Podcasts about Rum

Klagomålen mot Arbetsförmedlingen har ökat kraftigt / Många nya lagar om migration Afifa måste lämna Sverige / Rysk drönare över Rumänien i helgen / Regeringen satsar 27 miljarder på försvaret. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Roza Bicer och Jenny Pejler.

• Fried food fantasies launch the show with cheese curds versus spicy chicken sandwiches while Jess drops knowledge about fried lasagna rolls from Dirty Dick's Crab House and Ross explores Scotch eggs plus Italian arancini balls from county fair adventures featuring fried butter on sticks• Dovetail precision becomes the star as Ross tackles twelve jewelry cabinet drawers using his trusty 1998 Porter Cable router with digital calipers providing perfect setup measurements while dealing with a customer who switched from fabric lining to marble slabs requiring three-quarter inch plywood upgrades• Mouse invasion reaches critical levels with six critters discovered in Ross's shop leading to expansion foam warfare behind electrical panels where the little freeloaders were accessing through weatherstripping gaps and apparently dying from eating toxic foam• Colton arrives fashionably late triggering embarrassing question punishment including dead body disposal strategies and whether bald restaurant workers need hairnets plus philosophical debates about indescribable descriptions and fish thirstiness• Grandfather tribute brings emotional depth as Colton shares performing his original fishing-themed song at the funeral celebration using Zach Bryan melodies to capture family memories while fighting through stage nerves and shaky knees during the heartfelt performance• Electric motor mysteries get solved through brush checking and capacitor replacement discussions while multiple broken drill press motors pile up awaiting scrap yard destiny since repair costs exceed replacement prices for most standard workshop equipment• Logging history education spans from muscle-powered misery whips requiring eighteen hours to fell single trees through steam donkey winches and timber beetle inspired chainsaw blade designs leading to modern feller buncher machines that grab cut and stack in single motions• Trivia time tests knowledge of river pigs running floating logs downstream plus skid roads becoming skid row terminology while double-bit axes featured one sharp edge for precision cutting and one rugged edge for heavy chipping work• Rum recommendations replace whiskey talk featuring plantation single barrels and foursquare finishing plus diplomatico bottles offering better value than overpriced whiskey glasses while Kraken provides decent sipping despite being mixing rum• Workshop wisdom includes baking soda concrete acceleration tricks for faster setting plus Dawn dish soap additives for creamier stucco while Ross emphasizes dovetail layout importance and Colton discovers outlet cover restoration using Dawn PowerWash construction applications

This week we're heading back to the 1970s with Spike Lee's powerful and provocative 2018 film, BlacKkKlansman! We'll talk about the unbelievable true story of Ron Stallworth, the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, and his daring mission to infiltrate the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. We'll discuss the film's sharp wit, its chilling relevance, and the incredible performances by John David Washington and Adam Driver.And to help us navigate this tense and timely film, we're mixing up a classic and deceptively simple cocktail: the Rum and Coke. This iconic two-ingredient drink is a perfect match for a film that tackles a two-faced reality. So grab your highball glasses, cue up the soundtrack, and get ready to raise a glass to BlacKkKlansman!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch Shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.drinkthemovies.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Please Drink Responsibly*

Director Ridley Scott returned to outer space with the 2013 Alien prequel Prometheus, set on a distant world, and two years later, when he adapted Andy Weir's best-selling 2011 novel, Scott visited another extraterrestrial destination, albeit one relatively closer to home: Mars. On the Red Planet, Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded by fate who must survive in the harsh environment while his NASA colleagues come up with plans to rescue him. With an ensemble cast, including Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, and Benedict Wong, the film was an interplanetary success, premiering at Number One and going on to top the box office for multiple non-consecutive weekends. Just a month after its release, the film surpassed Gladiator to become Scott's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office. With Weir's novel Project Hail Mary set to get the big screen treatment next year, we're visiting The Martian for its tenth anniversary, and we promise to bring him home when we're done!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com    Aug-Heist: The Getaway Theme features beats produced by Anabolic Beatz https://www.anabolicbeats.com | Remixed with lyrics and vocals by Jonolobster   Normal Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spider Stacy of The Pogues joins our podcast just at the start of their all too brief Eastern North American tour to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of their classic album, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash. Spider talks up all the musicians in their current lineup and gives us some thoughts about the late, great Shane McGowan. This episode is sponsored by ⁠The 80s Cruise⁠. Use promo code "WDDIM" to get $250 in onboard credit. Go to The80scruise.com for all the info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Articles we discuss in this episode:https://www.vogue.com/article/the-cortisol-cocktailhttps://people.com/non-drinker-exits-party-group-chat-over-alcohol-cost-dispute-reddit-11753439https://thespiritjournal.substack.com/p/is-gen-z-really-drinking-less-or?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=61ixoe&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email  Check us out on Instagram @curiosity_publichttps://www.instagram.com/curiosity_public/ Watch us on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcplnOSfcnOh5paIL2LdaAw We have t-shirts! Grab them here:https://curiosity-public.myspreadshop.com/allhttps://www.redbubble.com/people/CuriosityPublic/shop Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CuriosityPublic Stay curious! All claims made here about alcohol, whether in this podcast, in this description, or on our Youtube channel, are solely our opinions and intended only for those of legal drinking age. All links provided here should only be accessed by those of legal drinking age.

It's Bourbon Heritage Month, so this week we're trying…tequila, Scotch, rum, whiskey and of course bourbon. Dan from the Whiskey Hotline is here with a round-up of the latest offerings from the world of spirits. Manuscrito Tequila Chapter One Blanco FEW Breakfast Bourbon Finished in Maple Syrup Barrels Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon Ryder Cup Limited Edition Coopers' Craft Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2XO 2 Times Oak Kentucky Straight Bourbon the Gem of Kentucky New Riff Distilling Single Barrel Bourbons and Ryes Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Single Barrel Binny's Handpicked GlenAllachie 10-Year-Old Cask Strength Batch #8 Speyside Single Malt E. León Jimenes 1903 Rum la Maison Velier Hampden Estate 1753 Jamaican Rum Smith & Cross Navy Strength Rum Penelope Black Walnut Old Fashioned If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

Spider Stacy of The Pogues joins our podcast just at the start of their all too brief Eastern North American tour to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of their classic album, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash. Spider talks up all the musicians in their current lineup and gives us some thoughts about the late, great Shane McGowan. This episode is sponsored by The 80s Cruise. Use promo code "WDDIM" to get $250 in onboard credit. Go to The80scruise.com for all the info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#337 - Nachhaltiger Auslandstierschutz - Interview mit Mieke & Fiona von FAM for Dogs e.V. (Teil 1)Mein Name ist Solveig & ich bin Coach für Menschen mit Hund. In dieser Folge wird's intensiv: Gemeinsam mit Mieke & Fiona von FAM for Dogs e.V. (Fight and Movement for Dogs) spreche ich über nachhaltigen Tierschutz – und über die Realität von Hunden in Rumänien und auf Lombok.

It's autumn in New York, and we're feeling the love with another Nora Ephron rom-com. This week, we're dialing up the classic Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan tale of “boy meets girl in internet chat room, boy discovers girl's true identity, and then boy kills girl's business and destroys her livelihood.” Audiences loved the third team-up of Hanks & Ryan (following Joe Versus the Volcano and Sleepless in Seattle) in this flick that retells Miklós László's 1937 play Parfumerie, which had previously been adapted as The Shop Around the Corner in 1940 and In the Good Old Summertime in 1949. Updated for the early online era, this version features an ensemble including Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappelle, and Jean Stapleton. Although the movie booked over $250 million at the box office, not all critics penned rave reviews. One reviewer called the film “almost unwatchably saccharine, representing pretty much everything wrong with today's big-budget, high-concept Hollywood filmmaking,” while others bemoaned its rampant product placement. Less than two years after its release, the corporate marriage was consummated when America Online, the originator of the film's titular salutation, and studio Warner Bros. merged to form AOL Time Warner. But will our hosts fall for this rom-com spam? Or will You've Got Mail be left on read?   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com    Aug-Heist: The Getaway Theme features beats produced by Anabolic Beatz https://www.anabolicbeats.com | Remixed with lyrics and vocals by Jonolobster   Normal Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The boys are back after an impromptu break, and barely remember how to do this! Things are loose and goofy as the fellas get back in the swing of things with 1996's In Love and War, starring Sandy B. There's not a lot to goof about in this WWI flick, but topics do include: Rum tum tuggin', Tape Beard rides again, praying for a Vrbo, Woof Woof Entertainment, thumb privileges, and always a Richard -- never a David!

TTO-230 130 Musky Fish, Tractor Bull CO Fair, Bum No Where, Monster Truck Side by Side, Trump, Banned Books, Dynamic Petrameter, Dick Book, Smallville Dick, Rum passed out in Shower, Moonshine, Cranking, High 8 Cassettes, Sleeping Penis, Soccer National Team Navy, Free Cake, Dick Photos, Amazon to Ship FBO, Helicopter or Cable Deliveries, Counter Piracy, Nintendo Games, Mason Member, Eagles Club, Peacemaker, Axe House, Annabel Doll, Matt Rife, Niobrara Cabin, Amish Bush Women, Sydney Sweeny, Jeans Ad, Bussy Boy,

Aaron, Nicholaus, and Cameron get on the mics right after the Leagues Cup Final for their instant reactions, fueled by Whiskey, Rum, and Beer.

