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Episode 69: The Nixon Files

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In this Episode:

“Nixon”, our anonymous guest, tells The Bartender about the time she started seriously dating a woman whose cancer had just returned. Nixon tried to be a supportive girlfriend during this difficult time, but for some reason all of her efforts fell flat. Turns out there was a totally reasonable explanation.

ALSO, The Bartender is going on tour with the comedy podcast Keith and The Girl in October! See show dates here.

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About the Guests:

Nixon prefers to remain anonymous but The Bartender can tell you she is one smart, funny and awesome lady. Since we can’t show her picture, here’s an amazing video of a dog exercising:

Music Credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“Everybody Knows” by Concrete Blonde

“Crazy for You” by Best Coast

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Episode 68: Another World

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In this Episode:

Ever found yourself completely out of your element? Shari shares her experience with auditioning for American Idol… four times. And Micah and Dan tell us about some otherworldly experiences they both had. It involves an ouija board, American Horror Story, and mushrooms. Not in that order. ALSO, The Bartender is going on tour with the comedy podcast Keith and The Girl in October! See show dates here.

Like the show? Tip The Bartender! Or give it 5 stars! PLUS this month, since everyone says her voice is soon soothing, if you tip The Bartender $10 or more she will send you a personal audio message of a bedtime story of your choosing (you supply the text).

About the Guests:

Shari Renaud is an incredible singer, person, and Instagrammer. You would be lucky to do karaoke with her, as The Bartender found out recently.

Dan Hirshon and Micah Sherman are two very funny guys who occasionally work together and make albums. You can buy their hilarious sketch comedy album “John Rodgers: Idiot” here. For more information on the album, check out their awesome site. Here they are being totes adorbs:

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Music Credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“Head Full of Whispers” by Electric Turn to Me

“Know Your Onion” by The Shins

“Female of the Species” by Space

 

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Episode 65: There’s No Business Like Show Business

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In this Episode:

Steve tells us about the time he was inspired to play music after meeting his idols, The Flaming Lips, who he eventually toured with. That’s also when he found out some dreams aren’t meant to be followed. And Niabi shares with us why she eventually quit a job as a knife thrower’s assistant for The Great Throwdini. Also, The Bartender is going on tour with the comedy podcast Keith and The Girl in October! See show dates here (more TBA). Like the show? Tip The Bartender! Or give it 5 stars!

About the Guests:

Steve Burns is an actor, musician and master storyteller. Here he is at The Moth, totally kicking ass:

Niabi is a musician, singer, performer and total joy to be around. She currently plays with the incredible band A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, and will be performing on September 10th at C’mon Everybody, October 9th at Terminal 5, and October 30th at MASS MoCa. You can see her in the trailer of the documentary with The Great Throwdini, Maximum Risk, here. Here she is with her band making sweet, sweet music.
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Music Credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“Bittersweet” by Chris Powers

“All Tomorrow’s Parties” by The Velvet Underground

“A Million Colors” by Phenotract

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Episode 52: BONUS! The Immortal Serial

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In this Episode:

The Serial parody you’ve all been waiting for! Every year, The Bartender’s friends celebrate the Scottish tradition of Burns Night, which honors poet Robert Burns. There is haggis, scotch, tartan, scotch, poems, scotch and toasts. This year Forest Ray was given the task to tell the “Immortal Memory” which revolves around a very naughty poem by Burns. So he wrote a spoof of the popular and awesome NPR podcast Serial. Here it is! Conceived by Forest Ray and Jordan Kraft, written by Forest Ray, with the vocal stylings of Forest, Jordan, Sharda Sekaran, Suparna Mukherjee, Alex Kveton and yours truly, Katharine, doing her best impersonation of the host of Serial Sarah Koenig (who Katharine just found out is her cousin).

PLUS listener shout out and news about the SECOND AMAZING GUEST for the next Tell The Bartender LIVE! Also, a new episode of the advice show The Bartender co-hosts, The Struggle Bus, is up. Like the show? Tip The Bartender! Or give it 5 stars!

Photos from Burns Night by Elizabeth Hutchinson:


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Music Credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“Bad Dream (The Theme From Serial)” by Nick Thorburn

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Tell The Bartender Episode 16: Searching For Lucky Cole

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In this Episode:

Searching For Lucky Cole: Corey Eisenstein did a project for college in 2000. He didn’t expect to meet a man who would not only change his life, but the lives of many, many women, Katharine included. Naturally, she had to find him.

PLUS listener shout outs,  a new drink recipe from listener Naz T. Nate, and get your tickets for the next  Tell The Bartender LIVE!

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Corey Eisenstein is a cinematographer, director, writer and photographer based in Brooklyn. Here are the photos taken of Lucky Cole the day he met him:

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Lucky Cole is a photographer based in Florida. You can see all of his amazing photos (some NSFW) at Nature’s Exotic Beauty Photography. Here he is with his wonderful wife Maureen.

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Also, this episode is dedicated to Moses the cat, whose story of survival and rescue was told to us on this podcast by Sharda Sekaran – sadly he passed away on August 25th. My he rest in kitty heaven.

Music Credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“Common People” by Pulp

“El President” by Drugstore Featuring Thom Yorke

“William, It Was Really Nothing” by The Smiths

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Tell The Bartender Episode 14: Don’t Do Drug

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In this Episode:

Magic Myq: Comedian Myq Kaplan tells us about this one time he did this one drug.

Chasing The Dragon: Lindsey Carter shares with us what happens when you do more than one drug.

PLUS listener shout outs, a drink recipe, Tell The Bartender is now on Facebook and some fun news about musician Ted Leo, who is the inspiration for the title of this podcast!

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Myq Kaplan is a comedian who you may have seen on Letterman, Conan, Comedy Central or walking down your street. Here he is killing it on the Craig Ferguson Show:

Lindsey Carter is an awesome woman who you would be truly lucky to meet if you can pry her away from me. Here she is representing her home state of Kentucky in proper Derby style:

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Music Credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“The Mighty Sparrow” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

“Around You” by Bastards of Melody

“Act Naturally” by Buck Owens

“Rock Star” by Bran Van 3000

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Tell The Bartender Episode 5: Taken In

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In This Episode:

Cat Napped: Sharda Sekaran reveals how she, her high school friends, and a train full of New Yorkers saved a cat from a man on the subway who claimed to be a space alien.

Martha’s Meltdown: Lora Chio once booked a job in a Martha Stewart commercial without even auditioning. She quickly finds out why.

PLUS Katharine shares a warm weather drink recommendation AND gives personal shout-outs to new subscribers and supporters!

Sharda Sekaran is a Brooklyn based writer, singer and friend. Here she looking striking in a photo taken by one of the featured players in Sharda’s story, animal lover Micaela.

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Sharda Sekaran

Lora Chio is an actress, world traveller and all around kick-ass storyteller. Katharine met Lora on the set of a Red Lobster commercial where they saw food differently.

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Lora Chio

Music credits:

“Setting Sun” by Chris Powers

“Sneakin Out Of The Hospital” by the Beastie Boys

“There’s No Other Way” by Blur

“Bottled in Cork” by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists