Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

Dec 10 2024 373 ep. 41 mins 166
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You like beer, and you like conversation, right? Of course you do. Pigweed and Crowhill review a beer (sometimes their own homebrews) and discuss issues of the day. They try to break down serious issues into bite-sized chunks, and add some humor when possible. But it's all in good fun. Just two pals chatting over a beer.

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470: Why did Joe Biden pardon Hunter, and was it right?

Dec 10 2024 25 mins  
The boys drink a sidecar cocktail, then discuss Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter. Despite repeatedly promising not to do it, Biden did what everyone knew he was going to do. At this point, everyone is now on record as not trusting the justice system. The timing of the pardon is interesting. Did he want to get it through before Kamala 25-amendmented him? Or, rather, did he wa

468: Are we entering a new era of book banning?

Dec 04 2024 13 mins  
The boys drink Right Proper Pale Ale and discuss book bans. Anne Arundel County in Maryland has become "a book sanctuary." They want "all voices, all stories, and all perspectives to be protected." Crowhill calls it out as a flat lie and virtue signalling. These same people (or their intellectual fellow travelers) have been in favor of censorship on social media. Why is the libra

467: Does abortion qualify as "healthcare"?

Dec 03 2024 16 mins  
While drinking a local stout, the boys ask whether abortion is really healthcare and then discuss that and related issues. Healthcare is generally understood as the maintenance or improvement of health through prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or management of illness, injury, and other physical or mental impairments. How does abortion fit in with that? Pigweed and Crowhill evalu

466: What can we expect from Trump's new administration?

Nov 29 2024 41 mins  
The boys drink and review a festive, Christmas beer, then discuss Trump's selections for his cabinet and what we might expect from them. Nazi Germany, of course. And fascism. And the end of democracy. But beyond that .... As of the time of the podcast, Trump has chosen ... Marco Rubio for Secretary of State Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense Matt Gaetz for Attorney General (

465: Is Scientology a religion, a cult, or science fiction?

Nov 21 2024 35 mins  
The boys drink and review Sierra Nevada's Cold IPA, then discuss Scientology. If you had your choice, would you rather your child be woke or a scientologist? It's a hard choice. Pigweed starts the discussion with a bio of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder / creator of both Dianetics and its later manifestation, Scientology. He was one of the most prolific authors in history, with as ma

464: Do you really need to pay income tax?

Nov 21 2024 31 mins  
The boys drink and review "Raised by Wolves" from Right Proper brewing, then wonder if they're suckers for paying their income taxes when other people seem to get away with not filing! They start by steelmanning the arguments against the income tax, which include ... * The "sovereign citizen" idea * Questions about the ratification of the 16th Amendment * That it's a violation

463: Why are public schools failing so miserably?

Nov 19 2024 35 mins  
Broadcasting from the Royal Oak pub, the boys drink and review Crowhill's homebrewed porter then discuss the failure of our government-run schools and the American education system. Over the last 40 years we've had an increased role in education by both governments and unions, we've spent more and more on education, but results are worse and worse. Why? Private schools that spe

462: Trump wins just as P&C predicted. What now?

Nov 11 2024 53 mins  
Pigweed and Crowhill enjoy a celebratory bottle of champaign as they review the 2024 election. Which is the more important victory: that Donald Trump won, or that Harris lost? The first time around, Trump didn't have a "Trump Team." He had to cobble together an administration through recommendations from people who didn't agree with his policies and approach. That will be entirel

461: Why are the Vikings and paganism so interesting to modern people?

Nov 09 2024 35 mins  
The boys drink and review Fireside Chat winter ale by 21st Amendment Brewery, then discuss The Northman, paganism, and Rod Dreher's take on how paganism presents an enchanted view of life. "The Northman" is basically the story of Hamlet set among the Vikings. Amleth witnesses his uncle murdering his father and carrying off his mother. He vows to avenge his father and rescue his mo

460: George Soros and his political philosophy

Nov 07 2024 36 mins  
The boys drink and review "Beast of Both Worlds," a "Bi-Coastal IPA" from Lagunitas. George Soros has become a whipping boy for the right. The man was born a Hungarian Jew and lived through both Naziism and communism, but made his respectable pile of money in the United States. P&C start off with a brief biography, but move on to speak about his underlying philosophy and the c