PODCAST · leisure
Zen Tiki Lounge
by Sunshine
Conversations about mixology, creative cocktails, tiki and mid century culture with four inebriated hosts.
Episodes
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494 Charlie The Unicorn, A Brief History of Exotca and Pumpkin Can't Be Naughty on Demand
ZTL 494 - 8:22:26, 12.57 PM
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493 The Best Canned Mai Tai And A Trip To Liquid Diet Las Vegas
In this episode of Zen Tiki Lounge, Sunshine and Kalani settle into the lounge for an evening of cocktails, conversation, and travel stories. The duo samples a pair of canned mai tais, one from Crafthouse and another from Tip Top, to see whether convenience and quality can successfully share the...
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ZTL 492 A Pack of Coyotes And Piña Coladas Make For a Fun Time At The Charity Event, And Don't Flush Butt Wipes
A Pack Of Coyotes And Piña Coladas Make A Fun Time At The Charity Event, And Don't Flush Butt Wipes Dawn Marie commands you to win up Sunshines version of a Piña Colada, the Sunshine Colada. After that you are free to enjoy the podcast. This episode our listener mail asks: Is there a recommended...
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ZTL 491 A Canned Mai Tai That is Really Good? And a trip to Tiki Kai and Old Tony’s on the Pier
Road Trip! Kalani, Starshine, Sunshine and friends visit Old Tony’s on the pier in Redondo Beach, then off to Tiki Kai, one of LA’s newest tiki bars. Plus we try a canned mai tai from Post Meridiem. Followed up by conversation about Beach Life music festival, dead relatives, rum recommendations…
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ZTL 490 The AI Tiki Bar Of The Future: Will It Kills Us?
ZTL 490 The AI Tiki Bar Of The Future: Will It Kill Us? AI Cocktail Recipes? Sure, why not? AI Overlords We try making a cocktail in a food processor. Mostly a fail. We learn that your drink has to be 66% alcohol to kill germs when sharing a bowl drink
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489 Making A Cocktail With Calwise Spirits And Where Is Uruguay?
Sunshine, Kalani and Neighbor Nicole in the lounge for a cocktail followed by an extra long listener mail segment. Plus we taste three spirits from Calwise Spirits, friends of the podcast.
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488 New Album from Mark Riddle Teaser and The Polynesian Threesome
On this episode of ZTL podcast: The Polynesian Threesome is the newest tantalizing cocktail in our library. Sunshine tries a new brand of coffee, Makenna Coffee Company and an interview with Mark Riddle ahead of his upcoming album release.
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46 Flashback "The First ZTL Holiday Podcast"
Go back to December of 2006 when Sunshine and Pumpkin recorded our first Holiday episode of ZTL. The audio wasn’t as good back then, and Sunshine did some rough editing back in the day. For those of you who ask for those old episodes, here it is.
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126 Flashback "Beam Me Up Tiki"
An apology for all the unnecessary sound effects, but Pumpkin learned how to use the sound buttons. Listening to this episode all these years later makes it clear how far we have come. References to our myspace fans and the newness of twitter sounds nuts nowadays. Also out of date is our Las…
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485 Neighbor Nicole Gets A Tiki Makeover
Hena Moon and The Isis of Tiki journeyed to ZTL to help Nicole add some color to her usual all black attire. But first…ZTL Mai Tais and some lovely snacks.
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484 The Human Poo Poo Platter
This podcast is a hot mess thanks for neighbor Julio and Kalani. Sunshine did all he could to edit out the worst of it.
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483 Was It A Breast Tumor Or An Ankle Injury?
Sunshine and Kalani are in the lounge to catch up on the last few weeks of worldwide drama and shenanigans. We review the Hula Hula room in Torrance, sip on a ZTL Mai Tai, share our upcoming Tiki Caliente room party plans and worry about the end of the world. Perfect conversation for a dimly lit...
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482 You Say Coquito, I Hear Cocaine, Happy Holidays
Each year all of the ZTL hosts gather in the lounge for the annual holiday spectacular. Sunshine, Pumpkin, Starshine and Kalani are all here for some festive mirth and shenanigans. Sunshine mixes up the Coquito and a few of our favorite ZTL cocktails. We enjoy vegan snacks in honor of Pumpkin,...
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481 Sunshine and Lava Crotch on the Sun Princess
On a recent voyage around the Caribbean, Sunshine, The Husband and a few friends put a few minutes aside to record a podcast at sea. Sunshine is joined by Emmy award winning news personality (he really is a personality) Jordan Hogan. Some of our best shows come from little prep and lots of...
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480 Circa Caliente and 9north, The Party is about to start
ZTL 480 Circa Caliente and 9north 9north drinks and rum Circa Caliente Full details and pictures will be added shortly
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479 The Russian Mafia and The Ice Machine
The Russian Mafia and the Ice Machine Let’s start with the cocktail. On this episode we are drinking ABBAstract, a concoction we developed using 9north Rum. We highly recommend you mix this up at home. 9north is become more available, especially in the SoCal area. You can order from Chips Liquor,...
