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Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

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.

600: A tribute to Chuck Norris

6 mins; March 28, 2026

599: "The Rise of the Merlin" and the Arthurian tradition

36 mins; March 27, 2026

598: Did Donald Trump destroy the post-Cold-War world order or reset it in America’s favor?

34 mins; March 21, 2026

598: Kill switches in cars, cousin marriage, trans madness and more

44 mins; March 15, 2026

596: Alberta Independence and news bubbles

36 mins; March 14, 2026

595: Do our institutions deserve our trust

42 mins; March 11, 2026

594: Who is the "I" in my mind?

40 mins; March 06, 2026

593: Is the United Nations Still Relevant?

29 mins; March 05, 2026

592: Will "AI Abundance" Make us All Rich?

43 mins; February 27, 2026

591: Squatters' rights, content theft, and letters to the show

33 mins; February 26, 2026

590: Ancient Persia, Modern Iran, and war

42 mins; February 20, 2026

589: The insufferable Michelle Obama

33 mins; February 18, 2026

588: Did the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Actually Rebuild America?

36 mins; February 15, 2026

587: Does welfare help the poor or the elite?

41 mins; February 15, 2026

586: Are we living in a simulation? Does AI change our perspective?

36 mins; February 08, 2026

585: The death of local culture

42 mins; February 08, 2026

584: Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Does it promote pedophilia?

55 mins; January 31, 2026

583: What if war is a good thing?

33 mins; January 24, 2026

582: Is Psychiatry helping more than it's hurting?

38 mins; January 23, 2026

581: Letters on Catcher in the Rye, Beauty, and the Jews

24 mins; January 19, 2026

580: Will all Gen Zers be disabled soon?

20 mins; January 18, 2026

579: Is English the Official Language of the U.S.?

30 mins; January 15, 2026

578: Drug boats, seized oil tankers, Maduro, and Venezuela

33 mins; January 09, 2026

577: Are college students getting dumber?

37 mins; January 04, 2026

574: Why are you gay? The Milo Yiannopoulos interview with Tucker Carlson

37 mins; January 02, 2026

575: Is Stoicism experiencing a revival?

35 mins; January 02, 2026

576: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

56 mins; December 30, 2025

The secularization of Christmas

56 mins; December 23, 2025

573: What has happened to Candace Owens?

29 mins; December 14, 2025

572: Is there a war on beauty?

40 mins; December 13, 2025

571: Who came up with smoking?

29 mins; December 13, 2025

570: The Cloward-Piven Strategy: The weaponization of chaos

29 mins; December 12, 2025

568: Does Tylenol cause autism?

28 mins; November 25, 2025

569: Pilgrims, the Mayflower, and Thanksgiving

32 mins; November 24, 2025

567: Should we ban "conversion therapy"?

33 mins; November 21, 2025

566: Theories of the self and the modern sense of self

41 mins; November 20, 2025

565: Are 42 million people really getting food stamps?

34 mins; November 12, 2025

564: Charlie Kirk and his legacy

38 mins; November 12, 2025

562: Was there a miracle in Mississippi education?

25 mins; November 06, 2025

561: Abolish ICE? What does that actually mean?

42 mins; November 06, 2025

560: Why are there dragons in every culture? Are they real?

41 mins; November 06, 2025

559: The Lottery and other short stories from Shirley Jackson

51 mins; October 27, 2025

558: Does a million year old skull rewrite human origins?

38 mins; October 21, 2025

557: Did Maryland actually need 700 new laws?

35 mins; October 18, 2025

556: Did Etsy witches curse Charlie Kirk?

26 mins; October 17, 2025

555: Is Trump an authoritarian dictator, a threat to democracy, etc.?

34 mins; October 15, 2025

554: Is a cashless society a good thing?

35 mins; October 09, 2025

553: Are conservatives now in favor of cancel culture?

39 mins; October 08, 2025

552: You've been warned. The promise and peril of Artificial Intelligence

30 mins; October 02, 2025

551: Liberals vs. Leftists: Is there a difference?

