West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the new Supreme Court code of ethics written by John Roberts, leaves ‘a gaping hole for mischief.’Then, on the rest of the menu, a South Dakota hotel owner who was sued for racial discrimination has been ordered by the Justice Department to publicly apologize and step down for four years; an Oregon jury awarded an Hispanic man more than $3 million after cops used excessive force arresting him for trying to steal a car he was fixing outside his home; and, arson is behind the massive fire that shut down the I-10 Freeway in Los Angeles.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where one in three US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year; and, an ex-Philippine senator who fought Duterte’s harsh drug crackdown, is free on bail after a six year-long detention on fabricated drug charges.All that and more

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump second term would look 'a lot like Vladimir Putin's Russia.'Then, on the rest of the menu, woman after woman after woman has died on an Alaska mayor’s property, and no one has been charged; two California tech execs could face up to twenty years behind bars in a massive fraud case; and, commuters are urged to work from home or take public transportation after a massive fire over the weekend closed a mile-long section of Interstate 10 in downtown Los Angeles.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where over one hundred thousand people in Paris and another one hundred-eighty thousand across France marched peacefully against the surge of antisemitism in the wake of the war in Gaza; and, researchers, farmers and brewers want to safeguard beer against climate change.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, 'The highest court in the land cannot have the lowest ethical standards.'Then, on the rest of the menu, Jezebel has been shuttered after sixteen years, just as major layoffs rocked the company; a federal judge has temporarily blocked Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law from being enforced while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality is underway; and, a class-action lawsuit alleges unsafe conditions at a migrant detention facility in New Mexico.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey is marking its centennial, but a brain drain has cast a shadow on the occasion; and, Apple might end up on the hook after all for billions of euros in back taxes to Ireland in the latest twist in the long running European Union dispute.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de

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, Democrats will not pay the Republican 'ransom note' to keep government open.Then, on the rest of the menu, librarians turn to a civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their own firings; four Washington state elections offices were evacuated after workers processing ballots received envelopes containing suspicious powders, including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl; and, Mount St Helens recorded more than four hundred earthquakes since mid-July, and just like last time, seismologists say there are no signs of an imminent eruption.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey’s highest court upheld a controversial media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation,” even when they are not; and, Russian authorities demanded an eight-year prison term

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the new filing by the Jack Smith team fights back against Trump’s effort to delay his trial past the election.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black Tacoma, Washington newspaper carrier and the county sheriff reached a settlement in their controversial 2021 confrontation; the FBI is investigating suspicious packages containing a white powder sent to over a half dozen Seattle synagogues in the last four days; and, a federal lawsuit denouncing the conditions at a West Virginia jail has been settled.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cyprus has a plan for a humanitarian sea corridor to Gaza and will present it to the European Union heads of state; and, a French prosecutor says a link to Russia is responsible for the dozens of Stars of David stenciled around Paris.All that and more, on West Coast

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump incriminated himself and his children with one word on the stand.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Philly teen saw a murder, called 911 and did 15 years in prison, now, he’s exonerated; morale is down while cronyism is up after the DeSantis takeover of the Disney World governing district; and, California’s oldest tree, a Palmer’s Oak estimated at over 13,000 years old, may be threatened by a huge planned community development in Riverside County.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the French justice minister went on trial on charges of using his office to settle personal scores; and, Hungary fired its national museum director over LGBTQ+ content in the prestigious World Press Photo exhibition in Budapest.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bo

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is 'going to perjure himself one way or another' when he takes the stand in his New York civil fraud trial.Then, on the rest of the menu, a judge in central Arizona charged with extreme DUI earlier this year has resigned; a California police officer involved in a controversial shooting last year has resigned after the discovery of racist text messages he wrote; and, an Arkansas man was arrested for trying to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea plans to launch its first military spy satellite on 30 November; and, Russia says it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from a new nuclear submarine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio L

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, Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is just a dapper insurrectionist.Then, on the rest of the menu, two women intend to sue the City of Portland, Oregon after Portland police drove into their car and held them at gunpoint by mistake; Indiana’s attorney general violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a ten-year-old rape victim from Ohio; and, a Minnesota appeals court ruled to protect felon’s voting rights after finding a lower court judge overstepped.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Putin signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of the global nuclear test ban treaty; and, police in Bangladesh’s capital used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than a thousand garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight

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, Team Trump is looking for a 'different type of lawyer' to serve a second term with more loyalty.Then, on the rest of the menu, antisemitic messages found painted outside the famous Canter’s Deli in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles are being investigated as a possible hate crime; a smalltown newspaper publisher and reporter in Alabama were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing an article that revealed information about a grand jury investigation; and, a Georgia Tech scientist was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for defrauding the university and the Central Intelligence Agency.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European officials widened its ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe; and, two more men have been arrested into who cut down the wor

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the 'terrorist' threatening DA Willis did so with Trump's implicit instructions.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black senior manager at AT&T was fired after she reported a racist death threat; the Arizona attorney general is investigating two county officials who refused to certify the 2022 election; and, the country’s largest Christian university is being fined almost thirty-eight million dollars for misleading students about the cost of its graduate programs.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland convicted three neo-Nazis for plotting racially motivated attacks using 3D printed weapons; and, three members of a pop music group in Belarus were sentenced to prison for nine years in the country’s relentless crackdown on dissent.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump will do anything he can to save himself between now and the 2024 election.Then, on the rest of the menu, Senate Democrats plan to subpoena the wealthy benefactors of the justices on the Supreme Court; a federal judge blocked California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs; and, US regulators sued SolarWinds for fraud for failing to disclose cybersecurity deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack by Russian spies.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a 22-year-old Bavarian politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany party was arrested in connection with incitement and the use of illegal Nazi symbols; and, activists urged Paris Olympics organizers to respect the rights of migrants and homeless people.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon

