Best Internet Scholars Podcasts (2025)

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INTRODUCING — Brain Rot 3:00

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For Science Friction, it's Brain Rot — a new series about the science of being chronically online and what it’s doing to our brains. What's really going on with our attention spans? Is data-dumping your entire life into ChatGPT helpful? And what's it like to be in love ... with an AI? National technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre tackles the wildes…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday 27 May 25 1:03:55

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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, law firm Paul Weiss capitulated to Trump, now it has lost its top partners. Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK, Jr’s FDA head warned doctors to “stop throwing i…

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Guest Chat: The Comic Con Artist with Kate (Part 1) 51:02

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Irina and Michelle have on this episode the wild tale of Kate, a successful lawyer and mom in her 50s in the Southern United States, and the same-aged man she met on Feeld while traveling, Doug (both pseudonyms). Doug seemed like the perfect boyfriend in many respects, and Kate dated him for three months long distance while he lived in a different …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 23 May 25 1:03:49

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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, the Supreme Court blocked the nation’s first religious charter school in a surprise rebuke, with Amy Coney Barrett recusing. Then, on the rest of the menu, Ame…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 22 May 25 1:04:05

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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, a fed up Supreme Court schooled the Trump administration on the basics of Constitutional law. Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump is 'deeply underwater' o…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 21 May 25 1:04:24

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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's budget bill has created a 'legislative suicide pact' for the MAGA House. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Pacific Northwest braces for a tsunami an…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 20 May 25 1:04:20

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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, and Trump gave up in a humiliating surrender before the world. Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge just struck down DOGE’s attempt to seize the $500 …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 19 May 25 1:03:55

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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, the Supreme court ripped Trump and his cabinet to shreds. Then, on the rest of the menu, nearly three-quarters of the attorneys working for the Justice Department…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 16 May 25 1:03:32

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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, the Democratic Party hit record recruitment numbers for 2026. Then, on the rest of the menu, Multnomah County health officials have confirmed one case of activ…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 15 May 25 1:03:51

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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, a major update on arrested judge Dugan is discussed. Then, on the rest of the menu, a new law bans Oregon employers from asking for an applicants’ age; a f…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 13 May 25 1:04:18

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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, the “most corrupt president,” has been telling Americans to live in austerity because of his tariffs, while he wants “the most expensive private plane in the wo…

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The Dating Professors: Happy Relationship Memories 44:07

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What makes for a happy moment in a romantic relationship? Irina and Michelle walk down memory lane to share some of their favorites. Travel, rain, cupcakes, protests, and discussions of "body counts" all make an appearance in this episode. Escape dreariness for a bit with the Dating Professors as you remember some of your own special past moments u…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 12 May 25 1:04:00

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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, Stephen Miller insists Trump has to suspend habeas corpus because the Supreme Court doesn’t understand the law. Then, on the rest of the menu, a probation officer…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 09 May 25 1:04:31

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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, Trump’s Ponzi scheme presidency continues to be the least popular in American and World history. Then, on the rest of the menu, a famed New York law firm’s $10…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 08 May 25 1:03:48

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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, MAGA Republican Jefferson Griffin’s long effort to steal the North Carolina Supreme Court race has finally failed. Then, on the rest of the menu, more olde…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 07 May 25 1:03:24

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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, Democratic Congress members brutally cross-examined Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Then, on the rest of the me…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 06 May 25 1:04:13

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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, a federal court has blocked GOP efforts to overturn the North Carolina supreme court election and ordered the state to certify Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 05 May 25 1:04:08

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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, MAGA Nazi courtier Stephen Miller sued Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in a bid to control the courts. Then, on the rest of the menu, the MAGA Nazis ruli…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 02 May 25 1:04:25

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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, another Trump-appointed judge ruled against him in court. Then, on the rest of the menu, an intern at the Harris County, Texas DA’s Office uncovered possible c…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 01 May 25 1:03:45

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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, Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize Trump. Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK, Jr doesn’t believe in the cornerstone of…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 30 April 25 1:04:27

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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, victims of Trump's irresponsible anti-immigrant crusade include American citizens born in the country to natural born American citizen parents. Then, on the …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 29 April 25 1:03:35

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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, powerful Republican judges are standing up against Trump in a recent series of scathing rulings. Then, on the rest of the menu, the new principal of a private c…

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The Dating Professors: Why Are U.S. Women Shunning Marriage? 51:47

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As the Wall Street Journal and other sources have discussed recently, more and more women in the United States are stopping their search for a man to marry. Why is this happening? Irina and Michelle talk about what the average woman feels like she is (and isn't) getting in heterosexual marriage today, including in this economy. The Dating Professor…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 28 April 25 1:04:37

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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 his MAGA minions in Congress are getting booed at more town halls including the recent town hall held by MAGA Republican Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 25 April 25fa 1:04:13

