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Three Questions, Three Drinks with Chris Mikolay
by Chris Mikolay
Three Questions, Three Drinks is a podcast for the inquisitive, for those who know there is still so much to know, and that the best way to learn is by asking great questions and seeking first to understand. Join me – Chris Mikolay – and my rotating group of brilliant and funny and opinionated friends as we pour a few drinks and dive headfirst into life’s most important, most absurd and most thought-provoking questions. We’ll either solve all the world’s problems, or we’ll get stuck arguing whether cereal is a soup. From the provocative to the profound, Three Questions, Three Drinks is a podcast that gets more interesting with every sip, and it will prove that there is still room for civil debate and altering your world view, even if it requires a little liquid courage. Cheers!
Episodes
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Ep. 98 - Capitalism is Awesome vs. Um, No It's Not
CAPITALISM! In what may go down as the most contentious recording in 3Q3D history, Chris channels his inner 1980s corporate raider to defend free markets while Amanda says, “pump the brakes, Gordon Gekko”. Sipping on three distinct drinks, including a Wall Street staple and a homemade experiment...
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Ep 97 - Artificial Intelligence 2.0: No Robots Were Harmed in the Making of This Episode
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (The Sequel). It’s been almost a year and a half since Amanda, Chris and Matt first debated our AI future, and a lot has changed. Reconvening over two questionable cocktails “invented” by AI (as well as one utterly delightful, human-made classic), Matt takes over hosting...
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Ep. 96 - Cobbling Together a 3Q3D Comeback
HOBBIES / PASSION PROJECTS / SIDE HUSTLES! After an unintentional hiatus, Amanda, Chris and Matt finally reunite to wonder why we let our favorite hobbies and creative side passions (like, ahem, an erstwhile podcast for inquisitive people) slip away into the black hole of busy calendars and...
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Ep. 95 - 3Q3D's Totally Excellent High School Reunion
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS! 30 years ago, Amanda Adams, Matthew Jordan and Chris Mikolay matriculated from the same suburban high school. Fast forward three decades and they're now slugging back beers large and small (literally) while unpacking their 30 year high school reunion. Do people change as…
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Ep. 94 - 2026: The Year of the Cheez-It
RESOLUTIONS! A new year has arrived, which means it’s time to make bold promises you’ll quietly abandon by mid-January. But fret not: Chris, Amanda and Matt have returned from a long podcasting hiatus with 3 drinks and a plan to ensure 2026 is your best year ever. Unfortunately, things quickly…
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Ep. 93 - Ask Your Doctor if 3Q3D is Right For You
MORTALITY. After a jarring family event flips his world upside down, Chris confronts some of life’s biggest questions: What does it mean to live knowing our time is finite? How do we find purpose in the face of our own impermanence? And can confronting death actually teach us to live more fully?...
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Ep. 92 - Get Rich Quick with 3Q3D!
MONEY & WEALTH! Chris kicks Episode 92 off with a (clearly very legitimate) pyramid scheme sales pitch to Amanda and Matt, who prove, yet again, that there's a sucker born every minute. But the talk quickly shifts to hard-hitting money truths—childhood lessons we ignored, what “F-you money”…
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Ep. 91 - Teaching Rocks To Think
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! These days, AI is all the rage, but it’s also fueling more late-night doomscrolling than many care to admit. Whether we like it or not, though, Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction — it’s here, it’s evolving faster than we are, and in some...
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Ep. 90 - Genetically Enhancing the Jetsons
BIG, DIFFICULT, FASCINATING QUESTIONS (THAT WE’LL HAVE TO FACE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE). It seems only fitting that Matt Jordan – with his genetically perfect beard – should assume command of the USS 3Q3D for a conversation that tackles the toughest bioethical questions of our not-at-all distant...
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Ep. 89 - The Stylish Man's Guide to Clothes Shopping at Costco
STYLE! (Part 2). In the final installment of a special two-part series on Style, serious style is apparently found at…Costco? While Chris begs to differ, Matt makes a case for a closet full of Kirkland Signature and – provided Roman chic someday makes a comeback – at least one quality toga....
