West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

The West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the hostile takeover of the PGA Tour by Saudi-backed LIV Golf has sparked outrage and Congressional Democrats are demanding answers.Then, on the rest of the menu, corporate and political opponents of President Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act have intensified their campaign to kill broad swaths of the law before it takes effect; a small group of conservative doctors has sought to shape the nation’s most contentious policies by promoting views rejected by the medical establishment as scientific fact; and, the collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is set to reopen within two weeks.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the harsh crackdown on dissent in Belarus targets not just political activists, but also their lawyers; and, Thailand’s caretaker government is criticized for holding a meeting w

Friday’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 ‘Bedminster Mystery’ has some grave implications that Jack Smith has already dug into if he brings charges from New Jersey.Then, on the rest of the menu, a bipartisan Senate bill would seize the paychecks of executives overseeing failed banks; the Justice Department has begun investigating the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger; and, a massive hack of the Oregon DMV system has put an estimated 3.5 million driver license and ID card info at risk.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where state-backed Chinese hackers broke into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations around the globe; and, support mounts for Stoltenberg to stay on in NATO’s top job.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​

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, prosecutors need 'Goldilocks Documents' to try an Espionage Act case without exposing national secrets.Then, on the rest of the menu, a jury ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020; a US Marine and a second man were arrested on federal charges of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California last year; and, the House rejected MAGA efforts to censure and fine Adam Schiff over the Trump-Russia investigations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canada has suspended work with a Chinese-founded development bank while it investigates complaints the bank has “one of the most toxic cultures imaginable;” and, a US appeals court rejected bail for a Steve Bannon-affiliated Chinese businessman awaiting trial in a $1

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, Hillary Clinton called the GOP efforts to defend Trump, profoundly disturbing.Then, on the rest of the menu, a teacher group sued over a Tennessee law that bans the deduction of members’ dues from their paychecks; the Senate narrowly confirmed Jared Bernstein to be the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers; and, federal assistance is sought for northeastern vineyards and apple orchards hit by a severe late-season frost.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France accused Russia of faking websites to sow confusion and disinformation about the Ukraine war; and, three Kosovo police officers were injured during the arrest of an organizer of the Serb protests that injured 30 NATO-led peacekeepers.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice

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, banning Trump from public office could tempt the DOJ to offer a no-jail plea deal.Then, on the rest of the menu, funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and derailed the Legislature for nearly six weeks; the California Coastal Commission penalized some beaucoup rich Malibu homeowners for blocking access to Escondido Beach; and, a ‘first of its kind’ Illinois law will penalize libraries that ban books.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Africa’s ruling party expelled its former secretary-general while he faces charges of criminal corruption; and, the United Nations Secretary-General called for coordinated global action on disinformation, hate and artificial intelligence.All that an

The West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's former impeachment lawyer, Robert Ray, admits the law applies to everyone, but then insists Presidents like Trump are not everyone.Then, on the rest of the menu, SEC lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies have raised serious questions about the industry’s future; Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a hate-spewing “provocateur” at a Dallas airport over the weekend; and, a hulking smokestack brought down in a controlled implosion at a defunct Detroit trash incinerator, ends decades of toxic stink.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon was released after her arrest by police in a party finance probe; and, the United States will rejoin UNESCO after a five-year absence that began while Trump was president.All that and more, on West Coast Coo

Friday’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 has a history of admitting intent publicly, but he’s about to find out he can't bully federal judges, or the feds themselves.Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI arrested the Texas businessman linked to the impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton; Joe Biden picked a longtime transportation official as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration; and, Juneteenth is now recognized as a state holiday in Nevada.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States Agency for International Development suspended all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after an investigation found ‘widespread’ theft; and, Malaysia and Indonesia have ended their 18-year-long sea border disputes.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!

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, when pressed, former-Trump lawyer Palatore would not answer why a classified document was illegally in Donald Trump’s desk.Then, on the rest of the menu, Nevada’s GOP governor is facing a $1.7M ethics penalty for campaigning while wearing his sheriff’s badge and uniform; an outbreak of salmonella infections in the Chicago area has been linked to ground beef; and, Black workers at the Fremont, California Tesla factory have alleged rampant racism and are seeking class-action status.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UN investigators are compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by the Islamic State in Iraq; and, Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols with legislation coming next week.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mark Meadows could be only the second White House Chief of Staff to be convicted of crimes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Youngkin’s plan to withdraw from a multi-state carbon cap-and-trade program; racist messages and a dead raccoon were left for an Oregon mayor and a Black city council member; and, the US Army Corps of Engineers revoked a permit for a Minnesota mine citing threats to a downstream tribe’s water standards.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an Air India Boeing 777 flying to San Francisco made an emergency landing in Russia’s Siberia after experiencing engine problems; and, artist Françoise Gilot, the acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at age 101.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, even John Bolton might throw his hat in the ring and run for president, maybe.Then, on the rest of the menu, citing California’s increasing wildfire risk and soaring construction costs, State Farm and Allstate have stopped writing new policies in the nation’s most populace state; Oregon is invested in Fox Corp and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims; and, the New College of Florida is without an American history professor after a DeSantis critic was fired by the new DeSantis board.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union’s highest court confirmed that Poland has refused to comply with EU rules on judicial independence; and, France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates one thousand years since the laying of its first stone.All that and more, on West Coast Co

