In this episode, the Buddies enjoy low-sugar blueberry-kiwi-gin iced tea with special guest Laura Lintz, a fascinating “woman to watch” and true industry “disruptor” in terms of how people view and interact with their library.
Topics range from library pooping (it’s a thing, apparently), letting wolves loose at library functions (which should NOT be a thing) and watching porn in the library (which apparently has ALWAYS been a thing).
Also- “Diabetes, what’s that like?” Running to live forever! And SO MANY LIBRARIAN SECRETS YOU’VE BEEN DOING THINGS WRONG ALL THESE YEARS AND YOU HAD NO IDEA OMG!
The Buddies load up on some Ready Player One-themed “Scurvy-Bustin’ Citrus Mules” and, as Guest Fest continues, welcome Mike’s old college buddy and improv comedy compatriot Dan Saper, “The Man With An Indiscernible Accent!”
Topics joked about range from the Ready Player One movie vs the book, geek parenting and the college pranks of yesteryear. And the Buddies even keep the episode clean so that Dan’s kids can listen!
Also, Dan reveals a shocking secret that he’s kept from Mike for almost 20 years.
Wow.
One More Thing: Do you have questions about sleep? Send ’em to us! We’ll be joined by a sleep expert in a few weeks, and are collecting questions for her to answer!
In this second installment of the “Guest Fest” episode series, the Buddies quaff Averna Siciliano-based Black Manhattans alongside their special guest, virologist and all around geeky dude Matthew Quinn.
Matt recounts his and Mike’s doomed bromance from days past, reveals a truly amazing number of interesting (and depressing) facts about microorganisms and comes dangerously close to both out-geeking and out-podcasting the Buddies. But what else would you expect from Mike’s doppleganger?!
Also: Career paths based off of Michael Crichton novels! Barbecued parrots! And of course, so much laughter…
Black Manhattan
Ingredients:
2 oz. rye whiskey
1 oz. Averna
1 dash Orange Bitters
Cherry garnish
The Buddies are joined by Mike’s father-in-law, Hugh, an honest-to-goodness hippy who in his youth headed out across the country, looking for adventure and searching for the real “America.”
Over truly delicious hard mango iced tea, Hugh regales the Buddies with a staggering number of insane stories, from run-ins with the FBI to being scalped to numerous tales of being shot!
Mango Gin Iced Tea Recipe (Serving for 4):
Ingredients
4 teabags (decaf black tea recommended is drinking at night!)
1 mango
1 10-14oz can Goya mango nectar
1 mango
1 handful fresh raspberries
16 fresh Mint leaves (4 per glass)
Simple Syrup or honey
As a cocktail: Dillon’s Small Batch Rose Gin Liqueur (or gin of choice)
Directions
Steep tea bags for 5 min or to taste
Let tea cool
Add mango nectar and stir
Add simple syrup or honey to taste, if desired
Slice mango, add to tea
Let tea chill min. one hour in fridge
Serve over ice in a highball glass, garnish with raspberries, crushed mint leaves and any leftover mango
If making into a cocktail, add gin to glass and stir well
The Buddies enjoy Thai Basil Daiquiris as they ponder, parse and pontificate upon the greatest of intellectual pissing contests, the philosophical thought experiment! Marvel at their wit, and groan at their incompetence.
Also: Trying to make coding sound interesting! The philosophy Altered Carbon! And loads of friendly mind torture!
Thai Basil Daiquiri Recipe (1 serving)
5 fresh basil leaves
2 oz white rum
1 Tbsp simple syrup
Juice from 2 fresh limes
Combine, blend in blender, shake and strain over ice
The Buddies record a shorter episode than normal due to Mike’s recovering voice and nurse some Fig Old Fashioned as they gush all over The Black Panther.
In Addition: Shows they’re watching that you should be watching too! Swamp ass! And pressing address corrections!
Well, we all knew it was coming… In this episode, the Buddies partake of Mike’s tasty-yet-not-too-sweet strawberry and whiskey lemonade as they discuss that most inevitable of topics, the latest Star Wars film.
Plus: Love for Altered Carbon! Smelly garbage dump drama! And of course, “Your Name” (The mega-successful anime, not, you know… the name of the person reading this).
“Not Too Sweet” Strawberry and Whiskey Lemonade
Ingredients:
20oz Lemonade (I used Country Time, made slightly weaker than recommended)
Stewed strawberry liquid
2-3oz Whiskey
Recipe:
Clean and slice 1lb of strawberries
Gently simmer sliced strawberries in half cup of water for 15 minutes, stirring occassionally
Let stewed strawberries cool
Strain out strawberry pulp and add strawberry liquid to lemonade (add to taste, scale up as desired)
Add strawberry lemonade and ice to high ball glass, mix with 2-3oz whiskey
The Buddies squeeze some Buddha’s Hand into S’mike’s take on The New Black cocktail and then explore the inspirations and hidden, disturbing implications of the much-lauded Black Mirror episode “USS Callister.”
Then it’s on to a late-night blind chocolate taste test, which goes… not so great.
Also: Old Man Yells at Cloud meets the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon! Cat Wars! Hilarity!
Buddha’s New Black Hand Cocktail:
Ingredients
1/4 ounce absinthe
2 ounces rye whiskey
1/2 ounce Averna Amaro
Dash orange or Angostura bitters
2 fingers of a Buddha’s Hand fruit
Directions
Place absinthe in a chilled old-fashioned glass and swirl to coat glass
Combine rye, Averna, bitters, and 1/2 cup ice in a mixing glass or a cocktail shaker
Stir until outside of shaker is frosty, about 1 minute
Strain into prepared glass
Squeeze Buddha’s Hand over drink to release oils and add to glass
The Buddies stay on the health train by chugging kombucha grapefruit margaritas while exploring the batshit insane history of Marvel’s least favorite son, Captain Marvel.
Mike also recounts the horrors of throwing his son two separate 4th birthday parties in one weekend, from which he is still recovering as you read this.
Black Mirror and Electric Dreams then get compared and contrasted. Mostly contrasted.
Also: Shitty playdates! The joys of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (the TV show)! And the hidden costs of cutting the cord!
Grapefruit Kombucha Margarita
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Tequila
1/8 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
1/8 cup fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
2 tablespoons simple syrup
1/4 cup ginger kombucha (or whatever flavor works in a margarita!)
Collins glass with salted rim (or add 1 teaspoon black lava sea salt)
Instructions:
Add tequila, lime juice, grapefruit juice and simple syrup to a shaker, add ice and shake for 30 seconds
Pour into salted glass (if desired, or pour and top with salt after)
With S’Mike feeling under the weather, the Buddies embrace the non-alcoholic life by devoting an entire episode to taste-testing a batch of insanely expensive, horrifically vile health tonics, tinctures and infusions.
Fear the Walking Tumeric! Run from the stupidity of “raw water!” Embrace the simple palate-cleaning beauty of birch -bark infusions!
Also: Next day gastrointestinal updates, reactions to Michael Wolffe’s “Fire and Fury” and rave reviews of Futureman!
