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 ethicists and practitioners -- playwrights & poets -- journalists -- politicians -- social activists -- community organizers & NGOs -- scientists -- brewers & mead makers -- businesspersons -- and fellow podcasters -- recording mostly in Manhattan's UWS. Who knows? BCR might be at a bar -- near you. Tell us what you think of our programming. CONTACT: barcrawlradio@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Columbia University: Fortress or FEARLESS

    5d ago

    Columbia University: Fortress or FEARLESS

    Columbia University’s “College Walk” -- on West 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue -- became part of the University’s campus in 1953 with the understanding that "College Walk" would remain available to pedestrians. Massive iron gates, put up in 1967, were designed as an ornamental decoration which would not be used to restrict access. But the gated closed on Oct. 12, 2023, when the University restricted campus access to Columbia ID holders ahead of planned demonstrations over the war in Gaza. And have remained closed until now – May 2026. We talked with leaders of Morningside Heights community who want Columbia's gates unlocked. This four-part program includes: Dave Robinson -- President of the Morningside Heights Community Coalition -- talks about the goals of the MHCC and why his neighbors want Columbia University Campus opened. 00:00:00Skyler Gluck -- former senior reporter of the Columbia Spectator -- summarizes the history of the creation of "College Walk" and its closing three years ago and his reporting why it remains closed. Mohsen Mahdawi -- Palestinian activist and Columbia student targeted by Trump for deportation. 00:08:41Skyler Gluck, Michael Thaddeus -- faculty in Columbia Mathematics Department -- and Cody Stuart Madsen -- VP of Operations for Book Culture -- describe the impact of the closing of the Columbia campus on the student body, faculty, business and those who live and work in Morningside Heights. 00:24:32Toby Golick -- Professor Emeritus of the Cardozo Law School -- covers the legal case to open the campus. And Ian Boldiston -- the Communications Director for City Councilperson Shaun Abreu who represents Morningside Heights -- explains NY City's position on the closing of the Columbia campus. 00:50:42 Contact: Alan Winson -- barcrawlradio@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 9m
  2. Wm Hartung Warning: AI Corporations Control U.S. Military

    May 24

    Wm Hartung Warning: AI Corporations Control U.S. Military

    In Elon Musk’s “dark MAGA” there is no truth.—which for historian Jill Lepore creates a fear that everything might collapse because everything is so fragile and so fake, so untrustworthy -- and so -- unreal.    For Lepore -- it is a fear created by the “Artificial State.” Back in January of this year – 2026 -- BCR hosts spoke with William Hartung about his political stand-up routine and his recent book “The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Hone.” It was a BCR episode in which jokes and world destruction did a cha cha. Hartung is an expert on the US military industrial complex at The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Recently, Bill emailed his Substack readers several articles on Silicon Valley’s hard right tilt towards advanced militarism. He had been reading a copy of  Jill Lepore’s soon-to-be-released book – “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State.”  Bill’s email was somewhat scary. It appears that Elon Musk and Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey have embedded themselves into US government policy-making -- and profiting from dismantling our democracy. Their “firms are enabling genocide and aggression abroad and profiting from repression at home.” I replied to Bill’s email and asked if he wanted to meet and talk about what he was finding – his response was immediate: “YES” – all caps with exclamation – “Let’s do something, the sooner the better.” Alan Winson barcrawlradio@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 ethicists and practitioners -- playwrights & poets -- journalists -- politicians -- social activists -- community organizers & NGOs -- scientists -- brewers & mead makers -- businesspersons -- and fellow podcasters -- recording mostly in Manhattan's UWS. Who knows? BCR might be at a bar -- near you. Tell us what you think of our programming. CONTACT: barcrawlradio@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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