Drunk & Uncultured Podcast

Is making music go viral good or bad? How about when you optimize the algorithm and add bots into the equation? Listen in to hear our takes on the recent news about Chaotic Good and their viral music marketing campaigns, who's used them, and how we've seen this marketing strategy over the years in differnet formats.

It's festival line up season, so listen in to see how correct Stephanie was about her Lolla predictions. We're joined by a guest to discuss smutty novels and their titles and what festivals we want to attend this year.

We got the opportunity to sit down with Jess Merritt (@beerbabejess) to talk about her experiences as a beer content creator. Listen in to hear about how she got started in craft beer, her thoughts on craft beer scenes city to city, and about the book she helped put together "Rethink Everything You Know About Craft Beer". "Rethink Everything You Know About Craft Beer" is out now, so pick up your copy today. Your favorite drinking problem masquerading as a pop culture podcast has a chapter on page 151

We're a little late in celebrating the anniversary of one of our favorite movies ever, O Brother Where Art Thou?. Better late than never though. Listen in to hear our favorite moments from the movie, some fun facts (like who in the film never read The Odyssey), our parallels to the Epic Poem by Homer, chats about other Coen Brothers movies, and why we think this movie will be better than the upcoming adaptation by Christopher Nolan.

It's a blast from the past this episode with our first revisit of the Stranger Things series. We first covered this in 2019 and are rejoined by our resident Stranger Things expert, Justin. Listen in to hear our takes on the show now that the finale has aired. We're talking about the final season, product placement, the 80's nostalgia, character growth (or lack thereof), how Eleven jumped over the ocean, conformity gate, and a number of other Stranger Things topics. P.S. We may have talked about an incredible pitch for a spin off the relates to the title of this episode.

Join us for a more in depth beer episode as we do a tasting of Revolutions 2026 Deep Wood Series. We sit down to try the 4 canned beers that make up the series: - Dethurana - Sur Lie (collab with Surly Brewing) - Mineshaft Gap - Barleywinery D.B.X.O.J La Cerise Listen in for our tasting notes!

Join us for our 2025 pop culture review. Lindsey reviews the 100 books she read this year and reads some of her favorite reviews of them, we chat through our Spotify wrapped and top albums of the year, and finish off with some artists you should watch out for in 2026

Rough Trade dropped their top 100 albums of the year, so we're sitting down to run through the list and give our opinions. Listen in to hear our thoughts on what made the list and what didn't make it.

Join us for a fun two part episode! Up first this episode is a beer tasting with the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. We're joined by Jack (vocals, guitar) and Phil (tour manager) to taste a selection of some of our favorite beers brewed locally. We follow that up with a walk through of some of our favorite beers at Fobab, upcoming barrel aged releases, and shows coming up in November. Be sure to check out Psychedelic Porn Crumpets when they come to your city and grab barrel aged stouts from your favorite brewery. Featured Beers: Solemn Oath Brewery - Lu Midwest Coast Brewing - English Sporting Beer Old Irving Brewing - Cushy Island

We always say "we're back", but this time we're back bigger and better (at least to us) after an extended hiatus. Listen in to hear about what we've been up to since July. We're talking about brewery annoucements, new albums, fun shows, and upcoming beer releases. Upcoming Fun Things: Check out our friends The Park After Dark Haunted house through November 1. Say hi if you see us at Fobab in November. Benthic Pre-orders go live 11/05. Check out our friends Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Thalia Hall (and say hi if you see us) on 11/12.

Join us for a short episode as we chat about the Oasis reunion, the new Wet Leg album, Pilot Project's new space, and more

We're joined by our resident weed expert to explain the beer we're drinking this episode. Listen in to hear about the new Chicago based romance series Lindsey is reading, Maplewood's expanded taproom, Solemn Oath's anniversary party, and top sets at Primavera Festival.

We're back to talk about Solemn Oaths 13th anniversary party in Naperville (Oath Day), top albums so far this year, and the news about Taylor Swift buying all of her masters.

No, Black Midi hasn't announced a reunion, but Lindsey and Steph are back together for a new episode! Listen in to hear about a one million word fanfic Lindsey has embarked on, the Daredevil Born Again series, street fests in Chicago, MJ Slenderman, and some exciting beer fests. Don't forget to grab your tickets to Friday Night Flights and Oath Day!

What do Marvel and a Dyson Airwrap have in common? Listen to find out. We're chatting about the new DJO album, the Riot Fest lineup, Sinners, and Thunderbolts.

We love Avengers tower fanfics. It's the best era of Marvel fanfics. Clint in the air vents snooping? That's peak. Oh and we also talked about The Beatles biopic, Thunderbolts*, Epic Universe, The White Lotus season finale, and the new Nintendo Switch.

Since we last chatted, we celebrated 10 years of Soothsayer Hot Sauce and Steph went to Japan for her honeymoon. Listen in to hear about Soothsayer's birthday party, record shopping in Japan, going to a concert in Japan, and all the food and cocktails Steph tried. Don't forget to grab your Beer Under Glass tickets for Illinois Craft Beer Week and come hang out with us with fantastic craft beers from all over the state!