The 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, DeSantis continues to sneer he will “destroy leftism,” but he’s far from the only right-wing figure using violent political rhetoric.Then, on the rest of the menu, the outcry over a recycling plant next to a historic Watts high school appears to finally gain traction; the Temecula Valley, California school board voted to leave over 11,000 students without a history textbook because it mentioned Harvey Milk; and, the California attorney general accused Florida of “state-sanctioned kidnapping” for trafficking over a dozen asylum seekers to Sacramento.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an award-winning Hong Kong journalist won an appeal in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory; and, hundreds of thousands of people marched in an anti-government protest in Warsaw, Poland, to show support for

Friday’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 GOP political strategy ‘based on getting likes,’ is ‘disconnected from the country.’Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ruled the Oregon youths’ climate lawsuit against the US government can proceed to trial; New Mexico sued manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals;’ and, thirty-two Mississippi school districts are still under federal desegregation orders.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia hiked its minimum wage as living costs surge; and, the US retaliated against Russia’s suspension of the New START treaty by revoking the visas of its nuclear inspectors.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divid

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, just-impeached Texas Attorney General Paxton sued Dem stronghold Harris County in 2020 to block the use of universal mail-in ballots, and he’s bragging about it.Then, on the rest of the menu, after one hundred fifteen years, the Josephine County, Oregon Board of Supervisors defunded 4-H for being Woke; Tuberville’s national security adviser resigned after a report on his role in stalling military promotions; and, a California judge dismissed all charges against Pacific Gas & Electric in connection to a 2020 fatal wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed four people, including an 8-year-old.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a priceless painting looted by Nazis during World War II has returned to Poland from Japan; and, an unprecedented wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast is stil

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, President Joe Biden is ‘kind of a master of the inside game.’Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black man was kicked out of the white nationalist-dominated Shasta County, California Board of Supervisors meeting when he complained about a white speaker using the N-word; Ron DeSantis is attempting to "create the Army of the confederacy;" and, those who harass, intimidate or use force on election workers performing their duties in Nevada, could soon face up to four years in prison.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Greece’s Education Ministry has been targeted in a cyberattack described as the most extensive in the country’s history; and, NATO is sending seven hundred more troops to Kosovo to help quell the violent protests there.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef

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, as president, DeSantis said he would 'destroy leftism' and 'woke ideology,' while Disney just pulled more investments, more developments and tens of thousands of more jobs out of Florida.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Nevada legislature blocked the Republican governor approving guns to those convicted of hate crimes after being released from prison; the Texas impeachment trial of Ken Paxton is to begin no later than August 28; and, it’s not only rising oceans threatening New York City, the metropolis is also sinking.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia issued an arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over his Ukraine comments; and, a minority religious community following the teachings of a 14th-century Indian guru, are stepping into the public eye to advocate making California the first state in th

The 29 May 23 Edition of the 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, as we mark Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, it’s important to note hundreds of thousands never got a chance to be 40, 50, 60… let alone, 100 years old, because of Henry Kissinger.Then, on the rest of the menu, there is a ‘literal dumpster fire’ as Infighting erupts among Texas Republican leaders; DeSantis’ curious 2011 book on US history has disappeared from the internet; and, President Joe Biden has reached a milestone in judicial appointments.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” is a frank and visceral look at the Holocaust through his father’s eyes, and the McMinn County School District in Tennessee banned the classic.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Yo

Friday’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 Texas Judge from the abortion pill case will now hear a $1.8 Billion dollar lawsuit against Planned Parenthood.Then, on the rest of the menu, even though she broke no law, Indiana’s medical licensing board decided late Thursday night to discipline the doctor who performed an abortion for a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim; the Supreme Court just went ahead and re-wrote the Clean Water Act; and, California is unlikely to run out of electricity this summer because of a big increase in power storage and a wet winter that filled the state’s reservoirs.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Pakistani journalist and supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gone missing, the second in two weeks; and, companies are finding it’s not so simple to leave Russia.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, when asked what was his 'hardest decision,’ the Balls and Strikes Chief Justice fenced himself in.Then, on the rest of the menu, Klamath County, Oregon public library book clubs have been cancelled because a resident complained it was indoctrination; Republican state lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights; and, a Republican investigation found Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton committed multiple crimes, including felonies, over many years in office.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the sophisticated Pegasus spyware has been turned on the Mexican president’s inner circle; and, Western intelligence agencies say Chinese hackers are spying on critical US infrastructure.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice

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, after gerrymandering the hell out of the state, Ohio Republicans are now trying to change century-old state rules to keep abortion rights off the November ballot.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider a plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gas emissions; the Republican-controlled Texas legislature passed a bill to eliminate the position of the Harris County elections chief, allowing the state to take over the election if it deems there is a “pattern of problems;” and, the college student who was banned from Twitter for posting the real-time movements of Elon Musk’s jet, now has Ron DeSantis’ new aircraft in his sights.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cambodian land activists have been arrested for inciting farmers to hate the rich; and, the money

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, Harlan Crow serves high tea from his Hitler teapot while lounging in his Garden of Evil.Then, on the rest of the menu, Amazon employees plan to walk off the job as tensions rise across the tech sector; the Education Department has concluded that book removals are a violation of students’ civil rights; and, Oregon’s governor seeks changes to the legislature’s overhaul of the public defender system.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Lebanese chief prosecutor summoned the country’s central bank chief following an Interpol warrant over corruption charges; and, a prominent Australian Indigenous journalist quit television hosting duties in response to racist abuse over his comments during King Charles III’s coronation about historic Aboriginal dispossession.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &