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Thinking and Drinking
by Shelby Miksch
Serious topics, soothing beverages. Updated weekly.
Episodes
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Episode 25: Stories We Tell
Thinking: Queer country culture, a trip to Nashville with a group of Vietnam vets, and the worst student paper that I've ever graded. Also, a few recommendations of musicians whose work I'm enjoying right now. Drinking: Ginger tea with lemon and honey. Podcast music: "Following Spirits" by…
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Episode 24: Swansonisms
Thinking: If you have the resources, learning how to do things for yourself can be pretty empowering. Just do your research and use the right PPE (personal protective equipment) for the job... hair grows back, fingers don't. Drinking: Wild Berry Hard Seltzer Podcast music: "Following Spirits" by...
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Episode 23: Enough Already
Thinking: How have I kept myself sane during this time of plague? That's a good question. Drinking: From Dusk Till Donuts - Bones Coffee. Podcast music: "Following Spirits" by TeknoAXE
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Episode 22: I Want to Speak to the Manager
Thinking: What is the difference between assertiveness and Karenism? Drinking: Iced tea. I live in the South now. It's hot here. Podcast music: "Following Spirits" by TeknoAXE
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Episode 21: Might-Have-Beens
Thinking: Thoughts about the messiness of humanity during a crisis and the utter futility of dwelling on what might have been. Drinking: An utterly pretentious "naturally essenced" Lacroix lime sparkling water. Podcast music: "Following Spirits" by TeknoAXE.
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Episode 20: Two Sailors vs. The Navy
Thinking: My friend Stephen returns for a chat about life in the Navy, including how Sailors cope with long periods of isolation. Very NSFW. Drinking: Vodka Gimlet - vodka, gin, and lime juice. Podcast music is by TeknoAXE - https://youtu.be/fpOLJhikwiI
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Episode 19: Wash Your Damn Hands
Thinking: One of the unexpected side-effects of COVID-19 is that we find out just how gross people can be in regards to personal hygiene. It's called soap, y'all. Drinking: Hunting Knife (Jagermeister, amaretto, vodka, and grenadine)
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Episode 18: Thirst Wisely
Thinking: Gendered double standards regarding "proper" attire and behavior. Also, how to interact in digital environs without being a creep. Drinking: 2016 Red Blend - Columbia Winery (Yakima, WA)
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Episode 17: Darmok and Wittgenstein in Patterson Hall
Thinking: Our internal baggage shapes the way that we interpret and express language. Drinking: Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
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Episode 16: Censoring Horses for Fun and Profit
Thinking: If someone is paid to digitally remove horse junk on The Witcher, then maybe I've missed my calling. Drinking: 1001 Years of Silence, a Mexican chocolate imperial stout by Fort George Brewery. (Delicious, but it's the only beer that's given me nightmares of giving birth to a herd of...
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Episode 15: Gentle Folk, Could You Not?
Thinking: The behavior and practices of the Sect of Thirsty Goblins. Also, Hot Nerds with Dogs and the inadvertent inconsiderateness of youth. Drinking: Screwdriver. A good ol' classic, because sometimes simple is best.
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Episode 14: Un-Guilty Pleasures
Thinking: A casual discussion of Epicureanism, and why the concept of guilty pleasure is utter bunk. Drinking: Generic cold medicine, or as I call it, Cthulhu juice. It's the time of year for broke grad students to fight off seasonal crud, and we do what we must.
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Episode 13: Bounce a Coin Off Your Witcher's Butt
Thinking: Objectification and body image issues and how they relate to the media that we consume. Drinking: Toss a Coin to Your Witcher - Stoli Ruby Grapefruit vodka, Honey Jack, and Fireball.
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Episode 12 - The Gay Episode
Thinking: Queer identity, tribalization of LGBTQ+ spaces, and the commercialization of Pride. Drinking: I don't even know at this point. This year is screwy enough and it's only January. Drink what makes you happy. Cheers, y'all! [This episode is dedicated to all of the gays in my life. Y'all…
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Episode 11: Ringing in the New Year with Civil War Diseases
Thinking: A meditation for the new year about survival and miracles and butt genetics. Drinking: Sparkling mountain spring water, perfect for feeling fancy when you're on a budget.
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Episode 10 - Two Sailors vs. The Internet
Thinking: Two drunk sailors - your host and her friend Stephen - talk about Wikipedia, internet asshattery, and how sometimes people aren't that bad. Drinking: A lot. [Note: Lots of swearing and off-color humor. NSFW, probably.]
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Episode 9: Ethics and Self-Care
Thinking: Sometimes caring for yourself is the ethical choice. Drinking: Blackberry honey mead - a golden vessel of silence for contemplative winter evenings. -- Intro and Outro Music: "End of the Street" by Kabbalistic Village Like what you hear? Buy me a Ko-fi!
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Episode 8: Facebook, Racist Kittens, and Jojo Rabbit
Thinking: Can we use tools created by our existing society to effect lasting, useful societal change? Drinking: Stout black coffee - sobriety for sober topics.
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Episode 7 - Cosmic Thoughts: Voyager
Taking a break from the usual content to take you on an imagination journey into interstellar space.
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Episode 6 - Genre-Bending
Thinking: Rendering a fictional narrative in a non-fictional style and vice versa. The first segment is work-safe, but as for the second... that's up to you. Drinking: A hot toddy. Holy crap, it's cold.
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Episode 5: Loss and the Essence of Things
Thinking: Is a cultural artifact ever truly lost? Drinking: An unnamed neon yellow sports drink - a beverage that's good for all kinds of recovery moments.
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Episode 4: The Mind Closes the Circle
Thinking: Pondering the gestalt principle of closure and the cyclical nature of human behavior. Drinking; Good ol' boring tap water, because according to the Navy, drinking water cures just about everything.
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Episode 3 - Looking for Group
Thinking: You'd like to think that video games are ideologically pure, but they're anything but - from the subconscious prerogatives of the creators to the baggage that players bring with them. Drinking: Gin & Tonic.
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Episode 2 - A Filing Cabinet in the Marianas Trench
Thinking: Multimodal learning has been used in various applications for some time, so why has the humanities sector of the academy been so slow to adopt it? Drinking: White Claw Hard Seltzer.
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Episode 1: Digitizing English
Thinking: I'll briefly unpack the scholarly article "Digitizing English" by Jennifer Glaser and Laura R. Micciche and its consideration of updating the collegiate English curriculum to include the digital humanities. Drinking: Orange Cinnamon Tea - MarketSpice; Seattle, WA -- Intro and Outro…
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Serious topics, soothing beverages. Updated weekly.
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