In Folge 165 nehmen Daniel Höhnke und Tim Schestag ein heiß diskutiertes Thema unter die Lupe: Bereitet Google den Rollout des AI Mode in Europa vor? Erste Nutzer in Ländern wie Rumänien, Portugal oder den Niederlanden berichten, dass sie Zugriff auf den neuen Modus haben. Was bedeutet das für Händler und Marken, wenn Google quasi ein „ChatGPT in der Suche“ integriert und sich damit erneut ein noch größeres Stück der Customer Journey sichert? Daniel und Tim ordnen die möglichen Konsequenzen ein und diskutieren, wie tiefgreifend der Impact für den europäischen Markt wäre.

31.08.2025 – Thomas Fasbender (Ressortchef Geopolitik der Berliner Zeitung), Gerald Markel (österreichiescher Publizist und Unternehmer) sowie Markus Somm (Verleger und Chefredaktor des schweizerischen Magazins Nebelspalter) diskutieren mit Burkhard Müller-Ullrich über einen Mann, der als Frau den Irrsinn der deutschen Gendergesetzgebung entlarvt, und jetzt mit internationalem Haftbefehl gesucht wird, weil er nicht für seine frechen Reden eine 18-monatige Gefängnisstrafe angetreten hat; über die Formen der Demokratiesimulation in Deutschland, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Rumänien und andernorts im freien Westen sowie über die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Aussichten des SCO-Bündnisses (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), dem Staaten angehören, in denen fast die Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung lebt.

Vidos Mikšytės radijo pjesė O'Henrio apsakymų motyvais. Režisierė Vida Mikšytė. Vaidina aktoriai: V. Rumšas, A. Janušauskaitė, A. Bialobžeskis, G. Arbačiauskas. A. Stankūnaitė. Garso režisierė Sonata Barčytė- Jadevičienė. 2012 m.

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 20 of JwaC Presents Depp Dive: A Depper Look into Johnny's Feature Filmography. Your host David Garrett Jr. is joined by his Co-Captain and wife, Jaime. For this episode, this is a rare episode where it was movies David has seen before and first time watches for Jaime. This is also a Rum double feature as we jump back into the world made by Disney with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Then back into the world of Hunter S. Thompson with The Rum Diary (2011). I hope you enjoy coming on this journey through Johnny's Feature Filmography.Time Codes:Intro: 0:00 - 5:57Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Trailer: 5:57 - 8:19Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review: 8:19 - 24:25The Rum Diary Trailer: 24:25 - 26:55The Rum Diary Review: 26:55 - 44:16Social Media:Jaime's Instagram: jai.garrettEmail: journeywithacinephile@gmail.comReviews of the Dead Link: https://horrorreview.webnode.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dgarrettjrTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/buckeyefrommichLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/davidosu/Instagram: davidosu87Threads: davidosu87Journey with a Cinephile Instagram: journeywithacinephileThe Night Club Discord: Journey with a Cinephile

Carmen Lungu är alumn från Masterprogrammet i Skandinavistik. I vårt poddsamtal delar hon med sig av sin resa från svenska språkstudier i Rumänien, till praktik vid EU-kommissionen och arbete inom kulturdiplomati. Idag är hon projektkoordinator på UU Innovation och driver samtidigt startupen Lingoberry. Hör om strategiska val, entreprenörskap inom humaniora och om att öppna oväntade dörrar. Ett samtal fyllt av energi, insikter och framtidstro.

No gators on this menu.The writer Carl Hiaasen is best known for his satirical crime novels set in Florida. His 1993 novel Strip Tease was adapted into a movie starring Demi Moore. And the Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey is based on his 2024 book of the same name.Carl has written dozens of books for both adults and young readers. His latest, Fever Beach, involves “dark money and even darker motives,” as the description on his website reads.Carl's No. 1 motive during the workday is to write—even if that means eating the same lunch on repeat to help put himself in the zone.The South Florida native caught up with Dalia from his home in Vero Beach. In this conversation, he discusses the role food plays in his books and in his writing practice. Related episodes:Author & Restaurateur Randy Wayne White on Rum, Hot Sauce & His Latest Doc Ford NovelAuthor Craig Pittman on Quirky—and Hilarious—Florida Food StoriesMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings' “Cross Creek Cookery” Turns 80: Reflections from Food Writer Jeff Houck

No gators on this menu.The writer Carl Hiaasen is best known for his satirical crime novels set in Florida. His 1993 novel Strip Tease was adapted into a movie starring Demi Moore. And the Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey is based on his 2024 book of the same name.Carl has written dozens of books for both adults and young readers. His latest, Fever Beach, involves “dark money and even darker motives,” as the description on his website reads.Carl's No. 1 motive during the workday is to write—even if that means eating the same lunch on repeat to help put himself in the zone.The South Florida native caught up with Dalia from his home in Vero Beach. In this conversation, he discusses the role food plays in his books and in his writing practice. Related episodes:Author & Restaurateur Randy Wayne White on Rum, Hot Sauce & His Latest Doc Ford NovelAuthor Craig Pittman on Quirky—and Hilarious—Florida Food StoriesMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings' “Cross Creek Cookery” Turns 80: Reflections from Food Writer Jeff Houck

Stine sökte vård för endometrios i Rumänien / Få thailändska bärplockare i svenska skogar / Eagles of the Republic svenskt Oscarsbidrag Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Anna Jonasson och Jenny Pejler.

Eine ganz besondere Folge von „Gut zu Vögeln“ – diesmal live aus der Vogel-Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Berlin. Mit Publikum! Passender könnte der Ort kaum sein, denn der Tagesvogel dieser Folge ist hierzulande leider nur noch im Museum zu finden. So ist die Blauracke für Antonia und Philipp ein echter Sehnsuchtsvogel. Denn bis in die 1980er Jahre hat die Blauracke noch im Osten Deutschlands gebrütet, früher sogar in weiten Teilen Mitteleuropas. Heute ist sie bei uns ausgestorben – und mit ihr ihre einzigartige, strahlend blaue Erscheinung. Die großen Insekten, die sie im Sommer braucht, sind aus unserer Landschaft verschwunden – verdrängt, ausgerottet durch intensive Landwirtschaft. In Ländern wie Ungarn, Rumänien oder stellenweise Italien kann man die Blauracke noch beobachten. Aber auch dort ist es wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis ihr typisches „Ärrrr-Ärrrr“ für immer verstummt sein wird. Oder? Können wir ihr helfen? Ein riesiges Dankeschön an alle, die diesen Abend im Naturkundemuseum so besonders gemacht haben!

La Revista de la Universidad de México presenta a su nueva Coordinadora Digital, Julieta García González. Y con ello, presenta los nuevos enfoques que vendrán para el suplemento de la Revista de la Universidad en Radio UNAM.Julieta García González, narradora, periodista y editora. Estudió Letras Hispánicas en la UNAM. Ha publicado cuento, novela y literatura infantil. Es autora de Vapor, Las malas costumbres y Cuando escuches el trueno.

Systrarna Stine och Thea Johansen från Luleå lider båda av sjukdomen endometrios. Efter flera år av behandlingar som inte fungerar bestämmer de sig för att ta vården i egna händer. Beslutet leder dem till en klinik i Rumänien. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Dokumentären gjordes sommaren 2025 av Niki Warden Werning och Viola Gad. Den gjordes efter ett tips till P3 Nyheters redaktion. Om du har tips på vad vi ska granska framöver, mejla viola.gad@sverigesradio.se

No joke, here's the link the 2025 International Whisky Competition's Official Results:https://mandarin-kazoo-kz9n.squarespace.com/results  Check us out on Instagram @curiosity_publichttps://www.instagram.com/curiosity_public/ Watch us on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcplnOSfcnOh5paIL2LdaAw We have t-shirts! Grab them here:https://curiosity-public.myspreadshop.com/allhttps://www.redbubble.com/people/CuriosityPublic/shop Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CuriosityPublic Stay curious! All claims made here about alcohol, whether in this podcast, in this description, or on our Youtube channel, are solely our opinions and intended only for those of legal drinking age. All links provided here should only be accessed by those of legal drinking age.

This is a Vintage Selection from 2006The BanterThe Guys assert that in addition to the arts, one of the keys to revitalizing cities is al fresco dining…but close the doors if it's sultry.The Conversation The Restaurant Guys gather intel from expert Ed Hamilton who spent time studying the spirit. Ed discusses the different processes, labeling and deceit in the rum market. Most importantly, Ed shares some of the best ways to enjoy rum. Cheers!The Inside TrackThe Guys have learned a great deal from Ed's research; they are appreciative of his obsession…or should they say passion.Francis:  You have a kind of an obsession with rum. Why rum? Ed: Well, I would call it a passion, not an obsession.Mark: That's 'cause you haven't met you, Ed.Francis: All obsessed people called their obsessions passions.Ed: Yeah. And all my friends are characters except me. BioEd Hamilton is a leading authority on rum and the founder of the Ministry of Rum, a trusted resource for enthusiasts and professionals alike. A former merchant mariner turned rum advocate, Ed has spent decades traveling the Caribbean to document distilleries, traditions, and styles of rum. He is the author of several definitive books on the spirit.Ed has been instrumental in introducing authentic Caribbean rums to broader markets through his Hamilton Rum portfolio.  His Ministry of Rum Lost Voyage Rum was named Rum of the Year at the Bartenders Spirits Awards 2024. InfoEd's site (a work in progress so check back!)http://www.ministryofrum.com/For recipes, emailTheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.comThe Martini Expo!Presented by the award-winning publication The Mix with Robert Simonson https://martiniexpo.com/Sept 12 & 13, 2025 @ Industry City in BrooklynJoin us for martini experiences with acclaimed guests (see martiniexpo.com)Restaurant Guys Regulars get a 10% discount. Subscribe at https://www.restaurantguyspodcast.com/ Our Sponsors The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Centerhttps://www.theheldrich.com/ Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/ Withum Accountinghttps://www.withum.com/ Our Places Stage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/ Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/ Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/ To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguysReach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com**Become a Restaurant Guys Regular and get two bonus episodes per month, bonus content and Regulars Only events.**Click Below!https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe

Während russischer Luftangriffe auf die Ukraine alarmiert die Nato zwei deutsche Eurofighter in Rumänien. Der Nato-Luftraum blieb aber unverletzt.

