Tales of the Cocktail CEO Eileen Wayner drops by the Bar Hacks podcast with TOTC board member and operator Neal Bodenheimer. This year's upcoming Tales is a hybrid digital/in-person event taking place September 20-23. Attendees can expect not only informative education sessions and brand activations but also new elements such as the reinvented Spirited Awards and the all-new Diversity Distilled Career Fair. Click here to register for this year's event. Connect with Eileen Wayner on LinkedIn and Neal Bodenheimer on Instagram. You can also follow Tales of the Cocktail on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Connect with host David Klemt on Instagram, and follow Bar Hacks on Instagram and Twitter.

On a personal note, the people of New Orleans and Louisiana are in our thoughts as Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday.