Green Mountain Grills continues to tinker. In order to innovate, you must tinker.

We ask Jason Baker about that, constant striving to make the grilling experience better for you.

Green Mountain Grills does most of their work out of Phoenix. Jason tells us about their culture and how no idea is a bad idea.

Everyone who works for a team will love this conversation. This is what a great company does.

Mike Russell and Rob Hunter also chat with Jason about grilling and craft beer.

Join us as we crack open a beer, open our minds, and converse. Thanks for joining us. Cheers.

We are surrounded by activists. Well, slacktivists or activism online. Is it real? Nope.

Because we are honest with you, we are more than annoyed that baseball is on a lockout. That means no spring training.

Rob Hunter is ready to boycott the season, Mike Russell tries to talk him off the ledge.

And Rob has a knack for talking to strangers. Mike asks him about two recent interactions with a couple of people at a rally we attended.

Join us as we sip on Alpine Beer Co's Dankster's Paradise.

Rob's humble bragging this week because he sat on the floor at a recent Phoenix Suns game.

The best part was, the seats were a surprise.

Mike also admits to being spoiled by having good seats at sporting events.

The Brewmance cracks open a beer and talks about gratitude and the value of me time as well.

We all need it. Where do you get your me time? What do you use it for? To recharge?

Join in.

This week on The Brewmance, Mike Russell and Rob Hunter go deep into politics, the war on drugs, and big Pharma.

Mike had an interesting medical experience this week. He explains how one doctor didn't want to give him medication. So he found one that did.

This leads to a broader discussion about how Big Pharma fueled modern addictions leading to record overdose deaths.

That turns into a discussion about the War On Drugs. Rob loves this topic because the war has been lost and has led to the erosion of your right to be secure in your person, places, and things.

We grab Mother Road's Tenth Anniversary Ale, Ten, to have this discussion. Join us.

Dr. Michael Scheeringa is ready to take on the establishment. In this case the establishment says trauma impacts your brain permanently.

Dr. Scheeringa says no. His new book, The Trouble with Trauma: The Search to Discover How Beliefs Become Facts, comes out March 1st.

This is a perfect discussion to have over a beer on The Brewmance.

Mike Russell and Rob Hunter not only ask Dr. Scheeringa about that, we get into the power of your beliefs.

Your beliefs are the most important thing in your life, which is why the belief that trauma is permanent could be detrimental.

The Brewmance gets personal this episode. Rob talks about his own limiting beliefs and how he is combating those. Mike tells you about his two head surgeries and how that impacts his daily life.

The Brewmance drinks beers sent by Mike's older brother, Big Brother Brew Steve. The beer is from Sycamore Brewing (Charlotte, NC). It's called Mountain Candy.

Join us for this very enlightening conversation. You'll learn a lot about the power your beliefs have and how you can change them whenever you want...with a little (or a lot of) inner work.

The greatest quarterback of all time, Tom Brady, retires after 22 seasons. This isn't about football. This is about the blueprint Brady left behind for greatness and for going ALL in on yourself.

The Brewmance grabs a craft beer and talks about it. Mike Russell & Rob Hunter also talk about the baseball Hall of Fame selections.

In short, they are disappointing and ignoring reality to make a fake moral stand.

Also, we chat about Whoopi Goldberg after she was suspended by The View because of comments she made about the Holocaust. ABC missed the mark on this learning opportunity.

Our beers this week:

Mike sips Second Chance Brewing's Clever Hoppier Name.

Rob tries Green Flash Brewing's Soul Style IPA.

Join us.

So much for those football boycotts. The NFL's ratings are up. Mike Russell and Rob Hunter look back at where the football protests started, with Colin Kaepernick.

From there we talk about the weird Parotitic test we put on ourselves and how other boycotts and hashtags have failed.

The Brewmance also talks about looking for a way out of COVID. It seems that the politicians and media are looking for the off-ramp.

Mike brought Rob some bison chili this week. Bison Mike hunted. Is there a difference eating meat from an animal you watched die? We discuss over a beer. Mike grabs El Cumbre's Project Dank, while Rob sips two. Huss Koffee Kolsch and State 48's Sound of Freedom.

Join the conversation.

Mike has been trying to convince Rob to watch Oliver Stone's film about the President Kennedy assassination, JFK.

What do we think this many years later? Let's grab a beer and talk about the second gunman on the grassy knoll.

Is Rob convinced? Are you? Mike makes his case. Join us over a beer. This week Mike tries Belching Beaver's, Dichotomy, a double IPA.

Rob tries two Clown Shoes offerings.

Rob went over to Mike's last weekend. While there The Brewmance decided to take Mike's new drone out.

It ended, well paused, when Rob's hand was cut and bloodied.

Some people are now openly talking about living to be 150. Is that something you'd want to do? We discuss.

The average male gives himself a score of 5.9 on an imaginary attractiveness scale. Really? That low. What would you rate yourself? Our scores are on the podcast.

More and more celebrities are getting into the craft beer business. Should we welcome them?

Join The Brewmance for open-minded, honest conversations meant to bring people together. This week we drink two different beers. Rob goes with Dogfish Head's Slightly Mighty Low-Cal IPA. Mike goes with a collaboration from Ale Smith Brewing and Alvadaro Street Brewing called Oh So Under.

Cheers.

Terry Thompson owns and operates Rickety Cricket Brewing in Kingman, Arizona.

He runs it the way he wants. Rickety Cricket's beers and pizza names are fantastic innuendos.

Including Aiming Oil, the beer Mike Russell and Rob Hunter drink while chatting with Terry.

We chat about dirty names, being yourself, and running a business. Terry also tells us a little about his past being an Arizona State Trooper.

Terry served in a part of the state where backup may be 90 minutes away. Imagine that?

This is a fun podcast that comes with a warning. If innuendos aren't your thing, this one won't be for you.

If you want a few laughs, join in.