overboard seaman to ferry immigrants from California to Trump's Texas gulags; a bombshell Epstein file reveals the FBI interviewed a victim Trump sexually abused when she was still a teenager; and, a monument honoring Eugene, Oregon's first Black families was revealed over the weekend.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Belgium summoned the US ambassador over his social media post accusing the kingdom of antisemitism; and, Elon Musk has been hit by a 'large-scale' EU child porn probe just weeks after being fined $139M.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 and Judge Aileen Cannon were caught and called out in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for a scheme to delete incriminating files.Then, on the rest of the menu, the NAACP and other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the FBI from an elections warehouse just outside Atlanta; LA Olympics leader Casey Wasserman will sell his talent agency in the wake of the Epstein emails discovery; and, a lawsuit by local golfers seeks to stop well-known golf cheat Trump's overhaul of a 100-year-old public golf course in Washington, DC.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Orbán says the EU and not Russia is Hungary's real threat ahead of its April vote, so of course Rubio stood up Zalenskyy and met with Orban, instead; and, Europeans pushed back at the US over the racist claim they face ‘civilizational erasure.'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, Whiskey Pete Kegseth loses again.Then, on the rest of the menu, The MAGA Christo-Fascist purge of National park history and science continues in Glacier National Park; ICE is seizing people's phones, documents, cash and furniture, even without charges; and, tens of thousands of peer-reviewed scientific studies spanning decades calculate climate change is a health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam.'After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a DEA supervisor has been arrested as the US shutters the Dominican Republic office during a wide-ranging visa-fraud probe involving confidential informants; and, EU leaders ready countermeasures to the increasing threats from Russia, China and 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!“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 was rebuked on the House Floor as his own Republican party joined with Democrats to vote against his tariffs on Canada.​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, Bam-Bam Pam Bondi unmasked an undercover FBI agent in her newest Epstein files blunder; an Oregon congresswoman questioned the legitimacy of a Gresham, Oregon family's detention; and, Trump says everybody can attend and denied he had ever tried to exclude Democrats from the annual Governor's meeting, even though only Republican governors had received invitations for the confab.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where South Korea's spy agency believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country's future leader; and, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United faced criticism by both political leaders and fans after he said it was the UK that had been “colonized'' by immigrants.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 their 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 in the DHS, ICE and even the White House, commit more crimes than immigrants detained in the gulags.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump threatened to block the opening of the Canada-built Gordie Howe Bridge after a phone call between billionaire Commerce Secretary Lutnick and the billionaire owners of the nearby privately-owned Ambassador Bridge; immigrant rights groups seek to dismiss a Republican lawsuit to exclude noncitizens from the US census; and, the Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Armenians blasted “coward” JD Vance for scrubbing “genocide” from a social media post after visiting the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan; and, the father of a US-based activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities, was convicted for attempting to deal with his daughter's financial assets in the city.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, Ghislaine Maxwell continues to shake down the Trump administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, Moscow Tulsi Gabbard warned the attorney for an anonymous government employee not to directly share a top-secret complaint about Gabbard's handling of classified material with members of Congress; the Hawai'i Department of Education has failed to provide lawmakers with clear records on how it spent almost four million dollars on more than eight thousand trips in 2025; and, a group of Buddhist monks reached Washington, DC, on foot earlier today, walking single file across a bridge over the Potomac River to cap a fifteen-week trek from Texas that has captivated the country.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where King Charles III will support police investigating former Prince Andrew's Epstein links; and, a prominent Norwegian ambassador resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Epstein.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, furious world leaders are standing up against Trump and his despicable Ambassadors and not taking the disrespectful bullying any more.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon, Washington and Native tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of the landmark deal to recover imperiled salmon; newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr's testimony under oath about his 2019 Samoa trip before the measles outbreak there killed almost a hundred kids; and, just before Trump posted the racist meme about the Obama's, he ordered it illegal to call the klansman who murdered Medgar Evers a racist at the Evers Memorial.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who was brutally torture abroad, has been detained by ICE in Vermont and set for deportation back to be executed; and, with Trump threatening war against our allies, Queen Máxima starts training to become a Dutch army reservist.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, Melania's email to Ghislaine Maxwell has Trump shivering.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Texas A&M professor fired over a gender identity lesson is suing the university for violating her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics; Nike faces a federal probe over allegations of ‘DEI-related' discrimination against white workers; and, Brad Karp, the Capitulating Executive Officer of the first white shoe law firm to bend the knee to the Mad King, has resigned after being exposed as an Epstein pedo partier.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where historians accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America; and, Trump's withdrawal from the World Health Organization has complicated vaccination efforts as measles cases surge across the Americas, just in time for the 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!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their 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.

