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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially Special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays & Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!

Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam serves up a cornucopia of abundance in The Bistro Cafe with "All The News That's Fit To Read" and "In This Reporter's Opinion," a lively, humorous and astute analyses on the issues of the day, along with spirited discussions at the "Chef's Table" with politicians, pundits, celebrities, musicians, authors, filmmakers, academics and leaders of the New Media.

Bon Appétit!

First a road manager and occasional back-up singer for the rock group, Cottonmouth in the mid-70's, Justice Putnam then re-emerged with the Laguna Beach Free Poets briefly, part of the Los Angeles Art/ Performance/ Poetry/ Dance/ Punk movement during the early 80's. He then performed solo shows, as a member of Meta-4 and later with Chris Watkins of Hoi Poloi and also Preacher Boy & The Natural Blues, as well as with Jimmy McAllister of Rabbit Choir at such venues as Gorky's in Los Angeles, Beyond Baroque in Santa Monica, Cafe du Nord and Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco, Freight and Salvage and The Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, The Sweetwater in Mill Valley, and also at music festivals in France, Belgium, Germany, California and Oregon. His poetry and prose has been published in Elektrum Magazine, Vol. No. Magazine, American Poetry Anthology, Literatus World Review, Berkeley Daily Planet and other academic, small press, print and online journals.

A scholar-athlete in his youth, Justice Putnam worked as an orderly, an emergency room technician, a Roustabout and a Production Operator at an oil refinery. He taught History and English in private schools briefly, while coaching football and track. He was a fruit and vegetable inspector for the California State Department of Agriculture and a stone mason building free standing moss stone walls in Marin and Sonoma Counties. He has been a theater light designer, an actor, a surfer, deep-sea fisherman and a Grinder on a racing yacht. He was the co-host with the chanson francaise impresario, Simon Dray, on his "Fm/French Connection Bistro Radio" broadcast from KUSF 90.3 in San Francisco for over a decade.

Justice has also traveled around the world, living for short times in France, Italy, Japan and Mexico.

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 27 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-march-24--59115254Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-march-24--59115254​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s latest shameless grift is backfiring https://youtu.be/XO1365pHkIc?si=CuDD7w0pRT_Gannm with all Americans, including real Conservatives. Then, on the rest of the menu,  a federal court tossed Republican Pennsylvania https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-voter-registration-lawsuit-82c3e6c80bd36b0d92c157b3d70918bc lawmakers’ challenge of state and federal voter access actions; Ahmaud Arbery’s killers asked a US appeals court https://apnews.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crimes-appeals-11th-circuit-c383227515ab86f8c424d0cdf0d5d8d9 to overturn their hate crime convictions; and, a large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-oil-industry-climate-change-lawsuit-dfce008f86af1b8dbff1e28ffc3e962a around the country in suing the oil industry over climate change. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where the British Museum https://apnews.com/article/british-museum-stolen-artifacts-ae178b225ecf2378766d22209194ecb7 is suing a former curator it says stole 1,800 items and tried to sell them; and, Puerto Rico’s health secretary declared an epidemic https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-dengue-public-health-emergency-dfaecf752677c736082cbb9e801457bc following a spike in dengue cases. All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 27
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 26 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-19-march-24--59103240Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-19-march-24--59103240 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had a major public meltdown https://youtu.be/g9IOuwes_nE?si=xPO8d0LH3DePpv0e after Justice Juan Merchan set a criminal trial date for April 15. Then, on the rest of the menu, a Kansas https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-tim-burchett-sued-for-falsely-claiming-man-was-chiefs-parade-shooter-illegal-alien?ref=home man is suing a Republican US Representative from Tennessee who falsely claimed he was an “illegal alien” who carried out the mass shooting at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade; the Feds are taking a California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-25/feds-take-california-prison-agency-to-court-for-policy-requiring-sikh-guards-to-shave-beards prison agency to court for requiring Sikh guards to shave their beards; and, a high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas https://apnews.com/article/critical-race-theory-arkansas-huckabee-sanders-lawsuit-65dc017adfd53114be703bc1e6fb5634 over the state’s ban on critical race theory. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where France https://apnews.com/article/crime-drugs-france-crackdown-2a92f2ae63c6758cc2b567dea20e3376 launched a nationwide anti-drug crackdown ahead of the European elections; and, Bulgaria’s https://apnews.com/article/bulgaria-government-politics-prime-minister-76b3fd77e11a3b8010e2e29e24cb04e2 prime minister-designate withdrew her nomination after negotiations between two political coalitions failed. All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 26
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 25 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-26-feb-24--58831473River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-26-feb-24--58831473 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the smart money on Wall Street already hates Trump https://youtu.be/ivbuQZeqvd8?si=mn4bozm0pQHWozwf so much that short sellers are crushing his Truth Social stock price and shorting it in advance of today’s public trading. Then, on the rest of the menu, a scheduled “Drag Queen Story Hour” at a Lancaster, Pennsylvania https://apnews.com/article/lancaster-pennsylvania-drag-story-hour-9e79f9d84c6a6f831044fcb2b1efc848 library was canceled after a suspicious package was found in the building; months after his disputed one-vote victory in a Louisiana https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-sheriff-one-vote-victory-fc41619504b18fec501c8f0ff4446dcc sheriff’s race was tossed by a court, a Black career law enforcement officer was decisively elected on his second try; and, the Wyoming https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-gun-ban-schools-meetings-de17e4d0305f966fb48f106211b4702b Republican Governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in public schools and government meetings. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where a Spanish judge https://apnews.com/article/madrid-ayuso-corruption-fraud-spain-popular-party-5301507c3b0287c791ad4c7b1dfa980c opened an investigation into fraud and false documentation against the partner of Madrid’s powerful rightwing regional president; and, with just weeks until the general election, supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential https://apnews.com/article/arvind-kejriwal-new-delhi-india-election-3227e705b58b3925a78e4517b2a30572 politicians of the past decade in opposition to Modi, held protests against his arrest. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 26
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 22 March 24fa

