Scotch and Socialism

It’s the second season finale, so we’re spinning the wheel again! Join your hosts as they say goodbye to Glenfiddich and discuss the pitfalls of being a gifted child, kerning, grammar, pedantry, the downfall of civilization, dog or pony races, if eating bread is a precursor to violent revolution and more! Thanks again to all ... Read moreEpisode 18 – The Lightning Round Redux

Tonight your hosts talk about the establishment, the fickleness of humanity, managers calling meetings, Jake’s frugal health tips, and why you should probably be distrustful of it all (especially those health tips). If you’d like to read more about how to treat your expensive scotch, this is a great article: http://whisky.buzz/blog/once-opened-does-whisky-change-in-the-bottle – remember to listen ... Read moreEpisode 17 – Tear Down the Establishment! Or don’t…

The “Lovely Shawn” and “Amazing Audrey” join your hosts today as we discuss marriage in the Millennial generation, co-dependency across generations, hobbies in modern marriages, if Russ is wearing pants, and the importance of communication in relationships. If you’re interested in learning more about those bugs that Jake can’t pronounce, you can read up on ... Read moreEpisode 16 – Millennial Marriage

Join your hosts as we delve into the dark chasm of social media as we discuss how to handle this growing beast. In the midst of huge events spurned on by Facebook and its ilk, such as the January 6th insurrection and the horrors facing the Rohingya people, how and should we moderate platforms that ... Read moreEpisode 15 – The Scourge of Social Media

Tonight your hosts get together to discuss the debt ceiling, how we talk about it, reductivism, quantum super position, unethical graphs and just how much editing Jake does for each episode. We’re releasing this fairly late after recording, but timely as our government really just does seem to be hanging at the top of that ... Read moreEpisode 14 – Debt Ceiling Talk

Tonight, we’re talking smack about some historical figures and events, glorification of some pretty shady people, chicken feather vs goose down pillows and software version control virtue signaling. If you’re interested in some scotch ghost stories, go check out the article Jake mentioned! https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/11581/spooky-scotch-ghost-stories/

Join your hosts and their resident special guest of special guesting as we talk about American exceptionalism. What is it? What’s manifest destiny? Does China actually exist? Should America be the world police? Remember to drop us a “heretic” in the comments on our website, scotchandsocialism.com

Join your hosts as we invite our resident venture-capitalist-spreadsheet-guru Nick, to go down the rabbit trail of housing, rent, gentrification and slipping into other people’s bad habits. Also, can you be a NIMBY when you don’t actually have a back yard? Leave a comment with your thoughts!

Aaand we’re back! Season 2 opens with an episode on space exploration, ancient websites, the presence of genitalia in the Bible and Space Pirates! Thank you Garrett and Nadia for joining us as we explore the possibility of space travel and planetary colonization within our lifetimes. Listeners, remember to subscribe and come over to scotchandsocialism.com ... Read moreEpisode 10 – Spaaaaace

It’s the season finale!! Tonight, your hosts run through some of the topics we have not been able to get to **yet**! We talk about all the family dinner classics: religion, politics, misinformation, Scottish golf and the environment! It’s been a wonderful time running this podcast and we will be back next fall, so stay ... Read moreEpisode 9 – The Lightning Round

This week, your hosts talk about Vaccines and the words we use around them. How should we talk about them? What do the people in your life say? Will Mel Brooks live forever? Where the hell is that cowbell? These and more in this episode! Thank you Christi for joining us on this episode! Can’t ... Read moreEpisode 8 – Vaccine Rhetoric

On this episode, your hosts talk about Tesla, electric vehicles, chips made from bugs (are they kosher?) and the environment. We’ve got some links for you too! Tesla Sleeper: https://bit.ly/3fkrQFh Tesla Battery Boost: https://nyti.ms/3vnVS07 Tech Waste Lake: https://bbc.in/3oPePGE Tesla Patent Announcement: https://bit.ly/3fL5OdB

In this week, your hosts give their views on morals and ethics, how they differ and where laws fit in all of it. Does true altruism exist? What’s the opposite of an altruist? Will the long suffering editor finally throw something at Griff? Listen and find out!

This week, your hosts are joined by our first guest of the podcast, Renee! Together we talk about standardized testing and education in general. The future of our world starts with the children of today (too cliche?). Anyways, it was wonderful having Renee on the podcast, thank you so much for your insight! (Note, sorry ... Read moreEpisode 5 – Standardized Testing and Education

In this episode, your hosts talk about the United State’s handling of drugs, most visibly Marijuana. What would decriminalization do? How has the war on drugs affected our nation? Does water have memory? What’s the difference between legalization and decriminalization? And when will we get that rhetorician cowbell?

In this episode, your hosts discuss the minimum wage in the United States, the push to raise it, and the merits and problems that could come with a $15 nation wide minimum wage. Also, go and check out The Gen Z Gentleman at his website: thegenzgentleman.com he's got plenty of great articles on whiskey, cigars ... Read moreEpisode 3 – Minimum Wage

In this episode, your hosts enter the conversation about trade schools, universities, dirty jobs and whatever a “Malevolent Benefactor” is. Mike Rowe, the host of Dirty Jobs has pushed the conversation about trades back into the public eye. You can find more information about Mike Rowe’s foundation here: www.mikeroweworks.org. Agree with us, disagree with us? ... Read moreEpisode 2 – Get a Job!

The maiden voyage for Scotch and Socialism. In this episode your hosts, Griff, Russ and Jacob, explore the idea of cancel culture and its affects on society. We referenced a Vox article on Gina Carano, you can find it here: https://bit.ly/3k6eSM1