Building a successful business often means solving problems nobody else sees coming. In this episode of Building Texas Business, I sit down with Merrilee Kick, founder of BuzzBallz, to talk about how she transformed a poolside idea into a ready-to-drink cocktail empire she sold to Sazerac in 2024. Merrilee shares her journey from high school teacher to manufacturing pioneer who bootstrapped through engineering challenges and suppliers who refused to sell her essential components. Her approach demonstrates that when traditional paths close, entrepreneurs must forge their own. We explore how Merrilee built a family-like culture with minimal turnover through practical benefits like daily cooked meals and extended holiday breaks. She discusses why fairness matters more than equality in building loyal teams. During COVID, she created an on-site school for employees' children and manufactured hand sanitizer for hospitals, showing how adaptability serves both business continuity and community needs. Merrilee reflects on mistakes that shaped her success, from coconut cream that solidified at room temperature to trusting the wrong people. She emphasizes that entrepreneurs must trust their gut instincts and move quickly when something isn't working. Her discussion about selling to Sazerac reveals the cultural shifts that come with acquisition and why selecting the right buyer matters as much as the price. The conversation reveals how a teacher's frustration with glass by the pool became a multi-million dollar business through relentless problem-solving and genuine employee care. Listen to discover why sometimes the best business education comes from cleaning your own warehouse bathrooms. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS "S#@t doesn't smell any better with age" - why firing fast is critical to maintaining culture and performance When suppliers demand hundreds of thousands for R&D, sometimes you have to source from Canada and figure it out yourself A $10 daily lunch investment eliminated production delays and built the family culture that kept turnover near zero Creating an on-site school during COVID kept the production lines running when competitors shut down People quit managers, not companies - know your employees' kids' names and eat lunch with them Trust your gut over resumes - the West Point MIT grad who couldn't deliver taught her that credentials don't guarantee performance LINKSShow Notes Previous Episodes About BoyarMiller About BuzzBallz GUESTS Merrilee KickAbout Merrilee TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Chris: In this episode, you'll meet Merrilee Kick, founder of BuzzBallz. Merrilee shares her story of going from a high school teacher grading papers to a multimillion dollar manufacturer of ready to drink cocktails by trusting her instincts, being honest and fair, and keeping sales concepts funny. Merrilee, I want to welcome you to Building Texas Business. Thank you for taking the time to come on in the podcast. Merrilee: Thanks Chris. Chris: So let's start. You founded a very interesting company called BuzzBallz. Love the name. Tell the listeners what is BuzzBallz, what is the company and what's it known for? Merrilee: So BuzzBallz is a ready to drink cocktail company. It's a manufacturing company based in Texas, and I started it back in 2009. Our first sale was in 2010 and I sold it. I ran it for 15 years and then I sold it last year, may of 2024 to Sazerac, a big company, one of the world's largest manufacturers of bourbon and alcoholic spirits. And they were very interested in us because it was the convenience store channel and it was ready to drink. And so it was a little bit different twist for them. Chris: Very good. So what was the inspiration for you in 2009 to start a alcoholic beverage company? Merrilee: I was going through some hard times with my marriage and I was a high school teacher at the time and I wanted to be more financially independent. And my high school that I was working at said that they would give me a teacher's enrichment program to where I could go get my master's in administration and be a principal. And I was like, oh my God, no, I don't want to be a principal. No, I want to go into my own field, which was business because I taught entrepreneurship, business law, international business marketing, computer science, all those kinds of wonderful subjects to high school kids, and I wanted to get my degree and get my MBA in that. So I convinced them to let me do it. Got my MBA and BuzzBallz was my master's degree thesis project. I was grading papers by the pool thinking of what should my project be for my capstone, my final project for my MBA and I had a little vo of candle with me and drinking a cocktail like a good teacher would, and I should probably not have a glass glass out here by the pool where I'm grading papers. I need to have something plastic. So I came up with the idea and the concept of a little party ball, a little ready to drink cocktail in a ball shape. Then my family and I, we sat down at dinner and we came up with the name Buzzballz. I love it. So catchy. And so that's where it came from and it stuck, you know, and it's one of those names you don't forget. So, that's the genesis of it all. Chris: What a great story. So high school teacher grading papers by the pool comes up with a cocktail and turns it into a wildly successful business. That is a coolest story I think I've ever heard. Merrilee: Yeah, we started out with six different flavors and they were pretty edgy. I'm a pretty edgy person, I guess. So, we came out with names like OJ Screamer because it was right when OJ Simpson was on trial and we had an orange juice and vodka screwdriver and we thought, okay, this will be funny, and funny sells, and it makes people laugh again. It makes it fun. So, We came up with some funny, funny names, strawberry Rum job, you know, like kind of edgy, dirty names, but funny and people loved it. Since then, it's kind of calmed the waves a little bit. We've mellowed it down a little bit, toned it down for the general grocery store shoppers, and more more family focused. But we've been through many renditions, many different flavors and sizes and things over the years. Yeah, Chris: It is really cool. Let's go back to kind of that 2009 or maybe time period. So I guess you had your MBA and you had this idea, but what did you do to get this off the ground and what kind of hurdles were you facing in order to do that? There Merrilee: Was so many hurdles. I didn't know anything manufacturing. I didn't know anything business. I was told by bankers all around Texas that I've applied for loans with that you're just a teacher, you don't have any experience, you don't have any collateral, you don't have any knowledge of manufacturing, how are you going to pull this off? And I just googled everything. Google was a really good friend, but I was looking at how many pounds per square inch does a Coke have on the inner walls of its container and will my container hold that and will this plastic have BPA in it and will it leach into my product? And what is the oxygen scavenging ratio of will oxygen permeate this plastic and degrade the product and what kind of petaloid base do I need on this? So there's a lot of engineering involved to create the container because it is a custom container. And then I was almost to the finish line and then a company, I wanted to put these metal lids on the container and a company came to me and they said, we want you to pay us hundreds of thousands of dollars so that we can r and d and see if your product really can be a good product for the market. And I couldn't afford it, so I just did it myself and I had to launch it myself and they said they wouldn't sell me any lids because of it. So I had to buy 'em from Canada. I had to buy 'em from overseas and then do it myself. So one of the things I learned is you just have to do everything yourself. You have to clean the bathrooms, you have to clean the warehouse, you have to set up the equipment, you have to do all the QuickBooks, you have to do the shipping, you have to do the billing, you have to understand all the details of this business inside now before you can pass it on to anybody. Chris: That's a very common theme amongst entrepreneurs, especially in the startup. You have an inspiration or a passion or something or idea that you believe so much in and are so passionate about that despite all the hurdles you run into, you just figure out ways over the hurdles. Merrilee: That's because if you don't, your failure to do anything and try to get it right means bankruptcy. And most entrepreneurs are going on their last thread, maxed out their credit cards. They can't afford a complete and utter failure. They can afford mistakes, but they quickly pivot and fix it and keep going. They keep swimming Chris: To that point. So you said you have to be able to do everything to get it going. Those are early days. How do you then transition once you've got some legs underneath it to start letting go of some things and bringing people in because it's your baby and you have to learn to trust some people to take care of it, Merrilee: And you make a lot of mistakes trusting people too. So you'll have a lot of duds people that you hire, some family and friends I would steer away from as much as possible unless that family is under your control, like cousins, aunts, uncles, those are more difficult to work with than your own sons because your sons will do whatever you tell 'em to do. Chris: And I know you have your sons in the business, Merrilee: But it was difficult when I hired friends because they were entitled. They thought they would be able to have more. So it's very different when you're having to hire people that are friends, Chris: That's having a strong team around you is so critical to the success of any business. What did you learn along the way? And aside from maybe don't hire friends to really hone in on your process to improve your hit rate on making sure you were hiring people that you could trust and they could do the job Merrilee: Well, sometimes you hire somebody based on their resume or their referrals or whatever, and that's a good first step, but you're going to still make mistakes. I remember I had a guy that had all the accolades in the world. He was a West Point grad, he was MIT, he had all these accolades, but he couldn't seem to get anything done and talk about delegation. I had to have my son because I was out of town. I was like, Hey, you get to fire this guy and here's this guy that's 30 years his senior and my son has never fired anyone before. And he had to have that experience. It was difficult. But one thing I've learned is crap doesn't smell any better with age. So you've got to get rid of people that are toxic or that even if you have a relationship, a friendly relationship with them, sometimes it just isn't going to work for whatever reason. Either something legal that they did or something that was immoral that they did or just basic laziness or in capability to get the job done. So sometimes if you don't feel it, it's almost like a gut feel. If it's not working right, then there's something wrong and you got to make moves. A Chris: Couple of things there, right? First I think the adage of hire slow fire fast is very true. Easier said than done. I Merrilee: Don't hire slow. I don't like that. I don't like that saying because I think sometimes you hire fast and it's okay. I think the important thing is fire fast if you have grounds to do so and try to get somebody to replace them as quickly as possible. You got to do everything fast when you're an entrepreneur. Chris: So on the fire fast side, right? I mean I think it's whether it's performance or cultural fit, if it's not working, the sooner you move, the better your organization's going to be. Merrilee: But on the cultural fit too, that's a big one because they may have the capability to do it, but maybe at their own pace or maybe not at your pace or maybe they just have a different idea of work altogether. Chris: And one of the things we say here, it doesn't necessarily make 'em a bad person. This isn't the right organization for them and they need to go find that organization that will fit them better. But speaking of culture, how would you describe the culture that you built at BuzzBallz? Merrilee: Okay, so my culture at BuzzBallz, we hardly had any turnover because I treated it like family. I think that people quit managers, and I've heard that before, but people do quit, managers and they quit companies that don't believe in them. And I think that is a big cultural learning. You've got to do things together, you got to take them to lunch, you got to talk to them, you got to get involved with their family life, know their kids' names. You need to know something about the people that report to you. Now when you have a thousand people reporting to you can't possibly do all that, but you can have parties and you can have celebrations and you can recognize people at every level of the totem pole. And I think some of the things to do to build culture, we would have a cook on staff that cooked for everybody every day because that $10 a day savings meant more to, and it meant a lot to me because they could start the lines on time. I didn't have to wait for somebody to go get a burrito down the street and come back. They could just go ahead and keep together. And it built culture that way too. They started to trust each other, they started to rely on each other. And the other thing that we did was we all rolled up our sleeves. It didn't matter whether you were the lead accountant or if you were the CEO, if something needed to get done, you go do it. Chris: I think Merrilee: That's great. So it's not that it's above you or it's somebody else's job. Chris: Yeah. Kind of lead by example, right? No task is above anyone. It's all about getting the job done. Merrilee: Correct. Chris: And I think to your point of knowing your people as best you can, when you start to scale the business as you did, I think it breaks into tier. So within your direct reports or a level or two, you have the ability to get to really know them. And then I think it's important to teach them that they take it another level down and really have good connections within their direct reports and then you can layer that through the organization so that people feel connected. And so Merrilee: One thing I learned too, Chris, is I learned that people are better managers than me. I'm more of an inventor. I'm an entrepreneur. I'm not really a good manager of people. I'm a good people person and I'm a good salesperson, but I don't like doing the management of the day to day of my car broke down or I'm sick or I need PTO approved or I need blah, blah, blah, blah. I don't like doing any of that. All the administrative stuff that comes with management I'm terrible at. It's not that I'm terrible, it's just that I don't want to do it. I would rather have somebody that's better at it do it. I think that it's really important that people see your genuine self and that you're honest and fair to them more than equal. Equality is different than fairness. And I think fairness trumps equality, fairness. Somebody who comes to work every day works their butt off every day, takes care of you, always says they're going to get it done. That person is a person I want to hire versus somebody who's complaining and moaning about equality. If you gave them a day off, I want a day off, I need a PTO day just because I just need a de-stress day, it's buzz off. I don't need you to complain about your daily work. Chris: Everybody has stuff. So despite that, we still have to get a job done and that gets lost sometimes. And that just goes back to the hiring process and making sure, and I agree with you, no hiring process is perfect. It's more of an art than a science, but if you really focus on some of the right things, you're going to have better hits. But again, like we said earlier, once you realize you've made a mistake, you got to make a move. Merrilee: And also about the speed of hiring. When you said hire slow, I've been with companies that hire too slow and they drag prospective employees on for so long doing too many rounds and they lose them Chris: For sure. I guess it slows relative, but yes, if you drag it out immersively long, if you have a good process, you know what you're looking for. And within a couple rounds of an interview, you should know whether that person's going to hit fit or not. We talked a little bit about culture and I guess one thing would be interesting is how do you believe that you've been through a transition in the last 12 months? Has that culture been impacted by that Merrilee: Tremendously? Yeah. Culture is completely different with a big company versus a small entrepreneurial company. Entrepreneur companies are more freewheeling, more giving in terms of the things they allow people to do. They help people more. Bigger companies are more rigid. They have more rules because they have to, they're just bound by more legal problems if I could say. So just they've got more issues to have to Chris: Worry, maybe legal hurdles and regulations and such, Merrilee: And they have just a bigger spotlight on them. So people are always looking at them trying to find fault and trying to sue them for anything possible. There's rules and regulations that they have to abide by that I didn't. So culture has changed also with they had to let go a lot of people and that was really hard because these are people that I loved and people that I cared very dearly about that helped me build the business, but they had their own internal structure and people already filling some of those roles so it didn't make financial sense or business sense to string them along and have two people doing the same thing. So there were some business decisions that were made that affected culture. Yes, Chris: It's almost inevitable when that type of combination happens, right? Because there's going to be some overlap and a business has to run efficiently and can't have two people doing the same thing Merrilee: And they just run it differently. It's not that one's better or one's