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-07-march-24--58978761Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-07-march-24--58978761​​​​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the New York Attorney General https://youtu.be/z8g8QR6hhB8?si=AZgPCFZVFIiTmKc0 is taking the final steps to seize Trump’s properties and assets. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri https://www.thedailybeast.com/missouri-gop-sues-to-block-darrell-mcclanahan-kkk-linked-racist-from-running-for-governor-as-republican?ref=home Republican party filed suit to kick a KKK-racist, GOP candidate off the ballot for governor; a liberal Wisconsin https://apnews.com/article/mobile-voting-van-appeal-racine-protasiewicz-08c4b223c48a40659f7791838554298c Supreme Court justice said that she won’t recuse herself from a case dealing with the legality of mobile voting sites; and, plans to expand Medicaid coverage to over half a million more people in Georgia and Kansas https://apnews.com/article/georgia-medicaid-expansion-health-care-d5778a84b727c02b24ab7d0fc46b4923 were defeated by Republican-led legislative committees. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Spanish https://apnews.com/article/russia-spanish-journalist-el-mundo-visa-950015560e43d1632ff07a5bf22a471a daily El Mundo said that its correspondent in Russia left the country after authorities refused to renew his journalist visa; and, a Russian diplomat has been declared persona non grata in Slovenia https://apnews.com/article/slovenia-russia-diplomat-expel-589d1d394dfa7827c47ac6fbf72e477d and ordered to leave within seven days.​ All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 2m
Mar 23
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Metro Shrimp and Grits Thursdays 21 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-29-feb-24--58884115Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-29-feb-24--58884115​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-_307​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Alina Habba’s refusal to answer if Trump was going to accept money https://youtu.be/8dfKd-Vt_h0?si=Z4rNRA1dgNPZ42aQ from Russia and Saudi Arabia to pay for his $464 million bond, means he will. Then, on the rest of the menu, questions swirl over the reasons why forty prominent Napa Valley https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/secretive-fbi-probe-seeks-records-on-premier-napa-valley-wineries wine owners and businesses were subpoenaed by the Department of Justice; authorities are still searching for two white supremacist Idaho prison https://apnews.com/article/hospital-shooting-idaho-escaped-inmate-5d4eb764853ca05d2721145bc435367a inmates after they ambushed and shot three corrections officers; and, the Los Angeles https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter for engaging in a “massive theft” of the ballplayer’s funds to place bets with an illegal bookmaker. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where the French Competition Authority https://apnews.com/article/google-france-news-publishers-copyright-7a7e484f55297e9803d17f736ff923a0 hit Google with another big fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news; and, an Amsterdam court https://apnews.com/article/klm-greenwashing-aviation-sustainability-amsterdam-7d0e2b69099c7c9a46393a3cda44d4d8 ruled that Dutch national airline KLM made misleading statements and accused the carrier of “greenwashing.” All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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, 1851 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 2m
Mar 21
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-28-feb-24--58866119Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-28-feb-24--58866119​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is in total panic mode https://youtu.be/aaGGPkaOQsQ?si=MsfucyNwJXa8zRId as he gets bad news from all sides all at once, and it’s an amazing sight. Then, on the rest of the menu, a new clerk was chosen to oversee elections in a deep-red rural Nevada county https://apnews.com/article/nye-county-clerk-voting-rural-nevada-6432d1ca80a2281195c9e8cff2803dd8 that has been roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud since 2020; a bill approved by the Rhode Island Senate https://apnews.com/article/rhode-island-bill-lock-guns-safe-storage-1abe79c270767a121779bee53d3322fe would require all firearms to be locked when not in use; and, Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles, has agreed to follow California’s strict emissions standards. https://apnews.com/article/california-vehicle-car-emissions-greenhouse-gas-fd24b9145af3acc76120fd023b984446 After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Moldovan authorities https://apnews.com/article/russia-moldova-diplomat-expulsion-european-union-elections-0c52ba2f04682ea9df53858163563076 expelled a Russian diplomat after Moscow opened polling stations for its presidential election in Moldova’s pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria; and, Hong Kong lawmakers https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-china-legislative-council-national-security-law-37e1aca2daef8a4f9f998f389ff3d7f5 unanimously approved a security law giving the government more power to curb dissent. All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “Will no one rid us of these meddlesome priests?” - Chef Justice Putnam Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 20
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 19 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-20-feb-24--58754853Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-20-feb-24--58754853 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s comments on Sebastian Gorka’s show “is antisemitic garbage https://youtu.be/3Wlo6_D_DeA?si=U3ku9tK-cmBvB55U.” Then, on the rest of the menu, voters in MAGA Shasta County https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-16/shasta-voters-oust-far-right-leader, California are rejecting MAGA politics; a Portland, Oregon https://www.opb.org/article/2024/03/16/albina-vision-trust-helps-oregon-win-450-million-in-federal-funding-for-i-5-project/ nonprofit has been given a nod of approval on its work to revitalize a historically Black neighborhood that’s been targeted by decades of racist development policies; and six former Mississippi https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-goon-squad-sentencing-d2eb6ba7e2f337ac1f17035cc97f2934 law officers could be sentenced to decades behind bars for torture of two Black men. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Croatia’s top court https://apnews.com/article/croatia-election-constitutional-court-milanovic-plenkovic-2ee8c7af0e9a54cce4ba2136b1280791 ruled that the president cannot run in the parliamentary election unless he resigns from his current position immediately; and, Australian authorities https://apnews.com/article/australia-cyber-safety-google-meta-twitter-dd9b4c43e64902b1adf437e60b231a5a have issued legal notices to Google, Meta, Xitter, WhatsApp, Telegram and Reddit over cyber extremism threats. All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Mar 19
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 18 March 24 Podcast