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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, a federal judge went off on Trump in court. Then, on the rest of the menu, a judge is accused of helping an immigrant defendant hide from ICE when they tried t…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 24 April 25fa 1:04:46

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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 woke up to disastrous news as his approval plummets based on his horrible policies and massive public failures. Then, on the rest of the menu, the St…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 23 April 25 1:04:02

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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, as the Trump regime continues its assault on the Constitution, the defense of democracy will increasingly depend on Governors willing to fight back. Then, on…

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Wes Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 22 April 25 1:04:36

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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 is plunging the stock market to its “Make America 1932 Again” moment. Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge in Oregon ordered the US government t…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 21 April 25 1:03:59

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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, the protracted North Carolina Supreme Court race takes a turn in the Democrats’ favor. Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s $239 million dollar inauguration hau…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 18 April 25 1:04:02

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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, Trump is throwing all of his DOJ lawyers under the bus after two brutal court rulings where one ruling involved a finding a probable cause of criminal contempt…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 17 April 25 53:53

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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, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters. Then, on the rest of the menu, T…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesday 16 April 25 1:03:26

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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, a paranoid Trump is conducting polygraph tests across all departments to find the dozens of leakers exposing his crimes. Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 15 April 25 1:04:02

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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, Harvard ripped Trump a new one in a brutal rejection of his unlawful threats. Then, on the rest of the menu, the men behind developing a Christian Nationalist c…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 14 April 25 1:04:16

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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, Canada is taking the lead to show the world how to destroy Donald Trump. Then, on the rest of the menu, the man tapped by RFK Jr to run the clinical trial to tie …

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Special: Exclusive Interview with "Balloon Guy" Mike Schneider 53:35

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On this special episode, Irina and Michelle speak with Portland-based creator Mike Schneider whose balloon art and other works have gone viral. Now with over 800K Instagram followers and a full-time career as an artist inspiring, delighting, and sometimes provoking with quotations displayed in balloon letters on colorful walls or in other formats, …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 11 April 25 1:04:10

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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, Trump gets some bad news on the exploding insider trading scandal. Then, on the rest of the menu, the commander in charge of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland h…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdsays 10 April 25 1:03:49

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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, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters. Then, on the rest of the menu, T…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 09 April 25 1:04:57

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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, if Musk claims Navarro is a 'moron,' what does Musk think of Trump who follows Navarro’s advice? Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Facebook employee wi…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 08 April 25 1:03:28

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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, the Supreme Court’s shocking move on deporting anyone the Trump administration wants has captured world attention. Then, on the rest of the menu, Ford’s outstan…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 07 April 25 1:04:03

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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, it’s almost like Trump is destroying the United States from within, tanking the economy and ruining so many lives, on purpose. Then, on the rest of the menu, the …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 04 April 25 1:04:29

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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, a Senate hearing devolved into chaos after Cancun Ted Cruz repeatedly spoke over Amy Klobuchar and then walked out as the pair exchanged barbs over nationwide …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 03 April 25 1:03:38

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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, Christo-Fascist Hegseth had displays of the contributions of American Jewish women during World War II removed before his visit to the Naval Academy. Then,…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 02 April 25 1:03:25

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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’s psychotic behavior explodes as his arbitrary and self-imposed tariff deadline hits.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Boston judge held an ICE agent on…

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Guest Chat: When Your Partner Has a Trauma History with Dr. Karen Dwyer-Tesoriero 45:22

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Irina and Michelle host trauma expert and NYC-based therapist Dr. Karen Dwyer-Tesoriero on this episode. She explains what distinguishes complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD) from other types of trauma and how it may express itself in romantic and other relationships. How do people with c-PTSD become activated, and how can they settle dow…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 01 April 25 1:04:14

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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, a very angry Canada is ripping Trump to shreds in front of the entire world. Then, on the rest of the menu, top career officials at the Department of the Interi…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 31 March 25 1:04:01

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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, Musk made an unhinged legal threat because Tesla sales are tanking worldwide. Then, on the rest of the menu, a Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor was fired on i…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 28 March 25 1:03:50

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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, it is so on point in MAGA World that when a man like Mike Walz screws up royally, a woman like Elise Stefanik will lose her cabinet job. Then, on the rest of t…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 27 March 25 1:04:09

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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 term is blowing up in his face as failed tariffs and awful scandals cripple him.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Social Security Administration b…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 26 March 25 1:04:36

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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, the democratic candidate who stunningly flipped a ruby red 15+ Trump district in Pennsylvania’s Senate, made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his …

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 3:25:25 1:03:43

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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, if a Signal was sent in the forest about how there is no bottom to the Trump regime, would it make a flushing sound? Then, on the rest of the menu, more questio…

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