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, in an urgent action Sunday night, Judge Chutkan has heard enough from Trump and reimposed her gag order.Then, on the rest of the menu, boys graduate from high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong repercussions; most of the voters in Mississippi will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature; and, California’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed for the sixth year in a row to protect humpback whales.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Israel is reassessing its diplomatic relations with Turkey due to Erdogan’s ‘increasingly harsh’ remarks; and, reminiscent of the beginning of the 1905 Odessa Pogrom, a mob of almost a thousand people shouting antisemitic slogans, stormed a Russian airport looking for ‘genocidal Jews’ arriving from Tel Aviv.All that and more, on West Coast C

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the voting record and extreme policy positions of new House Speaker ‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ deserves a closer look.Then, on the rest of the menu, Wisconsin Republicans back a bill outlawing university financial aid based on race and diversity; the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a new law giving participants in constitutional cases the right to change venue; and, a federal judge ruled Georgia congressional and legislative districts are racially discriminatory and must be redrawn by December 8th.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN Secretary-General has appointed a thirty-nine member panel to advise on the international governance of artificial intelligence; and, the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary force have resumed peace talks in Jeddah.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbo

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump wanted his “Legally Blonde” moment, but he didn’t get it.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Supreme Court will decide if Republican state senators who carried out a record-breaking walkout during this year’s legislative session, can run for reelection; Scholastic will drop the highly criticized policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books; and, the White House wants fifty-six billion dollars from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the World Bank approved a one billion dollar loan to help blackout-hit South Africa’s energy sector; and, Slovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet after a coalition partner agreed to replace a climate change-denying ministry nominee.All that and more,

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the DOJ granting Meadows immunity is ‘not surprising’ because his ‘self-preservation kicked in.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the wealthy Nashville suburb of Franklin roundly rejected the scandal-scarred MAGA mayoral candidate and her coterie of Nazi white supremacists; Texas sued the Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting the state’s “inhumane” razor wire on the border; and, the Senate voted 98-0 to confirm Biden’s nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China replaced its defense minister mere months after its foreign minister was removed from office; and, women across Iceland, including the prime minister, went on strike for equal pay and no more violence.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump lawyers keep pleading guilty in the Georgia election interference case and keep agreeing to testify against him.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Montana man was sentenced to eighteen months in federal prison for repeated racist phone calls made to a church; the Justice Department has issued subpoenas after expanding its investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems; and, North Dakota’s Republican-dominated legislature began a special session to fix the budget invalidated as unconstitutional by the Republican-dominated state Supreme Court.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a prominent German leftist is set to launch a new party that could eat into the far-right’s support; and, Orbán blasted the European Union on the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 a

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, multiple House Republicans have reported receiving threats and harassment following their Speaker votes.Then, on the rest of the menu, police in an Atlanta suburb pledged a full investigation after residents reported anti-Semitic flyers plastered throughout the community; the Charlottesville, Virginia City Council suspended virtual public comments after anonymous callers Zoomed into a council meeting and made racist remarks; and, Michigan State has suspended an employee involved in allowing Adolf Hitler’s image to be shown on videoboards for a quiz contest before playing arch rival Michigan.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where envoys of the European Union and the United States urged Kosovo and Serbia to resume their dialogue before the bitter tensions between the two sides result in more violence; and, the G

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the tactics of the extreme right in the speaker fight is to “rule or ruin.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Maryland police are investigating the fatal shooting of a circuit court judge; a state of emergency was issued in a northern New York county following a major water main break that has left tens of thousands without water; and, the Department of Justice secured a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over redlining in Florida.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Dutch Court convicted a man who projected an antisemitic message on the Anne Frank museum; and, the EU demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb disinformation from the Israel-Hamas war.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s embrace of violence since leaving office is not too dissimilar from when he entered the 2016 campaign.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Republican lawmaker from Iowa received "credible death threats" following her vote against Jordan for Speaker, and law enforcement is investigating the matter; Trump’s lawyer is not only incompetent, he’s literally unqualified to appeal the gag order in the DC Court; and, a Texas city settled a lawsuit over their police response to a caravan of Trump supporters who aggressively surrounded a Biden bus in an attempt to run it off the freeway in 2020.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly condemned a firebomb assault on a synagogue in Berlin; and, the failed referendum on Indigenous rights has set back the Australian gover

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ‘the public has to understand what is at stake’ over a possible Jordan speakership.Then, on the rest of the menu, a security problem has taken down the computer systems for almost all Kansas courts for the last five days; Disney attorneys want to question a former administrator in its lawsuit with DeSantis appointees; and, a federal judge sentenced a former Republican candidate for Michigan governor to two months behind bars for his actions during the January 6 insurrection.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Swedish security police arrested two people suspected of unauthorized possession of secret information; and, citing the stand of the United States, the lower house of the Russian parliament voted unanimously to revoke the ratification of the global nuclear test ban treaty.All that and mor