River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-26-feb-24--58831473 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump has a plan to use Judge Cannon to “ice”  Judge Chutkan https://youtu.be/m-3oXhPy2hM?si=a5gEep9saNdmYsvi and avoid his various trials before election day. Then, on the rest of the menu, California Governor https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-25/newsom-unveils-multistate-ad-campaign-to-fight-abortion-travel-restrictions-in-red-states Gavin Newsom unveiled a multistate ad campaign to fight abortion travel restrictions in red states; a severe lack of affordable housing is testing Oregon’s pioneering land use law https://apnews.com/article/oregon-land-use-law-urban-growth-boundary-housing-d85c2413f169cd02cbf6b15fd9c95329; and, the Department of Justice https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/25/series-of-recent-doj-cases-show-foreign-operatives-plotting-assassinations-in-u-s/ has foiled four state-sponsored assassination plots on US soil since 2022. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Caribbean leaders https://apnews.com/article/haiti-prime-minister-caricom-summit-guyana-a5f55c6f9f9fd932af6d5702005ca1bb met with the Haitian Prime Minister to talk about his country’s unrelenting gang violence, with a foreign force deployment on the agenda; and, the Eiffel Tower https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-eiffel-tower-reopens-strike-24650a7b8bc70a27a500060b2a22ade9 has reopened to visitors after a six-day closure due to an employee strike. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Mar 18
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 07 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-01-march-24--58891443Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-01-march-24--58891443​​​​​​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had a late-night panic attack https://youtu.be/9K4PhZJZ8fU?si=Xr1XtGsOoYwd_TTM over Dark Brandon’s energetic State of the Union, and there was a glaring contradiction https://youtu.be/nwy1ayKX7PY?si=hl0rCTlLODUiZRgr in Scary Britt’s GOP rebuttal. Then, on the rest of the menu, Alabama Republicans https://apnews.com/article/dei-alabama-legislature-35a7acbf61973f15906185ab57fc13b0 pushed through an anti-DEI bill and a limit on absentee ballots; Oregon https://apnews.com/article/oregon-campaign-finance-reform-contribution-limits-dd18872db0ca3c2b11387cdee8b0744d passed campaign finance reform that limits contributions to political candidates; and, a bill on DeSantis’ desk would allow Florida public schools https://apnews.com/article/religion-florida-government-3ed3d9c56f263e54fdb982de3b117c77 to make use of Christian chaplains on campus. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Turkey https://apnews.com/article/turkey-women-killings-femicide-abuse-bd261ad004ded6a8b7ca32c83cab315c struggles to stop violence against women after at least seventy-one have been killed so far this year; and, voters are being asked to change Ireland’s constitution https://apnews.com/article/ireland-women-constitution-referendum-family-society-319491b98986ae595ae51df13a816570 that says a woman’s place is in the home.​ All that  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 09
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 06 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-14-feb-24--58687324Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-14-feb-24--58687324​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump met with Elon Musk https://youtu.be/RgnypznAAoQ?si=Vz3zRO727o0jZGZG and other donors because Trump not only needs big bucks for his legal problems, he is also "seeking a cash infusion" to support his campaign. Then, on the rest of the menu, Liberty University https://apnews.com/article/liberty-university-clery-act-fine-ac7f365762fb8ac8a4abb86cf4613d33 will pay the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act; the Kentucky Senate https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-legislature-child-support-pregnancy-41df8b7202e10fc3821d2df6a7ef5c4a passed a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children; and, Arizona’s Democratic governor vetoed an unconstitutional border bill approved by the Republican-led https://apnews.com/article/arizona-border-bill-hobbs-veto-67830241558eb25d931da176cc3066bc Legislature. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where in spite of not possessing a navy, Ukrainian https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-black-sea-f2e22f9f92caaae1b20044584fb58f6d sea drone attacks have increasingly sapped the power of Russia’s Black Sea fleet; and, thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-doctors-strike-suspension-21eafd3cfd55059c6b553400e54bc996 face the suspensions of their medical licenses. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Mar 07
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 05 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-27-feb-24--58854194Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-27-feb-24--58854194 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ‘the Republican Party is going through some things.’ https://youtu.be/TV51sWQ9s3A?si=EiqPxx9WV-cPcoWy Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal appeals court blocked the Florida https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/04/appeals-court-blocks-florida-stop-woke-act/ anti-DEI ‘Stop Woke Act,’ calling it a ‘First Amendment sin;’ two San Francisco https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-01/these-students-say-their-principal-intimidated-their-high-school-newspaper-theyre-taking-a-stand Bay Area high school journalists say their principal illegally interfered and censored them while reporting on sexual harassment; and, a sixth-grade girls' basketball team from northern Kentucky https://www.rawstory.com/next-level-basketball/ was banned from a boys' basketball league after romping through the regular season to reach the championship. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where the Polish Prime Minister sharply criticized the Hungarian and Slovak https://apnews.com/article/tusk-lavrov-poland-hungary-slovakia-5ca853b389a2b1ac195b5e93703254c6 foreign ministers for meeting with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, on the same day Alexei Navalny was buried; and, a key hearing on restructuring the Puerto Rico https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-power-company-debt-restructuring-swain-2ff30ef6a5813faa5ff198a066d1400b Electric Power Authority’s staggering nine billion dollar debt, has finally begun. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 06
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - River City Hash Mondays 04 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-26-feb-24--58831473River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-26-feb-24--58831473 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is suddenly confronted by a disaster scenario https://youtu.be/Oa9SaHrE4cE?si=jsggp1_J0BEbzybU in his DC trial. Then, on the rest of the menu, Berkeley, California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-29/federal-complaint-alleges-berkeley-public-schools-allowed-discrimination-against-jewish-children public schools are hit with a federal civil rights complaint alleging ‘severe and persistent’ antisemitic bullying; the University of Maryland https://apnews.com/article/university-maryland-fraternities-sororities-suspended-hazing-5a4ec9c640d707d04a77c6a95484dd03 has suspended all fraternities and sororities on campus after multiple reports of hazing; and, Head Start https://apnews.com/article/head-start-preschool-child-care-teacher-pay-256a66cc4df8a331a2d0badcba7f72e8 preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where German authorities https://apnews.com/article/germany-ukraine-russia-recording-22716852db21d8260e85d9f2bf058db4 are investigating after a recording of its military officers discussing aid to Ukraine was leaked in Russia; and, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest https://apnews.com/article/nepal-mount-everest-sherpa-guide-f78454e9cd3c984ebe43f16052517743 said that the world’s highest peak is too crowded and dirty, and the mountain is a god that needs to be respected. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 04
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 01 March 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-23-feb-24fa--58799235Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-23-feb-24fa--58799235​​​​​​​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Special Counsel Jack Smith and Trump present dueling trial date submissions in the Mar-A-Lago document case https://youtu.be/O5Y75YJikew?si=TlBXJHWTjynk4N7L before Judge Aileen Cannon today. Then, on the rest of the menu, a man who sought to spark a ‘race war’ plead guilty to firebombing a Costa Mesa, California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-29/final-defendant-pleads-guilty-to-firebombing-orange-county-planned-parenthood-clinic Planned Parenthood clinic; a Montana judge https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/29/montana-judge-declares-3-laws-restricting-abortion-unconstitutional/ declared three laws passed in 2021 that restricted abortion are unconstitutional; and, the Justice Department says Mississippi police https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-civil-rights-lexington-mississippi-26757dd41d88b7d0155ce9789e4c7038 unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where the editor of the top independent Russian https://apnews.com/article/russia-media-crackdown-newspaper-muratov-dfb9564182bb846990816a192cd730b1 newspaper was detained and later fined for discrediting the military; and, the Biden administration will investigate Chinese-made https://apnews.com/article/china-electric-vehicles-privacy-personal-data-biden-844f2406512b94212ee1a92a61e5a33a “smart cars” that can gather sensitive information about Americans driving them. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 1m
Mar 02
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Metro Shrimp and Grits Thursdays 29 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-22-feb-24fa--58790416Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-22-feb-24fa--58790416​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-_307​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court https://youtu.be/EC6ZRvBP0tY?si=iMLFeNYH7BiKk_dN ‘threw out half of Trump’s appeal’ by taking on his immunity case, while committing “the greatest ethical lapse” by a Supreme Court justice https://youtu.be/MoF4qBcFehQ?si=ob_ASnUrlMkkqBTs in history. Then, on the rest of the menu, Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/raw-story-sues-openai/ has sued OpenAI for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; Virginia lawmakers https://apnews.com/article/virginia-campaign-finance-reform-personal-use-38a716c1952e4ea29a1e0013cd9fd273 again declined to put restrictions on the personal use of campaign accounts; and, the candidate atop the Republican ballot for Missouri governor https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-gop-candidate-for-governor-is-only-honorary-kkk-member-42007057 says he was only an "honorary" KKK member, but he does acknowledge going to a "religious Christian Identity Cross lighting ceremony." After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where traces of toxic gas were found during the evacuation of the Swedish security https://apnews.com/article/sweden-security-police-evacuation-toxic-gas-24c132c17fa30bc73cee0b11d32d8db1 agency; and, two scientists in Canada https://apnews.com/article/canada-infectious-disease-scientists-fired-documents-492747e6b11419718cb4585afaa5ba20 were fired for failing to protect sensitive information. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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, 1851 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Mar 01
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 28 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-14-feb-24--58687324Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-14-feb-24--58687324​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, America’s allies https://youtu.be/ycXIeuh9k70?si=Gzsw_OQvktG_e2HO are sounding the alarm on the Trump menace. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Senate https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/27/oregon-senate-approves-bill-to-ban-book-bans/, on a party line vote, approved a bill to ban book bans; the FBI and state investigators seek tips about the explosive left outside the Alabama https://apnews.com/article/alabama-attorney-general-explosive-device-f58aa38b33e230d7598c8a9e57c4989c attorney general’s office after he said he would not enforce any in vitro fertilization bans; and, out-of-control wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle https://apnews.com/article/texas-panhandle-fire-evacuations-2cad37f14581bac74a3691969aaaf956, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where a former member of Germany’s Leftist Red Army Faction https://apnews.com/article/germany-red-army-faction-arrest-berlin-12b30502db981e84fd84767c5c3a2a5b has been arrested after decades on the run; and, three men arrested during an investigation into right-wing extremism were charged in a London court https://apnews.com/article/rightwing-extremists-arrested-england-terrorism-75b4ca7a55d8331b90a9d010dababc4c with preparing to commit terrorist acts. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

