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Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>327</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>009 - Preparing for Christmas</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/009-preparing-for-christmas--68624856</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624856</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624856/009_preparing_for_christmas.mp3" length="3898873" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d93bd5ae-27c1-4519-a0bf-67ba443b5183/d93bd5ae-27c1-4519-a0bf-67ba443b5183.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d93bd5ae-27c1-4519-a0bf-67ba443b5183/d93bd5ae-27c1-4519-a0bf-67ba443b5183.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d93bd5ae-27c1-4519-a0bf-67ba443b5183/d93bd5ae-27c1-4519-a0bf-67ba443b5183.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>487</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>010 - Continuing the Historythe Old Soak Fears for the Growing Children</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/010-continuing-the-historythe-old-soak-fears-for-the-growing-children--68624859</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624859</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624859/010_continuing_the_historythe_old_soak_fears_for_the_growing_children.mp3" length="2713448" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5f214e85-f8fb-4c77-87e1-d3d8d23442b1/5f214e85-f8fb-4c77-87e1-d3d8d23442b1.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5f214e85-f8fb-4c77-87e1-d3d8d23442b1/5f214e85-f8fb-4c77-87e1-d3d8d23442b1.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5f214e85-f8fb-4c77-87e1-d3d8d23442b1/5f214e85-f8fb-4c77-87e1-d3d8d23442b1.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>339</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>011 - Jabe Potter's Optimism</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/011-jabe-potter-s-optimism--68624861</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624861</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624861/011_jabe_potter_s_optimism.mp3" length="1971410" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/140a105d-df31-45aa-9934-046feee8fa51/140a105d-df31-45aa-9934-046feee8fa51.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/140a105d-df31-45aa-9934-046feee8fa51/140a105d-df31-45aa-9934-046feee8fa51.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/140a105d-df31-45aa-9934-046feee8fa51/140a105d-df31-45aa-9934-046feee8fa51.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>246</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>012 - More of the HistoryAs It Used to Be of a Morning</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/012-more-of-the-historyas-it-used-to-be-of-a-morning--68624863</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624863</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:00:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624863/012_more_of_the_historyas_it_used_to_be_of_a_morning.mp3" length="3055664" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0f5039f1-7cf1-4299-942d-d3eea7586ece/0f5039f1-7cf1-4299-942d-d3eea7586ece.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0f5039f1-7cf1-4299-942d-d3eea7586ece/0f5039f1-7cf1-4299-942d-d3eea7586ece.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0f5039f1-7cf1-4299-942d-d3eea7586ece/0f5039f1-7cf1-4299-942d-d3eea7586ece.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>382</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>013 - Peace and Contentment</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/013-peace-and-contentment--68624864</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624864</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624864/013_peace_and_contentment.mp3" length="1821002" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6ec908aa-9784-4ec5-a1e2-816341b77585/6ec908aa-9784-4ec5-a1e2-816341b77585.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6ec908aa-9784-4ec5-a1e2-816341b77585/6ec908aa-9784-4ec5-a1e2-816341b77585.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6ec908aa-9784-4ec5-a1e2-816341b77585/6ec908aa-9784-4ec5-a1e2-816341b77585.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>228</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>014 - Continuing the History of the Rum DemonUnfermented Grape Juice</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/014-continuing-the-history-of-the-rum-demonunfermented-grape-juice--68624865</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624865</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624865/014_continuing_the_history_of_the_rum_demonunfermented_grape_juice.mp3" length="3444141" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6a5f106d-7bbc-44cf-8a7b-873a6234b5d3/6a5f106d-7bbc-44cf-8a7b-873a6234b5d3.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6a5f106d-7bbc-44cf-8a7b-873a6234b5d3/6a5f106d-7bbc-44cf-8a7b-873a6234b5d3.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6a5f106d-7bbc-44cf-8a7b-873a6234b5d3/6a5f106d-7bbc-44cf-8a7b-873a6234b5d3.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>430</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>015 - Political Talk</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/015-political-talk--68624866</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624866</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624866/015_political_talk.mp3" length="1214976" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/40ddce7f-3ff7-414c-a59b-a73ccbfa41e2/40ddce7f-3ff7-414c-a59b-a73ccbfa41e2.