If you're tired of hearing Lindsey talk about Danny Pudi, then maybe skip the entire section about Mythic Quest. We're back to chat about our recent pop culture consumption. We're chatting about Mythic Quest, Severance, The White Lotus, Running Point, and the release of Daredevil: Begin Again.

It's going to be a big year for beer. Listen in to hear all of the news between the 10 year anniversary of Forbidden Root, Vibes from the Heartland release by Hidden Hand, On Tour/Links news, the new Pilot Project location, and Funkytown's first location. We're chatting about The Traitors, Mythic Quest, Severance, White Lotus, and upcoming shows.

We're back for our biweekly pop culture round up. Listen in to hear our takes on The Traitors, Onyx Storm, and The Grammys

We're back to chat about recent pop culture evens. This episode covers the release of Onyx Storm from The Empyrean Series, Oscar snubs (Trent Reznor deserves better), The Traitors recap, and tour annoucements.

Happy New Year! We're back with a new episode following a semi new format. We're going to start covering more current pop culture topics so we can chat about what 's new. Listen in to hear a discussion about Nosferatu, The Substance, Ethel Cain's new album, the Bonnaroo lineup and Doechii.

That's a wrap on 2024 episodes. We're summarizing our year in music with our Spotify Wrapped, top albums, top shows, and news in music. Listen in to hear about what kind of year 2024 was for music.

It's year end wrap up time. We're switching things up this episode because Spotify Wrapped wasn't out, so we're kicking off movies, tv, and general pop culture. Listen in to hear about our favorite movies and tv shows, and revisit iconic pop culture moments from 2024 with us (did you forget about the Saltburn chokehold?).

We're back after a short break during October (sorry for no spooky episodes), so sit down with us and hear what we've been up to. We're covering Steph's bachelorette and wedding, bar crawls, shows, and what's left for the year.

Happy 5th birthday to Midwest Coast Brewing! In this episode, we sit down with Cam, Ryan, Tim, and Kevin from Midwest Coast to talk about their anniversary, their new all seasons rooftop, how they got started in beers, and a number of other topics.

There's a lot to catch up on this year, so we're yapping this episode. Listen in to hear about the death of brat summer (it's fall out, boy), thoughts on Short 'n Sweet, the Oasis reunion, Creed show, and more.

If you haven't been watching The Traitors, you're missing out on peak reality tv drama. We're sitting down to discuss the global hit, our favorite moments from the show, how each country has a slightly different format, and recapping some of the most controversial moments.

In case you haven't realized it yet, we're big fans of the band Osees. So big, in fact, that we're dedicating an entire episode to them in celebration of their new album SORCS 80. Listen in for our analysis of the new album (it doesn't include any guitars or synths), favorrite album/songs, their San Francisco ties, and what to expect at one of their shows.

Do you know how much Dorothy's original ruby slippers are worth? Listen in to find out because we're celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Wizard of Oz in this episode. We talk about the original costumes, how the iconic vibrancy of the film comes from technicolor, and a bunch of weird facts/occurences that happened in the film

It's mid year wrap up, and of course we have to talk about how 2024 is a huge year for female pop. We're discussing the biggest songs of summer, albums that have staying power, tours that are impossible to get tickets to, and so much more.

Happy 30th Birthday to the Blue Album by Weezer. We're talking everything about one of our favorite bands. As a collective society, we all either love/hate Weezer. We talk about how they got their start, why there's such a mixed view of their music, covers, memes, and what getting weezered is.

It's summer and that means festival szn. Listen in to hear us recap Coachella and the artists that were catapulted to mainstream during those two weekends. We also cover Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza (we're very excited to attend Lolla this year), and the very recent announcement of Riot Fest moving to Bridgeview (not excited about this).

We're sitting down with Katie from the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild to talk all things IL beer. Listen in to hear about the events they hold, the work they do advocating for IL craft beer/breweries, their summer passport and glass, and about why Shit Fountain in Ukrainian Village has become such a huge talking point lately

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame just announced their list of 2024 nominations (and inductees by the time the episode is posted), so we thought it would be fun to do a deep dive into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Listen in for a history and background of the foundation that started this iconic museum, some of the exhibits, entrants over the years, snubs, and our guesses for who will make it in this year. P.S. There is no Ska in the Hall of Fame :(

In honor of Ezra Koenig's birthday and the release of "Only God Was Above Us", we're finally doing a deep dive into the iconic indie band Vampire Weekend. Listen in for an detailed discussion of their discography, iconic artsy baroque pop music style, their departure and return to chamber pop, our review of their new album, our favorite times seeing them live, and other random topics.

We're celebrating 10 years of Grand Budapest Hotel by dedicating a whole episode to Wes Anderson. Listen in for discussion on his iconic film and art style, his best movies, the upcoming short films, and more.