40 mins; October 01, 2025

550: 10 Mental Traps That Quietly Control Your Decisions

33 mins; October 01, 2025

549: Some short stories by Sinclair Lewis

53 mins; September 24, 2025

548: The East–West Schism of 1054: Why Christianity Divided

26 mins; September 18, 2025

547: Does more incarceration lead to less crime?

25 mins; September 17, 2025

545: Should the feds fix the crime in Democrat-run cities?

42 mins; September 12, 2025

544: What is a contronym? Our weird English language.

18 mins; September 10, 2025

543: The media who cried wolf: When are these politicians going to jail?

26 mins; September 03, 2025

542: Why do politicians get so rich in office?

32 mins; September 02, 2025

541: Why Gerrymandering Still Shapes American Democracy

38 mins; August 28, 2025

540: More top-rated fairy tales from Grimm

40 mins; August 14, 2025

539: Daisy Miller by Henry James

41 mins; August 11, 2025

536: The most important characters in English literature

31 mins; August 06, 2025

538: Transhumanism part 2 and the dark side of artificial intelligence

38 mins; August 04, 2025

537: The Scopes monkey trial 100 years later

40 mins; July 29, 2025

535: Transhumanism part 1: Will the future need people like you?

37 mins; July 26, 2025

534: Does the Grain Matter? Whiskey Mysteries and 80/20 Politics

15 mins; July 25, 2025

533: Oliver Anthony's rise and conflict with a scornful woman

17 mins; July 23, 2025

532: The Beginning of the End of Woke? | Andrew Doyle, Free Speech, and the Cultural Shift

31 mins; July 23, 2025

531: The most fortunate generation ever (born between 1960 and 1980)

34 mins; July 16, 2025

530: SCOTUS Since Dobbs: The Legal Earthquakes Shaping America

36 mins; July 12, 2025

529: Is Catholicism making a comeback?

36 mins; July 10, 2025

528: Why beta males are a danger to society

29 mins; July 05, 2025

527: The fisherman and his wife and The two brothers: Two Grimm fairy tales

41 mins; July 03, 2025

526: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde review

43 mins; July 01, 2025

525: CIA Mind Control & Psychic Warfare: The Secret Programs That Never Really Ended

33 mins; June 24, 2025

524: The Iran-Israel war -- Nooze and Booze with P&C

36 mins; June 20, 2025

523: Bring your "authentic self" to work?

24 mins; June 20, 2025

522: Was there anything before the Big Bang?

32 mins; June 13, 2025

521: How will AI affect education?

28 mins; June 12, 2025

520: Are car kill switches a step too far?

27 mins; June 12, 2025

519: The Future Unveiled: 8 Ubertrends Reshaping Society in 2025

31 mins; June 05, 2025

518: Can government make us all healthy again?

45 mins; June 04, 2025

517: Cheap $h!t from China: is it a good idea?

31 mins; May 29, 2025

516: The Intentional Destruction of the West | A War Without Bullets

38 mins; May 28, 2025

515: Are AI companions a good idea?

39 mins; May 22, 2025

514: Old Popes, New Popes, and Pope Stuff

40 mins; May 21, 2025

513: The strange history of Maryland

48 mins; May 15, 2025

512: Lady Susan by Jane Austen

32 mins; May 09, 2025

511: Slavery in America, tariffs, political violence and other listener questions

24 mins; May 08, 2025

510: World Economic Forum -- curse or blessing?

39 mins; May 07, 2025

509: Do Democrats want to win another election ever again?

33 mins; April 30, 2025

508: Are we living in a digital panopticon?

41 mins; April 29, 2025

507: De-extinction and Dire Wolves

32 mins; April 24, 2025

506: Have judges become tyrants?

35 mins; April 22, 2025

505: The real Snow White controversy

36 mins; April 16, 2025

504: Why are liberals so okay with violence?

40 mins; April 11, 2025

503: "Wrestling with Jordan Peterson's God," a review

46 mins; April 07, 2025

502: The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot. What the hell is going on?

47 mins; April 04, 2025

501: Should the United States lay claim to the Arctic

29 mins; April 03, 2025

500: Nonprofits and NGOs

38 mins; April 01, 2025

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