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The Cocktail Conversations
by Michele Mitchell & Hannah Thornton
The Anger Industrial Complex, a tangled web of social, political and media systems that whip up public anger for profit, has been dividing us for decades. Award-winning documentarian and journalist Michele Mitchell hosts the antidote. Think of the most fascinating conversation happening at the table next to you–a conversation you want to join – a conversation that goes somewhere and stays with you long after it’s over. Glass by glass, we're going to be able to talk with one another again.
Episodes
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Not-A-Retreat
A few weeks ago, we decided to invite some of our audience to join us, in person, to see what ties could bind us after all the division sowed by the anger industrial complex It wasn't all work--we did have the gorgeous backdrop of Zihuatanejo, Mexico. And once we got back home, we asked three of...
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How to Be a Good Human
It's 2022, which means...another election year. But don't lose hope about ever speaking to certain friends and family again, because we've got just the episode for you, one full of gung-ho team spirit and young wisdom from some leaders of tomorrow. This time around, Michele shares a mocktail with...
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Crazy/Difficult
Have you been called this—or, even, used it yourself? Kick back with a kir royale as Michele chats up bestselling author Soraya Chemaly (“Rage Becomes Her”), jewelry designer Cass Llilien, life coach Kate Hobbs and incoming college freshman Maisie Adams about how language shapes everything.
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The Authority Crisis
Former CIA analyst Martin Gurri (The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium) introduces Michele to the concept of the "information tsunami" that has knocked our 20th Century institutions off their expert, elite status. Joining over a bottle of Gros Ventre's High...
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Tasting Notes: "Can This Marriage Be Saved?"
Cathy Corison is a legendary and beloved winemaker in Napa Valley. In 1987, she made the first vintage of Corison Cabernet Sauvignon. Corison winery’s grapes are farmed organically and grown on gravelly loam soils. . She currently handcrafts two Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. In recognition of...
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Can This Marriage Be Saved?
If you're wondering whether or not you can ever once again speak with some of your family and friends--or if you're just bewildered about how we got here and how we're going to get out--have we got the episode for you! Michele and conflict expert Dr. Cynthia Wang of Northwestern University crack...
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‘Man the Hunter’ May Not Have Brought Us Here
Michele sits down for a one-on-one with evolutionary anthropologist Dr. Kristen Hawkes of the University of Utah to talk about the "evolutionary theory of grandmothering," or, in other words, the foundation of everything. But the grandmother hypothesis is not about sweet little old ladies...
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Tasting Notes: “A Zero Trust Society?”
Mark and Jennifer Porembski make some of Napa Valley's most iconic wines--and their own. Hear what Mark has to say about their Zeitgeist label, Cabernet and working with his wife.
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A Zero Trust Society?
Michele opens a bottle of Zeitgeist (literally) to talk about the collapse of trust in media and other institutions--because, let's face it, we've got a soufflé situation on our hands these days. Charles Bierbauer, formerly of CNN and of the University of South Carolina School of Mass…
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Murderers’ Row: ‘We’re in the Vortex’
If you're feeling like we're in layer upon layer of crisis and trying to figure out how to place this moment without losing your mind (and your liver), you're not alone. Kick back with Michele and Murderers Row (Patricia Sellers of the International Criminal Court, Sara Darehshori of…
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Tasting Notes: "The Special Election Election Special! (Thanks, Georgia)"
We poured a 2019 Massican Annia for this episode, an unusual white wine from Napa Valley. Michele speaks with winemaker Dan Petrosky (whose day job is at historic Larkmead).
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Special Election Election Special! (Thanks, Georgia)
Oh my God, it's not over yet? Seriously? Seriously. Thanks to Georgia's 50% rule, we've got to get through January 5th before this ballot hell is over. But that doesn't mean the anger industrial complex is finished with us--which is why we asked Lauren Anderson (FBI), Clarence Page (Chicago...
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The Good Guys: “There’s a Value Gap?”
Michele and guest speaker David G. Smith of the US Naval War College crack open a bottle of red wine this time to dig into what the other half think of the value gap--or if they do at all. There's an implicit bias test, folks! With ret. Lt. Col Jason Amerine (US Special Forces), wine guru Paul...
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“WTF is the Value Gap?”
We've got the answer! Shake up a whiskey cocktail for the premiere of our series as Dr. Caroline Heldman (department chair, critical theory and social justice, Occidental College) joins Michele and her guests Diane Louvel, Maghan Morin, Alicia Rose and Josie Zeiger. Raising capital, changing…
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Tasting Notes: “The Election Special”
The Cocktail Conversations podcast poured Relic Supermoon Chardonnay 2018 for its stand-alone election special. Why Relic? Well, we figured a husband-and-wife team was the perfect choice for a show about getting along. Mike Hirby and Schatzi Throckmorton talk wine, the 2020 harvest and making it...
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Election Special 2020
This season is about the value gap, but since the entire premise of the series is to be a counterpoint to the Anger Industrial Complex--we kind of noticed that our fellow Americans are a little...stressed...this week. We're here to help. So before we drop the first episodes of the season, we...
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Season 1: The Value Gap Trailer
Welcome to Season One! For our 2020-2021 season, The Cocktail Conversations is taking on the value gap, a.k.a. gender equity. You don't think this will be fun, but it will--oh, yes, it will. After all, we're not the anger industrial complex. So, join host Michele Mitchell and 120 different guests...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Anger Industrial Complex, a tangled web of social, political and media systems that whip up public anger for profit, has been dividing us for decades. Award-winning documentarian and journalist Michele Mitchell hosts the antidote. Think of the most fascinating conversation happening at the table next to you–a conversation you want to join – a conversation that goes somewhere and stays with you long after it’s over. Glass by glass, we're going to be able to talk with one another again.
HOSTED BY
Michele Mitchell & Hannah Thornton
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The Anger Industrial Complex, a tangled web of social, political and media systems that whip up public anger for profit, has been dividing us for decades. Award-winning documentarian and journalist Michele Mitchell hosts the antidote. Think of the most fascinating conversation happening at the...
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