What if Bible study didn't feel dry, intimidating, or guilt-driven, but instead felt alive, honest, and deeply formative? In this episode of The Speakeasy Podcast, Blake sits down with Faith Womack, author of No More Boring Bible Study and self-proclaimed Bible nerd, to talk about how Scripture can actually come to life in your everyday faith. Faith shares her powerful story of growing up with Scripture misused and weaponized—and how God redeemed that pain by drawing her into a deep, life-giving love for His Word. Together, they unpack: Why Bible study often feels boring (and why it doesn't have to) How cultural Christianity and performance pressure distort our approach to Scripture Why chasing "mountaintop moments" can actually hold us back How to read the Bible with clarity, context, and confidence Why it's okay to go slow, camp out, and stop treating God like a vending machine This conversation is freeing, grounding, and incredibly practical, especially if you've ever felt overwhelmed, bored, intimidated, or burned by Bible study. Whether you're brand new to reading Scripture or have been in it for years, this episode will help you shift from pressure to presence and rediscover the beauty of God's Word. "The Bible isn't boring, we just haven't always been taught how to read it." Sponsor: Cozy Earth Upgrade your rest with Cozy Earth's luxury bamboo pajamas—soft, breathable, and temperature-regulating. Backed by a 100-night sleep trial and a 10-year warranty. ✨ Shop at cozyearth.com and use code SPEAKEASY for a special offer.

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, furious world leaders blasted Trump for his links between Epstein and Putin, and have launched an investigation to uncover Putin's Epstein involvement and impact on international security.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump ordered the removal of Native American signage at Big Horn National Park that honors tribal sacrifices and reflections on the historic battle known as Custer's Last Stand; A MAHA mom killed her newborn with listeria from raw milk in New Mexico; and, an FBI decimated by Ka$h Patel, is having trouble finding Savanah Guthrie's kidnapped mom.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Jeff Bezos can afford to destroy the Washington Post for the Pedo in Chief, that's why he just cut the paper's coverage and reporters by a third ; and, Vietnam is taking steps to prepare for a possible American “war of aggression” and considers the United States a “belligerent” power.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, Beauty Queen MAGA Lindsey Halligan is hit with a new Bar complaint.Then, on the rest of the menu, the DHS “smeared” the two Venezuelans they shot in a Portland, Oregon hospital parking lot by claiming they were involved in “gang activity,” records show they had no criminal records, but were instead, victims of gang violence; the trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives charged in a $60M Ohio bribery scheme that involved prominent GOP leaders is set to begin; and, the Trump administration cut the number of sites for testing the 2030 census from six to two.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where French prosecutors raided the offices of Musk's social media platform to investigate a range of offenses, including the spread of child sexual abuse images and deepfakes; and, an Irish activist operating from the Netherlands, is utilizing the same technology ICE uses against Americans to expose thousands of federal agents, and the MAGA Congress can't do a damn thing 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, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is panicking over the worst midterm poll in the history of “state regime media, Fox News.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma fought a book ban, now she may never teach again; a Uline employee says she can no longer work for people who helped ‘America descend into fascism;' and, the Trump DOJ is nearly shut out by judges over cases that 'turn your stomach.'After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where secret meetings with Trump officials and a right wing militant group plotting to overthrow Canada was exposed; and, US coach Mauricio Pochettino dismissed criticism of the $8,680 World Cup ticket price by American winger Tim Weah.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 a psychotic melt down all night, posting behaviors on social media that the 25th Amendment was created to address by removing people with his deranged mental state.Then, on the rest of the menu, in the Age of MAHA, officials confirm a tuberculosis outbreak at a San Francisco private school; the Trump administration overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, but keeping the new rules secret from the public; and, Russian Asset Gabbard was spotted at Keystone Ka$h's bonkers ballot raid in Atlanta.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where France's finance minister demanded tech firm Capgemini explain its ICE contract; and, German investigators searched Deutsche Bank offices in a money laundering probe.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 their 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 Chief Judge of Minnesota, an arch-conservative, exonerated journalist Don Lemon from any criminal charges for covering a Church protest.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Alabama Neo-Nazis arrested on weapons charges planned to strike 'high value targets'; Trump's acting cyber chief mistakenly uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT that triggered a DHS-level damage assessment; and, in a recent habeas petition, Ghislaine Maxwell dropped a bombshell claim that four potential "co-conspirators" and "25 men" scored "secret settlements" tied to Epstein's abuse, without facing any indictment.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the European Union opened a formal investigation into Musk's social media platform after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images; and, the wife of South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption.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, in sworn filings to a Federal Judge, the Trump DOJ not only opposes the Judge's order for them not to destroy evidence, but most of the agents refused to tell the court whether they had not already destroyed it.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Democratic Representative was punched in the face by a MAGA “racist” at the Sundance Film Festival; Trump goon Todd Blanche said Alex Pretti's family are commie liars just like Walz and Frey; and, a virulent Shasta County, California MAGA election monitor was arrested after discovery of a hundred-foot long tunnel, a bunker, a huge cache of military weapons and over ten thousand rounds of ammunition.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Interpol arrested more than 3,700 suspects and freed over 4,400 victims in a global human trafficking crackdown Trump refused to join; and, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala loudly criticized ICE running security for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, referring to the US agency as a “militia that kills.”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, Officer Fanone had some choice words for the MAGA “Retribution Czar” who threatened to rape his daughters, and a few pointed gestures at the lying MAGA stooges on the Committee, at the Jack Smith Hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kash Patel purged more FBI agents connected to investigating Trump hours after the volatile Jack Smith hearing; the Trump administration is doubling down and laughing after it was caught red-handed deep-faking a photograph of a Minnesota anti-ICE protester; and, a US District Judge questioned the federal government's claim that Trump had the authority to demolish the East Wing and construct a $400-million ballroom without obtaining congressional approval.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump's brazen lie about NATO's Afghanistan involvement provoked outrage and distress in the UK; and, Trump scrapped all the multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid.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 bombshell ICE whistleblower report just dropped.Then, on the rest of the menu, SF Giants star Jung Hoo Lee was detained by ICE at LAX as he returned from South Korea for a team event; a “hostage standoff” between MAGA Bari Weiss and the 60 Minutes correspondent of the CECOT expose is revealed; and, Pipsqueak Bovino gassed himself after trying to throw chemical munitions at neighbors upset over ICE kidnapping and disappearing little kids.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where “Axis Sally” Karoline Leavitt was blasted by Belgium and scores of other countries over the fake claim it joined Trump's UN-alternative, Board of Peace; and, after a firehose of DHS lies about his death, an autopsy on a Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas, revealed he died after guards strangled him to death.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 their 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 is falling into a perfectly laid trap by Congressmen Massie and Khanna to expose his dark past.Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGA racists filed a federal lawsuit against a Los Angeles school policy it claims discriminates against white students; after substantial pressure from MAGA cattlemen, the MAGA Bureau of Land Management revoked American Prairie's Montana bison grazing leases; and, with a workforce reduced by twenty-six percent and days from the beginning of “tax season,” the head of the IRS shockingly announced a personnel and operational shake-up by appointing Hunter Biden investigators and “whistleblowers” to key positions.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where German authorities arrested a woman accused of supplying sensitive military information to a Russian intelligence agent; and, South Korea's former prime minister escaped the death penalty after a Seoul court sentenced him to 23 years in prison for illegally imposing martial law in an act of rebellion.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, Aliya Rahman speaks out for the first time after being dragged from her car by ICE agents in Minneapolis while trying to get to a doctor's appointment.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Democratic Indiana state court judge and his wife are in stable condition as authorities continued to search for the suspects who shot the couple at their Lafayette home; California defied Trump and made admission free for over two hundred parks on MLK Day; and, ICE has been shooting priests in the face with pepperballs, dragging people out of churches by their hair and throwing them in the gulags, for a year, but the DOJ now vows to press charges after neighbors disrupted a church service on Sunday where a Minnesota ICE official is the pastor.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump slammed the UK deal to hand over the Chagos Islands as “an act of GREAT STUPIDITY,” which he vigorously backed during his first term; and, Trump is screenshotting and posting private messages from heads of state like a jilted boyfriend.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, our NATO allies, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, released a joint statement blasting Trump's 25th Amendment-level tariff threats over Greenland.Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Oregon Republican ousted for supporting abortion rights and trans care is running as an Independent; a Trump aide ditched his Daily Beast lawsuit because discovery threatened to reveal administration insiders' secrets; and, MAGA defends the state murder of white woman if they are AWFUL.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where five men face trial in Peru in a rare prosecution over the killing of an Indigenous Amazon leader; and, hackers targeted Iran state TV's satellite transmission to broadcast two clips of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.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, world leaders from France to Canada to China are ganging up to outmaneuver Trump and put him in his place.Then, on the rest of the menu, the US citizen videotaped being violently dragged out of her car by a dozen ICE goons at a Minneapolis intersection, was on her way to a routine appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center a half block away; neo-Nazis are building a secret business empire in MAGA red Texas; and, the small Minneapolis charter school where Renee Good's 6-year-old son is enrolled, has switched to online learning from an avalanche of violent threats after MAGA news outlets doxxed the school.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where propaganda experts call out Trump's propaganda shops for "taking a page from ISIS;" and, “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk believes schoolteachers should be “imprisoned” for accurately teaching US History.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 new viral video is making even MAGA turn against ICE.Then, on the rest of the menu, the website dedicated to naming ICE and Border Patrol goons is coming under a “prolonged and sophisticated” cyberattack from Russia; after being threatened by the MAGA Feds, Indiana University in Indianapolis went Vichy and canceled the annual dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., first convened in 1969; and, faculty at the University of Pennsylvania condemned Trump's demand for ‘lists of Jews.'After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump is holding millions of dollars from a deal made for seized Venezuelan oil in personal offshore accounts in Qatar, but the MAGA Congress doesn't care; and, the UK government is ‘not going to back down' from a US administration official's threat over a probe into Elon Musk and X.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 their 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, two US citizen observers, who were violently taken by ICE and illegally held for over eight hours in Minneapolis, described the torture and intimidation at the hands of racist, homophobic, bigoted, federally paid goons.Then, on the rest of the menu, prosecutors seek to sentence a former MAGA South Carolina legislator to twenty years in prison for sending child porn across the country on social media as he advocated for laws meant to protect kids; an ICE prosecutor in Dallas who was previously exposed for running a white-supremacist Twitter/X account praising Hitler and calling America a “White nation,” is quietly back working in immigration court; and, the MAGA KA$H FBI executed a search warrant at a Washington Post reporter's home for top secret, classified material, not national security or classified military information, she's been reporting about Trump dismantling the federal workforce.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where France banned far-right British anti-migration activists targeting migrant boats; and, a South Korean prosecutor seeks the death sentence for ex-leader Yoon, convicted over his illegal martial law decree.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, Minnesotan faith leaders, military veterans, civic leaders and common citizens describe the paramilitary MAGA Klan invasion of the state.​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI is investigating Renee Good's ties to local non-violent anti-ICE religious groups, instead of sharing evidence with Minnesota; at least four senior officials have resigned from the Department of Justice in protest over their frustration that Civil Rights Asst AG Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer's killing of 37-year-old Renee Good; and, Trump warned Minnesota's “day of reckoning and retribution” is coming as he doubles down on the state's lack of respect over his murderous MAGA Klan invasion.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a former Navy sailor was sentenced to sixteen years for selling technical and operating systems information about ships to Chinese intelligence; and, the BBC seeks to dismiss Trump's “bad faith” ten billion dollar defamation lawsuit in a Florida court.