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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. 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/73803649</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:05:59 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73803649/tea_table_talk_jerome_k_jerome.mp3" length="73859910" type="audio/mpeg"/><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. 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We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>9223</itunes:duration><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>Poems of William Blake-William Blake</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/poems-of-william-blake-william-blake--73767659</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/73767659</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:39:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73767659/poems_of_william_blake_william_blake.mp3" length="26451499" type="audio/mpeg"/><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>3303</itunes:duration><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>Convivio-Dante Alighieri</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/convivio-dante-alighieri--73735369</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/73735369</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:57:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73735369/convivio_dante_alighieri.mp3" length="266936512" type="audio/mpeg"/><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>33333</itunes:duration><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>Secret Places of the Heart-H. G. Wells</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/secret-places-of-the-heart-h-g-wells--73670485</link><description><![CDATA["Secret Places of the Heart" by H. G. Wells delves into the intricate landscapes of human emotions and relationships, revealing the hidden corners of the heart where love, longing, and introspection reside. This exploration of inner life and the complexity of human connections remains relevant today, inviting listeners to reflect on their own experiences of intimacy and vulnerability. Wells' insightful prose encourages a deeper understanding of the heart's secret places, making it a timeless examination of what it means to be human. Engaging with this work offers a chance to reconnect with the enduring themes of love and self-discovery that continue to resonate across generations.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73670485</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:19:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73670485/secret_places_of_the_heart_h_g_wells.mp3" length="213469268" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Secret Places of the Heart" by H. G. Wells delves into the intricate landscapes of human emotions and relationships, revealing the hidden corners of the heart where love, longing, and introspection reside. This exploration of inner life and the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA["Secret Places of the Heart" by H. G. Wells delves into the intricate landscapes of human emotions and relationships, revealing the hidden corners of the heart where love, longing, and introspection reside. This exploration of inner life and the complexity of human connections remains relevant today, inviting listeners to reflect on their own experiences of intimacy and vulnerability. Wells' insightful prose encourages a deeper understanding of the heart's secret places, making it a timeless examination of what it means to be human. Engaging with this work offers a chance to reconnect with the enduring themes of love and self-discovery that continue to resonate across generations.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>26657</itunes:duration><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>Living on Half a Dime a Day-Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-on-half-a-dime-a-day-sarah-elizabeth-harper-monmouth--73636406</link><description><![CDATA["Living on Half a Dime a Day" by Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth invites listeners into a world of resilience and resourcefulness, exploring the art of making the most of life's simplest pleasures. This audiobook captures the essence of living well on limited means, a theme that resonates deeply in today's fast-paced, consumer-driven society. The narrative encourages reflection on what truly matters, emphasizing values like gratitude, creativity, and community. Monmouth's insights remind us that fulfillment can be found in the small, everyday moments, making this timeless story both relevant and inspiring for those seeking to navigate their own challenges with grace and optimism.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73636406</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:25:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73636406/living_on_half_a_dime_a_day_sarah_elizabeth_harper_monmouth.mp3" length="36671341" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Living on Half a Dime a Day" by Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth invites listeners into a world of resilience and resourcefulness, exploring the art of making the most of life's simplest pleasures. This audiobook captures the essence of living well on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA["Living on Half a Dime a Day" by Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth invites listeners into a world of resilience and resourcefulness, exploring the art of making the most of life's simplest pleasures. This audiobook captures the essence of living well on limited means, a theme that resonates deeply in today's fast-paced, consumer-driven society. The narrative encourages reflection on what truly matters, emphasizing values like gratitude, creativity, and community. Monmouth's insights remind us that fulfillment can be found in the small, everyday moments, making this timeless story both relevant and inspiring for those seeking to navigate their own challenges with grace and optimism.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4579</itunes:duration><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>Centuries Apart-Edward T. Bouvé</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/centuries-apart-edward-t-bouve--73590576</link><description><![CDATA["Centuries Apart" by Edward T. Bouvé invites listeners to explore the profound themes of time, distance, and the human experience. This captivating narrative delves into the complexities of life as it unfolds across generations, prompting reflections on how our past shapes our present. The story resonates with timeless questions about connection and separation, making it particularly relevant in an age where technology both bridges and divides us. Bouvé's exploration of these enduring themes offers a rich tapestry of insights that will engage and inspire listeners, reminding us of the perpetual dance between history and the human spirit.