50m
Feb 28
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 27 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-20-feb-24--58754853Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-20-feb-24--58754853 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the NYPD affidavit https://youtu.be/cf_Z1KTX2hQ?si=hmwQq8ZW8lkpK8np that accompanies Alvin Bragg’s “gag order” request, details the hundreds of credible threats in the days after Trump announced he would be “arrested” in New York. Then, on the rest of the menu, the West Virginia House https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-religious-vaccine-child-exemption-bef3ebaf90c28b5f83979e096c029aa6 passed a bill to allow religious exemptions for student vaccines; the New College of Florida https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-college-of-florida-hit-with-rare-sanction-stemming-from-desantis-takeover?ref=home?ref=home has been hit with a rare sanction for “egregious and extensive” standards violations during DeSantis’ conservative takeover last year; and, students at a medical school in the Bronx https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/26/albert-einstein-medicine-billion-donation/ will no longer pay tuition after it received a one billion dollar donation. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Germany https://apnews.com/article/germany-carbon-capture-storage-climate-b9b3a7cf332a03560c8f48c655c18adb plans to enable underground storage of captured carbon dioxide at its offshore sites; and, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports that Iran https://apnews.com/article/iran-iaea-nuclear-quarterly-report-bca494913fbc8ccc1621466fe9c221e6 has increased its total stockpile of uranium and continues to bar the agency’s most seasoned inspectors from monitoring the nation’s nuclear program. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Feb 27
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - River City Hash Mondays 26 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-19-feb-24--58742220River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-19-feb-24--58742220 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump has a plan to use Judge Cannon to “ice” Judge Chutkan https://youtu.be/m-3oXhPy2hM?si=a5gEep9saNdmYsvi and avoid his various trials before election day. Then, on the rest of the menu, California Governor https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-25/newsom-unveils-multistate-ad-campaign-to-fight-abortion-travel-restrictions-in-red-states Gavin Newsom unveiled a multistate ad campaign to fight abortion travel restrictions in red states; a severe lack of affordable housing is testing Oregon’s pioneering land use law https://apnews.com/article/oregon-land-use-law-urban-growth-boundary-housing-d85c2413f169cd02cbf6b15fd9c95329; and, the Department of Justice https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/25/series-of-recent-doj-cases-show-foreign-operatives-plotting-assassinations-in-u-s/ has foiled four state-sponsored assassination plots on US soil since 2022. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Caribbean leaders https://apnews.com/article/haiti-prime-minister-caricom-summit-guyana-a5f55c6f9f9fd932af6d5702005ca1bb met with the Haitian Prime Minister to talk about his country’s unrelenting gang violence, with a foreign force deployment on the agenda; and, the Eiffel Tower https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-eiffel-tower-reopens-strike-24650a7b8bc70a27a500060b2a22ade9 has reopened to visitors after a six-day closure due to an employee strike. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 26
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 23 Feb 24fa

