The Cocktail Nation Podcast

The Cocktail Nation is a radio show and podcast broadcast across the world via various radio stations. Every Saturday night your host Koop Kooper talks to the movers and shakers of the lounge and Exotica scene while mixing it up with the very best in swingin’ tunes from the 50s and 60s.

#266: Queens Of Vintage

May 12th 2013 | Download episode

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This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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#265: Our Man Flint

May 5th 2013 | Download episode

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Back again for another week on the Cocktail Nation. This week we talk loungin' bachelor pad movies with Kramer as we check out the film "Our Man Flint", starring James Coburn. Rohan from Careless Navigator stops by to talk about a new mug he is selling and as usual the very best lounge and exotica music across the planet.

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#264: Marilyn Monroe Festival

April 28th 2013 | Download episode

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There are a lot of festivals around the world, but none like this one I am going to tell you about, which is just a little bit different - a Marilyn Monroe festival! My press agent has been working overtime of late so we will check out some interviews I have done about the Cocktail Nation. I have a listener question to address and of course the best lounge and exotica from across the planet.

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#263: Name Dropper Part 2

April 21st 2013 | Download episode

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This week we continue with our chat to the man who knows everybody, a friend of the big stars who has seen it all, his name is Morris Diamond and he started life out as a song plugger. He joins my two part series this week. Got some news about some rare Kennedy photos, an email through from Waitiki 7 with some very exciting information for you along with the best classic and neo lounge from across the globe.

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#262: Name Dropper

April 14th 2013 | Download episode

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There is a man who knows everybody, a friend of the big stars who has seen it all, his name is Morris Diamond and he started life out as a song plugger. He joins me this week on the show as part of a two part series this week and next week. Mad Men Season six kicked off this week so we will find out what people thought of it. Plus Zsa Zsa Gabor news and the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

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About The Cocktail Nation

Please pour yourself a drink and make yourself comfortable for your introduction to the silken-voiced Mr. Koop Kooper, the host of The Cocktail Nation — a lounge and exotica podcast out of the Sydney penthouse.

Kooper is a DJ, writer, voiceover artist and known around Sydney town as a hepster who is always on the lookout for new crazy music. He mostly listens to lounge and Exotica and loves the new stuff that is coming out these days in what is a vibrant scene. He is also an avid collector of late fifties and early sixties furniture for over fifteen years now.

Koop Kooper