The Math of You

Lucas is moving this week (patreon.com/lokified), so please enjoy these extra bits from Episode 100 with the lovely Margaret H. Willison.

Follow Margaret on Twitter at @MrsFridayNext, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].  

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Actor and cohost of Smash Fiction and the Garden Plots With Skeletor podcasts Dan Mulkerin returns to the Math of You. Along the course of this conversation, we discuss how Secret Wars was the original Smash Fiction, how it’s a really bad idea to promise Spider-man free hot-dogs for life, and how Bok Choy is for closers.

Signature Cocktail: The Nosy Parker

Whether you’re a threat or a menace, here’s a drink to steel your nerves.

• 2oz irish whiskey
• 1/2oz Benedictine D.O.M.
• 1/2oz Extra Dry Vermouth
• citrus twist, for garnish

Shake ingredients with ice to combine. Strain into a champagne coupe. Garnish with citrus twist

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Follow Dan on Twitter at @danmulkerin, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Librarian, wrestling podcaster and expectant parent Emily Fear is here to discuss made-for-TV movies and after school specials. Along the way, we discuss the situations in which out your Yinzer would come, we take a surprisingly deep dive into the ownership of a jar of buttons, and how a TV movie with no budget can fall ass-backwards into fashion verisimilitude.

Signature Cocktail: the Shelby

A hazy drink that’ll have people dying to join you.

• 2oz bourbon
• 1oz cold brew coffee liqueur
• 1oz pineapple juice
• 1/2oz lime juice
• 3oz ginger beer
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Combine bourbon, coffee liqueur, pineapple juice, and lime juice in an shaker with ice and shake until combined. Strain into a double rocks glass and top up with ginger beer. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Follow Emily on Twitter at @forkedpgh, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Podcaster, eggnog enthusiast and DM Jeff Stormer is here to discuss the Muppet Show. Along the way, we discuss the forbidden energy of just winging it, the majesty that Swan Lake gains when you add a pig mask, and how Kermit the Frog is the stage manager we all aspire to be.

Signature Cocktail: the Heifetz

Easy, pal, you’re liable to hurt yourself. Drink like you’re not getting paid.

• 2oz gold rum
• 1oz brandy
• 2oz orange juice
• 1 1/2oz lemon juice
• 1/2oz orgeat syrup
• 1 cup crushed ice

Combine all ingredients in an electric blender and pulse until combined. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with a hibiscus.

Follow Jeff on Twitter at @DexDynamo & @partyofonepod, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Cohost of Smash Fiction and the NXT Wrestling Fan podcasts and Hugo-award-winning fanfic writer Megan Bob returns to the Math of You. Along the course of this conversation, we discuss the odd cosmology of Dragon Jesus, porn cathedrals and the Sindarin word for blowjob, and we sit in the moment when we all had a crush on Trent Lane.

Signature Cocktail: The Draco

A drink to put fire in your belly, an edge on your teeth, and love into your heart.

• 1oz tequila (or mezcal if you can get it)
• 3/4oz Aperol
• 1/2oz maraschino liqueur 
• 3/4oz lime juice
• citrus twist, for garnish

Shake ingredients with ice to combine. Strain into a champagne coupe. Garnish with citrus twist

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Follow Megan Bob on Twitter at @MeganBobNess, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Podcaster and writer Jo Thornely is here to discuss MASH, among many other things. Along the way, we discuss the path from wilderness boat child to hip hop podium dancer to colourblind art teacher, the interconnecting dangers of art and serial killers, and the people management lessons of one Hot Lips Houlihan.

Signature Cocktail: the Hot Lips

Contains the doctor’s recommended daily dose of all the power you need to keep kicking against the pricks.

• 1 1/4oz Speyside Scotch
• 1oz Tawny Port
• 1/2oz sweet vermouth
• 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake vigourously and strain into a martini glass.

Follow Jo on Twitter at @JoThornely, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Podcaster and punk rocker Matt Fisher is here to discuss straight edge punk and hardcore. Along the way, we discuss becoming a musical scuba diver in the home of meth and skeeball, what to do when your imaginary friend writes you the perfect album about wrestling, and the shows made powerful by the experience of tasting your own blood.

Signature Mocktail: the Foreign Object

Whip your head around a little, get blood on the front row.

• 3oz ginger beer
• 3oz cranberry juice
• juice of 1/2 a lime
• Sprig of mint, for garnish
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Combine all ingredients over a big chunk of ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattMoment, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Podcaster and co-creator of Two Bossy Dames Margaret H. Willison returns to the Math of You. Along the course of this conversation, we discuss how to feel affronted ownership for a house you don’t own, a cautionary tale about the crossover of new and old media that is buying stamps through instagram, and the joys of old age, such as gracious vulnerability and spitting.

Signature Cocktail: The Bossy Dame

Impeccable discernment, insouciant charm… effervescent bubbles.

• 1 1/2oz botanical gin
• 1 1/2oz sweet vermouth
• 1/4oz grand marnier 
• 1/4oz amaro Montenegro 
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• Seltzer or club soda
• Pineapple wedge (garnish)

Stir ingredients in an ice-filled glass to combine. Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice, and top up with soda. Garnish with pineapple wedge.

Follow Margaret on Twitter at @mrsfridaynext, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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In this special crossover episode, Elle Collins, JoJo Seames and Andrew Ihla, the hosts of The Invisible Ray podcast join Lucas to talk about their early memories of cinema and 1948’s The Red Shoes. Along the course of this conversation, we discuss how you should just let kids see dinosaurs eat people, movies that make you cuss and yell syllables at the screen, and the greatest unspoken “motherfucker” in all of film.

Signature Cocktail: The Lermentov

A great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit. Or spirits, as the case may be.

• 1 1/2oz bourbon
• 1/4oz apricot brandy
• 3/4oz punt y mes
• 1 dash Angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir to combine. Strain into a champagne coupe and garnish with a twist.

Follow Elle on Twitter at @AnotherElle, JoJo at @JoJoSeames, Andrew at @AndrewIhla, the Invisible Ray at @invisibleraypod, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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Author Kate Racculia returns to the Math of You. Along the course of this conversation, we discuss The Westing Game as Intro To Murder Mystery 101, the Sliding Bracket of Cool Retro In Teen Films, and how everything, if you let it, comes back to Highlander.

Signature Cocktail: The Sandy McSouthern

Relax, sit back and coast down some purple waves. Like all good things, can also be finished with a twist.

• 2oz botanical gin
• 1/2oz Campari
• 1/2oz punt y mes 
• 1/2oz sweet vermouth
• 1 dash orange bitters
• Citrus twist, for garnish

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir to combine. Strain into a champagne coupe and garnish with a twist.

Follow Kate on Twitter at @KateRacculia, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to [email protected].

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