P&C drink and review O'Hara's Irish Red, then find that they can't communicate. The words they try to use have taken on new and confusing meanings.

Orientation. Diversity. Identity. Transition. Reassignment. Privilege. Trigger. Equity. Tolerance. Pronouns. Even the rainbow.

The new definitions of these words are intended to force you to think in a different way -- to adopt a particular view of the world, and of your neighbor.

The boys don't like it.

The boys drink and review O'Hara's Irish Stout, then celebrate March 17th.

They do a quick review of Irish history, starting back in pre-history, through St. Patrick, the Vikings, Brian Boru and the English occupation, and up to modern times. They ask why is Ireland divided north and south, and wonder about the demise of the IRA.

They also discuss the two spellings of whiskey, the potato famine, St. Patrick Day customs, Irish beer, and how much Irish blood Pigweed and Crowhill have in them.

The boys drink and review Cigar City's White Oak Jai Alai IPA, then discuss suffering.

Does suffering disprove the existence of an all-powerful, perfectly good God? What is the nature of suffering, and why does it exist? What is the proper response to suffering? Why do Catholics "offer it up" when they experience suffering?

Would humans be capable of enjoying a world without suffering? Don't we need obstacles to overcome?

Finally, the boys discuss transhumanism, and how there might be a future in which men have been altered to eliminate all suffering.

P&C drink and review Pilsner Urquell, then discuss how businesses are using wokeness as a smokescreen to pretend to be virtuous.

The boys discuss what "woke" means, then review some of the work of Vivek Ramaswami.

Corporate wokeness is all a magic trick. They keep our eyes on woke BS to keep our attention away from their misdeeds. "Never mind that we use Chinese slave labor. Look at the rainbow flag on our LinkedIn profile!"

Wokeness has become a substitute for religion and traditional morality for many companies. It's filling a gap created by the secularization of society.

P&C drink and review Pigweed's latest IPA, then discuss Sun Tzu's classic.

It's an ancient book that might date back to the 6th century BC. It came out of a time when Chinese intellectuals were classifying and organizing things.

While it's explicitly about war, it's often re-interpreted as a general commentary on strategic thinking.

The Art of War is relevant to things in the news right now, like the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The boys drink and review another Pastryarchy offering from DuClaw, Irish Cream Dessert Stout, then wonder whether we're living in a simulation, and whether it matters.

From Descartes's skepticism to Nick Bostrom's famous paper, P&C review some of the top arguments for why our world might not be what we think it is.

If simulated humans can have first-person experience, we are almost certainly in a simulation. Or are we? There are interesting arguments both ways.

Then the boys discuss how the simulation question relates to the God question. Does the possibility that we are in a simulated universe shed any light on God's existence?

The boys drink and review Still Holidazed and Confused from Hysteria Brewing, then discuss how to save the planet.

P&C decide to buy in to climate alarmism (for purposes of the show) and discuss what we'd have to do to save the planet. What would have to change? If radical change is necessary, what would it look like?

Most of the normal suggestions are simply window dressing -- polishing the brass on a sinking ship.

If you really wanted to make a significant change, P&C give you some ideas.

The boys drink and review a "lazy beer," then discuss food fads.

Is it better to "eat local"? Are farmed fish less healthy than wild caught? Are "free range" chickens happier and healthier than others?

Unfortunately, many of these things are so imprecisely defined that they're meaningless.

Pigweed and Crowhill both agree with many of the goals of the people who promote some of these food fads, but when you look into them, they tend to fall apart under scrutiny.

P&C drink and review a homebrewed red ale, then discuss families.

Men are not as manly as they used to be. Testosterone has been dropping at 1% per year for decades. Men are withering away. At the same time, they have easy access to porn, and masculinity is regularly dissed.

The result is that men are less interested in women and families.

Families model future relationships, they provide a sense of security, they sacrifice for and nurture children, they civilize men. Getting married causes both men and women to grow up, and it affects their vision of the future in a positive way.

P&C drink and review Pigweed's Texas Brown Ale, then discuss the history and modern application of chivalry.

The word comes from "horsemanship," and originally applied to knights.

Society needs hard men who are willing to fight, but they also need these men to be decent and courteous off the battlefield. Medieval Europeans developed expectations for knightly conduct, and this turned into a code.

Some knights were almost like fighting monks, and formed religious orders that regulated their conduct in war and in peace. Chivalry also regulated courtly love.

How does this apply to a modern man? P&C list several ways men should be expected to behave in modern society.