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-26-jan-24--58463396Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! ​​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-26-jan-24--58463396​​​​​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court’s key decision on Trump’s immunity challenge https://youtu.be/_veW4k8hjBU?si=7okHVN0W_IhfeAOK is about to drop, as soon as Thomas and Alito finish writing their dissents. Then, on the rest of the menu, Washington state https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/22/washington-lawmakers-advance-bill-making-it-a-felony-to-threaten-election-workers/ lawmakers advanced a bill making it a felony to threaten election workers; “Discount Goebbels” Stephen Miller lost big in a racially-charged lawsuit to restrict voting in Arizona https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-drops-arizona-lawsuit/; and, a Texas judge https://apnews.com/article/hair-discrimination-school-locs-texas-trial-4a1c3ec2ff85da27ffb2118f9fc55007 ruled a Texas school can legally discriminate against a Black Texas teen for not styling his hair to his white Texas superior’s liking. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where the UN Food and Agriculture Organization https://apnews.com/article/un-food-conference-sri-lanka-fao-aquaculture-0f75f499be67f099019a44b9ebb1af2c set a target of thirty-five percent growth in aquaculture production by 2030 to fight world hunger; and, a private lander made the first US touchdown https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-private-company-intuitive-machines-9c896bfca61582773d381f4045fd35d7 on the moon in more than fifty years. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Feb 23
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Metro Shrimp and Grits Thursdays 22 Feb 24fa

