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Well, we finally did it. We drank vermouth. Are you happy now??

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  Cheers for Friday! Join Josh and Kate as they learn about toasts, salutations and honorific libations of all kinds, from Vikings to the British Navy.

Episode 119: Rose’s Lime Juice

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/episode-119_-roses-lime-juice.mp3 Kate teaches Josh about scurvy and limes and pomegranates and Josh salutes punching fascists. Join us!

Episode 118: Acoutrements – Cocktail Glasses

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/episode-118_-acoutrements-cocktail-glassware.mp3 We’re a bit rusty at this, but we’re back like hipsters drinking from Mason jars. Cycle 2.0 begins with a discussion of the crazy variety of drinking glasses a well-stocked bar can have, but then veers off to talking about Mount Everest because Kate has a one-track mind. Join us!

Episode 117: Back to Basics – Tequila

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/episode-117_-back-to-basics-tequila.mp3 Strap on your big shoes and grab the salt shaker, because Josh and Kate are exploring the cactus-fueled world of Mexican regret juice. Join us!

Episode 116: Back to Basics – Brandy

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/episode-116_-back-to-basics-brandy.mp3 We’re back, and our snifters are full of that most grape-y of base liquors, brandy. Josh learns how to test booze by exploding it, and Kate learns that Winston Churchill was getting free Turkish hooch long after he was dead. Join us!

Episode 115: Back to Basics – Rye

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/episode-115_-back-to-basics-rye.mp3 The spicy grain that makes the spicy bread turns out to make a spicy whiskey, too. Plus, Kate and Josh bag on a popular musician. Join us!

Episode 114: Back to Basics – Bourbon

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/episode-114_-back-to-basics-bourbon.mp3 Raylan Givens says bourbon tastes like a warm summer day, and who are we to argue? Our survey of base liquors alights on the patriotic choice of all Kentuckians. Josh discovers the forgotten states of Kentinia and Virgucky. Kate has trouble with the “ch” sound. Join us!

Episode 113: Back to Basics – Scotch

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/episode-113_-back-to-basics-scotch.mp3 Sorry, Scotch snobs. We talk a lot about Vicki Lawrence in this episode and only a bit about Scotch.

Episode 112: Back To Basics – Vodka

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/episode-112_-back-2-basics-vodka.mp3 We drink vodka! All the hacky Russian jokes you expect, you’re gonna get in this episode. Kate discovers Russian demolition derby. Josh goes on a crusade with the Livonian Knights. Join us!

Episode 111: Back To Basics – Rum

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/episode-111_-back-to-basics-rum.mp3 Yo-ho-ho! Rum is the by-product of sugar, but it’s the whole subject of this week’s show. Josh pitches Kate on Laurence Olivier in an eyepatch (not a hard sell). Kate laments the awkwardness of dads. Join us!

Episode 110: Back to Basics – Gin

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/episode-110_-back-to-basics-gin.mp3 Kate and Josh begin a look at the base liquors that make up your favorite cocktails with a dive into the history and vibrant present of gin, the juniper-est sauce in the Navy. Kate explains chaps to Josh. Josh explains why he’d never be able to AirBnB. Join us!

Episode 109: Shrimp Cocktails

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/episode-109_-shrimp-cocktails.mp3 Our shallow dive into party food reaches its briny depths with this week’s discussion of the humble shrimp cocktail. Kate teaches us about Fanny Cradock and the Major. Josh ponders the theology of the Blue Oyster Cult. Join us!

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/episode-108_-caviar.mp3 Classy fish eggs lead to a discussion of why air doesn’t have more fans, followed my memories of Exhaust Pointe, Kate’s favorite childhood amusement park. Join us, won’t you?

Episode 107: Cocktail Wieners and “Runaway Train”

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/episode-107_-cocktail-wieners-and-_runaway-train_.mp3 Lil Smokeys. Vienna sausages. Cocktail wieners. Call them what you like, tiny sausages are our entryway into the wide world of finger food. Kate and Josh explore the differences between canapés, hors dóeuvres and crudités before watching “Runaway Train,” the 1985 action movie that features enough…

Episode 106: Mudslides and “The Believers”

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/episode-106_-mudslides-and-_the-believers_.mp3 The Mudslide mixes three sweet things into something impossibly sweet and yet still pretends to be a cocktail and not a dessert. After discussing the history of phone books and the gender politics of buying the wonder drug Domicil, Kate and Josh watch “The Believers,” a forgettable thriller from 1987.

Episode 105: Hangovers and Comfort Movies

https://pntcast.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/episode-105_-hangovers-and-comfort-movies.mp3 Drink too much for some reason lately? Feeling down for some reason? Some reason we won’t mention? Need to take a mental health day and stay at home and watch comfort movies? For some reason? We got ya covered in this new world we’re all living in.