worse. They just are different. And I tried to pick a company to buy us that would be as close as possible to our culture and I tried to pick one that was privately owned and family owned and manufacturing instead of some other kind of company. I didn't want private equity or anything like that. I wanted somebody that held some of the same beliefs I did and I think I did a good job with this company. I really like them and I think they have a lot of great ideas, but it's different than how I would've done it. Chris: Hello friends. This is Chris Hanzlik, your building Texas business host. Did you know that Boyer Miller, the producer of this podcast is a business law firm that works with entrepreneurs, corporations and business leaders. Our team of attorneys serve as strategic partners to businesses by providing legal guidance to organizations of all sizes. Get to know the firm@boermiller.com and thanks for listening to the show. So let's talk a little bit about innovation because what you did there was nothing like it on the market. Obviously the initial concept seems unique and novel As you grew the company over those 15 years, how did you incorporate or encouraged innovation within the company to keep it going? Merrilee: We would have so much fun together. We always had happy hours after work and we would sit and brainstorm with a cocktail in our hand and just anything goes. We would talk about anything and everything and we would do fun marketing things too. Things that were a little edgy maybe too far. Like we had Buzz Ball condoms for spring break and we had crazy stuff for marketing and now the marketing is a little more toned down because it's going to the general populace instead of just craziness. So I think that that's changed for sure. Tell me again what you were asking about Chris: Kind of incorporating innovation into Merrilee: Innovation. Yeah, so it's just Chris: Propelling success. Merrilee: We would try different flavors and this tastes gross or this tastes like medicine or no, I don't like it or I don't like the color of it or whatever. So we had an r and d team and they were fun people and that was really important to me. I wanted the ability to have the science aspect of it, but I also wanted the ability, we had a good formulation going so that we could do that. Now, one thing we decided when it was around, I don't know, four or five years in, we were thinking, oh, sales are starting to slump a little bit, wonder what's going on. We should start our own vodka and our own rum and our own gin and our own bourbon and start making those. We could do that. And so we started doing that. The thing we didn't do well was marketing of those products. So those products felt flat over two or three years. We had distribution, but we didn't know how to sell it because we had been selling in a different channel in a different way. So we went back and focused on our core learning from that mistake, just innovation is something else. Do you want to make things in a different shaped container? So we came out with the biggie, the giant biggie, and I had always wanted to make a big bowling ball sized buzz ball and everywhere I went, they were like, no, the Chris: Party size, we Merrilee: Can't do it party size, we can't do it. That's what they kept saying, you can't do it, you can't make it. It won't work. We found a way to make it work and it's one of the coolest looking things on the market and we've got witches potion coming out pretty soon. We've got biggie, BuzzBallz everywhere. Chris: I think one of the things you mentioned there, just it's okay to try new things and expand, but you've got to stay on top of 'em and I guess you said with the vodka and the bourbon and whatnot, eventually we're not as good at this. So you have to know just higher or firing fast, you have to know when to cut that off and go back to your core to really just focus on what you're good at and be the best at that. Merrilee: And so what we did with all that excess booze that we made is we just drank it in our bar. We had it at our bar at work. We had a nice big bar at work, so we would Chris: Some cost savings. We had to go buy support Merrilee: Our habits. Chris: So I'd be interested to know, you said you were in the Dallas area when you started this company. Do you feel that being in Texas as a entrepreneur and startup business had its advantages that allowed you to achieve the success that you have? Merrilee: I knew that Texas is a little bit cheaper than some of the other big cities out there, la, New York, and it's centrally located, so that helps a lot in terms of shipping, but I don't think that Texas particularly helped me other than this is where I grew my family and it was home Chris: Cheaper real estate. I think typically a legislature at the state level that's business friendly. Merrilee: Yeah, yeah, it is. I think that the other thing I wanted to make a point of is we have a big labor pool, not necessarily good though, it's a big labor pool, but sometimes you have to go through a bunch of people to find the right kind of people. What's that work ethic thing? Chris: Of course. So let's talk a little bit then about leadership and how you would describe your leadership style and how you think that evolved over time. Merrilee: I'm a hugger. I walk down the hall, I smile at everybody, I talk to everybody. I give them a hug, I eat lunch with 'em. It's an open door. So I think that is one thing that's different about me. I care about my employees so much. When COVID hit, one of the things we did that I'm especially proud of was we started our own little school. So I knew I needed employees to show up for a manufacturing plant, but how could they do that if they had to stay home to take care of their kids? Their kids' school was closed, so I was like, I'll start a school. And so I started a school onsite, a buzz ball school, hired a Texas education, the agency teacher and an aide, so a TE, a certified teacher and an aide, and we converted a conference room, big conference room into a kids learning center and we got headphones and we had them get their PCs from all their different schools. We had kids' books, we had play mats, we had tents, we had all kinds of stuff. We cooked breakfast for 'em, we cooked lunch for 'em, we gave them a snack, we helped them with their homework and then their parents could bring 'em to work at 6:00 AM before school starts, but 6:00 AM We had somebody there to greet those kids when their shift started, the people working and we'd help the kids, give them a snack, give them their homework, make sure they got everything done, and then their parents could eat lunch with them if they wanted to during that day and then pick 'em up at two or three o'clock in the afternoon when their shift was over. But that's one of the things I'm really proud of. That's like a different thing that we had to do for COVID. So we did a lot of things like the lunches, the free lunches. We also gave everybody time off between Christmas and New Year's, right around December 22nd to January 2nd, I just said everybody gets that time off because of when I was a teacher. That was really important to have that family time and when you're working your job for your first year when you're out of college, or even if you never went to college, you get two weeks vacation. That's not enough for the whole year. So two weeks vacation plus a week of PTO for sick time, and then you get this extra 10 days off paid and you don't have to come to work. You can make that plan and go to New York for your family. And then we also give them a bonus at Christmas so that they could buy some Christmas presents. Some of them were paycheck to paycheck and so it meant lot. Yeah, just little celebrations, chili cook-offs and dinosaur races and silly stuff, but it was good. It was a good relationship, good culture. Chris: What you just mentioned about the school during COVID is fascinating to me and brilliant by the way, so kudos to you that would fit within my definition of innovation. Thinking outside the box and going, one, you have to keep your business going and so how can I do this given what my workforce is dealing with? And you found that is an amazing solution. Merrilee: We also decided that we would be an essential business, so we made BuzzBallz, hand sanitizer, we took some of our spirit based vodka and rum and gin and put these little toppers on them instead of the 50 ml size that's on the airplane that had a screw cap, put these tops on 'em and then made hand sanitizer, gave it out to all the lab corps, all the hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, all of the grocery stores, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, spirit Airlines, we gave it out to so many people and all the hospitals and everything. So that was one way that we could stay in business made us essential. Chris: It's funny, I had some clients do some similar things with hand sanitizers during that time. Of course, looking back, if you remember the spike in alcohol cells during COVID, it seems like it would've been a natural essential business anyway, right? Merrilee: Straight answer from any kind of government saying essential business or not. I was like, we're going to make ourselves essential, and people wanted to buy our hand sanitizer and I'm like, no, we're giving it for free. We're not doing it for money. We're doing it for the betterment of mankind. Chris: At that point, it was so uncertain, right? Merrilee: Yeah, we thought we were going to die, we're going to all Chris: Die. Thank goodness that didn't happen. We've suffered that. I think there's been a slow progression back to normalcy in the business world as a result of COVID. You see it more and more the work remote versus now just this year a lot more about five days a week back in the office, which four or five years ago, you never thought that would happen. Merrilee: That really made me mad too, that everybody was expecting to work from home forever, and I was just like, that's not real life people. You need to collaborate with other people. You need to get things done. And you can't do it in a bubble unless you're like a computer programmer and that's all you do all day is sit in front of your pc. It doesn't make any sense if you're in a people oriented business. Chris: I couldn't agree with you more. And that's what our firm is, people oriented, customer service, customer facing professional services, and we say we're better together and the collaboration is key. It's where learning and training and development come from, and we think where our best client service comes from. So we got to be together. We actually got back in the office in May of 2020 in a smart and safe way, but it was that critical. Merrilee: It's changed time and leveraging technology. I've just noticed such a flowing in customer service and an accountability and when you call somebody to set up an appointment for something, you get some robot on the phone and you push one and you push two and then you push one and then you push three and then you get somebody that's a voicemail or whatever. It's so frustrating. There is such a decline in accountability. It's like somebody's always passing the buck to somebody else or that's not my department. I don't do that. And companies have gotten so big, and I'm talking about the big at ts, the big companies that don't ever answer their phone, they don't have a human that answers their phone. You can't get support. And I think that when it's just so refreshing when you have a company that actually answers their phone, that actually responds to your email that you sent, even if it's a complaint, somebody listened. Somebody responded, oh crap, I'll buy their stuff forever because of that. I was mad, but now I'm happy. Chris: So true. So you mentioned something, it was a while back, but you talked about making mistakes along the way. Can you give us an example of maybe one or two where you're like failure or mistake, but that you learned through persevered through made you better because you had that experience? Merrilee: Yeah, so I had so many mistakes. I think that it's so important to make mistakes because you don't get better unless you make mistakes. Mistakes don't mean failure. Overall. Mistakes mean it's an opportunity to change it for the better, to make your product better, to make it more solid. One of the things early on that I did was I was making a pina colada and I was using real coconut cream. A lot of these entrepreneurs come to me, I'm going to do everything with real stuff. It's healthy, it's this, it's that. It's whatever. I'm not going to use anything artificial. That's great. Okay, go for it. Is it shelf stable? Was it going to rot on the shelf? All those kinds of questions I have that come up when you do a commercial product. But anyway, I was making this pina colada coconut cream. What I didn't know, what I didn't Google was that coconut cream freezes and turns solid at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. So I'm sitting here making this coconut cream. Oh my gosh, taste is so good. The pina coladas were so awesome. And then after that sat there on the shelf for about two or three months, it started to clump up and it looked like cottage cheese in the container. So when people would open it up, they're like, so that was one mistake that I learned from and had to fix, and we did and it's awesome. Another mistake I made was I was using real orange juice in my, instead of triple suck, I was using some orange juice in my tequila, Rita, it was a margarita, and I wanted just a little tad of orange juice in there. That orange juice pulp turned brown over time and you don't notice it when you make it. You don't notice it when you test it, but it looked like fish food floating around in the bottom of my container. You could see through my container Chris: Once it goes on the shelf and sits for a while right then, Merrilee: And people are going, I'm shaking it and there's brown specks going around in here. What is that? So these were all early lessons learned, just things you learned just by running the machinery or by cleaning products or by making the containers. I can't even tell you how many mistakes I've made, but I think most of my mistakes were later on more with people than with product And also just learning who to trust. Trusting your gut instinct I think is one of the most important things entrepreneurs have to do. When you feel something's wrong, it is wrong. Even if you meet somebody that seems to be nice or really important, they might just be weird or they might have a problem. So got to keep your distance. Chris: That's good. On that point, any advice you received along the way from someone that really stuck with you and helped you through the journey? Merrilee: There was lots of times I had advice, but it wasn't really framed in terms of advice. I remember when it was pretty early on, my dad came to see me and it was before we knew any level of success and he sat there and he looked at the buzz ball and he goes, I think you might have something here. And that just felt so good to me to hear that from someone else. And it wasn't because he was my dad, it was just like he was just a normal person looking at a normal product and he was judging it and I thought, wow, okay. He said that. Another one that comes to mind is Blair Casey. He was an original distributor for me, and he was the first guy to bring in my buzz ball product into Texas. He worked for Glazer's at the time, and then I hired him in 2017. He came on board and became my head of sales. Anyway, this guy was always positive. I relate him to Ted Lasso, but he's just so positive. But he always was, glass is always half full with that guy, and I always remember his way of being more than him saying the glass is half full, but the glass was always half full with Blair. And even when you focus on how it's half empty, you got to remember that it's also half full. Chris: Look for the positives in the learning though. That's great. Great stuff. Merrilee really appreciate your insights and sharing your story. A couple of things just to maybe wrap things up more Texas specific. Is there anything, having been in Texas for a long time, any traditions or things that you and your family like to do in the state or in the dallas Fort Worth area? Merrilee: I like to go to Stars games and things like that. My husband loves to play golf. My kids, I've got five grandkids now, so home is special to me. My home is the most important place to me and there isn't really, I can't say I like State Fair of Texas or the PBR Rodeo or anything like that is sticking out in my mind. I like to go occasionally, but I like to stay home a lot and I like to spend time at work a lot and I love Christmas holiday lights. Just the holiday season, seeing all the lights, it just warm my heart. It just makes me feel good. Chris: That's great. Okay. Here's a question for you. Do you prefer TexMex or barbecue? Merrilee: TexMex with lots of cheese. Chris: Lots of cheese. I can relate to that. Merrilee. This has been great. I really appreciate your time. Congratulations on just what a cool story coming from a teacher to a very successful alcoholic beverage manufacturer. Merrilee: Oh, thank you. Thank you. I'm on my new things now and I'm actually making some barbecue sauce and doing some other things with gourmet land that's a completely different new products, new company, and that's where I'm spending a lot of my time now. And RAC is carrying the torch for BuzzBallz and they're doing a great job. Chris: Well, it sounds like you meet the definition of some of my favorite people, which is serial entrepreneur onto the next thing. Merrilee: Can't stop. Chris: I love it. I love it. This has been a pleasure. Thanks again and wishy continued success. Merrilee: Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Chris: And there we have it. Another great episode. Don't forget to check out the show notes at boyer miller.com/podcast and you can find out more about all the ways our firm can help you@boyermiller.com. That's it for this episode. Have a great week and we'll talk to you next time. Special Guest: Merrilee Kick.

