Scotch and Socialism

It’s the second season finale, so we’re spinning the wheel again! Join your hosts as they say goodbye to Glenfiddich and discuss the pitfalls of being a gifted child, kerning, grammar, pedantry, the downfall of civilization, dog or pony races, if eating bread is a precursor to violent revolution and more! Thanks again to all ... Read moreEpisode 18 – The Lightning Round Redux

Tonight your hosts talk about the establishment, the fickleness of humanity, managers calling meetings, Jake’s frugal health tips, and why you should probably be distrustful of it all (especially those health tips). If you’d like to read more about how to treat your expensive scotch, this is a great article: http://whisky.buzz/blog/once-opened-does-whisky-change-in-the-bottle – remember to listen ... Read moreEpisode 17 – Tear Down the Establishment! Or don’t…

The “Lovely Shawn” and “Amazing Audrey” join your hosts today as we discuss marriage in the Millennial generation, co-dependency across generations, hobbies in modern marriages, if Russ is wearing pants, and the importance of communication in relationships. If you’re interested in learning more about those bugs that Jake can’t pronounce, you can read up on ... Read moreEpisode 16 – Millennial Marriage

Join your hosts as we delve into the dark chasm of social media as we discuss how to handle this growing beast. In the midst of huge events spurned on by Facebook and its ilk, such as the January 6th insurrection and the horrors facing the Rohingya people, how and should we moderate platforms that ... Read moreEpisode 15 – The Scourge of Social Media

Tonight your hosts get together to discuss the debt ceiling, how we talk about it, reductivism, quantum super position, unethical graphs and just how much editing Jake does for each episode. We’re releasing this fairly late after recording, but timely as our government really just does seem to be hanging at the top of that ... Read moreEpisode 14 – Debt Ceiling Talk

Tonight, we’re talking smack about some historical figures and events, glorification of some pretty shady people, chicken feather vs goose down pillows and software version control virtue signaling. If you’re interested in some scotch ghost stories, go check out the article Jake mentioned! https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/11581/spooky-scotch-ghost-stories/

Join your hosts and their resident special guest of special guesting as we talk about American exceptionalism. What is it? What’s manifest destiny? Does China actually exist? Should America be the world police? Remember to drop us a “heretic” in the comments on our website, scotchandsocialism.com

Join your hosts as we invite our resident venture-capitalist-spreadsheet-guru Nick, to go down the rabbit trail of housing, rent, gentrification and slipping into other people’s bad habits. Also, can you be a NIMBY when you don’t actually have a back yard? Leave a comment with your thoughts!

Aaand we’re back! Season 2 opens with an episode on space exploration, ancient websites, the presence of genitalia in the Bible and Space Pirates! Thank you Garrett and Nadia for joining us as we explore the possibility of space travel and planetary colonization within our lifetimes. Listeners, remember to subscribe and come over to scotchandsocialism.com ... Read moreEpisode 10 – Spaaaaace

It’s the season finale!! Tonight, your hosts run through some of the topics we have not been able to get to **yet**! We talk about all the family dinner classics: religion, politics, misinformation, Scottish golf and the environment! It’s been a wonderful time running this podcast and we will be back next fall, so stay ... Read moreEpisode 9 – The Lightning Round