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-15-feb-24--58700351 ​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-_307​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “the governing will not be televised.” https://youtu.be/_9vsivYrC4U?si=guJ2UgD0r3_giiT1 Then, on the rest of the menu, an Orange County, California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-21/judge-again-dismisses-charges-against-members-of-california-white-nationalist-group federal judge who had been censured for past racist remarks to court officials, dismissed criminal charges against members of a Southern California white supremacist group, saying there is bias against the far right; a large Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park https://apnews.com/article/mlk-memorial-vandalized-denver-24c91b9680a43732e25b38f6797ae912 was vandalized; and, there are less than one hundred seventy Idaho obstetricians https://apnews.com/article/idaho-abortion-ban-doctors-leaving-f34e901599f5eabed56ae96599c0e5c2 left after the state’s near total-abortion ban. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Estonia https://apnews.com/article/estonia-russia-sabotage-tension-hybrid-operation-629e777acfdad169e7516dbe89685406 detained ten people suspected of committing sabotage on orders from Russia; and, an old European satellite https://apnews.com/article/reentry-satellite-dead-breakup-548b35be9b8d3ff4cd090942702e6cb4 plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere and broke up over the Pacific. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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, 1851 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 23
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 20 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-06-feb-24--58589554Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-06-feb-24--58589554 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump missed a major deadline https://youtu.be/JMN0UCTWCds?si=CmtzvUWCBi_efSTZ with the Supreme Court. Then, on the rest of the menu, the West Virginia https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/02/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians/ House of Delegates passed a bill allowing the prosecution of librarians; the Oregon https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/19/oregon-house-passes-bill-to-fix-child-labor-fines/ House of Representatives passed a bill to tighten up a law to crack down on child labor violations; and, the Republican-controlled Missouri https://apnews.com/article/chiefs-parade-kansas-city-missouri-celebratory-gunfire-0a1af65ab3e5130ffba0c2713ac1d105 House of Representatives voted to ban celebratory gunfire less than a week after the Chiefs’ parade shooting. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where French mayors https://apnews.com/article/france-mayors-democracy-far-right-c507227bfad6598201a8642cfb95b19c face violence and intimidation from xenophobic far-right groups; and, Argentina’s poverty https://apnews.com/article/argentina-poverty-levels-uca-study-milei-devaluation-d5cb0a20b1e768efdeafbad5bf05eded levels under President Javier Milei skyrocketed to fifty-seven percent of the population, a twenty-year high in January. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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.

1h 4m
Feb 21
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - River City Hash Mondays 19 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-05-feb-24--58578707River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-05-feb-24--58578707 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the “dumb as rocks” Republicans https://youtu.be/TYd-Z_ar4LY?si=VGCCTzNKi2rA6sMx destroyed their own investigation. Then, on the rest of the menu, video games https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-games-are-becoming-a-hotbed-for-dangerous-propaganda?ref=scroll are becoming a hotbed of dangerous propaganda; another top Arizona Republican election official https://www.rawstory.com/top-arizona-election-official-forced-to-resign-as-threats-get-worse-and-worse-report-2667311271/ is forced to resign as threats by MAGA goons gets 'worse and worse;' and, a monument at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles honors Japanese Americans https://apnews.com/article/japanese-american-day-of-remembrance-ireicho-0f38e8491baa0b0533d75fdbcc625661 incarcerated during World War Two by listing every name. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where a German labor union https://apnews.com/article/germany-lufthansa-airports-ground-staff-strike-e2b0f6d27876becc6ef658c15a80d57e has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday; and, police in Moscow https://apnews.com/article/russia-lgbtq-my-little-pony-brony-02b0e96ea387c7db8d1cd21f593b6476 were called to investigate alleged LGBTQ+ propaganda at a fan event dedicated to the cartoon series, “My Little Pony.” All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