This week on Aug-Heist: The Getaway, director Quentin Tarantino brings us his debut outing, Reservoir Dogs! As a video-store clerk turned first-time filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and appeared in this indie hit, which took Sundance by storm as part of the “Class of ‘92.” The film follows six suited, code-named strangers - including Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, and Tarantino himself - brought together for a jewelry heist. While the film never shows the actual heist, the lead-up and aftermath are explored in bloody detail, as the Dogs turn on each other when the job goes south. Boasting all of his directorial hallmarks - graphic violence, extended dialogue featuring profanity and references to popular culture, and epic needledrops (here in the form of K-Billy's Super Sounds of the Seventies) - the film immediately established Tarantino as a made man in Hollywood and was later named the greatest independent film of all time by Empire Magazine. But do our hosts feel compelled to tip their server, er, uh, director, or are we listening to the world's smallest violin… in a pitch that only Reservoir Dogs can hear?   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com    Aug-Heist: The Getaway Theme features beats produced by Anabolic Beatz https://www.anabolicbeats.com | Remixed with lyrics and vocals by Jonolobster   Normal Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

[This episode originally ran June 18, 2024.] The Daiquiri is an undisputed champion of the cocktail world, and its simple formula not only offers the promise of a complex character, but it's also a great starting point for endless exploration. For this episode, we take a deep dive into all things Daiquiri with a roundtable discussion including some of today's top Daiquiri practitioners: Joshua Ibañez, former bar manager at Rumba in Seattle and an Imbibe 75 alum; Shannon Mustipher, another Imbibe 75 alumnus and author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails; and Garret Richard, co-author (with Ben Schaffer) of Tropical Standard, and bar manager at Sunken Harbor Club in Brooklyn.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe. 

Think Prohibition was all mobsters and speakeasies? The real power players were women—bootleggers, crime bosses, and even agents who rewrote the rules of the game. These are their untold stories.Subscribe to our YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@bangdangnetworkBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/outlaws-gunslingers--4737234/support.

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Pogues were born out of the Irish diaspora in London and out of Shane McGowan's love of the downtrodden. The guys welcome a special (and very relevant) guest to discuss gritty vocals, the ulian pipes, and punk energy filtered through traditional music.Check out Stephen's record club here and reach out to him about joining up if you're in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/@shortcutsrecordsJoin our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaintsEmail us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.comListen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Pf64NxZp1IjG3xQKB2Jvo?si=d7e11b6e462e4774Listen to Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash here:https://open.spotify.com/album/5uy9pvgfvVAlZnegK6fPLU?si=Z2bQ2TN4RIq-WrQO8141UgIntro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly CrushersOutro music: After the Afterlife by MEGAFollow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at homeFollow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaintsJoin us on Patreon to continue the conversation and access 40+ bonus shows!https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaintsWe have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.US Merch StoreUK Merch StoreNext week's album: Television - Marquee Moon

Bessarabien klingt ferner als es ist. Im Südosten Europas liegt die Landschaft an der heutigen Grenze zwischen Ukraine, Moldawien und Rumänien. Hier lebten die Vorfahren des Autors Benjamin Voßler: Bessarabiendeutsche.

(2024) National Rum day.  Entertainment from 2019.  Second day of Woodstock, First trans-atlantic telegraph, First color & sound cartoon, Afghanistan disaster.  Todays birthdays - Mariya Oktyabraskaya, Eydie Gorme, Gary Loizzo, Reginald VelJohnson, James JT Taylor, Kathy Lee Gifford, James Cameron, Madonna, Angela Bassett, Timothy Hutton, Steve Carrell, Vanessa Carlton.  Elvis Presley Died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard   https://defleppard.com/Who drinking rum - King BubbaOld town road - Lil Nas XBeer never broke my heart - Luke CombsBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent     https://www.50cent.com/Blame it on the bassa nova - Eydie GormeBend me  shape me - American BreedGet down on it - Kool & the GangHey there - Kathy Lee GiffordEverybody - MadonnaA thousand miles - Vanessa CarltonI'll never know - Elvis PresleyExit -  Its not love - Dokken    https://www.dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka on Facebook and cooolmedia.com

This week on Aug-Heist: The Getaway, fact meets fiction with the “based on a true story about a fake movie” Argo! Set during the Iranian hostage crisis, this ensemble escape thriller stormed the box office and awards season, raking in over $230 million and winning Oscars for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Director Ben Affleck was notably snubbed and not nominated by the Academy, but he also stars as CIA exfiltration expert Tony Mendez, along with a “most wanted” list of prestige movie actors, including Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, Bryan Cranston, Tate Donovan, Victor Garber, John Goodman, Scoot McNairy, and Chris Messina. But does this film provide enough of an escape for our hosts, or did we feel like we were being held hostage while watching it? ARGO F--- YOURSELF!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly:: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com    Aug-Heist: The Getaway Theme features beats by Anabolic Beatz https://www.anabolicbeats.com | Remixed with lyrics and vocals by Jonolobster   Normal Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast, Episode 60, Hayride Summer Grab Bag Episode. What Chris and Jim did on their Summer Vacation. Chris played Chess in Vegas and Wisconsin, he's really good. Jim ran off to Ontario, Canada with a lovely Hayride listener for fine local wines, The Shaw Theater Fest, and Maple Whiskey. The Music World mourned Brian Wilson, Flaco Jiménez, Jeannie Seely, and Ozzy Osbourne. Rosanne Cash announces August and September Tour dates around the Midwest and Eastern States. Dolly Parton celebrates the 30th Anniversary of her Imagination Library, a reading program offering free books to Pre School age Kids. Sam and Dave give offer a Stay in School message for the kiddos. We discuss Congressional funding cuts to America's PBS, the TV home of Sesame Street, Mr. Rodgers, Austin City Limits, and all those cool Ken Burns Documentaries about Country Music. The USA National Guard is given Police Style Duties in our Nation's Capital despite crime being legitimately down a lot according to respectable Government and Journalism Sources. Strange Days Indeed, so Chris offers up a Rum and Watermelon Cocktail and Jim livens up his sweet iced tea with a wee bit of Whiskey. All the usual Hayride Fun. Up next, Labor Day for the Working Folks with The Twangy Troubadour, Steve Earle. Hey, We made it to 60 Episodes!

From start to finish, this one is PURE ENERGY! Straight from the Rum & Soca party, Selector Andre & Selector Lil Ray shell down the place with 90% nonstop Soca and just enough other genres to keep the crowd wild.

The articles we reference in this episode:https://www.whiskymag.com/articles/this-whisky-has-waited-70-years-to-be-enjoyed-glenfarclas-reveals-its-oldest-single-malt-to-date/https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/06/tiny-cocktails-hit-the-big-time/https://craft-cask.com/news/thailand-single-malt-prakaan-launchhttps://craft-cask.com/news/india-scotch-whisky-tariff-deal-2025  Check us out on Instagram @curiosity_publichttps://www.instagram.com/curiosity_public/ Watch us on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcplnOSfcnOh5paIL2LdaAw We have t-shirts! Grab them here:https://curiosity-public.myspreadshop.com/allhttps://www.redbubble.com/people/CuriosityPublic/shop Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CuriosityPublic Stay curious! All claims made here about alcohol, whether in this podcast, in this description, or on our Youtube channel, are solely our opinions and intended only for those of legal drinking age. All links provided here should only be accessed by those of legal drinking age.

S&P Futures are displaying positive action this morning as the Trump tariffs went into effect overnight. Trade talks with other countries continue. The White House agreed to cease the stacking of tariffs on Japan. The China agreement is set to expire next week. India is said to be open to reducing oil imports from Russia as part of a tariff settlement. Late yesterday, President Trump nominated Stephen Miran, the current chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a temporary vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. The anticipation of a Trump Putin meeting to end the conflict in Ukraine continues to have a positive effect on markets sentiment. Antitrust officials in the U.K. effectively cleared Boeing's plan to acquire Spirit AeroSystems Holdings. Eli Lilly's weight-loss pill produced underwhelming results. Economic calendar is light today; the next key report is the CPI data that is due out on Tuesday. EXPE, CART, MNST, TTWO & GILD are higher after earnings releases, TTD, TWLO, MCHP, FLUT & GDDY are lower. On Monday morning, earnings reports are expected from RUM, LEGN, ROIV, MNDY & B

Am 31. Juli 1970 kippt die Royal Navy eine jahrhundertealte Tradition: die tägliche Rumration für britische Matrosen - das Ende des legendären "Daily Tot". Von Erik Hlacer.

