Where's the nexus between craft beer and music? Right here! Join us with our very special guest in this week's episode, composer Nathan Hudson, as we explore fine craft beer and the art of musical compostion.

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This Episode’s Brews:

Sand City Brewing Co. - Northport, NY: Man Hands (American Double/Imperial IPA) 4.59%

Barrier Brewing Company (Collaboration w/Sand City Brewing Co) - Oceanside, NY: Watch the Throne (IPA - American) 7.7%

Brewery Bhavana - Raleigh, NC: Burrow (American Double/Imperial Stout) 10.0%

Finback Brewery - Queens, NY (American Double/Imperial IPA) 10.0%

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We’re all terrified of nuclear warfare, but are there pros in addition to the obvious cons? More importantly, how has nuclear proliferation shaped our world so far, and how will it continue to define our sociopolitical regimes in the future?

On topic things we touch upon:

The original a-bomb (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

Cold War era poitics

Nuclear energy, safety, and future tech

Off topic things we touch upon:

Kim Kardashian’s butt

Western Canadian Hillbilly foot cutters (As of 6 May 2018, fourteen feet have been found in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and five in the US state of Washington)

Join us as we discuss these issues – and of course, fancy craft beers – in this week’s episode!

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This Episode’s Brews:

Fonta Flora Brewery - Morganton, NC: Yes, Yes Y’all 6.1%

Foothills Brewing - Tangled Vine Berry Rose Ale 4.5%

Single Cut - Queens, NY: Double Dry Hopped Imperial IPA 8.2%

Sierra Nevada - California: Torpedo Extra IPA 7.2%

Lagunitas - Petaluma, California: A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ 7.5%

Jester King Brewery - Austin, TX

Links Mentioned:

Stanislav Petrov (The Man Who Saved the World)

The Trolly Problem

The Tsar Bomba

The True Scale and Stockpile of Nukes

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Join us this week as we hang out with author Kevin Clouther. In this episode we chat about everything from short stories, to music, and of course, craft beer. Specifically, Kevin helped us discuss the many connections between the skills and expressivity of both writing and music. We also talked about his short story collection We Were Flying to Chicago which you can check out here

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This Episode’s Brews:

Burrial Beer Co. - Ashville, NC: Scythe Rye 7.0% (IPA)

Mikkeller Brewing - San Diego, CA: Waves Bølger 7.3% (IPA)

Barrier Brewing Co - Oceanside, NY: Money IPA 7.3%

Night Shift Brewing - Everett, MA: Morph IPA

Sand City Brewing Co - Northport, NY: A Diamond in the Rough 8.5% (Imperial/Double IPA)

Links Mentioned:

We Were Flying to Chicago by Kevin Clouther

“Sticks” by George Saunders

Mahler 2 Finale

Christopher Martin, principal trumpet NYphil

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Do you believe in ghosts? Do ghosts believe in you? What about spirits or the paranormal? Do supernatural beings actually come out on Halloween or is the whole thing bullshit? Join as we get extra spooky (and sloshy) in this week’s episode where we discuss all things related to ghosts, including our usual dose of science and healthy skepticism. (Listen on Podbean or via our YouTube channel by clicking here!).

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This Episode’s Brews:

Green Flash - San Diego, CA: West Coast IPA 8.1% (Double Dry Hopped)

Bell’s Brewery - Kalamazoo, MI: Two Hearted Ale 7.0% (American IPA)

Southern Tier - Lakewood, NY: Samoa This 10.0% (Imperial Stout)

Bacardi Rum -(…enough said)

Links Mentioned:

Captain Disillusion - Disneyland Ghost DEBUNK

The Office - The Role of Fear in Our Lives

TED - My stroke of insight: Jill Bolte Taylor

Kurzgesagt - Do Robots Deserve Rights?

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Are Psychics & the Paranormal Legit?

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Pump up your BAC and dive into the drunk tank with us.  If a thunk tank is a nice balance between thinking and drinking...this is not that.  Normally reserved for our Patreon only fans, this is our topicless episode where we get extra drunk on craft beer and... 

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This episode's brews:

Sierra Nevada- Torpedo IPA||

Other beers we can't remember 😜

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So you're saying...you're alt right? Alt left? Is there room in-between anymore in our increasingly polarized political theatre for moderation and compromise.  Has political correctness gone too far? Is there a free speech crisis on college campuses?

