The Math of You

My good friend Rebecca Graves is here to talk about the novels of Stephen King. Along the way, we discuss the the best damn museum in Missouri, eventually seeing the elusive giant hot dog, and how to escape a dream if you’re Batman.

Signature Cocktail: The Dreamscape

Drift away, drink up, fade out.

2oz Dark Rum

1/4oz Apricot brandy

1/4oz Grand Marnier

1/8oz coconut syrup

1/2oz orange juice

1/2oz lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake vigourously, and strain over fresh ice in an old fashioned glass.

Follow Becky on Twitter at @giggleloop, 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 How2Wrestling Joanna Graham is here to talk about the early Internet, specifically RatherGood.com. Along the way, we discuss the point at which elite level bullying just becomes musical theatre, how one can be done with spoons, and the second, better, and more powerful kind of rebellion.

Signature Cocktail: Reformation Bloody Mary

After this drink, you may find yourself standing around. Your glass will be completely empty, and you will be completely happy.

4oz Bloody Mary Mix, composed of:

3 cups tomato juice

1 1/2oz lemon juice

1 1/2oz lime juice

1tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2tsp horseradish

1 1/2 tsp salt

1tsp celery salt

3/4tsp pepper

2tsp periperi sauce

2oz Dark Rum

Dash of Periperi sauce

Garnishes

gherkins

cherry tomatoes

beef jerky

olives

lemon wedge

celery salt

Make Bloody Mary mix by combining ingredients in a jug and whisking, then refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Rub lemon wedge around the rim of glass, and dip in celery salt. Fill a rocks glass with ice. Pour in rum, then periperi sauce. Top up with Bloody Mary Mix. Garnish with a skewer featuring an assortment of garnishes.

Follow Jo on Twitter at @TheJoannaGraham, 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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Cartoon aficionado Artlee Vasquez returns to the Math of You. Along the course of this conversation, we discuss cartoons inexplicably made from teen movies, the joys of Cree Summer, and how you might be able to build a rocket to space, but can’t get off an island.

Signature Cocktail: The Queens Park Swizzle

Tall and refreshing, this drink is sure to get you off the island.

2oz light rum

1oz lime juice

3/4oz simple syrup

1 sugar cube

small handful of mint leaves

3 dashes Angostura bitters

2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Mint sprig, for garnish

Combine ingredients in a shaker or heavy-bottomed glass and using a muddler or wooden spoon, crush the sugar and bruise the mint. Pour into a tall glass, and top up with crushed ice. dash bitters around the insider of the glass, and add more crushed ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Follow Artlee on Twitter at @theonlyartleee, 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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Teacher and podcaster Megan Bob is here to talk about The Secret of Roan Inish. Along the way, we take a lengthy detour into Good Things In Wrestling, we delve into the funniest Carol Burnett moment, as deemed by the good people of Reader’s Digest, and discuss the dangers of going Full Boyle.

Oh, and the little fact that the Math of You is now a scholarly work.

Signature Cocktail: The Miss Vida

Drinks, once poured, have a life of their own.

2oz gin

1/2oz Campari

1/2oz Punt e Mes

1/2oz Sweet Vermouth

1 dash orange bitters

lemon peel, for garnish

Combine ingredients with ice in a shaker, and shake vigourously to combine. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon peel you’ve rubbed along the edge of the glass.

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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Watch as two mega-powers of comic book podcasts... explode! Who will be raised up in victory? Who will languish in defeat? And can a contestant's will be broken... by IKEA? All these questions and more await in…. THE GREAT AJAXIAN BASH.  

Note: this is the third and final of my Technical Difficulties episodes, thanks to Zencaster making Chris and Matt sound great, but making me sound like I was inside a cardboard paper towel tube.

Follow Matt and Chris on Twitter at @theMattDWilson and @theisb, 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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The Math of You Episode 072 - The Adventures of Pete and Pete and Chekhov’s Jackalope, feat. JoJo Seames

Artist and podcaster JoJo Seames is here to talk about the Adventures of Pete and Pete. Along the way, we discuss how to get your family kicked out of the Sistine Chapel, how to make Blue Velvet for kids, and the unstoppable juggernaut of Endless Mike Hellstrom.

Signature Cocktail: The Steel Trap

Any problem that can't be solved by money or explosives isn't worth solving.

1.5oz bourbon

1.5oz limoncello

1/2oz Extra Dry Vermouth

1 dash spiced orange bitters

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 splash ginger beer

A pinch of cayenne pepper

A smouldering rosemary sprig*, for garnish

Combine ingredients except rosemary and cayenne in a rocks glass with ice, and stir to combine. Top with cayenne pepper and garnish with rosemary sprig.

*You make a smouldering rosemary sprig by holding fresh rosemary over a flame, letting it catch alight, then blowing it out, so it smoulders like incense. Do this right before you serve, so there’s some aromatic smoke around the glass.

Follow JoJo on Twitter at @jojoseames, 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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Zookeeper, podcaster and co-host of the Smash Fiction podcast Kit Mulkerin is here to talk about Animorphs and Soul Calibur. Along the way, we discuss taking the powers of New Jersey into yourself, the superpower of being famous, and the realities of a Fallout Boy mosh pit.

Signature Cocktail: Cosmic Castaway

Part Mai Tai, part Margarita, part Pina Colada, all good. Behold this beverage, truly worthy of the King of Bob.

2oz tequila

1/2oz lime juice

1/2oz triple sec

1/4oz coconut syrup

1/4oz simple syrup

lime wedge and fruit, for garnish

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice, and shake to combine. Pour without straining into a cocktail glass and garnish with fruit. If you’re feeling fancy, rim the glass with salt.

Follow Kit on Twitter at @DreadKithulhu, 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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Watch as two sisters battle it out for pop cultural supremacy! Who will triumph? Who will fall? And will that baby in the background of the recording ever stop squealing with joy? All these questions and more await in…. FLETCHERDOME.

Follow Rosie and Jessica on Twitter at @rosieatlarge and @ohsewjessica, 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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For the final week of the Math of You Summer Hiatus, it’s a bonus episode with literary scholar and writer Dr. Daniel Binns. Along the way, we discuss Dan’s work with audiokinetic experiments lab at RMIT, the mystery of number stations, and immersive experiences in film and elsewhere.

Follow Dan on Twitter at @binnsy, 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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For the third week of the Math of You Summer Hiatus, it’s a bonus episode with literary scholar and writer Dr. Osvaldo Oyola. Along the way, we discuss the eventual overboard traffic jams, when to talk to your college students about light bondage, and really, REALLY getting to know your neighbours.

Follow Osvaldo on Twitter at @themiddlespaces, 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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