1h 3m
Feb 19
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Metro Shrimp and Grits Thursdays 15 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-08-feb-24--58611660Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-08-feb-24--58611660​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-_307​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the plan to replicate a dangerous Republican victory https://youtu.be/Z-B5zSmfOF8?si=wmHdYF6WE9vEsbdI in the 8th circuit court of appeals to the 11th circuit is discussed. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri https://apnews.com/article/abortion-medicaid-planned-parenthood-5e343d00de4cc4b3e3a7bcbe5f56d2d6 Supreme Court rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood; the “Bundy Ranch sniper” says he’s the driving force behind an Idaho https://www.invw.org/2024/02/14/bundy-ranch-militant-eric-parker-says-hes-the-driving-force-behind-idaho-bill-to-narrow-definition-of-terrorism/ bill to limit the definition of “terrorism;” and, the first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-tornadoes-damages-08029908ced133bd0caee35735797155 in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4 million in damage. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Germany’s https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-extremism-disinformation-security-ff0defca86f4507510c54ab6c4e8eae4 top security official said that she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing; and, an appeals court in Paris https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-sarkozy-trial-verdict-campaign-financing-f83877fd0a2b21dac3aa80d19e9ee972 upheld a guilty verdict against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign funding, and the country still stands. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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, 1851 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Feb 16
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 14 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-07-feb-24--58601348Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-07-feb-24--58601348​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court's quick response https://youtu.be/ERlXQ2zIWb4?si=T7j959guDEjjNkY1 to Trump’s last minute motion could spell disaster for the crook. Then, on the rest of the menu, the federal government has finalized almost two hundred thousand acres for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon https://apnews.com/article/oregon-offshore-wind-6056c50967f731cf7371a4b8e478ff37 coast; a Republican Michigan https://apnews.com/article/michigan-lawmaker-punished-racial-post-5008bba47b6c11b5dc8b262f26350514 lawmaker loses his staff and committee assignment after an online racist post; and, Alabama https://apnews.com/article/alabama-legislature-absentee-ballot-restrictions-4e6579b802e2679fca287e1cf697a7f8 lawmakers advanced absentee ballot restrictions. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Albanian authorities https://apnews.com/article/albania-iran-hackers-cyberattack-statistics-e80780e2d927394589c3d8903e36d066 accused Iranian-backed hackers of a cyberattack on the Institute of Statistics; and, Jared Kushner defended his business dealings with Bone Saudi Arabia https://apnews.com/article/kushner-saudi-arabia-mohammed-bin-salman-khashoggi-1906f600b14250d8c1a536dc119c7328. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 14
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Metro Shrimp and Grits Thursdays 08 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ ​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-_307​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans committed “political malpractice” https://youtu.be/fy0_kyBB6FE?si=dszkxXT24U203g-y when they blocked the bipartisan border bill. Then, on the rest of the menu, a suburban Seattle, Washington https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/07/washington-gun-shop-and-its-former-owner-to-pay-3-million-for-selling-high-capacity-ammo-magazines/ gun shop will pay $3 million for selling high-capacity ammunition magazines despite a state ban; a judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block the University of California https://apnews.com/article/uc-law-school-hastings-name-change-d07fc4ec89bb5c337efb19f5c9449632 from renaming the former Hastings College of the Law; and, billionaire NFL owners are complaining the San Francisco https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/nfl-owners-complain-diversity-hires-compensatory-18653843.php 49ers are benefiting too much from hiring people of color. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis lost his final appeal in Slovakia https://apnews.com/article/czech-babis-secret-police-collaboration-communist-slovakia-b5cf5a9881d93e19db571320e4898893 over allegations that he collaborated with the communist-era Czechoslovakian secret police; and, the European Union launched a legal action against Hungary https://apnews.com/article/european-union-hungary-sovereignty-law-democracy-funds-f0024283a6bf6f4bc78b567f59d8e3ee over a new law that allows authorities to investigate and prosecute critics of the right-wing government. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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, 1851 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 2m
Feb 09
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 07 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-31-jan-24--58518324Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-31-jan-24--58518324​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the DC Appeals Court https://youtu.be/9pP4ES3qYlk?si=j02o9O59FCmmcs5o used a surprise tactic to cut Trump’s legs off in seeking to delay the order. Then, on the rest of the menu, Montgomery County, Maryland https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/02/06/montgomery-county-school-board-discusses-misconduct-investigations/ school board members apologized for the district’s failures in the handling of employee misconduct complaints and vowed to heal the school system; the mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-poultry-plant-teenage-death-b921a66d49363b62702d76f6d5120922 is suing the companies that hired and employed him; and, New Hampshire’s attorney general https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/06/nh-robocalls-ai-biden/ announced a criminal investigation into a Texas-based company behind thousands of AI-generated calls impersonating President Biden. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where a Russian man who defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has been given permission to stay in Norway https://apnews.com/article/norway-russia-medvedev-wagner-asylum-68cb6e6c2ad8acb9eedfacb013cb6df9, but was refused permanent asylum; and, the Netherlands https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-farright-coalition-government-talks-wilders-79dce4297a6d367709ccb60dfedd14f1 is having trouble forming a new far-right government around neo-Nazi Geert Wilders. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 07
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 06 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-30-jan-24--58504837Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-tarrytown-chowder-tuesdays-30-jan-24--58504837 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “Donald Trump has tested every norm of democracy.” https://youtu.be/fUmtRbfTbLw?si=R_4LEDpe78DyU6nI Then, on the rest of the menu, the quasi-independent Oversight Board https://apnews.com/article/meta-manipulated-media-policy-election-deepfakes-274f9ca63de39e8638aa32fc924ec9c5 implored Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in this high-stakes election year; the family of four Black girls mistakenly handcuffed by Colorado police https://apnews.com/article/handcuffed-black-girls-colorado-settlement-a7a695839b8841e56b7db0d103cc5ed1 and held at gunpoint, have reached a $1.9 million settlement; and, the town manager of a quaint New Hampshire town https://apnews.com/article/littleton-art-lgbtq-new-hampshire-gleason-gendreau-71ecac1014f35b6f6a84f1bba147d022 that has just recently become known for its arts, theater and music festivals, has quit after unrelenting anti-gay pressure from a Republican state senator who is also a town selectboard member. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Cambodia’s ruling party https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-prime-minister-lawsuit-human-rights-55028846a949c1da4b4d0a9770bbe243 claims a leading rights activist defamed it and is seeking $500,000 in damages; and, the leaders of the United Kingdom and Ireland went to Belfast https://apnews.com/article/northern-ireland-stormont-government-sunak-varadkar-e50f09cf924379bc4b5d69df9f2462f9 to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 06
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - River City Hash Mondays 05 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-29-jan-24--58490940River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-river-city-hash-mondays-29-jan-24--58490940 Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Moses Mike Johnson’s claims https://youtu.be/_gj8nopxwIY?si=hKf5YSM84pyt172I about the border bill “is just a lie.” Then, on the rest of the menu, the governor of Pennsylvania https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-budget-josh-shapiro-governor-bb716fdf18f06f0298447e25892af371 is set to deliver a second budget while seeking more money for higher education, public education and public transit; the largest tribe in South Dakota https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/04/south-dakota-tribe-banishes-gov-noem-from-reservation/ has barred the state’s governor from its lands after her speech about unauthorized immigration harming reservations; and, federal judges https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-rioters-defiant-judges-trump-4c42aabc97c5aa7ffa25430d7f3be3f2 are setting the record straight over claims the January 6 insurgents are political prisoners. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where a Boston man has been extradited from Sweden https://apnews.com/article/boston-fires-jewish-organizations-sweden-extradition-261bbe66ed7164dececccf47d295e760 to face obstruction charges in arson cases targeting Jewish organizations; and, a diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-russia-bananas-military-exports-diplomacy-1c8f21060450b22411af7b6c05e173a3 appeared to intensify after Putin decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 06
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 02 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-26-jan-24--58463396Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-blue-moon-spirits-fridays-26-jan-24--58463396​​​​​​​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, you really can’t blame a bunch of FBI agents who didn’t want to search Mar a Lago https://youtu.be/w-fpP1DsZOY?si=cwWSizGypv3ppOr0 in the first place, to miss important hiding places for the stolen secret documents. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Supreme Court https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/01/oregon-supreme-court-rules-republican-lawmakers-walked-out-cant-seek-reelection/ ruled that eight Republican lawmakers will be blocked from running for reelection after refusing to attend Senate floor sessions for six weeks last year; a year after scaring away Hispanic Americans and immigrants from the state, the Florida house https://apnews.com/article/florida-child-labor-law-immigrants-teenager-441b0907feb549a33c89fa51d856661e passed a bill to loosen child labor laws; and, once a self-proclaimed leader in criminal justice reform, Georgia https://apnews.com/article/georgia-bail-bond-misdemeanors-crimes-db44e8e147fc1b7296610535c1f21a27 is sliding a little further toward its old lock-'em-up ways. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where the two key farmers unions have suspended their nationwide protests after the French government https://apnews.com/article/france-farmers-protests-attal-measures-a51e454bacc6e38df539bc8bf942b90c offered new measures; and, tens of thousands rallied across Slovakia https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-protests-special-prosecutor-fico-9e2064654f4a0ee0df0f47086b78d3ae against the government’s plan to close the special prosecutor’s office. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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 https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 03
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Metro Shrimp and Grits Thursdays 01 Feb 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-25-jan-24--58447247Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-shrimp-and-grits-thursdays-25-jan-24--58447247​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-metro-_307​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump insisted https://youtu.be/Nv1FKp7emgw?si=GryJPfXg7IAMfQNs to reporters he won the NY fraud and E Jean Carroll cases, and there were no penalties. Then, on the rest of the menu, the newest member of the Oregon House of Representatives https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/31/oregon-state-representative-lgbtq-child-abuse-statement/ is a frothing MAGA who claimed supporting drag queens and LGBTQ+ was akin to supporting child abuse and pedophilia; twenty-five California counties https://www.thedailybeast.com/group-of-california-counties-sue-tesla-for-alleged-mishandling-of-hazardous-waste?ref=home have sued electric car manufacturer Tesla for mishandling hazardous waste at more than one hundred facilities throughout the state; and, a small venture capital firm faced tough questions about DEI from a tribunal of conservative federal judges in Florida https://apnews.com/article/fearless-fund-dei-corporate-diversity-backlash-lawsuit-2196b5086012b427393c77a3897d4d64, as it defended a grant program for Black women-owned businesses. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where Germany’s https://apnews.com/article/germany-former-intelligence-chief-extremism-4322fe41efdff0eb1cbd81ccf0ee512c domestic intelligence agency has put its own “Mike Flynn,” who was removed as the agency’s head several years ago, under scrutiny for his neo-Nazi advocacy; and, Hungary https://apnews.com/article/italy-hungary-orban-antifascist-5d0b27302bc625374995f58c3aca5232 defended its treatment of an Italian antifascist activist, after images of her chained and shackled at a Budapest court hearing, sparked official protests by the far-right Italian government. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio “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, 1851 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 3m
Feb 02
West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 31 Jan 24