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Ep. 88 - Cocktails & Catwalks: Fashion Week at 3Q3D
STYLE! (Part 1). In the first of a special 2-episode double feature, Fashion Week has made its way to 3Q3D headquarters and the drinks aren’t the only thing in vogue. Amanda, Matt and Chris have upped their sartorial game, arriving to the studio dressed to the nines and ready to pour cocktails…
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Ep. 87 - Lean Into Winter
WINTER SURVIVAL TIPS. With over a foot of fresh fallen snow blanketing 3Q3D headquarters in Northeast Ohio, Amanda, Matt and Chris wonder why they live in a locale with such harsh winter conditions. However, as the drinks go down and the conversation warms up, the group looks at the bright side…
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Ep. 86: The State of Our Union is ________ (fill in the blank)
ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT AMERICA? Despite recording from a sun-drenched back patio on a postcard perfect Autumn afternoon, anxiety is running high among the 3Q3D crew. This year, October’s beauty is bittersweet, with red and blue political signs competing with Fall’s glorious…
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Ep. 85 - The Man Who Taught James Bond how to Play Poker
RISK, RANDOMNESS & DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY. Caspar Berry has led many lives, from screenplay writer, actor and director, to professional poker player, poker commentator and renowned keynote speaker. He also once served as the poker coach to Daniel Craig and the actors in Casino Royale, and…
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Ep. 84 - 3Q3D's Summer Travel Tips
TRAVEL & VACATION TIPS! Before you pack your bags and load up the station wagon, make sure to download 3Q3D’s long list of summer travel tips. From why it’s okay to spend every morning away from your vacation companions, to proper picture taking techniques (sorry not sorry, but it’s a big thumbs...
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Ep. 83 - Boss Mode Activated
HOW TO BE A (LITERAL) BOSS. After several months of working sunup to sundown for The Man, 3Q3D’s long sabbatical is finally over. But fear not, 3Q3D Nation: Amanda, Chris & Matt waste no time getting back in the saddle to show you who’s boss – while discussing how to actually be a boss. Whether...
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Ep. 82 - 3rd Birthday Special! Recreating Episode 1
To celebrate 3Q3D’s third anniversary, the original crew regroups and recreates the show’s very first episode down to the exact same questions. While Amanda, Chris and Matt are certainly more comfortable on air, they begin to question nearly everything (including *gasp* backing into every parking...
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Ep. 81 - Here's Looking at You, 3Q3D Nation
THE MOVIES! Amanda Adams sits in the director’s chair for this big, buttery episode about the movies we love – and the movies we love to hate. And, as she guides the OG 3Q3D crew through a conversation about the films that framed our youth, what makes a movie objectively great, and why we love…
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Ep. 80 - The Parents Are Not Alright
PARENTING! With 13 children between them, Amanda, Matt and Chris debate unconventional parenting do’s and don’ts, discuss whether parents today spend too little or too much time with their kids, and ponder how much our parental actions ultimately determine our children’s fate. In classic 3Q3D...
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Ep. 79 - The “Non-Drinking Drinking” Episode w/ Colt & Amanda
DRINKING & ALCOHOL. Alcohol is the only drug where, if you don’t use it, people assume you have a problem. Kind of weird, right? It seems that alcohol – and our culture of drinking – are topics worth exploring. Hence, in this special “crossover” episode, 3Q3D regular Amanda Adams, and occasional...
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Ep. 78 - 3Q3D’s 3rd Annual Year-in-Review / Bold Predictions for the Future
THE YEAR IN REVIEW / THE YEAR AHEAD. For the 3rd time, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and Chris Mikolay record a New Year’s episode that reviews the year’s biggest headlines – from events both consequential and alarming, to stories immaterial but impossible to ignore. After lively discussion (and...
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Ep. 77 - Sip, Sip, Hooray! A Yank, a Brit, and an Aussie Walk Into a Podcast Studio...
AUSTRALIA vs. ENGLAND vs. AMERICA! In this special transcontinental episode, Chris invites an awesome Aussie, Belynda Thomas, and Englishman extraordinaire, Elliot Grey, into the studio to spill the tea on what it’s like living in America from an ex-pat perspective. As the group sips and snacks…
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Ep. 76 - The State of Politics in America
THE POLITICS EPISODE. With an introduction as long as the Gettysburg Address, Chris explains (by using his beloved Cleveland Browns as an incredibly strained metaphor for political tribalism) why he has actively avoided political conversation on the podcast thus far - and why it's now finally…
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Ep. 75 - Diving into the Entrepreneurial Deep End
THE SHARK TANK EPISODE. At some point in our lives, we all have a million-dollar idea. The biggest difference between a successful idea and one that fails, though, is often simply this: whether or not one takes action. In today's episode of 3Q3D, you'll meet three women who not only have big…
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Ep. 74 - Welcome to My Mid-Life Crisis
FEELING BURNED OUT – AND FINDING BALANCE. If you’ve wondered why it’s been a minute since a new episode of 3Q3D dropped, well, Chris has been totally burned out, man. But fear not, because Matt and Amanda come to the rescue with a few great questions about the nature of burnout and how one can...