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73590576</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73590576/centuries_apart_edward_t_bouve.mp3" length="268609522" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Centuries Apart" by Edward T. Bouvé invites listeners to explore the profound themes of time, distance, and the human experience. This captivating narrative delves into the complexities of life as it unfolds across generations, prompting reflections...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA["Centuries Apart" by Edward T. Bouvé invites listeners to explore the profound themes of time, distance, and the human experience. This captivating narrative delves into the complexities of life as it unfolds across generations, prompting reflections on how our past shapes our present. The story resonates with timeless questions about connection and separation, making it particularly relevant in an age where technology both bridges and divides us. Bouvé's exploration of these enduring themes offers a rich tapestry of insights that will engage and inspire listeners, reminding us of the perpetual dance between history and the human spirit.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>33543</itunes:duration><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>Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4-Parker Thomas Moon</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/imperialism-and-world-politics-part-3-of-4-parker-thomas-moon--73542553</link><description><![CDATA["Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4" by Parker Thomas Moon delves into the complex interplay of imperialism and global politics, exploring how these forces shape nations and their relationships. This thought-provoking work invites listeners to reflect on the enduring impacts of imperialism, a theme that remains relevant as contemporary global dynamics continue to evolve. Moon's analysis provides valuable insights into the motivations and consequences of imperialistic endeavors, encouraging a deeper understanding of historical and modern political landscapes. Engaging with this audiobook not only enriches one's perspective on past events but also prompts critical thinking about the ongoing influence of imperialism in today's world.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73542553</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:25:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73542553/20957_imperialism_and_world_politics_part_3_of_4_parker_thomas_moon.mp3" length="191104690" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4" by Parker Thomas Moon delves into the complex interplay of imperialism and global politics, exploring how these forces shape nations and their relationships. 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This timeless tale explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the innocence of childhood, resonating deeply with listeners who appreciate the simple yet profound connections that shape our lives. The enduring nature of this story lies in its ability to evoke nostalgia for the joys and trials of youth, reminding us of the bonds that define our experiences.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73487746</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:42:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73487746/jeremy_and_hamlet_a_chronicle_of_certain_incidents_in_the_lives_of_a_boy_a_dog_and_a_country_town_hugh_walpole.mp3" length="206901559" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Don Marquis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Jeremy And Hamlet: A Chronicle Of Certain Incidents In The Lives Of A Boy, A Dog, And A Country Town" by Hugh Walpole captures the charming and poignant moments in the lives of a young boy and his loyal dog against the backdrop of a quaint country...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA["Jeremy And Hamlet: A Chronicle Of Certain Incidents In The Lives Of A Boy, A Dog, And A Country Town" by Hugh Walpole captures the charming and poignant moments in the lives of a young boy and his loyal dog against the backdrop of a quaint country town. This timeless tale explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the innocence of childhood, resonating deeply with listeners who appreciate the simple yet profound connections that shape our lives. The enduring nature of this story lies in its ability to evoke nostalgia for the joys and trials of youth, reminding us of the bonds that define our experiences.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25837</itunes:duration><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>051 - Hail and FarewellA Kansas Tragedy</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/051-hail-and-farewella-kansas-tragedy--68624912</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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We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>408</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>050 - Hail and FarewellAn Object Lesson</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/050-hail-and-farewellan-object-lesson--68624910</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/68624910</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624910/050_hail_and_farewellan_object_lesson.mp3" length="1091158" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/fb5415de-78f5-4d19-a3e9-759b4463a4b5/fb5415de-78f5-4d19-a3e9-759b4463a4b5.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/fb5415de-78f5-4d19-a3e9-759b4463a4b5/fb5415de-78f5-4d19-a3e9-759b4463a4b5.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/fb5415de-78f5-4d19-a3e9-759b4463a4b5/fb5415de-78f5-4d19-a3e9-759b4463a4b5.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>137</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>049 - Hail and FarewellProverbs XXIII 29</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/049-hail-and-farewellproverbs-xxiii-29--68624908</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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We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>106</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>048 - Hail and FarewellChant Royal of the Dejected Dipsomaniac</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/048-hail-and-farewellchant-royal-of-the-dejected-dipsomaniac--68624906</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/68624906</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624906/048_hail_and_farewellchant_royal_of_the_dejected_dipsomaniac.mp3" length="1963916" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/27648206-4958-435f-b07c-ff7c99dde313/27648206-4958-435f-b07c-ff7c99dde313.