Welcome to Episode 36: Show us those Squirt pics! (aka Day of the Dead). In this episode, we get unintentionally dirty with some drink history, and Aimee fills us in on Día de los Muertos and some of the holiday’s traditional foods. The featured drink this episode is La Paloma. You can find the recipe…
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Episode 34: Some f’ckn idiot named Wigglesworth (aka How the U.S. F’d Hawaii Part II)
Welcome to Episode 34: Some f’ckn idiot named Wigglesworth (aka How the U.S. F’d Hawaii Part II). In this episode we continue our discussion on Hawaii, but switch our focus to the Dole fruit company and pineapples. SPOTIFY LINK The featured cocktail this episode is the Blue Hawaiian (aka the Swimming Pool). Music by Andrew…
Episode 33: I hate everything about this (aka how the U.S. F’d Hawaii Part I)
Welcome to episode 33: I hate everything about this Part I (aka How the U.S. F’d Hawaii). In this episode we begin our discussion with the rise of the sugar cane industry in Hawaii and their political structure at the time. Join us next week for Part II where we discuss the pineapple industry. The…
Episode 31: The Mark Zuckerberg of Catholicism (aka Saint Anthony of Padua)
Welcome to episode 31 The Mark Zuckerberg of Catholicism (aka St. Anthony of Padua)! Aimee does the wrong homework and tells us about the wrong Saint! It’s OK though because this Saint performed really lame “miracles”. Melissa tells us about a popular “Catholic” cocktail, and also gets real upset about some lemmings. Stay after the…
Episode 30: Too dumb to vote (aka Washington Cake)
Welcome to episode 30 “Too dumb to vote (aka Washington Cake)”! In this episode Aimee tells us about the first constitutional convention, our first president, and washing cake. Melissa gets very drunk and Kate is all about cookouts. Yes, Melissa confuses James Gandolfini and Paul Giamatti. Yes, she feels bad about it.The featured cocktail for…
Episode 22: A Fool and His Nutmeg
Recap In this episode we learn about the history of nutmeg and the Banda Islands in Indonesia. Per usual, white people show up and ruin everything. Unlike most of our stories, however, there’s a somewhat happy ending. Listen Research Photos Sources Atlas Obscura The Atlantic NPR BCC
Episode 21: Adult Horse Girl Energy
Recap In this episode we discuss the upsetting history of bananas and where Bananas Foster got its name. The difference between horse girl and dolphin girl energy was a heated topic of discussion. Listen Research Photos Sources NPR HealthyWay University of Pittsburgh Smithsonian The Economist
Episode 20: Paddy LuPony
Recap Melissa blows everyone’s mind in Episode 20 by introducing Aimee & Kate to Milk Punch and the process behind making it- a drink that sounds disgusting but is actually delicious. Aimee, meanwhile, shares the history of American Cheese, and a dish that sounds disgusting, and is disgusting: Cheese Supper Dish. Listen Research Photos Sources…
Episode 17: Colonizers and Cranberry Sauce
Recap Melissa mixed up the crowd-pleasing Barnstormer’s Cider while Aimee dropped some knoweldge about the true and horrific history of Thanksgiving that traces follows the American holiday from genocide to propaganda. Listen to this episode while enjoying your Thanksgiving meals to ensure arguments and hurt feelings. Listen Research Photos Sources Business InsiderHistory of Massachusetts Time…
Episode 13: The Great Peanut Butter Debate
In our latest episode, Aimee losses her goddamn mind trying to talk about the indigenous history of peanut butter, Melissa makes up her own cocktail called Peanut Butter Jelly Time, and Kate is back with so many questions. While answering important questions like “Who actually invented peanut butter?” Aimee brings the other dishes down a…
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