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/40ddce7f-3ff7-414c-a59b-a73ccbfa41e2/40ddce7f-3ff7-414c-a59b-a73ccbfa41e2.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/40ddce7f-3ff7-414c-a59b-a73ccbfa41e2/40ddce7f-3ff7-414c-a59b-a73ccbfa41e2.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>152</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>016 - The History ContinuedProhibition and Winter Weather</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/016-the-history-continuedprohibition-and-winter-weather--68624867</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624867</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624867/016_the_history_continuedprohibition_and_winter_weather.mp3" length="2705067" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/58309026-19f2-40e0-98e9-d7d3da6814a8/58309026-19f2-40e0-98e9-d7d3da6814a8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/58309026-19f2-40e0-98e9-d7d3da6814a8/58309026-19f2-40e0-98e9-d7d3da6814a8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/58309026-19f2-40e0-98e9-d7d3da6814a8/58309026-19f2-40e0-98e9-d7d3da6814a8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>338</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>017 - The Old Soak Finds a Way</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/017-the-old-soak-finds-a-way--68624868</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624868</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624868/017_the_old_soak_finds_a_way.mp3" length="1498227" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f5b75b05-6d8d-4fc1-8454-608b81769280/f5b75b05-6d8d-4fc1-8454-608b81769280.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f5b75b05-6d8d-4fc1-8454-608b81769280/f5b75b05-6d8d-4fc1-8454-608b81769280.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f5b75b05-6d8d-4fc1-8454-608b81769280/f5b75b05-6d8d-4fc1-8454-608b81769280.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>187</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>018 - The History Continuedthe Barroom's Good Influence</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/018-the-history-continuedthe-barroom-s-good-influence--68624870</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624870</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624870/018_the_history_continuedthe_barroom_s_good_influence.mp3" length="1748863" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0bc7b86d-2559-4ab0-bece-dfbb72b957a8/0bc7b86d-2559-4ab0-bece-dfbb72b957a8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0bc7b86d-2559-4ab0-bece-dfbb72b957a8/0bc7b86d-2559-4ab0-bece-dfbb72b957a8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0bc7b86d-2559-4ab0-bece-dfbb72b957a8/0bc7b86d-2559-4ab0-bece-dfbb72b957a8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>219</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>019 - A House Divided</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/019-a-house-divided--68624871</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624871</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624871/019_a_house_divided.mp3" length="2077880" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/111c9d63-bf44-4151-9bac-d8b1cf41f888/111c9d63-bf44-4151-9bac-d8b1cf41f888.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/111c9d63-bf44-4151-9bac-d8b1cf41f888/111c9d63-bf44-4151-9bac-d8b1cf41f888.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/111c9d63-bf44-4151-9bac-d8b1cf41f888/111c9d63-bf44-4151-9bac-d8b1cf41f888.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>260</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>020 - Continuing the History of the Rum Demonthe Barroom and Manners</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/020-continuing-the-history-of-the-rum-demonthe-barroom-and-manners--68624872</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624872</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624872/020_continuing_the_history_of_the_rum_demonthe_barroom_and_manners.mp3" length="1635287" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b74a087e-8eb6-4f58-acc2-22de36b31144/b74a087e-8eb6-4f58-acc2-22de36b31144.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b74a087e-8eb6-4f58-acc2-22de36b31144/b74a087e-8eb6-4f58-acc2-22de36b31144.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b74a087e-8eb6-4f58-acc2-22de36b31144/b74a087e-8eb6-4f58-acc2-22de36b31144.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>205</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>021 - Sympathy Wanted</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/021-sympathy-wanted--68624873</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624873</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624873/021_sympathy_wanted.mp3" length="2738497" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/705d7b91-016b-43dd-bca8-1573116583da/705d7b91-016b-43dd-bca8-1573116583da.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/705d7b91-016b-43dd-bca8-1573116583da/705d7b91-016b-43dd-bca8-1573116583da.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/705d7b91-016b-43dd-bca8-1573116583da/705d7b91-016b-43dd-bca8-1573116583da.