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Bar Crawl Radio

Alan Winson & Rebecca McKean

Did you ever have a really interesting conversation at a bar -- sharing ideas over a couple of martinis -- and wish you could"ve bottled it? That"s Bar Crawl Radio. Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson invite amazing people to bars all over the word -- make a toast -- and then talk about about whatever inspires them -- makes their lives worth living. We talk to all sorts of interesting people doing important work for their community at a neighborhood bar -- composers -- actors -- musicians -- medical

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51:47

Three Women Composers

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/11/17

According to Britannica, a musical composition is the art of conceiving and creating music.I love to sing, and I very much enjoy listening to music. That part I get, but to compose music, to pick out the notes, the instruments… I’m completely at a loss. Fortunately, we have three women composers with us today who will explain what it means to be a female composer in today’s music world.For this BCR program, we spoke with Svjetlana Bukvich, best known for her blending of classical music, media and

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46:07

Eleanor Roosevelt's Trip to the Pacific War

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/11/03

We are looking forward to sharing a conversation about a great American -- Eleanor Roosevelt. Shannon McKenna Schmidt has focused her literary work on travel. She has written for National Geograpic, Traveler, Nashville Public Television and Arrive magazine – and has appeared on Morning Joe and The Travel Show with Arthur and Pauline Frommer. We spoke to Ms. Schmidt about her most recent book “The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back.” American

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44:51

NYC's Natural Waters

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/10/20

BCR likes NYC and our like has grown since we learned about NYCH2O. For this program we talked with the founder and leader of NYCH2O – Matthew Malina.Matt works to educate New Yorkers about their city’s local water ecology – in order protect our natural water resources -- and with Peter Frishauf -- founder of Medscape – but for today – more importantly – Peter is an UWS community leader who works to make life in your neighborhood lively, diverse, and safe for all its citizens. We also spoke with

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1:03:42

25th Kateri Peace Conference

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/09/15

Rebecca McKean and I drove to Fonda, NY for the 25th Annual Kateri Peace Conference. We spoke with several major players in the contemporary "no war" peace movement in the United States -- who are working to help the rest of us see the insanity of war and its link to the climate disaster. The voices on this program include the following: Maureen Aumond, John Amidon, David Swanson, Gloria Caballero, Nick Mottern, and Debra Sweet. And thanks to Lew Tabackin for allowing us to us his composition

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49:53

Drag On! Art and Politics

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/09/10

Becky and I went on a tempestuous drag race at Gebhard’s Beer Culture Bar as we dug down into Drag culture with two young NYC Drag Queens following their command performance for an Open Streets event. We talked with Drag artists Ann Arky and Vampy Von Thickums Galore who had recently performed at the International Drag Queen Celebration on West !03rd Street organized by Park to Park 103 and Open Streets. Before talking to our guest performers we spoke with Bella Gallo a coordinator of the

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33:17

Forgetting Horror: 78 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/08/14

I do not like roller coasters. For me -- the anticipated terror proceeding the drop along with the stomach-churning loss of gravity is not thrilling fun; it is just TERROR!Nevertheless, the roller coaster is a summer-fun staple for many of us. Another stomach-churning staple for fewer Americans is the memory of the United States Air Force dropping two atomic bombs on Japanese cities at the end of World War II. In fact, for many Americans, this was a good thing as it brought the war to an end

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35:23

Alice Slater: Ridding the World of Nuclear Weapons

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/08/04

Rebecca McKean and I visited Alice Slater in her Upper East Side apartment. Since 1968, Ms. Slater has been an anti-war activistand since 1987 an anti-nuclear bomb protestor.As a young mother she helped organize Eugene McCarthy’s presidential campaign working to end the war in Viet Nam and then got a law degree. Alice is the United Nations NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and is on the Board of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, the Global Council of

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37:58

Mozayik @WSCG

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/07/07

One of our regular gigs is the West Side Community Garden Summer Concerts. The final offering of 2023 featured theluscious sounds of Afro-Haitian Jazz performed by Mozayik – led by drummer Gashford Guillaume – who has performed with Haitian superstars -- Emeline Michel and Beethova Obas.And at festivals in Amsterdam, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, St, Lucia, Martinique and many cities around the U.S.In 2000 Gashford and others started “Mozayik” – which is committed to the Haitian jazz genre

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55:49

Gale Brewer & Cal Snyder / Brooklyn Cumaná @ WSCG

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/06/16

Bar Crawl Radio podcast hosts sojourned back to the West Side Community Garden for a concert with the music duo, Brooklyn-Cumaná – Jorge Glem on the Venezuelan Cuatro and Sam Reider on the accordion. We start with a delightful conversation with former Manhattan Borough President and present UWS City Council member -- Gale Brewer. We also invited her husband Cal Snyder because our goal was not to talk local politics; rather, we wanted to know about the life of our ubiquitous, hard-working,

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46:53

Stop the Chop & Geoff Burke's Jazz/HipHop @ WSCG

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/06/09

A program of good sounds -- mix of classic jazz and hip hop beats -- and noise -- nonessential helicopters circling our City. We talked with leaders of Stop the Chop -- Melissa Elstein and Ken Counghlin -- working to end the incessant noise of private helicopters hovering over our heads.And we caught up with a former BCR guest -- jazz saxophonist Geoff Burke -- and learned about his unique synthesis of classic jazz and hip hop beats. and shared some of the music from the June 2023 concert at the