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/27648206-4958-435f-b07c-ff7c99dde313/27648206-4958-435f-b07c-ff7c99dde313.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/27648206-4958-435f-b07c-ff7c99dde313/27648206-4958-435f-b07c-ff7c99dde313.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>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. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>72</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. 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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>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>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. 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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. 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>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. 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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. 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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>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>040 - Hail and FarewellIn a Tavern Booth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/040-hail-and-farewellin-a-tavern-booth--68624897</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/68624897</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624897/040_hail_and_farewellin_a_tavern_booth.mp3" length="656674" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/302d1f1e-5dbf-4d64-966d-eb5e03da0181/302d1f1e-5dbf-4d64-966d-eb5e03da0181.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/302d1f1e-5dbf-4d64-966d-eb5e03da0181/302d1f1e-5dbf-4d64-966d-eb5e03da0181.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/302d1f1e-5dbf-4d64-966d-eb5e03da0181/302d1f1e-5dbf-4d64-966d-eb5e03da0181.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>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. 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/68624896</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624896/039_hail_and_farewellthe_battle_of_the_keyholes.mp3" length="1321276" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4c59321a-479e-4c35-800f-d9e282795437/4c59321a-479e-4c35-800f-d9e282795437.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4c59321a-479e-4c35-800f-d9e282795437/4c59321a-479e-4c35-800f-d9e282795437.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4c59321a-479e-4c35-800f-d9e282795437/4c59321a-479e-4c35-800f-d9e282795437.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>165</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>038 - Hail and FarewellAn Engagement</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/038-hail-and-farewellan-engagement--68624895</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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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>037 - Hail and FarewellIn a Tavern Booth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/037-hail-and-farewellin-a-tavern-booth--68624894</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/68624894</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624894/037_hail_and_farewellin_a_tavern_booth.mp3" length="659183" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/067002ed-5d52-4e52-9a08-effd53bba36d/067002ed-5d52-4e52-9a08-effd53bba36d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/067002ed-5d52-4e52-9a08-effd53bba36d/067002ed-5d52-4e52-9a08-effd53bba36d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/067002ed-5d52-4e52-9a08-effd53bba36d/067002ed-5d52-4e52-9a08-effd53bba36d.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. 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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>036 - Hail and FarewellOnce Youth Was Mine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/036-hail-and-farewellonce-youth-was-mine--68624893</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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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>035 - Hail and FarewellThe Old Brass Railing</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/035-hail-and-farewellthe-old-brass-railing--68624892</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. 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. We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>90</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>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>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. 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/68624887</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624887/031_hail_and_farewelldown_in_a_wine_vault.mp3" length="1708687" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/bd4e29f5-7575-4428-bb04-a7e47dd7ade3/bd4e29f5-7575-4428-bb04-a7e47dd7ade3.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/bd4e29f5-7575-4428-bb04-a7e47dd7ade3/bd4e29f5-7575-4428-bb04-a7e47dd7ade3.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/bd4e29f5-7575-4428-bb04-a7e47dd7ade3/bd4e29f5-7575-4428-bb04-a7e47dd7ade3.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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>008 - The Old Soak's HistoryMore Evils of Prohibition</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/008-the-old-soak-s-historymore-evils-of-prohibition--68624855</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>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>007 - An Argument With the Old Woman</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/007-an-argument-with-the-old-woman--68624852</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/68624852</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624852/007_an_argument_with_the_old_woman.mp3" length="1427736" type="audio/mpeg"/><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>179</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>006 - Continuing the Old Soak's HistoryThe Barroom and the Arts</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/006-continuing-the-old-soak-s-historythe-barroom-and-the-arts--68624850</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/68624850</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68624850/006_continuing_the_old_soak_s_historythe_barroom_and_the_arts.mp3" length="4263108" type="audio/mpeg"/><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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