Episodes

In this episode, we sit down with Professor William E. Watson, Ph.D. (Immaculata University, Director of the Duffy's Cut Project) to trace that history from the Revolutionary War to the present day.

Was "On the Waterfront" a masterpiece — or a beautiful lie? Historian James T. Fisher (author of On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York) joins us to unpack the real story behind Elia Kazan's 1954 classic: the crusading Jesuit "waterfront priest" Pete Corridan, the mob-run docks, the code of silence, and the corrupt union that ruled the Port of New York.

Dagda grew out of a long bartending career at Iron Monkey, Northern Soul, and other First Street institutions, and stands on a liquor license rescued after Iron Monkey’s failed redevelopment. The room stays bar‑service‑first so guests can move, meet, throw darts, and play pool instead of being locked into tables.

We go back to the mile‑square city before craft cocktails and condo towers—into an Irish Hoboken built on parish bells, corner saloons, and ward politics. Drawing on state surveys and Hoboken Historical Museum oral histories, we tell the story of a community that rarely owned the bars, but absolutely owned what happened inside them.

Brendan traces the roots of it all back to the old country: the Irish pub as a social outpost for immigrants in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, where Friday paychecks got cashed, friendships got forged, and a real framework of trust grew up between the staff and their regulars.

In this episode of the Behind Bars Network Docuseries, we explore the legacy of The Nag's Head Pub and its larger-than-life proprietor, Barney Finnegan, whose approach to hospitality left a lasting impression on generations of bartenders, regulars, and first-time visitors alike.

Philadelphia Eagle legend Lito Sheppard stops in for a beer with Joe and PJ.

Earl Strickland is an American professional pool player who is considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time.

Regan Fletcher Stephens a Philadelphia-based freelance journey and food writer.

Casey is the restaurateur behind Jose Pistola's, Sancho Pistola's, and Pistola's Del Sur.

Jim is a Food & Beverage lifer.

At a very young age, Brandon Novak was signed to the acclaimed Powell Peralta skate team.

Mike Gretz started as a beer driver in the '70s and then joined Delco Beverage's sales department after college.

Ed McHugh is a liquor license attorney in Philadelphia, providing comprehensive legal representation and commercial guidance to clients in the restaurant/tavern, food service, and hospitality industries.

Chuck owns and operates the oldest Tavern in Delaware called Sullivan's Irish Pub at the Witherspoon.

Bob Cullen started out bartending in his early 20s in the Cherry Hill, NJ area.