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28:27

Golden Rule Sails Against Nuclear War

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/06/02

In the spring of 1958 – the Golden Rule -- a 30 foot skiff crewed by four -- sailed towards the Marshall Islands where the U.S. military was testing atomic bombs.Their plan was to anchor their tiny boat in the waters close to the Bikini and Enewetak Atolls -- in order to stop the atomic testing.Over six decades later a restored “Golden Rule” sailed up the Hudson River and moored at Chelsea Pier.It was Fleet Week and the skiff's message of nuclear disarmament was displayed on its mizzen mast.For this

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1:00:11

EXTRA: Interview with Lew Tabackin

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/26

Interview with Lew Tabackin -- world famous jazz musician -- in his home on the UWS of Manhattan -- July 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39:19

MicroAid's John Ross at WSCG Summer Concert & Lew...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/26

May 21, 2023 - 6pm. West Side Community GardenIt was a delightful evening in the West Side Community Garden in Manhattan.The Bar Crawl Radio audio wagon was set up on the grass in front of the stage in the garden – as neighbors secured a chair or wooden planter ledge to listen to the Lew Tabackin Jazz Trio.Tenor saxophone and flute musician --Mr Tabackin has been playing these summer concerts for many years.Jon Ross -- founder and director of MicroAid International -- joined us for a pre-concert

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1:01:19

The Pain of Suicide: A Global Epidemic

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/19

Recently – David Brooks of the New York Times – wrote about the suicide of his close friend—Pete—and the feelings that followed. Brooks writes that experiencing the suicide of someone close “is not just sorrow; it is a state of consciousness that distorts perceptions of time, space and self.”In 2015, there were over 44,000 suicides in America – the 10th most common cause of death and rising – I million attempt suicide each year – one every 35 seconds. In the world some kills himself – herself every

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34:05

Desert Walk #8: The White Line

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/10

Friday – April 7, 2023. This was the final day of the 2023 Nevada Desert Experience’s Sacred Peace Walk – one mile from the Peace Camp to the White Line – entrance to the Nevada Nuclear Test Site and the most bombed part of planet Earth. In the distance – on land once occupied by the Western Shoshone people – over 100 moon-shaped craters litter the desert landscape.On this Friday – under a hot afternoon sun -- over 30 people presented their grievances at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site’s While Line.12

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14:17

Desert Walk #7: Walk to the White Line

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/09

Thursday - April 6, 2023 -- of the Nevada Desert Experience's Sacred Peace Walk. This episode is a summary of the day. It was a beautiful desert day as the Peace Walkers traversed the last 15 miles to the entrance to the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. Darcy Ike had rejoined the group the day before and started the walk that morning with great enthusiasm -- about 7 miles down the road he had a full-blown heart attack and was take to a Las Vegas hospital by Creech Air Force Base ambulance. He would

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47:42

Desert Walk #6: Creech Reach Around the Globe

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/09

April 4, 2023 - Wednesday - Sekhmet Goddess Temple - Indian Springs, Nevada. Nevada Desert Experience's "Sacred Peach Walk. In the morning and afternoon the Peace Walkers would protest U.S. military drone warfare at Creech Air Force Base. And, in the evening we would gather at the Goddess Temple bonfire ton celebrate the New Moon and honor the first night of Passover.It was an apocryphal overlapping of two Angels of Death -- one long past meting death in an ancient desert and the other in Nevada.Up

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28:06

Desert Walk #5: Why do we walk?

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/07

DAY FOUR of the 2023 Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk – Why Do We Walk?For the fourth day of our walk towards tMercury -- the entrance to the Nevada Nuclear Test Site -- would cover the miles we skipped the day before when we escaped the brutal desert wind and snow. After the morning bonfire gathering, the Peace Walkers were driven back to Lee Canyon for a walkback to the Sekhmet Goddess Temple.We passed a couple of maximum security prisons and the Creech Air Force Base.The next day

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27:59

Desert Walk #4: Day Three -- It Snows in the Desert

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/06

Rested from our walk thru Las Vegas, the day before, the Sacred Peace Walkers headedout of the Nevada Desert Experience compound for the walk in the desert -- north of the city.I went with Darcy Ike -- who I had spoken with the day before at the MLK statue in Las Vegas -- in his weather-beaten, gear shift sedan to the starting point at Kyle Canyon on Highway 157 several miles north of Las Vegas.We followed the Porto Potty trailer for a while -- but then Darcy said he knew better way --When we

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27:19

Desert Walk #3: Walk on the Strip / Talk with Darcy Ike

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2023/05/05

April 2 - Sunday - 2023. First day of the Sacred Peace Walk. 13 miles. We started at the Atomic Museum and walked through Paradise, where all the modern Las Vegas Casinos and hotels are located -- something to do with the local mobsters not wanting to pay high Las Vegas taxes. -- then, through old Las Vegas – then a sit-in at the over-the-top gaudy Fremont Experience -- then to the Las Vegas Catholic Worker for lunch – followed by a brief “hello” to the Carson County Jail – where several of the

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