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 has ordered his DOJ to go totally dark into the release of information about his dark past as the entire DOJ is now complicit in the violation of federal law.Then, on the rest of the menu, an officer with the Portland, Oregon Police Bureau has been reassigned after he was captured on film agreeing that he would shoot Renee Good in the face, no questions asked; a suspect has been arrested on suspicion of arson after fire damages the historic Mississippi synagogue that was bombed by the KKK for its civil rights work; and, Trump ordered references to his two impeachments removed from the display of his Smithsonian photo portrait.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Germany sharply rejected quack RFK Jr.'s lies that it prosecutes doctors for vaccine exemptions; and, Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI images.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 lost it overnight as the GOP revolted against him in Congress.Then, on the rest of the menu, five states sued the Trump administration for withholding billions in social safety net funds; Austin Peay State University reinstated the professor fired for accurately quoting a Charlie Kirk post and settled for $500k; and, it only took five years, but at least the Senate unanimously voted to display the January 6 plaque MAGA Mike says violates the law.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Brazil's President vetoed a bill to reduce the 27-year prison sentence of Bolsonaro for the far-right leader's failed 2023 coup attempt; and, a winter storm slammed the UK and France, disrupting travel and leaving tens of thousands without power.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 is losing it as mass protests are forming after his ICE Gestapo murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon's attorney general sued three insulin manufacturers and the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers alleging they colluded together to inflate the price of insulin; while ICE goons prevented EMT's from attending to Renee Good, Bovino's brownshirts invaded a nearby high school, tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders, city schools are now closed indefinitely; and, Mike Pence sounded off against the White House's new "offensive, revisionist history" display mocking Capitol police officers who responded to the insurrection on January 6, 2021.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where clashes between a Saudi/US-backed gold mining company leaves four dead in Afghanistan; and, Trump is withdrawing the United States from sixty-six international organizations and treaties, most notably everything connected with climate change, democracy and the rule of law.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 their 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, a federal judge appointed by Trump is moving close to recommending the revocation of Lindsey Halligan's law license, who is falsely claiming to be the United States Attorney in Virginia.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Northwest conservative think tank is suing Oregon over a new law that makes it illegal to impersonate a union representative; a town in North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and, Warner Bros again rejected a hostile takeover bid from Ellison-run Paramount and told shareholders to stick with a rival offer from Netflix.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Trump administration thanked the Vichy media for keeping quiet before the strike that captured Maduro; and, while Pedo-Trump's America remains silent, Musk's is facing a backlash from governments around the world over Grok-generated sexualized images of women and children.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 and his team are facing instant sanctions after defaming a criminal defendant and threatening the judge in a major high profile matter.​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, a twenty-two year old pre-school teacher was arrested during a live tv news interview after criticizing Trump's illegal Venezuela invasion; an election-denying former Arizona lawmaker will be sentenced for using forged signatures in a bid to qualify for a 2024 primary election; and, medical quack RFK, Jr took the unprecedented step of dropping the childhood vaccine schedule so more kids will die brutal deaths from the flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningitis or RSV.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump widely shared fabricated and misrepresented images online after his illegal invasion of Venezuela; and, Trump expanded the list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds to apply for visas.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 psychotic plan to cover up the Epstein files is to invade every single country in the Western Hemisphere in order to steal its oil and resources.Then, on the rest of the menu, the children of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman want Trump to stop pushing the baseless conspiracy about her murder, and apologize; the MAGA activists on a 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals tribunal ruled the California law prohibiting open carry of firearms in heavily populated counties is unconstitutional; and, tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers are losing fights in communities where people don't want to live next to them, or even near them.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Finland's battle against fake news starts in preschool classrooms; and, a Paris court found ten people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron.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.

