Whiskey Bench

In this episode the Bench discusses MMT. What is MMT? How does it work? Is mass money printing and spending a viable means of improving wealth inequality? Join us to hear all these questions considered.

Tom Collins
2 oz gin
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
chilled club soda
Add gin, lemon, and syrup to an ice-filled collins glass (high-ball). Top it off with club soda and stir. Garnish with a lemon slice and cherry.

Relevant Links:

• Ultimate Bar Book
• Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940
• Radio Lab: More Money Less Problems
• Planet Money: MMT
• Right and Wrong of MMT
• Dan Crenshaw: $23T & MMT

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

The crew is back together. Kat and Torna catch up with Henning as they discuss PETA and human superiority, FBI lies, and a whole list of social topics relevant today.

Manhattan (classic)
2 oz rye
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Stir ingredients over ice and strain into chilled glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

Stephen and Kat talk shop discussing current events. The good, the bad, and the funny.

The Wellerman (a How to Drink cocktail)
2oz rum
1oz lemon juice
1/2oz simple syrup
heaping spoonful of Matcha powder
1 egg white
Dry Shake vigorously to emulsify then add ice and shake again.

Strain into coup.

Relevant Links:
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Netherlands COVID Riots
Newsom COVID Restriction lift
Recall Newsom
NYT Sea Shanty

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

The first amendment and censorship is a conversation that has long been in discussion, and its not going to stop anytime soon. In this episode the Whiskey Bench talks about how to approach understanding censorship with big tech, and how to wrestle with the libertarian desire to avoid government intervention while also maintaining a spirit of the constitution.

Presidente
1 1/2 oz light rum
1/2 dry vermouth
1/2 sweet vermouth
1/4 oz tripple sec
orange twist
stir all ingredients over ice and strain into chilled glass.

Relevant Links:
Manhattan Corp v. Halleck
1st day Biden EO CNN
Diet Coke Button
Montana man charged in Capitol breach
Will Wilkinson Pence tweet
Deplatformed Podcast: Social Media Censorship
Dan Crenshaw's Podcast: What Do We Do About Tech Censorship?

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

The madness in the aftermath of the January 6 storming of the Unites State Capitol continues. Facebook, twitter, and Amazon are starting to censor and remove users and the POTUS has been impeached for a second time. Whiskey Bench is starting to discuss reasons leading up to these events, and trying to expand their understanding of the times at hand.

Laphroaig 10 year
Grab a glass. Pour as much Laphroaig as you want into it. Drink it. As is. Neat.

Relevant Links:
WSJ Nancy Pelosi
Q Church
Deplatformed Podcast: Social Media Censorship
Dan Crenshaw's Podcast: What Do We Do About Tech Censorship?

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

The madness in the aftermath of the January 6 storming of the Unites State Capitol continues. Facebook, twitter, and Amazon are starting to censor and remove users and the POTUS has been impeached for a second time. Whiskey Bench is starting to discuss reasons leading up to these events, and trying to expand their understanding of the times at hand.

Blue Monday

• 1 oz Gin
• 1 oz Cointreau or triple sec
• dash of blue curacao
• 3-4 oz chilled club soda

Pour gin and Cointreau into ice filled glass. Add curacao and soda. Stir.

Relevant Links:
WSJ Nancy Pelosi
Q Church
Deplatformed Podcast: Social Media Censorship
Dan Crenshaw's Podcast: What Do We Do About Tech Censorship?

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

With the recent riot at the US Capitol, there is a lot of conversations that need to be had. In this episode, the Whiskey Bench discusses the events that occurred on January 6, 2021, and start to lay out a nuanced analysis of what led to it, how its being interpreted based on party affiliation, and what long term negative effects it may have on the civil liberties of every person.

Cherry Cobbler

• 2 oz Gin
• 3/4 oz Cherry Brandy
• 1/4 oz creme de cassis
• 1/4 oz lemon juice
• 1/4 oz simple syrup
• 2-3 oz club soda

Add ingredients (minus soda) into shaker and add ice. Shake rigorously and strain into rocks glass. Top off with soda, and garnish with cherry, lemon slice, and mint sprig.

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @KatJDwyer
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

This week we're hanging out and drinking a Toronto. We discuss a couple highlights of 2020 and hope for 2021. It's going to be an incredible year!

Toronto

• 2 oz Canadian Rye Whiskey 
• 1/4 oz Fernet-Branca
• 1/4 simple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Add ingredients into a mixing glass and stir well. Strain into a coupe and garnish with an orange twist.

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @katdwyer1
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

This week we're hanging out and drinking bourbon and eggnog. Join us for an unedited hangout session with twists and turns in every direction.

Please check out Nathan Fordham's fine jewelry. 

Bourbon Eggnog Flip

• 1 1/2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Brandy 
• 1/2 oz Maraschino Liqour
• 3/4 oz Simple Syrup
• 1 whole egg
• 3-4 oz egg nog

Add all ingredients in (minus eggnog) into a shaker without ice. Dry shake rigorously to mix and emulsify ingredients. Next add ice and shake. Strain mixture into desired glass, and top off with chilled eggnog. Garnish with favorite holiday spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, or orange peel).

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @katdwyer1
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!

In this episode the squad barely dips their toes into censorship in the modern media world. They discuss Hunter Biden, censorship, hot soup, and crypto currency.

Sazerac

• 2 oz Rye (or Cognac)
• 1/4 oz simple syrup
• 4 dashes Peychaud's Bitters ( I like 10)
• A dash of Absinthe, Herbsaint, or Pernod

Stir Rye, sugar, and bitter over ice. In a chilled rocks glass, put a small amount of absinthe into it, and rotate until the sides are coated ( "rinsed"). Strain drink into glass and garnish with a thick lemon peel.

Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Torna: @Mtn_Torna
• Kat: @katdwyer1
• Henning: @stephenghenning

Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at [email protected].

Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!