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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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33:05

Anjali Mehta: Conquering the 7 Summits & Gender-Based...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/11/21

Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the "seven summits" to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In the first part of this two-part BCR program, we asked Anjali about her mountain climbing experiences. See BCR #265. This program is the second part of our conversation; Anjali told us about her organization "What is the Power of We?" working to unite the efforts of the many agencies around

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32:01

Anjali Mehta: Conquering the 7 Summits & Gender-Based...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/11/21

Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the "seven summits" to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In this first part of a two-part BCR program, we asked Anjali about her mountain climbing experiences. She told us about falling into a crevice and overcoming the challenges and the joy of reaching the summit.In the second part of our conversation Anjali told us about her organization "What

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43:02

Zuccotti Park Redux?

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/11/13

This BCR program opened with a bit of Richard Harris' rendition of "MacArthur Park" and then quoted Daniel Libeskind -- whose architectural firm rebuilt the World Trade Center site; he described the slurry wall that held back the Hudson River after the collapse of the Towers as “an engineering wonder” and like the US Constitution – was a symbol of the “the durability of democracy and the value of human life.” We then asked is our democracy a melting cake or an indomitable slurry wall?In the fall of

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51:32

Theatre Critics -- David Cote & Zoe Kaplan

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/09/26

For this Park Bench Chat edition of Bar Crawl Radio podcast we talked about the changing nature of the New York City theatre review and how Tik Tok might be dumbing down the craft of the NYC theatre critic. Joining us on a park bench in the "You've Got Mail" Riverside Park Promenade are two NYC Theatre Critics -- David Cote and Zoe Kaplan. David Cote is a playwright, librettist, song writer, actor and director -- and the longest serving drama critic of Time Out New York.His reviews have appeared in

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41:02

Story of the Amsterdam Hostel: Institutional Dignity

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/07/17

NYC's Upper West Siders might know the 142 year-old, block long, many-storied, red-brick building on Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street.Completed in 1883 and designed by Gilded Age architect Robert Morris Hunt – famed for the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. – the base of the Statue of Liberty – the front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art – this building, on Amsterdam and 103rd Street, opened as the Association Residence for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females.In the late 1960s, it was

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41:21

Stop the Chop: The beat goes on -- w/Melissa Elstein...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/27

“Stop the Chop” exists to eliminate non-essential helicopters from the skies above New York City – because – according to the "Stop the Chop" website: “Tourist, charter and commuter helicopter flights dramatically reduce the quality of life for millions of people in the metropolitan area. They pollute our environment, pose significant safety risks, harm our children, and make us miserable”It was a hot, second day of summer afternoon in Riverside Park – at the “You’ve Got Mail” promenade and garden

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36:11

Fasting for Gazans: Kathy Kelly's "Other Lands Have...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/24

Day 33 -- Veteran's For Peace "Fast for Gaza." This will be the final of the "Fast for Gaza" conversations with peacemaker Kathy Kelly. It was the beginning of a brutal heat wave in NYC; we found a shady spot on the UN side of 1st Avenue. On the opposite side a small group of fasting protestors held signs and umbrellas.Kathy and I talked about her 2004 book "Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison" -- focusing on the chapter "Change Agents" -- when she was visited in Pekin Prison by

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21:53

Fasting for Gazans: Kathy Kelly / How bad is it? --...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/17

Day 26 -- Veterans for Peace "Fast for Gaza. This BCR podcast begins and ends with music -- "Let My People Go" -- from “System Ali” – nine musicians -- Jewish and Arab -- singing in their native languages – Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Yiddish, Amharic and English.My conversation with Kathy Kelly continues as Israel and Iran exchange missiles and killer drones. She arrived at the vigil at the US Mission to the UN a bit late because she had been attending a meeting of faith NGOs hearing a report from

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33:47

Fasting for Gazans; Kathy Kelly / Joy Metzler -- Day 23

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/14

Day 23 -- VFP Fast for Gaza. I spoke with peacemaker Kathy Kelly and former member of the US AirForce Joy Metzler and asked them about their life choices that led them to join the "Fast for Gaza."Joy Metzler, 23, is a member of VFP and co-founder ofSerivcemembers For Ceasefire– US military veterans calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza.Joy graduated from theUSAF Academy in 2023 and was discharged as a conscientious objector citing “US aggression in the Middle East and the murderous ethnic

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19:42

Fasting for Gazans -- Kathy Kelly / Madleen Peace...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/11

Monday – June 9, 2025 -- 19th day of the VFP Fast for Gaza -- talking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly and friends, as they consume no more than 250 calories a day for 40 days in solidarity with the citizens of Gaza who have been forced to exist on very little sustenanceThis program begins with a Democracy Now! report on the seizure of the Gaza-bound aid ship– Madleen – in international waters by Israeli forces.When I arrived at the US Mission – Kathy Kelly was asking Bill Tottenham -- U.S. Marine