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Ep. 73 - Death, Immortality and Betting on An Afterlife
WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE. RIGHT? Matt Jordan takes over for the second time as host of the good ship 3Q3D, and in so doing, leads a fun and fascinating conversation with Chris Mikolay and Sam LiPuma – an author, professor and 3Q3D newcomer – that explores several of the most interesting questions...
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Ep. 72 - 3Q3D “Afternoon Delight” Series, Part 3: MYSTERY TOPIC
MYSTERY TOPIC! In the final installment of a 3-part series of shorter episodes designed to pare nicely with one quick drink, Chris experiments with variations on the classic Aperol Spritz – and pays dearly for it. However, just as Amanda Adams and Matt Jordan were in the dark on the topic of this...
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Ep. 71 - 3Q3D “Afternoon Delight” Series, Part 2: WOULD YOU RATHER?
WOULD YOU RATHER? While this second round of a special 3-part series of mini episodes may indeed be shorter than the typical 3Q3D fare, it isn’t short on controversial conversation. While Amanda Adams serves up a super sweet Tequila Sour, Chris asks a series of increasingly ridiculous “Would You...
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Ep. 70 - 3Q3D “Afternoon Delight” Series, Part 1: Underrated, Overrated and Properly Rated
UNDERRATED / OVERRATED / PROPERLY RATED. In a special 3-part series of shorter episodes designed to pair nicely with a relaxing summertime hammock ride or walk in the park, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and Chris Mikolay debate everyday items and activities that are either “Underrated, Overrated or...
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Ep. 69 - Cat Ladies, Fur Babies and the Loving Embrace of a Gentle Panda
PETS & ANIMALS! According to 3Q3D regular Amanda Adams, how you speak to your pet speaks volumes about you. In this episode featuring the OG 3Q3D crew and bound to become an instant classic, you’ll find out why Amanda refuses to refer to her pets as “fur babies” and what she’s naming her future...
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Ep. 68 - The Fascinating Las Vegas Lives of “Mash & Ash”
LIVING LA VIDA LAS VEGAS. Vegas gal pals Mahsheed Parsons and Ashley Bryant Dowd, with their billboards and bling, could easily pass for reality TV stars. They lead a life wholly unfamiliar to 3Q3D creator Chris Mikolay, but over several drinks designed to cure his Sin City hangover, Chris finds...
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Ep. 67 - I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU? As he mixes up an old timey cocktail that smells like your Grandma’s favorite jar of potpourri, Matt Jordan captains 3Q3D for the first time, hosting the original podcasting trio for a thought-provoking and wide-ranging conversation about the evolving nature of...
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Ep. 66 - If You Build It, They Will Come
RUBBERDUCKS, JUMBO SHRIMP, AND THE JOY OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. At just 32 years old, Ken Babby left a thriving career at the Washington Post to purchase a struggling minor league baseball team in Akron, Ohio, a city completely unfamiliar to him and located several hundred miles from his…
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Ep. 65 - The World’s Most Interesting Uber Driver
FATHER, SON, GAMBLER, THIEF. At just 14 years of age, George Berk gambled for the first time, placing a $4 longshot bet on a horserace at an Off Track Betting parlor in New York City. As luck would have it, that longshot bet paid off and returned $73 – and ignited a compulsive gambling addiction...
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Ep. 64 - The Choose Your Own Adventure Episode
LUCK, FATE & SERENDIPITY. Leaving every major decision to chance – where they go, what they do, and even what drinks to order – Amanda, Chris & Matt embark on an unusual Friday night adventure that ultimately proves providential (well, at least for two of them). As they depart the cozy confines…
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Ep. 63 - Dad Jokes, Bad Jokes, and More Fun with Colt and Doug
DAD JOKE CONTEST! Did you know that if you sneeze and fart at the same time, your body takes a screenshot? It’s true. Also, if that joke offends you, then you should probably just go ahead and skip this episode (seriously). But if not, and you need a few good laughs, then you’re in for a treat....
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Ep. 62 - It’s Not Your Fault vs. Yes, It’s Totally Your Fault
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Lamenting the current state of his Dad Bod and looking for sympathy from his wife but finding none, Chris assembles the OG 3Q3D squad for a discussion on Personal Responsibility. The group begins by throwing caution to the wind and downing a shot of Fireball Cinnamon...
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Ep. 61 - Why Do You Think What You Think?
BECOMING A CRITICAL THINKER. As Mark Twain once famously said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” To that end, 3Q3D gets the New Year off to an inquisitive start, with an episode designed to make you think about…thinking....