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>342</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>022 - The History of the Rum Demon ConcludedProhibition Is Making a Free Thinker of the Old Soak</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/022-the-history-of-the-rum-demon-concludedprohibition-is-making-a-free-thinker-of-the-old-soak--68624874</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624874</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624874/022_the_history_of_the_rum_demon_concludedprohibition_is_making_a_free_thinker_of_the_old_soak.mp3" length="3319074" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c3537ceb-301c-4b49-9213-528b75fb6c9e/c3537ceb-301c-4b49-9213-528b75fb6c9e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c3537ceb-301c-4b49-9213-528b75fb6c9e/c3537ceb-301c-4b49-9213-528b75fb6c9e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c3537ceb-301c-4b49-9213-528b75fb6c9e/c3537ceb-301c-4b49-9213-528b75fb6c9e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>415</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>023 - Hail and FarewellA Last Drink</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/023-hail-and-farewella-last-drink--68624876</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624876</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624876/023_hail_and_farewella_last_drink.mp3" length="679679" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/faea1cc1-bcd6-470f-b146-ad1f203986aa/faea1cc1-bcd6-470f-b146-ad1f203986aa.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/faea1cc1-bcd6-470f-b146-ad1f203986aa/faea1cc1-bcd6-470f-b146-ad1f203986aa.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/faea1cc1-bcd6-470f-b146-ad1f203986aa/faea1cc1-bcd6-470f-b146-ad1f203986aa.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>85</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>024 - Hail and FarewellIn the Old Days</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/024-hail-and-farewellin-the-old-days--68624877</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624877</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624877/024_hail_and_farewellin_the_old_days.mp3" length="666504" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c8e81c84-9bb0-4e07-8042-c97d32c387a8/c8e81c84-9bb0-4e07-8042-c97d32c387a8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c8e81c84-9bb0-4e07-8042-c97d32c387a8/c8e81c84-9bb0-4e07-8042-c97d32c387a8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c8e81c84-9bb0-4e07-8042-c97d32c387a8/c8e81c84-9bb0-4e07-8042-c97d32c387a8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>84</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>025 - Hail and FarewellA Dipsey Chantey</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/025-hail-and-farewella-dipsey-chantey--68624879</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624879</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624879/025_hail_and_farewella_dipsey_chantey.mp3" length="1276290" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b30fb574-2402-4139-b392-51b4fd921015/b30fb574-2402-4139-b392-51b4fd921015.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b30fb574-2402-4139-b392-51b4fd921015/b30fb574-2402-4139-b392-51b4fd921015.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b30fb574-2402-4139-b392-51b4fd921015/b30fb574-2402-4139-b392-51b4fd921015.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>160</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>026 - Hail and FarewellA Certain Club</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/026-hail-and-farewella-certain-club--68624880</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624880</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624880/026_hail_and_farewella_certain_club.mp3" length="554587" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4e57322d-a318-4d0f-97ea-5f2a346aee28/4e57322d-a318-4d0f-97ea-5f2a346aee28.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4e57322d-a318-4d0f-97ea-5f2a346aee28/4e57322d-a318-4d0f-97ea-5f2a346aee28.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4e57322d-a318-4d0f-97ea-5f2a346aee28/4e57322d-a318-4d0f-97ea-5f2a346aee28.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>70</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>027 - Hail and FarewellA Temperance Tract</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/027-hail-and-farewella-temperance-tract--68624882</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624882</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624882/027_hail_and_farewella_temperance_tract.mp3" length="1832525" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dfcf8f56-fc24-4788-8eef-3b82122b7d25/dfcf8f56-fc24-4788-8eef-3b82122b7d25.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dfcf8f56-fc24-4788-8eef-3b82122b7d25/dfcf8f56-fc24-4788-8eef-3b82122b7d25.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dfcf8f56-fc24-4788-8eef-3b82122b7d25/dfcf8f56-fc24-4788-8eef-3b82122b7d25.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>229</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>028 - Hail and FarewellA Vision in the Night</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/028-hail-and-farewella-vision-in-the-night--68624883</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624883</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624883/028_hail_and_farewella_vision_in_the_night.mp3" length="660652" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a185bb11-7fec-4022-818f-30910f7ef12c/a185bb11-7fec-4022-818f-30910f7ef12c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a185bb11-7fec-4022-818f-30910f7ef12c/a185bb11-7fec-4022-818f-30910f7ef12c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a185bb11-7fec-4022-818f-30910f7ef12c/a185bb11-7fec-4022-818f-30910f7ef12c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>83</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>029 - Hail and FarewellThe Last Case of Gin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/029-hail-and-farewellthe-last-case-of-gin--68624884</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624884</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624884/029_hail_and_farewellthe_last_case_of_gin.mp3" length="1474395" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c5af6c2-3a6a-4a10-9ac0-c4ba2f94b75a/6c5af6c2-3a6a-4a10-9ac0-c4ba2f94b75a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c5af6c2-3a6a-4a10-9ac0-c4ba2f94b75a/6c5af6c2-3a6a-4a10-9ac0-c4ba2f94b75a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c5af6c2-3a6a-4a10-9ac0-c4ba2f94b75a/6c5af6c2-3a6a-4a10-9ac0-c4ba2f94b75a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>184</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>030 - Hail and FarewellCrowned Singers</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/030-hail-and-farewellcrowned-singers--68624886</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624886</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624886/030_hail_and_farewellcrowned_singers.mp3" length="656672" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/16840302-1563-47e2-a026-d7352fc3f9e0/16840302-1563-47e2-a026-d7352fc3f9e0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/16840302-1563-47e2-a026-d7352fc3f9e0/16840302-1563-47e2-a026-d7352fc3f9e0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/16840302-1563-47e2-a026-d7352fc3f9e0/16840302-1563-47e2-a026-d7352fc3f9e0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>82</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>031 - Hail and FarewellDown in a Wine Vault</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/031-hail-and-farewelldown-in-a-wine-vault--68624887</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>214</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>032 - Hail and FarewellAnacreon</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/032-hail-and-farewellanacreon--68624888</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624888</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624888/032_hail_and_farewellanacreon.mp3" length="594536" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ec1692aa-426a-4cef-aa22-e1b3fc10facc/ec1692aa-426a-4cef-aa22-e1b3fc10facc.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ec1692aa-426a-4cef-aa22-e1b3fc10facc/ec1692aa-426a-4cef-aa22-e1b3fc10facc.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ec1692aa-426a-4cef-aa22-e1b3fc10facc/ec1692aa-426a-4cef-aa22-e1b3fc10facc.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>75</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>033 - Hail and FarewellThere Were Giants in the Old Days</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/033-hail-and-farewellthere-were-giants-in-the-old-days--68624889</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624889</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624889/033_hail_and_farewellthere_were_giants_in_the_old_days.mp3" length="750824" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/22d4a331-d1b4-4519-ba74-684fbe569dbc/22d4a331-d1b4-4519-ba74-684fbe569dbc.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/22d4a331-d1b4-4519-ba74-684fbe569dbc/22d4a331-d1b4-4519-ba74-684fbe569dbc.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/22d4a331-d1b4-4519-ba74-684fbe569dbc/22d4a331-d1b4-4519-ba74-684fbe569dbc.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>94</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>034 - Hail and FarewellIn an Old-Time Tavern Booth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/034-hail-and-farewellin-an-old-time-tavern-booth--68624891</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624891</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624891/034_hail_and_farewellin_an_old_time_tavern_booth.mp3" length="717140" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9c969f3c-b3a7-437c-834a-64c870644fc2/9c969f3c-b3a7-437c-834a-64c870644fc2.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9c969f3c-b3a7-437c-834a-64c870644fc2/9c969f3c-b3a7-437c-834a-64c870644fc2.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9c969f3c-b3a7-437c-834a-64c870644fc2/9c969f3c-b3a7-437c-834a-64c870644fc2.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>75</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>039 - Hail and FarewellThe Battle of the Keyholes</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/039-hail-and-farewellthe-battle-of-the-keyholes--68624896</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>82</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>041 - Hail and FarewellYearnings and Memories</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/041-hail-and-farewellyearnings-and-memories--68624898</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624898</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624898/041_hail_and_farewellyearnings_and_memories.mp3" length="554595" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1251d4ca-2718-482f-8c53-3e94658432e0/1251d4ca-2718-482f-8c53-3e94658432e0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1251d4ca-2718-482f-8c53-3e94658432e0/1251d4ca-2718-482f-8c53-3e94658432e0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1251d4ca-2718-482f-8c53-3e94658432e0/1251d4ca-2718-482f-8c53-3e94658432e0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>70</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>042 - Hail and FarewellDo You Remember</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/042-hail-and-farewelldo-you-remember--68624899</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624899</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624899/042_hail_and_farewelldo_you_remember.mp3" length="659392" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a15d902c-27fe-4955-8588-dedcf0c32009/a15d902c-27fe-4955-8588-dedcf0c32009.