Épisodes

  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 25 Feb 26
    Feb 25 2026
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, even more of Trump’s dark past surfaces at the worst possible time for the decaying monarch.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, in a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans cannot sue the US Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver the mail; a judge barred the government from a ‘wholesale’ search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s seized devices; and, Whiskey Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing former Navy fighter pilot, astronaut and now US Senator, Mark Kelly, for reminding the troops to follow the law.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US and South Korean militaries will have joint drills in March as tensions with North Korea escalate; and, Japan demands the swift release of a Japanese national detained in Iran.

    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!





    “It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families’ (1845)

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 3 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 24 Feb 26
    Feb 24 2026
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Aileen Cannon is still trying really hard to erase Jack Smith’s espionage report on Trump, by any means necessary.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, a new federal lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracks and intimidates observers; FedEx wants its money back after Trump’s tariffs are ruled illegal; and, you can tell Trump is racist because when faced with charges of racism, Trump always claims some of his best friends are Black.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former UK ambassador Mandelson has been released on bail after his arrest for passing secret government documents to convicted pedophile Jeffery Epstein; and, former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been hospitalized after a “suicide attempt” amid his Epstein-linked corruption and sex probe.

    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!

    “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"





    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 4 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 23 Feb 26
    Feb 23 2026
    River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is coming under attack from all sides, including from his own armed supporters.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, five days after Epstein’s arrest in the summer of 2019, Trump’s protection racket “directed” the New York Police Department to “stand down” its investigations related to the sex trafficker; Trump finally approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city with a sewage system leak that dumped at least two-hundred-fifty million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River; and, at least thirty-five times since August, federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France summoned Jared Kushner’s dad, Ambassador Charles Kushner, to protest comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist; and, flights have been cancelled, tourists are warned to shelter in place and twenty-five Mexican National Guard troops were left dead in six separate retaliatory attacks after an operation that killed cartel leader ‘El Mencho.’









    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!

    "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child





    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 4 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 20 Feb 26
    Feb 20 2026
    Today’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, furious world leaders are banning Trump military bases across the world as he plans his invasion against Iran.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump DHS was hit with a blistering court order over its illegal 'terror' and 'violence;' the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional; and, scientists decry the Trump order to drop the rule to keep nuclear workers’ radiation exposure “as low as reasonably possible.”

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US was the only major destination to see a decline in international travelers last year, falling eleven million short of Biden’s last year in office; and, the navies of El Salvador and Mexico announced seizing ten tons of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean this week, while Trump blew up another eleven people to tiny bits for driving speed boats in Latin American waters.

    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 divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 4 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 19 Feb 26
    Feb 19 2026
    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, Trump’s DOJ blows it bad in a blistering loss.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, a Trump DOJ attorney was held in contempt for refusing to return an ICE detainee's paperwork; Kathy Ruemmler could be called a spy for sharing secret details with Epstein about a probe into a 2012 prostitution scandal that engulfed the Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel; and, Trump’s executive order to boost production of RoundUp weed killer, makes it illegal to warn the public of pesticide and herbicide dangers.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the former South Korean president received a life sentence for imposing martial law while leading his failed 2024 insurrection; and, a nationwide union strike in Argentina tests Milei’s flagship labor law overhaul.

    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!








    “Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 4 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 18 Feb 26
    Feb 18 2026
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump DOJ lawyers are quitting and posting about leaving their jobs on LinkedIn as the mass exodus continues.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify for the first time in front of a jury in a watershed social media trial; Minnesota and federal authorities are separately investigating what caused the eight skull fractures that landed a Mexican citizen in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital; and, Warren Buffett’s company invests in The New York Times six years after he sold all his newspapers.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Peru’s Congress voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations; and, Paris prosecutors opened two new investigations into sex abuse crimes and financial wrongdoings linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

    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!






    “It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families’ (1845)

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 4 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 17 Feb 26
    Feb 17 2026
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump was busted in a major affidavit scheme to trick judges and grand juries to grant them relief.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, Kristi Noem verbally ordered a C-130 pulled in the middle of a search and rescue mission for an overboard seaman to ferry immigrants from California to Trump’s Texas gulags; a bombshell Epstein file reveals the FBI interviewed a victim Trump sexually abused when she was still a teenager; and, a monument honoring Eugene, Oregon’s first Black families was revealed over the weekend.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belgium summoned the US ambassador over his social media post accusing the kingdom of antisemitism; and, Elon Musk has been hit by a 'large-scale' EU child porn probe just weeks after being fined $139M.

    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!


    “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"





    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 5 min
  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 16 Feb 26
    Feb 16 2026
    Today’s 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 and Judge Aileen Cannon were caught and called out in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for a scheme to delete incriminating files.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, the NAACP and other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the FBI from an elections warehouse just outside Atlanta; LA Olympics leader Casey Wasserman will sell his talent agency in the wake of the Epstein emails discovery; and, a lawsuit by local golfers seeks to stop well-known golf cheat Trump’s overhaul of a 100-year-old public golf course in Washington, DC.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Orbán says the EU and not Russia is Hungary’s real threat ahead of its April vote, so of course Rubio stood up Zalenskyy and met with Orban, instead; and, Europeans pushed back at the US over the racist claim they face ‘civilizational erasure.’









    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!

    "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child





    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    1 h et 4 min