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34:12

Fasting for Gazans; Kathy Kelly / Brian Terrell --...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/08

This is Day 16 of the Veterans for Peace "40-Day Fast for Gaza."Since May 22, 2025, I’ve been talking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly who has been fasting to raise awareness about how the citizens of Gaza are starving. It is the day before Eid al-Adha – the Muslim Festival of Sacrifice remembering Ibrahim or Abraham’s readiness to kill his son for his God. I sat down with Kathy Kelly andBrian Terrell of Malloy Iowa -- a Catholic Worker and worker for peace – he was in town to receive the 2025 Pax

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24:04

Fasting for Gazans; Kathy Kelly / Global Solidarity...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/06/03

Monday - Day 12 of the 40 day fast -- Veterans for Peace's "Fasting for Gaza.I met up with peacemaker Kathy Kelly as she was starting a Zoom call with Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine. I asked her about Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh's arguments for a one state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflice, her fears for one forgotten students picked up by Trump's ICE force -- Columbia student Leqaa Kordia -- and the dangers of breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.I

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18:23

Fasting for Gazans; Kathy Kelly / Mike Ferner -- Day 9

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/31

Friday - Day 9 of the 40 day fast -- Veterans for Peace's "Fasting for Gaza." When I arrived at the US Mission across from the United Nations in Manhattan, a dozen peace activists where facing 1st Avenue with their signs calling Israel and the United States to feed the Palestinians of Gaza. I first spoke with Mike Ferner -- Mike Ferner – a Vietnam War Veteran and former city council member of Toledo, Ohio,author, and peace activist – who had protested US war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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20:51

Fasting for GAZANS -- Kathy Kelly -- Day 6

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/28

I am talking with peace activist and Nobel Peace nominee Kathy Kelly as she fasts for 40 days in solidarity with the Palestinian people starving in Gaza. This is the sixth day of her fast. I first spoke with Catholic Worker Martha Hennessy -- granddaughter of Dorothy Day -- about the portrait of the U.S. President glowering behind the streetside glass wall of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.I then found Ms. Kelly who was accompanied by about 15 other supporters of the Veterans for Peace

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15:52

Cellist Joseph Darcourt @ West Side Community Garden...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/27

Joseph Darcourt is an American-born Peruvian-Taiwanese cellist who has been honored by three US presidents. When he was 12 -- he debut at Carnegie Hall.And at 16 he began researching the power of music at Columbia University.This program features Mr. Darcourt performing Bach's Cello Suite #1 in G Major at the West Side Community Garden in May 2025. A longer interview with excerpts from this concertI will add be added to this program in a few weeks.SCG on May 25, 2025 –We are Bar Crawl Radio Podcast

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10:28

Gabriel & Diana Guillen at the West Side Community...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/26

A podcast featuring people working for their neighbors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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55:21

NYC Sleep Doctor -- Dr. Janet Kennedy

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/25

We were out in Riverside Parks at the "You've Got Mail" Promenade bench of our choice talking with NYCSleepDoctor.com Dr, Janet Kennedy. The tourist helicopters were ubiquitous and our UWS neighbors had many questions for Dr. Kennedy about their sleep issues. If there is one thing I learned from this conversation is that a good night's sleep is basic to good health and an interesting life. Listening to Janet's expert advice will probably push you to a more wakeful existence. Alan

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42:36

Helping UWS Migrant Neighbors

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/23

Bar Crawl Radio is back at the West Side Community Garden talking with UWSers helping those in need on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.Wendy Straus and BCR producer Alina Larson talked about their work for Open Hearts Initiatives and Pastor K [Karpan] told us about his Church on W. 86th Street. These two UWS organizations are doing in many programs to help our recent migrants from around the world looking for a safe place to be free and complete their dreams and homeless. Hosted on Acast. See

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11:10

Fasting for GAZANS -- Kathy Kelly -- Day 1

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/22

A NEW BCR SERIES:Starting on May 22, 2025, several peace activist will fast for 40 days -- vigiling in front of the United States Mission to the UN. They demand an end to US support of Israel's military and urge the American government to pressure Israel to open the Gazan borders to humanitarian aid. For this BCR series I will meet with one of these fasters -- Kathy Kelly -- periodically, and ask her to share her thoughts and concerns. Share your thoughts about this action at

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59:34

Ross Barkan's "Glass Century": Opinion Columnist &...

Bar Crawl Radio ·

2025/05/21

RossBarkan’s newest novel “Glass Century” is a panoramic story of New York City from our crime-ridden 70s. through the tragedy of 9/11 to the COVID lockdowns.The story focuses on Mona Glass a photojournalist in love with tennis and a married man.For this BCR podcast, we are not so interested in Mona Glass as the character in a novel but as a lens into the experiences of an American journalist and novelist and the author of “Glass Century” – Ross Barkan.For Bar Crawl Radio podcast. we talk to people

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