Pigweed and Crowhill drink beer and talk about cool stuff
P&C drink and review a double IPA from Bell’s, then discuss the 3-headed hydra of cancel culture: canceling the present, erasing the past, and banning people for the future.
We’re starting to see examples of the media editing old stories to change the past to fit the modern “narrative.” It’s literally Orwellian.
There are new initiatives to erase literal crimes to give someone a fresh start, but at the same time, thought crimes from decades ago still ruin lives.
It’s a bizarre world.
P&C drink and review 51 Rye by Monument City Brewing, then discuss plastic bans, and the pros and cons of plastic.
Plastics reduce food waste. They make cars lighter, and therefore more fuel efficient. Plastics reduce the costs of many products.
But there’s a negative side, some of which is real, and some has been exaggerated out of context.
P&C try to sort it all.
P&C drink and review Madura Brown Ale from Cigar City Brewing, then discuss indications that a company might not be a good fit.
P&C drink and review some hot and cold sake, then discuss gaslighting.
They start with a review of the 1940 film with Ingrid Bergman to get the original meaning of the term, then, along with special guest Longinus, go through a list of modern issues that might or might not be gaslighting.
The goal of gaslighting is to get the person being gaslighted (gaslit?) to accept as true something the gaslighter knows is false, to the benefit of the gaslighter. But as you go through things that have been held up as examples, it can get complicated.
By the end of this show you might not have a perfect answer, but you’ll have a better sense of the concept.
P&C drink and review Sierra Nevada’s bottle-conditioned porter, then discuss Ayn Rand and objectivism with special guest Longinus.
They quickly review the basic tenets of objectivism, then discuss how those ideas play out in three works: Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead, and Anthem.
The boys discuss what Rand’s ideas mean, and whether they’re useful and applicable in the real world.
P&C drink and review Pigweed’s homebrewed winter warmer, then discuss executive orders.
What is the function and purpose of an executive order? Is it a way to get around Congress? What are the limits? Is this one of the ways the imperial presidency has usurped the legislative function, or is it a valid power of the executive?
The boys look at the history of this strange executive power and comment on its use.
P&C drink and review a hazy IPA from Sam Adams, then do five topics in five minutes each.
P&C drink and review Dirty Little Freak, a flavorful brown ale from DuClaw Brewery, then discuss the Enlightenment.
What was the Enlightenment, when did it happen, and what ideas did it produce? Why has it come under fire from some quarters today? Should we value the Enlightenment, or is it just another example of racism and white privilege?