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with our friend Charolette (@charolettebeerme). We sit down with Charolette to talk about her career in beer, how she got into the industry, the beers she’s made, her event planning initiatives like Lager Lounge with the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (@ilcraftbeer), and fun shirts we should make We also got to be a part of a really cool project Charolette led in Chicago. More than 100 women in all facets of the Chicago beer industry (including your favorite beer podcast) got together to brew Vibes Since 1920. The beer pays homage to the history of women in Chicago whose unified efforts to champion equality for all, inspire change in their communities, and leave the world a better place than where they found it have paved the way for generations to come. Charolette dreamed up this opportunity as a way for women in the beer industry to connect, learn from each other, and create a network of support. Vibes Since 1920 will be distributed by Solemn Oath’s brand Hidden Hand. $2 from every 4-pack, $1 from every pint, and a portion of wholesale sales will go to the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild’s Illinois Diversity in Brewing Scholarship. We may be biased because we helped brew this beer, but it rips. It’s an extremely drinkable classic Pale Ale, with Citra, Amarillo, and Wakatu hops. There’s a really nice tropical brightness and a malty dimension from the Briess Caramel and Vienna malt. We’re so proud to have been part of this project, and we hope you enjoy the beer! Solemn Oath/Hidden Hand: @solemnoathbeer @hiddenhandbeer

In a spiritual successor to our last episode about the 2004 music scene, we're jumping 10 years to celebrate the 10 year annivesary of some of our favorite albums. We always talk about how much we love the 2014 music era, and we're finally getting to covering just what we love about it. Listen in to hear what 2014 tumblr was like, the music everyone was listening to, festival line ups, top songs/albums of the year, and a few other college era Stephanie and Lindsey topics.

We've been talking a lot about the music that influenced us, and a lot of the records that make the list are turning 20 this year. So what better time to talk about the 2004 indie music scene, with topics like best albums, how these albums influenced newer music, the nostalgia we feel towards this music, and the divergence of rock music during this time frame.

Barbie turns 65 this year, and we're celebrating with her. Listen in for a history of Barbie, our experiences growing up with her, all of the fun games and (sometimes) fun cartoon movies, and the 2023 live action film.

It's a new year for Drunk & Uncultured, and we've updated our entire podcast set up. We're talking new microphone AND new computer. Since it's a new year, we're also talking about all of the things we're excited for: new album releases, upcoming tours, new movies, and new shows.

The 2023 pop culture review is upon us, and as usual we kick off this year end with music. Listen in to hear our takes on the stadium tours and subsequent concert films, the huge year female music artists had, shows we went to, our Spotify Wrapped, and our top 9 albums of the year.

We're back with Jack McEwan from Psychedelic Prn Crumpets to talk about their recent tour in America, the new album Fronzoli, the influences for the new album, and fun stories from the road (lots of alligators and the lottery). Check out Fronzoli, the new album by Psychedelic Prn Crumpets, out November 10, 2023. Limited vinyl pressings are available on their webstore. Their new singles Dilemma Us from Evil, (I'm a Kadaver) Alakazam, and Nootmare (K.I.L.L.I.N.G) [Meow!] are streaming now. https://linktr.ee/psychedelicporncrumpets Instagram: @psychedelicprncrumpets

For our last Halloween episode this year, we're talking about Killer Klowns From Outerspace. It's the 35th anniversary of this cult classic horror movie. We're joined by one of our favorite guests to try 4 different beers while discussing practical effects, the horror of clowns, and our favorite moments from the movie.

The leaves are changing, the air is getting colder, the ghosts are coming to play. It's our favorite time of the year, Spooky Szn! Join us for an episode celebrating 50 years of The Exorcist where we discuss the origins of the movie, creepy happenings on set, the cult following, and somehow get distracted into talking about random other posession movies.

Summer's almost over and with that comes our summer wrap up. We've had an unusually busy summer (even for us), so listen in to hear what we've been up to between concerts/festivals, vacations, weddings (Congrats to our favorite Spooky month guest Trevor), and beer drinking escapades.

We've had quite a break while we waited for Lindsey's hand to heal, so we're finally back with a really fun episode. We had lunch and discussed what we could cover on an episode and came up with The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie's 20th anniversary tour of Give Up and Transatlanticism. Listen in to hear our opinions and how excited we are for both album playthroughs at Riot Fest.

You're tired. We're tired. Everyone is tired. There's so much content to consume these days between music, movies, television, books, etc. This week we're talking about pop culture fatigue, all the shows we still need to catch up on, how many albums we haven't listened to yet, and why so much pop culture being released this year sucks.

Our King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard episode is finally here! We're joined by fellow Gizz lover, Brian (catch him in all of our drinking for sport episodes) to talk about everything Lizard Lizard and the Lizard Lizard related. Listen in for a brief history of the band, a very (and we mean very) deep dive into gizzlore, album comparisons, and other fun topics.