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First Aired - 04/18/2011 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist, Bernie Wides welcomes back Ariana Rickard & Pierre Bull to talk about their trip to the Everglades. They pick up right where they left off and tell stories of mosquito swarms on the Snake Bite Trail, wood storks & more! Tune in to learn about the Portuguese Man O' War, The Killing of Mr. Watson and drug problems in the Everglades. This episode was sponsored by The Barterhouse
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The Naturalist: A Return to the Everglades (18:33)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Heritage Radio Network, The Barterhouse, Ariana Ricard, Pierre Bull, Flamingo, Nine Mile Pond, canoeing, mangrove forest, plant dealers, The Orchid Theif, white orchid, Adaptation,Mosquitoes, Birds & The Portuguese Man 'o War (25:51)
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Snake Bite Trail, mosquitoes, salt marsh mosquitoes, mosquito bites, wood stork, fasted reflex for a vertebrate species, two seasons in the Everglades, wet season and dry season, brown pelicans, special air sacks for when they hit the water, they eat 4 pounds of fish a day, Portuguese Man o War, The Killing of Mr. Watson, drug problems in the Everglades,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/26/2011 03:00PM
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On the third installment of The Speakeasy, Damon sits down with Adam Kolesar, tiki drink expert and proprietor of Brooklyn Orgeat Works. The two sit down to discuss the origins of the traditional Mai Tai and how it's been lost in modern cocktail culture. Tune in the find out where you can go for an authentic tiki experience in New York City, and how rum profiles matter more than you might expect in the execution of an excellent cocktail. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit www.surryfarms.com
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The Speakeasy Introduction: Adam Kolesar (18:09)
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The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte, Heritage Radio Network, Adam Kolesar, Brooklyn Orgeat Works, Tiki drinks and cocktail culture, Adam was straight edge until he was 37, no booze no drugs, punk rock, Adam played in a straight edge punk rock band, straight edge was an anti rock star movement, the worst mixology culture during the disco era, the religious right has used straight edge as a tool to recruit young Christians, straight edge was a very aggressive movement, live and let live, Ian MacKaye, Dale DeGroff, mid century modernism, tiki drinks, retropolitan, the place of rum in our culture, invention of rumbustion, every drink has a story, Adam has one of the coolest bars that Damon has ever seen, back end of an Airstream trailer, Jerry McCarthy, Rheingold Beer rep,In Search of the Traditional Mai Tai (13:06)
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Mai Tai, QB Cooler, Dom the Beachcomber, Trader Vic, competitions are built around Mai Tai's, they rarely ever resemble a real Mai Tai, few people have ever tasted what a real Mai Tai should be, one of the dark rums should have an aspect of funk to it, Martinique rum, only one bar can make an original Mai Tai, The Belfast Hotel, Edith Wharton, The Alpine Sour, rum profiles, orgeat, the last thing you taste is bitter, Adam likes to recreate flavor profiles that founding fathers intended,Tiki Bar Culture in New York City (14:26)
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people use the Mai Tai name for any type of rum, Zombie recipes, curacao, reverse float, cocktail recipes, sip until the desired effect is achieved, Adam recently ordered a horrible Mai Tai at a restaurant in Brooklyn, it's always an agreeable rum punch but rarely a Mai Tai, The Survivors of classic New York tiki bars, Lani Kai, history repeating itself, it's about what's hot and what sells, vodka sells to the masses, sugar cane infused vodka, syrupy umbrella drinks, drinks served out of a pink flamingo, instantly dismissible, Tiki is supposed to be fun but not disposable,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