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478 Most High Exalted Candle Lady and the Rusty Anchor
Sunshine and Pumpkin discuss candle tips part 2, why mojitos aren’t so great, the demise of The Mirage Las Vegas, Rhumbar says good bye, Aloha to the volcano, and other shenanigans.
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477 It Doesn't Feel Natural For Pumpkin, Cranking Their Knobs
It Doesn't Feel Natural For Pumpkin, Cranking Their Knobs On this episode we are drinking The Diane. Click on this AI generated image to get the recipe and the story. It’s a perfect summer libation with actual “nutrition”.
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476 Tiki Chance on Me and Inappropriate Conversations with a peek at 9 North Rum
Sunshine, Kalani and Starshine here for this episode of ZTL podcast. Tiki Caliente room party details, 9 North rum, THC Mai This?, things to stick up your &%$#. And much more on this episode.
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475 To Be Or Not To Be
Why haven’t we been podcast as much lately? Why haven’t we been posting on social? Listen to this episode for some understanding of what’s going on behind the microphone. :(
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474 Wrangling Cats, Dry January?, New Music: Mr. Moai and the Tiki Heads
This is one of our rare episodes with all four hosts present. Sunshine is doing his best to wrangle the cats and still share some tiki news and updates on new bars and events. The ladies were actually on their “better” behavior. You will want to listen to the end to hear new music by Mr. Moai and...
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473 Who Says Aloha? We May Never Know
During the recording of this, our 473rd episode, Pumpkin acted like she didn’t know how we start the show. There is a way of doing things. We may not be very professional but we do have some “best practices”. After clearing up who says Aloha first we get right to the cocktail, our listener mail…
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472 Are Tomatoes Tiki? And The Missionaries Downfall
Starshine and Kalani and Pumpkin, Oh my! All the ladies are in the lounge for one of our rare all host podcasts. If you hear meowing cats its because Sunshine couldn’t edit out all the cross talk. Sorry. Sunshine and the ladies have some catching up to do including: Summer tomato tastings from…
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471 Cruising To The Shameful Tiki With Kalani
Two of your favorite ZTL hosts are in the lounge sharing stories of their separate summer vacations. Kalani headed to Hawaii for 17 days of escape while Sunshine was on an Alaskan cruise. We mix up Marooned, one of our most popular cocktails and give you our thoughts on place to see and do in...
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470 Bamboo Club With Dustin Rodriquez, Bamboo Ben and Marty Lush
On this episode we met up with Bamboo Ben, his son Blake, Dustin Rodriguez and Marty Lush. We couldn’t ask for a better group of people to discuss the creation of the Bamboo Club from concept to reality and what it feels like just a few years later. Can you believe that Marty and never been here...
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468 LIVE @ Tiki Caliente With Rory Snyder & Mark Riddle
This episode of ZTL recorded at Tiki Caliente 14 will give you just a taste of all the fun you can have over a four day weekend filled with live music, over a dozen parties and lots of great food and cocktails. Special guests this time are Rory Snyder, host and creator of Tiki Caliente. Each year...
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467 Fight!? What Fight? Aloooooooha
April 1st is just another day. Though, there is one tradition we had never participated in. Practical jokes are always fun for someone but not always everyone. Well, we went for it with mostly positive “ha ha” results. On our previous episode the hosts of ZTL created a not so elaborate scheme to...
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464 Pipi Longstocking Takes Over Kalani's Mind
Kalani and Sunshine are in the lounge with several cocktails and some packet drinks to review. You may notice we decided this episode back before Valentine’s Day. Well, we meant to get it posted sooner but that just didn’t happen. You were sure to enjoy our comments about the noble mix packet...
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463 Making Tiki Babies With Sweet Sweet Exotica
Aloooooooooha! and welcome to the Zen Tiki Lounge. The bar is full this time. Sunshine, Kalani, Neighbor Julio and Neighbor Nicole are on board for a new cocktail, some shots and a new rum to taste. Plus, some great conversation about saving water, a Tiki Caliente update and what songs get you in...
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462 Everyone Is Sick For The Holidays, Lets Drink!
Everyone Is Sick For The Holidays, Lets Drink!
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461 Circa Caliente Recap And Interviews With Real People ;)
Audio file has been restored however the blog post is still being recovered. Please enjoy the audio and check back later for lots of pics from the event including the room parties.
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460 Flight Of The Daiquiris
Flight Of The Daiquiris
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459 Casino Time With Pumpkin And A New Tiki Slot Machine
Sunshine and Pumpkin hit the road and spend a night at the local casino. Lucky for them, Harrahs Southern California has a great craft called bar, Spiked. When two long time friends enjoy gambling, drinking and shenanigans its easy to have a good time.
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458 We Have Been Probed And They Came Back For The Tiki Bars
Don’t worry. Beings from other worlds have visited us and many of us have been probed without knowing, What you don’t know, can’t hurt? Or did it? Let’s drink! New to the ZTL podcast is Ricky! He joins us for a wonderful conversation about sci fi, tiki events, adult shenanigans and lifes…
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457 It's A Clip Show With Sunshine, Pumpkin, Starshine And Friends
Sunshine uncovered a dozen or so audio clips in his iPhone. Put then together while drinking a Mai Tai and this episode is what you get. Hope you enjoy.
