West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 09 Aug 23

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Ohio voters flooded the polls to give the anti-democracy Republicans a firm, ‘no.’Then, on the rest of the menu, Ohio voters soundly defending Democracy has given fire to an Arizona effort to enshrine abortion rights in their state Constitution; California is ill-equipped to investigate whether racism played a role in the death of a pregnant Black woman at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles; and, the Oregon Secretary of State announced that voter-backed Measure 113 disqualifies ten Republican and Independent senators who participated in a six-week walkout this spring from running for reelection.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers may have information on tens of millions of British voters after they got access to electoral registers, but it’s even worse than that; and, New Zealand is partnering with US investment giant BlackRock in its aim to reach 100% renewable electricity.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!"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”-- Shauna Niequist"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.