Bar Crawl Radio

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: <a href="mailto:barcrawlradio@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blan

Bar Crawl Radio is a arts podcast hosted by Alan Winson & Rebecca McKean, with 290 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alan Winson & Rebecca McKean hosts Bar Crawl Radio, a arts show with 290 episodes published.

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  Episode #277

  Search for US Democracy in Riverside Park

  Jul 23, 202632 minS12

  For this edition of BCR's Park Bench Chat, Rebecca and I sat down to talk with good friends -- Maria and Barry Kessler -- and our neighbors strolling in Riverside Park's "You've Got Mail" garden -- about the state of our U.S. American democracy. We handed out bags of chips to anyone who could answer a trivia question about the US government. Our focus gravitated to a consideration of the three words that open the Preamble to the US Constitution -- "We the people ..." -- and who this group is now and in the past. Alan Winson barcrawlradio@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #276

  Eli Northrup on Liminal Politics

  Jun 25, 202644 minS12

  Politics on the UWS is in a liminal place where a new reality is aborning.&nbsp;Of course, this nation exists in "between" places where possible versions of democracy are tried and then abandoned.&nbsp; This week the social democratic version has gained a foothold in our Upper West Side neighborhood – and maybe American politics. Eli Northrup – Bronx Public Defender and justice policy wonk -- was elected the new State Assembly person for UWS’s District 69. We spoke with Eli and his campaign manager – Courtney Curd -- on the Sunday before the Tuesday Primary in Riverside Park – opening our mics to citizens to talk to the politician.&nbsp;Then, we recorded at the Northrup After-Election Party at Amity Hall Bar in Morningside Heights. Here are the sounds of an iteration of American politics – one that we at Bar Crawl Radio hope takes hold on our country’s disperse imaginations and future governance. Alan Winson barcrawlradio@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #275

  Columbia University: Fortress or FEARLESS

  Jun 2, 20261h 9mS12

  <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Today we will be talking with leaders of Morningside Heig...

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  Episode #274

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

  May 24, 202647 minS12

  <p>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.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>It was a BCR episode in which jokes and wo...

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  Episode #273

  Gal Beckerman asks: "Should I be a dissident?"

  Apr 22, 20261 hourS12

  <p>Throughout human history the political dissident has been imprisoned, tortured, murdered. Today’s dissident opposing the U.S. war machine is silenced by corporate media and punished by U.S. courts. And mostly – unseen. Why do they do it – when there is no chance of success? BCR podcast has been asking American dissidents that question for years. </p><p>For BCR #273, we asked Gal Beckerman of The Atlantic about his new book – “How to Be a Dissident.” We wanted to explore why a person would purposefully break the law to engender human rights and world peace. Mr. Beckerman's book is organized by...

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