Welcome back to the Speakeasy Podcast—and to the very last episode of the year. To close out this season, Blake sits down with Erin Wilkins, a friend and voice she deeply trusts, to talk about something countercultural but necessary: slowing down. Erin has walked this road just a little ahead—moving from seasons of intense advocacy, visibility, and urgency into a quieter, more intentional life rooted in peace, obedience, and presence. Together, they reflect on what it costs to stay in the fight too long, how good assignments can still have an expiration date, and why obedience doesn't always look brave to the world—but often is. This honest, friend-to-friend conversation explores burnout, identity, motherhood, boundaries with technology, and learning to be informed without being consumed. They talk about passing the torch, protecting family rhythms, resisting urgency culture, and embracing winter as a God-designed season of rest. If you're feeling stretched thin, conflicted about slowing down, or wondering how to end this year in a way that actually prepares you for the next, this episode is for you. Sometimes the strongest finish isn't louder or faster—it's slower, quieter, and more faithful. "Be still, and know that I am God." – Psalm 46:10 Sponsor: PreBorn A woman is twice as likely to choose life when she sees an ultrasound. $28 provides one free ultrasound and gives a mom the chance to choose life. Give today at preborn.com/speakeasy.

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 is having a psychotic meltdown at Perv-A-Lago after going radio silent on social media for forty-eight hours.Then, on the rest of the menu, Pam Bondi shared and then deleted a graph showing a steep drop in drug overdose deaths after she was busted trying to give the Trump administration credit for progress made under Joe Biden; California has delayed revoking seventeen thousand commercial driver's licenses until March after legal immigrants sued; and a judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama woman who was sentenced to eighteen years in prison following a stillbirth.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Finnish authorities seized a vessel from the Russian Shadow Fleet after damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland; and, Pakistan's polio cases fell by half in 2025 despite death squad attacks on vaccination teams.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.

As we hit the halfway point of December, this episode is a deep breath and a reset. In a season that pushes hustle, consumption, and constant motion, this conversation invites us to slow down and reclaim awe, wonder, and expectancy—especially as we approach Christmas. Hannah Brencher joins the Speak Easy Podcast to talk about Advent, rhythms, mental health, and what it looks like to resist hurry in a world that rewards burnout. Together, we explore why slowing down can feel so uncomfortable, how noise steals our awareness of God's presence, and how intentional practices—stillness, margin, and presence—help us actually experience the season instead of racing through it. This episode is for anyone feeling overwhelmed, behind, or spiritually distracted. Whether you're new to Advent or returning to it again, this conversation reframes December as a cool-down, not a ramp-up—and reminds us that peace has a pace. "Expectancy grows when we make space to notice God." Sponsors

Welcome back to The Speakeasy Podcast! In this episode, I'm joined by one of my closest friends—and one of my favorite people to learn from—Amy Bernhardt. I call her my "continuing education friend" because she's always learning, growing, and sharing wisdom that hits deep. Amy recently shared something online that stopped me in my tracks: "What if your weight loss journey isn't about losing weight at all, but about God teaching you about yourself and preparing you for what's next?" That idea launched one of the most honest and powerful conversations we've had—about what happens when we stop chasing perfection and start letting God use our health journey to heal our hearts, renew our minds, and strengthen our spirits. Amy shares her story of going from extreme fitness culture and burnout to walking in balance, fasting, and freedom. She opens up about breaking cycles of self-sabotage, learning discipline through small daily choices, and discovering that getting healthy can be one of the holiest things you ever do. We also talk about: The false identities that keep us stuck in shame and failure How fasting revealed spiritual strongholds, not just physical habits The connection between physical healing, emotional renewal, and obedience What it means to start before you "feel ready" and trust God with the process This conversation is both real and redemptive, reminding us that God cares about every part of us—body, mind, and spirit—and He's in the details of your healing journey. This episode is brought to you by: PreBorn — Every $28 you give sponsors an ultrasound for a woman considering abortion. When she hears her baby's heartbeat, everything changes. You can be the voice of hope that helps save a life and support a mother in need.