West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump froze federally-funded cancer research, cancelled health science meetings and outlawed all communication from the National Institute of Health.Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGA Mike was advised against issuing a subpoena for Cassidy Hutchinson because of all the dick pics GOP reps sexted her; for the first time since the early 70’s, conservatives clinched the longtime goal of booting Democrats from leadership ranks in the Texas House; and, Trump’s number two pick for the EPA is a lawyer who challenged the ban on asbestos while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where police in Hungary are investigating bomb threats affecting over two hundred-forty schools; and, the top European rights court ruled a French woman’s refusa

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, you can be guilty of using and spreading child pornography and Trump will pardon you for January 6.Then, on the rest of the menu, Costco defends its diversity policies as other US companies capitulate; a Wisconsin weather reporter was fired after criticizing Musk’s Nazi salute; and, Trump fired the heads of the TSA, Coast Guard and gutted a key aviation safety advisory committee because the cost of eggs is too damn high.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Dutch court ordered the government to meet its own pollution reduction targets or face millions in fines; and, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for two top Afghan Taliban officials for the repression of women.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putn

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is having meltdown after meltdown at the White House and it’s been barely 48 hours.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Crescent City, California official says two MAGA Grants Pass, Oregon city councilors lied about busing the homeless to their former Sundown Town; the Supreme Court rejected a Republican-backed Montana case based on the controversial election law theory known as Moore v. Harper; and, Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht who was serving two life sentences plus forty years for running a covert bitcoin marketplace for cocaine and heroin that killed six, child sex abuse images, and continuing a criminal enterprise.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Italian government is under fire for releasing a Libyan warlord after he was arrested on a warrant from the International Cri

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s disastrous meme coin implosion is ruining the lives of his supporters who bought it.Then, on the rest of the menu, seven Texas human services employees were fired for fraud and theft, and the largest data breach in agency history; two former FirstEnergy executives were indicted on RICO charges; and, fifteen wolves from Canada were released into Colorado under a voter-approved initiative.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Pope Francis dissolved a Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after severe financial and sexual abuses were uncovered by the Vatican; and, the Australian state of New South Wales has committed more police to investigate a proliferation of antisemitic crime.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroo

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump voters who showed up for the inauguration are demanding refunds after Trump canceled the outdoor speech, the jumbotrons and the events they paid for, claiming “it was too cold.”Then, on the rest of the menu, some oligarch came forward and paid Giuliani’s $150 million dollar judgement for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss; tens of thousands of Oregon state employees across multiple school districts are the target of a massive data breach; and, Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died at age sixty-seven from an aggressive brain cancer.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Voice of America is required by law to report the news accurately, but Trump has vowed to change that; and, for the first time in US history, a president-elect will welcome foreign leaders to the ina

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s approval rating for a president-elect is the lowest in American history.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Idaho timber executive was sentenced to prison in a multimillion-dollar forestry management fraud scheme; a broad DOJ civil rights investigation found a pattern of excessive force by the Louisiana State Police; and, MAGA-embedded Texas judge Kacsmeryk says states can revive their challenge to restrict abortion pill access nationwide.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable;” and, Brussels just hours ago, ordered Musk to hand over Twitter internal documents in a major discovery around his algorithmic propaganda and election attacks in Europe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, career prosecutors discussed whether Pam Bondi perjured herself during her confirmation hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, nearly twenty Tennessee Republican lawmakers were hit with federal subpoenas in a massive corruption trial; an Ohio woman who was criminally charged after having a miscarriage in her home has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Warren; and, the Federal Trade Commission sued Deere & Company for monopolizing the farm-equipment repair software market.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan launched an independent mission to NATO as tensions with Russia, China and North Korea rise; and, Polish Prime Minister Tusk accused Russia of planning acts of mid-air sabotage against ‘airlines around the world.’All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with 

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jasmine Crockett clapped back at Nancy Mace after Mace physically threatened her during a committee hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Musk for failing to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock before buying the social media site; rejecting a challenge by local Republican officials, the US Supreme Court upheld a North Dakota state House district on an American Indian reservation; and, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders stood at the lectern and said college professors should be fired if they are “indoctrinating” students.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ireland moved closer to forming a new government after a deal is reached a month and a half after the election gave no party a majority; and, over a thousand South Korean federal police faced dow

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, right-wing Maple MAGA Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who took “the pilgrimage of shame” from Canada to genuflect to Trump at Mar a Lago, was humiliated in the packed resort dining hall as he doubled down on his threats.Then, on the rest of the menu, if you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something; New York Governor Kathy Hochul will announce a plan to offer free tuition to state and city colleges today; and, after securing a Reagan/Iranian-like deal with Bibi to withhold the Peace Deal until Inauguration Day, Trump raised the US flag at full height before the end of 30-day mourning period following Carter’s death.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a tsunami alert has been lifted after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattled southwestern Japan; and, China says a fishing

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, analysts break down the Jack Smith resignation.Then, on the rest of the menu, Daimler Truck North America halted diesel truck sales in Oregon over new rules even though the rules are the same in twelve other states including Washington and California, the company sells trucks in; an ex-cop fired from his job as an investigator at the US Center for SafeSport for stealing money seized at a drug bust has been arrested again; and, the Biden administration proposed new rules on exporting AI chips that has provoked an industry pushback.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey’s Erdogan launched the ‘Year of the Family’ with an attack on the families in the LGBTQ+ community; and, tens of thousands of students protested in Serbia against violations of civil rights and a crackdown by the nation’s spy agency.Bon Ap