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-correct-24-jan-24fa--58440086Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothered-benedict-wednesdays-correct-24-jan-24fa--58440086​ https://www.spreaker.com/user/netrootsradio/west-coast-cookbook-and-speakeasy-smothe_305​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the brief by a panel of historians https://youtu.be/eo2PmAH2Fs4?si=Zx6rae_5M_wzFj0a on the real history of the fourteenth amendment that is before the Supreme Court, is further evidence the Court needs a professional historian, and not the amateurs there now. Then, on the rest of the menu, the T https://www.rawstory.com/texas-supreme-court-pauses-paxton/exas Supreme Court https://www.rawstory.com/texas-supreme-court-pauses-paxton/ temporarily halted depositions in the whistleblower case against Attorney General Ken Paxton, hours after Trump called on the court to end the case; an Arizona lawmaker https://www.thedailybeast.com/disturbing-bill-would-let-arizona-legislators-ignore-election-results?ref=home?ref=home who was a “fake elector” for Trump, has introduced a bill that would allow members of the statehouse to overturn future election results that they don’t like; and, the court and other systems in Georgia’s Fulton County https://apnews.com/article/fulton-county-cyberattack-willis-fd6b073389524f28ef6aad62ddc2efad were hacked, but the district attorney’s office said the racketeering case against Trump is unaffected. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chef%27s_table where European Union https://apnews.com/article/european-parliament-lawmaker-latvia-russia-tatjana-zdanoka-e9ecad9139a946e22895109baf6aa917 Parliament is investigating a Latvian lawmaker after allegations that she spied for Russia; and, a Thai court https://apnews.com/article/thailand-lese-majeste-monarchy-patsaravalee-tanakitvibulpon-1a89dcbfd4024b01b7e14de9066a3236 convicted a prominent political activist of defaming the country’s monarchy and sentenced her to a two-year suspended jail term. All that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/10/1705542/-CUA-Events-NYC-10-22-Kittery-or-San-Francisco-11-04-NN18-8-2-3-18-How-to-Stop-Russiaand more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy https://www.tumblr.com/blog/westcoastcookbook with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam https://www.facebook.com/justice.putnam/about?lst=100000976927347%3A100000976927347%3A1522681460&section=bio. Bon Appétit! The Netroots Radio Live Player https://www.netrootsradio.com/ ​K https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradioeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! https://www.patreon.com/netrootsradio "To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

1h 4m
Jan 31