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a15d902c-27fe-4955-8588-dedcf0c32009/a15d902c-27fe-4955-8588-dedcf0c32009.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a15d902c-27fe-4955-8588-dedcf0c32009/a15d902c-27fe-4955-8588-dedcf0c32009.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>83</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>043 - Hail and FarewellAnd You may Kecall This</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/043-hail-and-farewelland-you-may-kecall-this--68624900</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624900</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624900/043_hail_and_farewelland_you_may_kecall_this.mp3" length="839303" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c3a2f68-ff0e-41a2-99dd-86ce5b36f5da/6c3a2f68-ff0e-41a2-99dd-86ce5b36f5da.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c3a2f68-ff0e-41a2-99dd-86ce5b36f5da/6c3a2f68-ff0e-41a2-99dd-86ce5b36f5da.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c3a2f68-ff0e-41a2-99dd-86ce5b36f5da/6c3a2f68-ff0e-41a2-99dd-86ce5b36f5da.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>105</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>044 - Hail and FarewellTrue but What of It</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/044-hail-and-farewelltrue-but-what-of-it--68624901</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624901</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624901/044_hail_and_farewelltrue_but_what_of_it.mp3" length="557941" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8ed6b6a5-b500-4cea-812f-57f85e36f666/8ed6b6a5-b500-4cea-812f-57f85e36f666.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8ed6b6a5-b500-4cea-812f-57f85e36f666/8ed6b6a5-b500-4cea-812f-57f85e36f666.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8ed6b6a5-b500-4cea-812f-57f85e36f666/8ed6b6a5-b500-4cea-812f-57f85e36f666.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>70</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>045 - Hail and FarewellA Summer Day Dream</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/045-hail-and-farewella-summer-day-dream--68624902</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624902</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624902/045_hail_and_farewella_summer_day_dream.mp3" length="607096" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ab19a7f9-f30b-4a66-b5bc-6f88d7a8d52e/ab19a7f9-f30b-4a66-b5bc-6f88d7a8d52e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ab19a7f9-f30b-4a66-b5bc-6f88d7a8d52e/ab19a7f9-f30b-4a66-b5bc-6f88d7a8d52e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ab19a7f9-f30b-4a66-b5bc-6f88d7a8d52e/ab19a7f9-f30b-4a66-b5bc-6f88d7a8d52e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>76</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>046 - Hail and FarewellOn Swearing Off Again</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/046-hail-and-farewellon-swearing-off-again--68624903</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624903</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624903/046_hail_and_farewellon_swearing_off_again.mp3" length="634713" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/950183aa-b9a6-429c-9f5e-ece2b51cc3dd/950183aa-b9a6-429c-9f5e-ece2b51cc3dd.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/950183aa-b9a6-429c-9f5e-ece2b51cc3dd/950183aa-b9a6-429c-9f5e-ece2b51cc3dd.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/950183aa-b9a6-429c-9f5e-ece2b51cc3dd/950183aa-b9a6-429c-9f5e-ece2b51cc3dd.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>80</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alcohol,culture,history,humor,memoir,nostalgia,poetry,prohibition,saloon,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c1cc3bf79894ceebfc98caf293b88aed.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>047 - Hail and FarewellAfter Several Highballs</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/047-hail-and-farewellafter-several-highballs--68624905</link><description><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68624905</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624905/047_hail_and_farewellafter_several_highballs.mp3" length="570494" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dd189e96-4ccf-464b-8945-7c408f7d5edb/dd189e96-4ccf-464b-8945-7c408f7d5edb.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dd189e96-4ccf-464b-8945-7c408f7d5edb/dd189e96-4ccf-464b-8945-7c408f7d5edb.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dd189e96-4ccf-464b-8945-7c408f7d5edb/dd189e96-4ccf-464b-8945-7c408f7d5edb.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Published in 1921, during the early days of Prohibition, Hail and Farewell is a poignant and humorous collection of poems celebrating alcohol, drunkenness, and the culture surrounding them. In The Old Soak, an elderly curmudgeon schemes to procure liquor in a dry world. Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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Blending narrative with excerpts from The Old Soaks writings, the piece reveals his reflections on a bygone era. “Im writing a diary—a chronicle of the past, an almost gol-dinged autobiography of my adventures with Old King Booze before he shuffled off this mortal coil and took one of my feet with him. Soon, no one will remember what a classic barroom was like. Future generations will come across the word ‘saloon’ and be left to wonder, scratching their heads at what it truly meant.” “Have you got any of it written?” we inquired. “Here’s the start of it,” he replied. 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