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s political stunts over the Southern California urban wildfire exposes to the world once again what a self-centered, disgusting liar he is.Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGA Josephine County commissioners terminated the lease with the  Grants Pass, Oregon Library that has been in place since 1959; the American Civil Liberties Union sued Ron DeSantis of failing to fulfill his constitutional obligation to call special elections for two seats in the Florida state House and Senate; and, Border Patrol arrested a Russian mercenary when he illegally crossed the Rio Grande carrying two passports and four thousand dollars.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol threatened civil war if he is detained; and, a prominent Vietnamese lawyer goes on trial for criticizing

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, evacuees of the SoCal wildfire say Trump’s attacks on the region should be criminal.Then, on the rest of the menu, tribes and environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s Northwest nuclear plan; the New Orleans Police Superintendent hired former New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton as a consultant in the aftermath of the terror attack on Bourbon Street; and, Alito says he spoke with Trump about a former law clerk getting a low level position in the new administration the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an imprisoned Belarus activist has resurfaced after being held incommunicado for over seven hundred days; and, an Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks was free

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict New Year’s Day Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former Republican Member of Congress and January 6 Intelligence Committee advisor Denver Riggleman has the receipts Trump wants to hide.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Justice Department accused six major landlords of colluding to keep rents high; a lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor’s death; and, Virginia Democrats kept control of the Statehouse in the first elections after Trump’s win.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the now pro-Putin Austrian far right has a mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II; and, self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who defeated Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas.All that and more, on West Coast Cookb

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Kamala Harris was the personification of the return of the peaceful transfer of power.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon health officials are preparing for change under Trump; the Seattle police officer who struck and killed a graduate student from India and then laughed that her life had “limited value,” has been fired; and, DeSantis appointed five new right wing members to the board overseeing the University of West Florida in Pensacola, including two from the extremist think tank behind Project 2025.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from a London prison; and, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French neo-Nazi party the National Front, has died at age ninety-six.All that and more, on West Coast Co

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump and his allies in the GOP have flip-flopped, downplayed, and whitewashed the events of January 6, and it's all by strategic design.Then, on the rest of the menu, in an 11th hour action, President Biden banned new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters; higher Social Security payments are coming for millions of people from a bill that Biden signed; and, Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over the certification of her defeat to Trump four years after he tried to violently overthrow the United States and steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former French President Sarkozy ‘s trial has started over illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi; and, South Korea’s anti-corruption agency

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ‘Ship Builders for Trump’ are finding out the leopards are eating their faces as the industry is slated to sink during the MAGA administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, citing last year's Supreme Court decision that stripped federal agencies of their regulatory powers, an all-Republican panel on the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; Oregon anti-vaxxers have caused the highest number of whooping cough cases in over seventy years; and Apple has agreed to pay ninety-five million dollars to settle a lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping for the past decade.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor amid widespread anger over another m

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, even Fox News had to fact-check Trump for lying about the terror attack in New Orleans.Then, on the rest of the menu, New York City jail staff blocked medics from treating a 23-year-old Black woman who later died of scarlet fever; Giuliani is whining he has to give up his Yankees World Series rings for his $148 million defamation verdict; and, a federal judge granted bond to a Virginia man who used pictures of Biden for target practice, called for “the return of political assassinations,” and was arrested after the “largest seizure of homemade explosives in FBI history.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands marched in Bangladesh calling for the ousted prime minister’s prosecution and extradition from India; and, German prosecutors charged three men with spying on US military bases

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict New Year’s Day Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jack Smith pulled a surprising move by transferring Trump's Mar-a-Lago espionage case to the US Attorney’s office.Then, on the rest of the menu, C-SPAN is set to return to filming Congress this Friday; legal experts slammed Chief Justice John Roberts’ yearly whine fest report as ‘chilling and 'disingenuous;' and, the Texas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit by the Bar Association against the Assistant Attorney General to take away his law license for “dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation” by joining Paxton’s challenge of the 2020 election results that Biden won in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Montenegro extradited a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United States; and, the foreign ministers of Germa

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Holiday Special, Tarrytown Chowder New Year’s Eve Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the utter hypocrisy of a MAGA Senator who called on Vlad to release more manufactured kompromat on Hunter Biden, was exposed after his own son was just sentenced to thirty-five years in prison for killing a cop while high on bath salts and meth.Then, on the rest of the menu, following a series of home invasions, the FBI issued warnings to sports leagues about organized crime groups targeting pro athletes; California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas, or stop doing business in the state; and, the Biden administration moved to bar oil, gas and geothermal development in a Nevada mountain range for the next twenty years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified d

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump made a public show of throwing MAGA Mike under the bus.Then, on the rest of the menu, An Arizona Republican lawmaker's 'racist' anti-Kwanzaa post was slammed by his own Republican constituents; Utah authorities pleaded with the public for help finding who damaged a petroglyph panel with illegally installed climbing bolts; and, tens of thousands of abandoned Texan newborns are no coincidence in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans and near-bottom rankings on women’s health care.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian man arrested for running a travel agency for gay customers was found dead while in custody in Moscow; and, the opinion editor of a major German newspaper resigned in protest after Musk penned an OpEd over the weekend backing the German neo-Nazi party ahead