Im September 2025 wählt Moldawien ein neues Parlament. Nach der Präsidentschaftswahl im November 2024 wird diese Abstimmung den außenpolitischen Kurs des Landes auf Jahre festlegen. Dabei ist Moldawien politisch tief gespalten und das nächste Ziel der Brüsseler Bürokraten zur Erweiterung ihres EU-Imperiums. Nach dem fragwürdigen Sieg des Pro-EU-Kandidaten in Rumänien wird nun versucht, über diesenWeiterlesen

We've reached the end of July, and believe it or not, it's the first month this year with five Tuesdays. Don't believe me? Well, look at a calendar. No, no, the Julian Calendar. It's July, for christsakes! Sorry, sorry. Right, where was I? Oh, so it's a listener pick this week, and we've got a good one. Listener Matthew brings an offering of a horror outing from last year featuring Hugh Grant at his most charming and most creepy in a film written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. Starring Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as Mormon missionaries, this film raises philosophical, spiritual, and existential questions - all while scaring the bejesus out of us. I said, “be-jesus,” not… Oh, nevermind. Brother Matthew is in the room with us right now. Let's all bow our heads and say a little prayer before we enjoy this delicious-smelling blueberry pie…  Do you have a moment to discuss Heretic?   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com  Music: Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Gruzijā valdošā partija "Gruzijas sapnis" pamazām izrēķinās ar saviem opozicionāriem, tos aizturot un liekot aiz restēm. Lai gan protesti Gruzijas ielās notikuši praktiski katru dienu mēnešiem ilgi, situāciju tie nespēj mainīt. Eiropas Savienība tikmēr piedraud atcelt Gruzijai piešķirto bezvīzu režīmu. Eiropā lielākā uzmanība ir pievērsta tirdzniecības vienošanās noslēgšanai ar ASV. Par ekonomiskajiem aspektie runājam Krustpunktā, bet šajā raidījumā mazliet par politiskajām blaknēm. Par ASV runājot, jāpiemin arī tā saucamie Epstīna faili, kas būtiski iespaido politisko noskaņojumu ASV. Vēl lūkojam saprast, kāpēc Šveice uz parlamentu vadītāju konferenci Ženēvā ir ļāvusi ierasties Krievijas domes vadībai? Ir izsniegtas vīzas, lai gan delegācijas dalībnieki, ieskaitot domes priekšsēdētāju, ir iekļauti sankciju sarakstos un Šveice ir pievienojusies Eiropas Savienības sankcijām. Aktualitātes komentē Ģeopolitikas pētījumu centra vecākais pētnieks Jānis Kažociņš un portāla LSM.lv žurnālists Ģirts Kasparāns. Runājot par Krievijas delegācijas ierašanos konferencē Šveicē, sazināmies ar Saeimas priekšsēdētājas biedri Antoņinu Nenaševu ("Progresīvie"), kura piedalās šajā konferencē.  Jaunumi no globālā golfa laukuma Pagājušās nedēļas otrajā pusē Donalds Tramps pavadīja četras dienas Skotijā, apraudzīdams savus turienes golfa kūrortus un pie reizes šo to nokārtodams ar „Vecās pasaules” līderiem. Vispirms bija tikšanās ar Eiropas Komisijas prezidenti Urzulu fon der Leienu Tērberijā, Skotijas rietumu piekrastē, tās finālā paziņojot par noslēgto tirdzniecības vienošanos starp Briseli un Vašingtonu. Daži iztēlo notikušo kā Eiropas kapitulāciju, kas gan ir krietni izkāpināts vērtējums. Eiropai nāksies samierināties ar 15% ievedmuitas tarifu, pie tam nepiemērojot nekādu bāzes tarifu amerikāņu importam, taču nav piepildījušās drūmākās prognozes, kas saistījās ar krietni lielākiem tarifiem Eiropas automobiļu, lidmašīnu un pusvadītāju eksportam. Tāpat Eiropa apņēmusies līdz Trampa prezidentūras termiņa beigām importēt amerikāņu naftu, sašķidrināto gāzi un citus energoresursus 750 miljardu eiro vērtībā, kā arī papildus investēt Savienotājās Valstīs 600 miljardus. Ja par pirmo apņemšanos tiek teikts, ka tā nav reālistiska, ciktāl tas nozīmētu, ka amerikāņiem būtu jānovirza praktiski viss savs pašreizējais attiecīgo energoresursu eksports tikai uz Eiropas Savienību, tad otrās apjomi neko daudz nepārsniedzot domājamo investīciju summu, kādu Eiropas uzņēmumi arī bez īpašas vienošanās varētu ieguldīt Savienotajās Valstīs. Vispārējais secinājums ir, ka vienošanās, protams, nav vienlīdzīga, tomēr tā no Eiropas puses esot pieņemama cena par izvairīšanos no tirdzniecības kara ar amerikāņiem. No Tērberijas prezidents un golferis, britu premjera Kīra Stārmera pavadīts, pārcēlās uz Aberdīnas apkārtni Lielbritānijas pretējā krastā, kur atklāja jaunu golfa laukumu savā Balmedī klubā. Pirmdien, 28. jūlijā, pirms doties pāri okeānam, viņš pārsteidza žurnālistus ar jaunu pavērsienu Krievijas sakarā, pasludinot, ka atceļ iepriekš līdz septembra sākumam noteikto termiņu, kurā Putinam vajadzēja vienoties ar Ukrainu par karadarbības pārtraukšanu. Tagad viņš dodot Krievijas vadonim vēl desmit līdz divpadsmit dienas, pirms ieviesīšot smagus sekundāros tarifus Krievijas energoresursu patērētājiem. Atgriezušos no šī brauciena, Baltā nama saimnieku sagaida pašmāju aktualitātes, kurās pēdējās nedēļās dominē t.s. „Epstīna faili”. Uzņēmējs Džefrijs Epstīns 2019. gada jūlijā izdarīja pašnāvību cietuma kamerā, kur bija nonācis kā aizdomās turētais par nepilngadīgo iesaistīšanu prostitūcijā. Versijas, ka Epstīna lietas izmeklēšanas materiālos atrodamas ziņas par pedofilu tīklu, kuram pieder ne viens vien nīstās politiskās elites pārstāvis, ieņem svarīgu vietu MAGA kustības folklorā. Tramps, priekšvēlēšanu kampaņas laikā uzturējis spēkā priekšstatu, ka ievēlēšanas gadījumā raus priekškaru šiem derdzīgajiem noslēpumiem, nesen lika daudziem no attiecīgās publikas vilties, kad paziņoja, ka „failos” neesot ko redzēt un visa šī lieta esot viņa ienaidnieku demokrātu sagudrojums. Tikām presē ir nonākušas ziņas, ka izmeklēšanas materiālos figurējot arī paša prezidenta vārds. Ziedi noziedzniecei Šobrīd Ženēvā notiek starptautiskās nevalstiskās organizācijas Starpparlamentu savienība rīkotā 6. Vispasaules parlamentu priekšsēžu konference un ar to saistītais 15. Parlamentu priekšsēžu – sieviešu samits. Daudzi no pasākuma dalībniekiem, jādomā, bija šokēti, kad tajā uzradās arī visai respektabla Krievijas Federācijas delegācija ar Federālās Sapulces priekšsēdētāju Valentīnu Matvijenko priekšgalā. Kā liecina reportāžas, ierodoties Ženēvā, Matvijenko kundze sagaidīta ar ziediem. Gan pati agresorvalsts parlamenta spīkere, gan divi citi delegācijas locekļi – Krievijas Liberāldemokrātiskās partijas līderis Leonīds Sluckis un Krievijas Valsts Domes (parlamenta apakšpalātas) priekšsēža vietnieks Pjotrs Tolstojs – ir pakļauti personālām sankcijām, tai skaitā iebraukšanas liegumam Šengenas zonā, par lomu, kāda viņiem bijusi Krievijas agresijas atbalstīšanā un politiskajā nodrošināšanā. Matvijenko paraksts ir uz attiecīgā Federālās Sapulces lēmuma par Krimas aneksiju 2014. gadā un balsojuma protokola, ar kuru Putinam tika dota „zaļā gaisma” iebrukumam Ukrainā. Ja Šveices valdībai kā pasākuma uzņemošajai pusei teorētiski bija tiesības pieļaut izņēmumu sankciju piemērošanā, tad Itālijas valdībai, kura ļāvusi Krievijas valdības lidmašīnai šķērsot savu gaisa telpu, šādi rīkoties nebija pat formāla pamata. Tikusi pie vārda konferencē, Matvijenko lika klātesošajiem uzklausīt kārtējās pasāžas par tēmu „astoņus gadus bumboja Donbasu” un citus Krievijas propagandas pekstiņus. Daudzi delegāti vairījušies nonākt ar skandalozo viešņu kopīgās oficiālās fotogrāfijās, kā arī pagodināt ar savu klātbūtni viņas uzstāšanās. Ka izteicies Ukrainas Ārlietu ministrijas oficiālais pārstāvis Heorhijs Tihijs, viņa valsts nenogurstoši strādāšot, lai organizētu šai dāmai vēl vienu braucienu – uz Hāgu, kur drīz sāks darbu Īpašais Tribunāls agresijas noziegumam pret Ukrainu. Gruzija puspagriezienā pret Rietumiem  Raksturojot pašreizējā Gruzijas režīma ģeopolitisko orientāciju, nebūtu gluži pareizi sacīt, ka oficiālā Tbilisi ir pagriezusi Rietumiem muguru. Šobrīd Gruzijā norit militārās mācības ar divu tūkstošu NATO dalībvalstu un partnervalstu karavīru, tai skaitā apvienotās Lietuvas-Polijas-Ukrainas brigādes, tāpat Vācijas, Rumānijas, Moldovas u.c. vienību līdzdalību. Apņemšanās virzīties uz iestāšanos Ziemeļatlantijas aliansē joprojām nav svītrota no Gruzijas konstitūcijas. Tajā pat laikā vēl šomēnes Eiropas Parlamentam nācās pieņemt skarbi nosodošu rezolūciju par Gruzijas pašreizējās varas rīcību. Jūnija nogale iezīmēja juridisku izrēķināšanos ar redzamākajiem Gruzijas opozīcijas līderiem. Bijušais partijas Apvienotā nacionālā kustība vadītājs Nika Melija saņēmis astoņus mēnešus cietumā, viņa partijas biedrs Givi Targamadze – septiņus mēnešus, vēl četri citi opozīcijas spēku līderi – līdzīga apjoma cietumsodus. Apsūdzības saturs visiem vienāds: atteikšanās liecināt t.s. Culukiani komisijai – Gruzijas parlamentā izveidotai pagaidu izmeklēšanas komisijai deputātes Tejas Culukiani vadībā, kurai jāizvērtē nelikumības, kuras it kā notikušas prezidenta Miheila Saakašvili varas periodā. Vēl viens opozīcijas līderis Nika Gvaramija, kā arī kādreizējais iekšlietu ministrs Iraklijs Okruašvili atrodas pirmstiesas apcietinājumā. Pašam eksprezidentam Saakašvili šī gada martā tiesa par it kā veiktu valsts līdzekļu izšķērdēšanu piesprieda deviņus gadus cietumā, tādējādi par trīs gadiem pagarinot jau agrāk piespriesto cietumsodu, kā arī gandrīz simt tūkstošu eiro naudas sodu. Aiz restēm atrodas arī daudzi pagājušā gada nogalē notikušo protestu dalībnieki – daži vēl pirmstiesas izmeklēšanā, citi jau notiesāti, tai skaitā ar vairāku gadu ieslodzījuma termiņiem. Eiropas Savienības institūcijas piedraudējušas Tbilisi, ka varētu tikt pārskatīts līdzšinējais bezvīzu režīms ieceļošanai savienībā. Šādu lēmumu Eiropadome var pieņemt ar kvalificēto balsu vairākumu, kamēr kādas skarbākas sankcijas, kā aktīvu iesaldēšana, visdrīzāk bloķētu Eiropas kvazidemokrātu duets Viktors Orbans un Roberts Fico. Tiesa, ir pazīmes, kas liecina, ka Gruzija nav gluži kurla pret Briseles toņa maiņu. Pēdējās dienās atlikta lēmumu pasludināšana pāris protestu dalībnieku prāvās, tāpat vairākiem notiesātajiem opozīcijas līderiem doti mājieni, ka prezidents Miheils Kavelašvili varētu viņus apžēlot, ja viņi apņemtos neboikotēt oktobrī paredzētās pašvaldību vēlēšanas.   Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.    

