Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

The boys drink and review Capit-Ale from Devil's Backbone, then clear out the mail bag.

One reader objected to the fact that our show on slavery didn't focus on slavery in America. Which was the point.

JR asked what we thought of tariffs on aluminum and steel that harm the craft beer industry.

Miss Maisy asked why our show on left-wing violence didn't address conservative violence like Jan. 6 and militias.

Other questio...

The boys drink and review The Crisp from Sixpoint brewery, then discuss the World Economic Forum.

The WEF is a non-governmental organization based in Switzerland. It's famous for its annual meeting in Davos.

It was founded by Klaus Schwab in 1971 as the European Management Forum, but changed to the WEF in 1987 and expanded its mission globally.

It's mission is to “improve the state of the world by engaging business, politic...

The boys drink and review Mas Lima from Oscar Blues, then ask whether the Democrats want to win another election. They're not acting that way.

In fact, the Democrats seem intent on losing even more. They've attached themselves to ideas and issues that 80 percent of the public reject, such as ...

* Castrating confused children

* The border and immigration

* Standing up for gang members

* Rejecting voter ID

Democrats have latc...

The boys drink and review Delicious IPA from Stone, then discuss prisons, and whether we're in a digital version of one.

The "panopticon" is a prison design invented by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. The idea is that if you make prisoners feel as if they're constantly under surveillance, the prisoners will regulate themselves and the guards won't have to bang them about so much.

Modern prisons have adopted so...

P&C drink and review a blonde ale from the Brookeville Beer Farm, then discuss the process of de-extinction -- bringing animals back from the graves of history.

Using DNA from dire wolf fossils from 13,000 and 72,000 years ago, Colossal Biosciences claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction.

What they really did was edit the genes of a gray wolf to look a little more like a dire wolf. The pups -- Romulus, Remus, ...

P&C drink and review an excellent Scottish ale from Bellhaven, then discuss judicial tyranny.

Judges have a legitimate role in checking the power of Congress and the president. But can that power be taken too far?

Recently we've had a rash of "universal injunctions" against the Trump administration. Is that a proper use of judicial power, or have they taken it too far?

It seems that Congress has become irrelevant....

P&C drink and review a special Stout from Guinness then discuss the controversy over Snow White.

No, not that one. The boys start off with a comparison of the Disney version of the story with the version from the brothers Grimm. Disney filed off some of the rough edges.

They also discuss Tolkien's dislike of Disney, and why. They examine the role of fairy tales, and whether it's right to dial things back for the kids.

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In this provocative episode, Pigweed and Crowhill explore a troubling question: Why does the modern political left seem so comfortable with violence? From vandalism and verbal threats to outright attacks on political opponents, the boys examine real-world examples -- from keyed Teslas and firebombed dealerships to violent rhetoric at rallies and social media.

They also take a philosophical turn, asking what might be going on psychol...

The boys drink and review Bitburger, a German Pilsner, then discuss Crowhill's book about Jordan Peterson's religious views, and what we can piece together of his religious journey.

Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist who broke onto the public scene after Canada decided to tell people how they can and can't speak. He wasn't having any part of it.

Part of Peterson's mystique is his very public str...

With special guest Longinus, the boys drink and review a Mexican lager, then dive into one of the most obscure and incomprehensible poems on the planet.

Eliot’s The Waste Land is one of the most important -- and most confusing -- poems of the 20th century. The poem includes fragmented voices, obscure references, and a bleak vision of modern life. What exactly was Eliot trying to say, and why has this chaotic mess of a poem endured ...

The boys drink and review Sun Camp by Dewey Beer Company, then discuss the potential strategic reasoning behind Trump's threatening statements towards Canada and Greenland.

The boys react to a LinkedIn post that flips your mental map of the world — literally. What if you looked at the globe from the top down? Suddenly, the Arctic isn’t a frozen afterthought, it’s the new front line.

❄️ Is climate change turning ice into opportun...

The boys drink and review "Pub Ale" from Black Abbey Brewery, then discuss nonprofits and non-governmental organizations.

What does "nonprofit" really mean? Does that mean nobody's making any money? Hardly.

Governments love to outsource shady operations, and nonprofits are often the cover. In this video, we expose how the nonprofit and NGO world isn’t always the virtuous, do-gooder space it pretends to be. F...

No, this isn’t a sneaky conversion attempt. You can be a full-blown skeptic and still get a ton of value out of going to church (or any place of worship). In this light-hearted, irreverent, and maybe a little provocative video, we lay out the reasons why showing up on Sunday might actually be good for you—even if you don’t believe in God or a word of the sermon.

We’re talking real-life benefits like:

✅ Getting over yourself in a worl...

Are we being controlled by fear or by pleasure?

The boys drink and review an imperial pilsner, then discuss the contrasting visions of the future by Orwell and Huxley.

P&C explore the strange relevance of 1984 and Brave New World -- from constant surveillance, censorship, and thought control, to mindless entertainment, dopamine addiction, and emotional infantilization. Both dystopian visions offer chilling insights into modern ...

The boys drink and review an IPA from Lost Rhino, then discuss the distressing direction of the state of Maryland. It's as if Maryland wants to follow all the most disastrous liberal policies they can find.

Pigweed and Crowhill review problems with our horrible governor, stupid new laws and taxes, and the general tax and spend stupidity of the state.

Maryland is a deep blue state that is on its way to recession.

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P&C reflect on some odd facts about Lent, then discuss the possibility of a new Druze homeland in the middle east. All while drinking two Irish stouts.

Pigweed starts off with some observations about St. Patrick's Day and Lent, and the amusing / horrible answers from ChatGPT.

The boys also address a question in Louisiana about whether alligator is "a fish" for purposes for the Lenten fast.

In the Middle East, Syri...

The boys drink and review Crowhill's Extra Special Bitter, then discuss the philosophy of anarchism and how it's different than anarchy.

Hobbes (see episode 487) believed that the life of man in the state of nature is so horrible that no matter how bad the sovereign is, he's better off under the sovereign than not.

Anarchists take the opposite view -- that men can and do cooperate, and we don't need rulers to oppose...

The boys drink and review Gaelic Storm, an imperial red ale, then ask why, since "women's rights" have made such great strides in recent decades, women are actually less happy?

According to the 2024 American Family Survey, liberal women are half as happy as conservative women.

There's no greater currency in liberalhood than being a victim. Liberal women therefore feel better -- that is, they feel worse -- the more...

With special guest Longinus, Pigweed and Crowhill drink Senate beer, then discuss the impact and popularity of Vikings.

What drove the Vikings to set sail on their legendary raids? In this video, we explore the forces that pushed the Norse to leave their homelands in search of wealth, land, and glory. We begin with the infamous 793 AD raid on Lindisfarne, a brutal attack that shocked medieval Europe and marked the beginning of the ...