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Ep. 60 - 2022 Year in Review: The Feel-Good Edition
THE YEAR IN REVIEW (SORT OF). As 2022 draws to a close, the OG 3Q3D crew shares feel-good stories you may have missed from the past year, revisits favorite questions from the last 12 months that Matt and Amanda never got to answer, and Matt and Chris predict they will finally (and rightfully) be...
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Ep. 59 - The Celebrity Episode
TAYLOR & ELON & THE ROYAL FAMILY, OH MY! In a 3Q3D first, Chris relinquishes his podcast hosting duties and, feeling liberated, holds nothing back in this particularly spirited episode about the celebrities dominating today’s headlines. With Amanda piloting the pod, the OG 3Q3D crew gets started...
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Ep. 58 - Death by Candy Corn
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! 3Q3D returns to its classic format in this Halloween themed episode as OG contributors Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and Chris Mikolay conjure up 3 seasonal elixirs sure to please even the prickliest vampire. Contemplating their own mortality with questions about…
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Ep. 57 - It’s Times Like These You Learn To Live Again
In an episode as unusual as it is powerful, Chris sets out on a 600 mile road trip in a bright yellow 1973 Volkswagen Beetle with a man he hasn’t seen in 27 years named Jerry Dorneker. Departing before sunrise from Jerry’s home in Columbia, South Carolina, Chris and Jerry hope the Beetle’s 60...
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Ep. 56 - A Few Good Men
FATHERHOOD & MODERN MASCULINITY. Having sired 13(!) children between them, Chris Mikolay, Matt Jordan and 3Q3D newcomer Ed Fink discuss how their concept of masculinity has changed as they reach middle age, the most difficult challenges they’ve faced as fathers, and the wisdom they hope to pass…
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Ep. 55 - Because We're Stronger Together
STRENGTH, COURAGE & RESILIENCE. On today’s episode of 3Q3D I’m joined by two remarkable women who prove that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. MaryJo Rischitelli-Clark and Jen Yozwiak are the founders of 100 Women Strong Ohio, a growing community of women...
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Ep. 54 - Top Secrets of High Stakes Speechwriting
SPEECHWRITING, SUBMARINES & TOP SECRET CLEARANCE. Today’s guest has not only led an utterly fascinating life, but he’s also my younger brother, Justin Mikolay. As a speechwriter, Justin spent years joined at the hip with several of the most powerful men on the planet, including four-star General...
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Ep. 53 - Let Me Ask You a Hypothetical Question
COCKTAIL PARTY CONVERSATION STARTERS! Friends of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast, now you, too, can hold your very own 3Q3D-esque cocktail party – simply invite over a few fun friends, mix up several boozy drinks, and use the questions from this episode to create a conversation that will surely...
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Ep. 52 - It’s Never Too Late To Do Something Extraordinary
What would compel someone, particularly a middle aged, suburban Dad who had never before climbed a mountain, to fly to Kathmandu and hike 85 miles to Mt. Everest Base Camp, at an altitude of nearly 20,000 feet? This episode of 3Q3D is told in two distinct parts: before leaving for Everest, and…
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Ep. 51 - A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Muslim Walk Into a...Podcasting Studio
Oftentimes what we don’t understand, we fear. What we fear, we sometimes judge as evil. Wouldn’t we all be better off if we sought first to understand, before being understood? Proving this episode of 3Q3D is no joke, Chris sits down for a wide-ranging and uplifting conversation with 3 very wise...
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Ep. 50 - Sorry, I’ve Been a Little Distracted
DISTRACTION! 3Q3D returns at long last from a hiatus fueled as much by Chris’ inability to focus as his need for a break. Over several drinks worth sipping slowly, Amanda, Chris and Matt discuss the many ways in which society has stolen our focus while examining the antidotes to inattention....
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Ep. 49 - Mental Toughness, Magnolia Lane, and a Masters Pool Unlike Any Other
Chris shows up at the home of 2003 British Open Champion and former PGA Tour star Ben Curtis to tee up a few of the best cocktails in golf. Ben shares his tips for mental toughness, why he knew he could beat Tiger Wood in his prime, and what it’s like inside the locker room of a winning Ryder Cup...
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Three Questions, Three Drinks is a podcast for the inquisitive, for those who know there is still so much to know, and that the best way to learn is by asking great questions and seeking first to understand. Join me – Chris Mikolay – and my rotating group of brilliant and funny and opinionated friends as we pour a few drinks and dive headfirst into life’s most important, most absurd and most thought-provoking questions. We’ll either solve all the world’s problems, or we’ll get stuck arguing whether cereal is a soup. From the provocative to the profound, Three Questions, Three Drinks is a podcast that gets more interesting with every sip, and it will prove that there is still room for civil debate and altering your world view, even if it requires a little liquid courage. Cheers!
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Chris Mikolay
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