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456 Rory Snyder, Le Fern Grand Opening, Bryan Azorsky of Tiki Bar T-shirt Club
LIVE from Tiki Caliente 13. Sunshine, Starshine and Kalani powered through the four day weekend enjoying every moment. On day 1 we interviewed Rory Snyder the event host during the grand opening of his new bar Le Fern. Also interviewed is Bryan Azorsky of Tiki Bar T-Shirt Club. Its a loud…
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455 CharPooterie And Seasonal Cocktails
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454 Could Anita Mai Tai Be The Next Drag Superstar?
Neighbor Nichole joins us in the Zen Tiki Lounge for her third visit. Since she liked one of our previous cocktails so much we are again pouring Moog Over Rita. This take on a Rita is both sweet and savory with passion fruit and Chile vodka. Click the link above for the recipe and try this one…
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453 Let's Get The Holiday Cocktails Pouring
We are BACK! Its been a busy and odd few months. Haven’t posted a podcast in a few months. Neighbor Nichole is back in the lounge with Sunshine for a holiday rum cocktail, some ideas on gift giving for your boozed up friends. And more. Listening to the Blue Hawaiians Christmas album and feeling...
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452 A Zombie Went To Las Vegas
Alrighty. This podcast is just a quick little something to hold y’all over till the Ladies of the Lounge are back behind the bar. Sunshine is solo this episode with a few quick topics and some listener feedback. MORE notes coming soon…got a party to go to. JUST LISTEN
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451 Lost Spirits, Gin In My Tiki Drink, And Changing Your Tiki Name
Turn the lights down, put on the exotica and mix up the Akashi Guava Sour. This new drink by Sunshine Tiki was inspired by our growing love of Gin. 135º East Dry Gin is a lovely herbal dry gin that mixes very well in a cocktail. All four hosts enjoyed sipping this while recording this episode of...
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450 Bottled Mai Tais, Vegan Tacos And Gotta Go Flamingo
Sunshine and Kalani here in the lounge for two cocktails and a LOT of listener mail. We have some serious catching up to do with our fans after taking so many weeks off. Conversation includes: Gotta Go Flamingo, Kate’s Lazy Desert, Hi Time wine cellar, pre bottled mai tai, home pickling and...
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414 Vegan Missionaries Downfall And The Bar Flies Who Like Them More Than Marvel Super Hero Movies
Sunshine and Pumpkin hopped onto the bar stools for this episode on a warm June afternoon. When Pumpkin is in the lounge we have blends drinks. Sunshine does NOT have many of these blended cocktails in his recipe book so turning to classic drink recipes is always a good idea. Missionaries…
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449 Auntie PuPu Gets A Visit From Mama Juana
The last new podcast from the ZTL crew was March 15 2021. Apparently we all needed three months off. As all of your hosts started to either return to work or get ready for workplaces that are reopening to the public, things got a little crazy. This episode was almost a little emotional to record....
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448 Moog Over Rita With Guest Host Nichole Plus Arizona Tiki Oasis Booking Time
Welcoming new friends to the podcast has been a little more difficult since March of 2020. Keeping things close to home is one way to stay safe and keep the show on the road. Neighbor Nichole joins us for the first time behind the microphone. Conversation on this podcast includes: aged rum vs....
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447 Two Rums And a Pisco Make Three Fun Classic Daiquris
Welcome to the lounge. Sunshine is solo at the bar this time. While the Ladies are off doing what they, Sunshine wanted to send out a podcast that answers a few questions. Top of mind has been a flurry of interest in what rum we prefer with our classic lime daiquiri. Pictured to right are some of...
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446 Entice Her With Apricot, Then Give Her A Peach
The lights are dim, the exotica is playing and Starshine and Sunshine are craving another cocktail that uses egg whites. This podcast is known to be a place you can come to find out more of the great things going on in the tiki world. Such are the regular videos from Spike of the Hula Girls....
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445 Is That Kombucha In Your Tiki Drink?
This trip into the Zen Tiki Lounge is nothing more than a nice conversation with great drinks and exotica. Sunshine mixed up a little something tropical with kombucha, rum and fresh juice. Les Baxter is playing throughout the show.
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444 A Blue Tsunami Is Headed Your Way, We Warned You
Its 2021 and things are looking so much different than 2020. OK, not really. Reason enough to visit our dimly lit tiki bar for drinks, exotica tunes and conversation. Sunshine is sharing over a dozen of his favorite Arthur Lyman songs including his all time favorite Dahil Sayo. Conversation...
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443 Bossa Nova, Pisco Sours And A Vist From John Dillermand
Screwing takes a little longer than just popping it off. And, Starshine would rather screw it than pop it off. These are just two inebriated quotes from this episode of everyones favorite dimly lit tiki bar. Join Sunshine and Starshine for our first episode of 2021. Our theme this time is South...
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Conversations about mixology, creative cocktails, tiki and mid century culture with four inebriated hosts.
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Zen Tiki Lounge is created and hosted by Sunshine.
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