Welcome Back, Blame-O-Meter

January 02, 2019John Miller

The Bar Stool Historian returns, along with their blame-assigning technological marvel, the Blame-O-Meter 5000!

In this episode. we measure how much the phrase "Read my lips, no new taxes..." was to blame for George H. W. Bush's re-election failure.

Plus, Tim recalls his personal experiences of growing up in the bad-old days of crime-ridden NYC.

WHAT WE’RE DRINKING

MacKinlay’s Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

To get a sense of the grime, grit, and pervasive dread of 1991 NYC that Tim grew up within, check out this fascinating documentary gem about the freelance photo and video journalists who prowled the nighttime crime scene.

From 1985 until 2003 former New York Daily News photographer Joseph DeMaria ran V&P News Service. Armed with high quality video cameras, former Daily News photographers, police radios and "arrangements" with New York's finest, V&P New Service were often the first responders to many of the city's most lurid, grizzly and important news stories.

categories History
tags podcast, bush, blame-o-meter, nyc, crime, president, election, taxes

Forty (Not "Fourty")

February 09, 2016John Miller

John, Tim and Ed kick off Bar Stool Season 2 with a celebration of our 40th birthdays. Join us as we explore (and in Tim’s case, severely criticize) the mystical number 40 and its special place in history.

Topics include:

The most meaningful events of the last 40 years (including the true story of when Tim and John met Mikhail Gorbachev.)
The Lykov family, who survived 40 years in the Siberian Wilderness without seeing another human.
WD-40
Japanese fanatical holdouts, possibly wearing diapers.
Out of nowhere swipes at New York Comic Con.
Yeti!!!!

(As you'd expect, the whole number 40 theme completely breaks down in a few points in the show. Wild tangents aplenty!)