Join the Thunk Tank crew as we discuss the state of modern political polarization in America . Good think we had some beers on hand for this one. Perhaps politicians should follow suit? X)

We are also happy to announce a new website for proper long form thunking where we will write longer blog posts to accompany episodes.  Read this episodes blog post at the following link:

https://thunktankpodcast.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/political-polarization-on-the-left-and-right/

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This episode's brews:

Radiant Pig Craft Beers: Save the Robots IPA 

Joymongers: Red wine barrel aged weizenbock, 9%

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This Episode's Links:

https://youtu.be/aMcjxSThD54 (Jordan Peterson Cathy Newman)||

NYtimes "When the left turns on its own"||

https://youtu.be/bO1agIlLlhg (Evergreen State College protests)||

https://youtu.be/kMc8pczn-hs (Yale Halloween costume "controversy")

What exactly is an 'ocean'? And more interestingly, what's in them? Seems like simple enough questions, until you begin exploring the deep trenches of unseen life both here on Earth as well as on moons throughout our Solar System! So crack a beer and dive 🤮 in with us as we tackle the immense and wonderous topic of oceans in this week's episode!

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This episode's brews:

Montauk Brewing Company - Montauk, NY: Wave Chaser IPA||

İnterboro - Look! Up In The Sky Double IPA ||

Other Half Brewing & Monkish Brewing - LGA 2 LGB

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This Episode's Links:

What wonders lurk within Titan's methane seas? ||

Check out more on the oceans' plastics epidemic! :( ||

How Deep is the Oceans?

Will robots and artificial intelligence one day surprass the power of human intellect? Do we all really live in an elaborate simulation coerced by beings beyond our comprehension? Are there enough beers to crack, along with these mysteries? Join us in this week's episode as we explore these and many other technological topics with our very special guest, a computer science engineer!

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This episode's brews:

Coney Island Brewing Co. - Brooklyn, NY: Hard Root Beer

Montauk Brewing Company - Montauk, NY: Session IPA

Burrial Beer Co. - Ashville, NC: Skullsaw (Porter w/NC Sweet Potatoes)

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This Episode's Links:

Elon Musk on Simulation Theory ||

https://youtu.be/OEMnwI2G2U0 (Alan Watts)||

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CO6M2HsoIA (Slaughterbots)//

https://youtu.be/szzVlQ653as (Ricky and Morty Roy) ||

https://youtu.be/RDZu04v7_hc (Boston Dynamics Robots) ||

Simulation Theory Broken Down ||

Robot Rights ||

Quantum Computers ||

The Future is Coming, but Going Where? ||

Westworld Season One Explained (SPOILERS) ||

Thunk Tank Podcast goes international this week in our very special episode where we explore the rich culture, language, and history of Turkey! Join us along with our very special guest - who actually hails from this unique and fascinating country! Some fascinating (and of course also entertaining) insights into the land and life of Turkey! Dinlediğiniz için teşekkürler!

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This episode's brews:

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Milton, DE: 60 Minute IPA

Barrier Brewing - Oceanside, NY: Money IPA

Tröegs Brewing Company - Hershey, PA: JavaHead Stout

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This Episode's Links:

Camel populations by country ||

Turkish Grease Wrestling, oh yeah ||

Turkish Bird Calling People (yeah, you read that right) ||

Yup. That's a real picture, of a real car, floating around real Earth! But do we really expect anything less from SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk? Is he really a super hero? A super villian? Or just a dude who gets awesome stuff done? Join us in our latest episode where we watch the maiden launch of SpaceX's revolutionary Falcon Heavy rocket (the biggest since the moon rockets!).

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This episode's brews:

Other Half Brewing - Brooklyn, NY: DDH CITRA + GALAXY (Imperial IPA); Mylar Bags (Imperial IPA)

Sand City Brewing Co. - Northport, NY: So, That Happened (IPA); Powers (Doube IPA)

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This Episode's Links:

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch video ||

Neil Degrasse Tyson-We Stopped Dreaming ||

Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars, including specs on the Falcon Heavy and the BFR (concept rocket to take us to Mars) ||

Why going to Mars is a TERRIBLE idea!  ||

Why going to Mars is a GREAT idea!