Last Call with Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

English Documentary History Society & Culture

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Episodes 10

Avg. Duration 49m

Activity Active

Since May 2021

Latest Episode Mar 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule

Semi-Annually

Format

Episodic

Hosting

media.rss.com

About This Podcast

Last Call is a podcast on the stories behind the places where everybody knows your name. It's a chance to soak up the ambiance of the world's greatest watering holes without leaving your home. I’m Richard Crouse. I tended bar for seventeen years everywhere from hot spots to dive bars and I thought I had seen it all. In my life behind bars I witnessed everything from first dates and marriage proposals to knife fights and a woman who brought a pet monkey in for a drink. Nothing could surprise me. Or so I thought. Then I heard about how a lion who visited Harry’s New York Bar in Paris inspired Ernest Hemingway to write one of his greatest novels. And why there are century old chicken bones hanging above the beer-stained bar at McSorleys in New York City. And how Vincent Sardi refused to do business with the mob during Prohibition, so his famous Broadway Restaurant didn’t serve alcohol until the 21st amendment passed, six year after they first opened. With the help of the Last Call radio players, music and interviews with cocktail detectives Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller, The Indiana Jones of Tiki, Jeff “Beachbum” Berry and Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me author Rafe Bartholomew, I bring these stories, and many more, to life in my podcast Last Call. It’s fact folded in with a sprinkling of fiction, because, well, who doesn’t exaggerate after a few drinks? So, open that bottle of wine or crack that beer and join me for an intoxicating guided tour of some of the strange stories from some of the world’s best boozers.

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Recent Episodes

S3E3 MAPLE SYRUP FOR YOUR EYES VOLUME THREE! CANADIAN SCI FI/FANTASY

Mar 23, 2025 27m

I present a list of Canadian sci fi and fantasy films that will wrap their robotic arms around you in a warm Canadarm hug. I’ll tell you about a government manhunt to eliminate the rise of the…

S2E2 Wobble Noggin: “A hangover is just your body telling you that you’re an idiot.”

Dec 31, 2024 59m

Anyone who has ever overindulged, has suffered the effects of the Brown Bottle Flu. The Crappe Diem. The Sunday Morning Coming Down… the hangover. The dry mouth, the headache that feels like someone…

S2E1 Last Call with Richard Crouse: "You didn't go there for the bathrooms. You went there for the music."

Feb 06, 2024 1h 8m

Punk rock came roaring to life in a cramped, dingy bar on New York City’s Lower East Side called CBGB at 315 Bowery. More known for its filthy bathrooms than its drinks or food—legendary rock…

S1E6 Are You Home?

Mar 21, 2022 21m

Feeling lonely? "Are You Home" is a virtual party and everyone is invited. Tune in, drop by, hear a few stories and spend some time with us.

S1E5 Last Call with Richard Crouse: The last great dive bar on Hollywood Boulevard

Dec 21, 2021 1h 9m

Situated next to the grand Pantages Theater, once the home of the Academy Awards and still one of the leading venues for live theater in Los Angeles, the Frolic Room’s store front is humble… but you…

S1E4 Last Call with Richard Crouse: "The Greatest Place in the History of the World."

Dec 15, 2021 1h 3m

Imagine a bar with an indoor lagoon. Now imagine that it rains, indoors every half hour. It’s not just a flight of fancy, it’s the Tonga Room, a classic restaurant and tiki bar in the Fairmont San…

S1E3 Last Call with Richard Crouse: The Clubhouse to the Stars

Dec 07, 2021 41m

On this episode of “Last Call with Richard Crouse” we visit Sardi's, located at 234 West 44th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, in the Theatre District of Manhattan, New York City. It is…

S1E2 Last Call with Richard Crouse: We Were Here Before You Were Born

Nov 30, 2021 52m

On this episode of "Last Call with Richard Crouse" we visit McSorley’s Old Ale House on Seventh Street in New York’s East Village. McSorley’s may not be New York’s oldest bar, the Bridge Café (dates…

S1E1 Last Call with Richard Crouse: Return me to Harry’s Bar, 5 Daunou.

Nov 23, 2021 39m

On this episode of "Last Call with Richard Crouse" we visit Paris and James Bond's favourite bar. The home of the Bloody Mary and "An American in Paris," Harry's New York Bar at 5, Rue Daunou, is one…

S1 LAST CALL PODCAST Trailer

May 28, 2021 1m Trailer

We can't go to bars right now, so here is a chance to safely soak up the ambiance of the world's greatest watering holes. Last Call with Richard Crouse is a podcast on the stories behind the places…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Last Call with Richard Crouse have?

Last Call with Richard Crouse has published 10 episodes since May 2021, covering topics in Documentary, History.

Is Last Call with Richard Crouse still active?

Last Call with Richard Crouse is currently active with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 49m.