Send us a textSHOUTOUTS If you want a shout out for you or someone else you love on the show,  email us at info@runeatdrink.net or call us and leave a message at 941-677-2733Run?  I thought you said, “Rum, Eat, and Drink” with Siesta Key Rum's Customer Experience Manager, Kevin MoroneyBack in Episode 305 we talked about Siesta Key Rum Distillery.  Over the summer in the past we have celebrated rum during National Mojito Day (July 11), National Rum Day (August 16), and National Mai Tai Day (August 30).  We are preparing you now for the two upcoming days that celebrate the spirit itself and one of our favorite ways to enjoy it.  How?  By highlighting some of our favorites from Siesta Key Rum. Kevin Moroney, a part of the family behind Siesta Key Rum, and the Customer Experience Manager there took time to sit down on a Sunday morning and talk with us about how this popular and award-winning distillery got started and some great ways to enjoy this spirit with food and beverage.  Find out more and book your tour at siestakeyrum.com.  Support the showTHAT'S A WRAP! Thank you for listening! Because of your support, we are in our ninth year of the podcast! Don't forget to follow us and tell us where to find you next on our website, Facebook, Instagram, and X. Also, check out our store on the website and get some swag, thanks to Pure Creative Apparel. Thanks to www.PodcastMusic.com for providing the music for this episode, too!

The only news article in this episode:https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-drop-guidance-limit-alcohol-one-or-two-drinks-per-day-sources-say-2025-06-18/  Check us out on Instagram @curiosity_publichttps://www.instagram.com/curiosity_public/ Watch us on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcplnOSfcnOh5paIL2LdaAw We have t-shirts! Grab them here:https://curiosity-public.myspreadshop.com/allhttps://www.redbubble.com/people/CuriosityPublic/shop Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CuriosityPublic Stay curious! All claims made here about alcohol, whether in this podcast, in this description, or on our Youtube channel, are solely our opinions and intended only for those of legal drinking age. All links provided here should only be accessed by those of legal drinking age.

It's the summer of ‘25 and we're heading to Syracuse, New York, in search of an act of reciprocal pleasure. In the Salt City, we discover the latest film from American High, a sultry and silly affair directed by Jillian Bell in her directorial debut, and written by Bell, Liz Nico, and Jules Byrne. When naive high school senior Abby vows to wow her crush Max by performing his favorite sex act, she needs the tutelage of stripper Santa Monica in order to do the deed and seal the  deal. Meanwhile, Santa Monica is staring down her own hairy scenario as ownership of her strip club dangles in front of her. Starring Abby Morelos, Chloe Fineman, Matt Cornett, Paula Pell, Natalie Morales, and Charlie Day, this flick premiered at SXSW back in March before being released by Hulu in May. But does this teen comedy satisfy our hosts equally? Or is it all risky business and no reward? Join us as things get hot and heavy with Summer of 69!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com  Music: Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In part two of my conversation with rum trailblazer Maggie Campbell, CEO of American Cane, some of the topics we discuss include: The project of American Cane, and why Maggie is excited to kick off the brand with an affordable rum offering that's focused on conviviality, celebration, and togetherness. How the American rum category differs in its identity from the many Caribbean traditions we are familiar with, and what factors like fermentation substrate, diurnal temperature shift, and cooperage sourcing have to do with it. Why America isn't as primed or well suited for a strict geographic indication as other places in the world And what it's been like for Maggie to move gradually away from the production side of rum and more into the strategy and business development side of the work in her role as CEO. Along the way, we provide a functional definition of the Trinidadian verb “liming,” explore what spirits brands can learn from Formula One motorsports strategy, learn why it's important to never distill while you're angry, And much, much more  

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In 1991, Daniel Petrie, the director of Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch, brought a script he'd co-written with David Koepp, based on the novel by William P. Kennedy, to the big screen. Starring Sean Astin a year before he had everyone chanting his name in Rudy and Wil Wheaton a year after he'd beamed off the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, this film had its finger on the pulse of moviemaking trends. When the red dawn sees an elite boarding school under siege by Colombian terrorists, leaving the students running scared from lethal weapons, these kids must stand and deliver to defend their home away from home alone, or risk dying hard and ending up in the dead poets society. With Louis Gossett Jr., Denholm Elliott, Jerry Orbach, R. Lee Ermey, and Andrew Divoff rounding out the ensemble cast, this coming-of-age action flick was a modest success at the box office, but quickly forgotten, finishing 87th at the ‘91 box office. But old playthings never die, they just sink to the bottom of the toybox, so we're digging up and dusting off Toy Soldiers - and we're gonna play with it for a little bit.   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com    You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com    You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com    You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com  Music: Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0  

From July 4 to July 8, Film Comment Editor Devika Girish presented a series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music called Let Them Cook: Cinema of the Rice Cooker, which spotlit movies where the humble household appliance takes on a poetics and pragmatism uniquely suited to the screen. Some of the films in the series included Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light (2024), Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum (2008), Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000), Raymond Yip's Sixty Million Dollar Man (2005), Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning (1959), and Bong Joon Ho's Incoherence (1994).  After a screening of Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill (1967)—which follows a yakuza assassin with a fetish for the smell of cooking rice—Devika recorded a panel discussion with film scholar and critic Phoebe Chen, The Philadelphia Inquirer's Bedatri Datta Choudhury, and Bon Appétit's Joseph Hernandez about the cinematic appeal of the rice cooker.