Cocktail Conversations with Dave Catanese Dave Catanese

Dr. Nicola Nice was a social scientist and liquor industry consultant who felt like the industry wasn't taking female drinkers seriously. So she decided to cast out on her own, starting her own cocktail company, Pomp & Whimsy. Her premiere product is a gin liqueur marketed to females, but it tastes just as good on a man's palate, that I can tell you.  

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Submit yourself to the greatest. No, not me. Kanye West! Mustafa Abubaker, a contributor to Rolling Stone, who attended the Atlanta listening party for #Donda, joins the conversation with a very appropriate cocktail to review the show and talk all things Yeezy.

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Ben Grafstrom is an assistant professor at Akita University in Japan. But for this podcast, his stronger qualification is our drinking companionship as fraternity brothers back at Susquehanna University in central Pennsylvania. But let's get sophisticated and go to Japan, to talk about cocktail culture, sake bombs, what Japanese gin to keep an eye out for and why bar tabs are different in this faraway eastern land.

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Getting drunk ... is good. Seriously. Edward Slingerland, author of "DRUNK, How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization" tells us why. You're definitely gonna need a cocktail for this one. And that's ok. #BottomsUp

Being old is the single biggest risk factor for the leading diseases on the planet. Why aren't we doing more to reverse aging? And what are the prospects for unlocking a longer life? Dr. Andrew Steele, a London-based scientist and author,  provides answers in his new book, "Ageless." But on Cocktail Conversations, he shares his wisdom with an espresso martini.

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David Lynch is a sommelier, author and editorial director of SommSelect, a wine club located in Sonoma, California. In this episode,  you'll learn how to talk to a restaurant Somm and look smart, the best $20 bottles to pick up for summer drinking and the overlooked vineyards you should be planning trips to. So uncork your favorite vino and imbibe #CocktailConversation Episode 5.

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