The Army of Drunks Talking Funny Podcast Experience! "We're just getting loaded..." Do you remember the golden age of talk shows? We don’t. We were too damn young back then. But we’ve seen the tapes, and there once was a magical time when both the hosts and the guests “tied a few on” before going on camera to entertain America with things they probably wouldn’t have said if they were sober. At the Army of Drunks, we’re bringing that drunken time back! Sit back and listen to four inebriated h ...
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The Hotdog Shot! Does that have your attention? It's one of many genuinely terribly playa-cocktails we sample -- so you don't have to! -- in our latest Shameless Burning Man Special. Wondering why Burning Man has been a little weird lately? BUCK DOWN HAS ANSWERS! We also dive into the history of "Farmer's Coke," which is the rich southern tradition…
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2023 Christmas Special - The Brandy Alexander
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It's the Army of Drunks 2023 rushed Christmas Special. Yes, it's Christmas again, lonely shut-in! And we're here to get you through the day, this time starting on Christmas morning! We teach you how to make Grisly's Cosmic Pancakes, review an uncomfortable number of Christmas cereals, drink Brandy Alexanders, and... other stuff. Merry Christmas, Mo…
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The Irish Whiskey Show – With Alex McKay
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March is the Irishest month, and we've got the booze to prove it! Friend of the show and whiskeytarian Alex McKay to runs us through a fine spate of Irish Whiskies from such boozesmiths as Teeling, Redbreast, Sexton, and more. And of course, we rate each one after a Batman. The Army's Official Site Show List http://armyofdrunks.net/shows/ Grisly's …
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The Vieux Carré Show - With the Army of Drunks
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Two Drinks, One Show! In what's either our late Mardi Gras show or our just barely-under-the-wire February Show, we both revisit that staple of Mardi Gras staggering the Hurricane, and dive into the "New Orleans Manhattan" a.k.a. the Vieux Carré. (Pronounced the creole way.) Plus a list of things that will get your arrested in New Orleans, and a bo…
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The A.I. Show Part 2 – With The Army of Drunks
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It's our Artificial Intelligence show, where we try cocktail recipes generated by ChatGPT, and hope we haven't created a computer/alcohol hybrid that will some day destroy the world! This is Part Two: The Drunken Bulls***. If you haven't listened to part one, start there. If you have listened to part one, prepare for a serious drop in the level of …
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The A.I. Show Part 1 – With Ian McEwan
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It's our Artificial Intelligence show, where we try cocktail recipes generated by ChatGPT, and pray to the gods of booze for forgiveness! This show is so big, we dividied it into two parts. Part one: The Actual Educational Stuff! Our official "drunk scientist" Ian McEwan is back and answers all of our goddamn questions about the present and future …
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The 2022 Xmas Show -- With the Best Christmas Mulled Wine Santa Will Allow!
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It's Christmas time! And if you're stuck home alone on Christmas, the Army of Drunks has you covered. Once again we're here to keep you company as you stay locked away from the rest of humanity on the holiday that punishes the lonely and unloved. Like you! But this year is different! MixMa$ter Therm has worked up a fabulous mulled wine recipe for y…
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The 2022 Thanksgiving Show - With the Best Thanksgiving Cocktails, Dammit!
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It's the Army of Drunks first annual Thanksgiving Survival Guide, featuring the best cocktail recipes for Thanksgiving. (And yes, we put that in mostly for the search enginges.) Worried about facing your crazy conspiracy theory-lovin' uncle, grandpa, or dad this Thanksgiving? Worry no more! The drunks give you a rundown of dunking points to foil th…
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The 2022 Autumnal A.F. Guide to California State Ballot Measures
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You've come to rely on us for this, and you need to take a hard look at yourself for that. Yes, it's our annual guide to California State Ballow Measures. Jason Berlin of Field Team 6 walks us through The Drinking Man's vote. And we have no fewer than three – THREE! – autumnal cocktails to keep your insides warm as the leaves fall on your liver. - …
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The 2022 Shameless Burning Man Show
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Look, we know most of our listeners are Burners, so for them, we present the 2022 Shameless Burning Man Show! (For the rest of you, we apologize ahead of time.) Here, we finally taste test all of those terrible drinks you make on the playa to stay hydrated, like the Pickletini, the Gatoradita, and sadly, much more. Though the Grisly's Cosmic Float …
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Another year, another Christmas show for lonely shut-ins spending the holidays alone! Hooray! And we experiment with mixing eggnog with the weird boozes you may have left in the back of your liquor cabinet. Double Hooray! (NSFW as always.)By The Army of Drunks
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Recorded early July, 2021. We're back with a sort-of-almost-post-pandemic summer show that tries to make some kind of damn sense of the madness that we've been neck-deep in for this past year. Also, we review Grisly's Cosmic Black, a canned cocktail with a deeply personal connection. And Matt's texts from Trump! (NSFW as always.)…
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The 2020 Drunk Guide to California State Ballot Initiatives
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Hey, we did this four years ago and nobody complained. Getting into the weeds on state ballot measures is comedy gold! And we've got the ultimate election guide to the 2020 California state ballot initiatives reviews by drunk people. Join politically-savvy consultant Josh Kamensky as we go over all of those bits at the end of your ballot that you a…
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It's summer! What better time to eat yourself blotto? We sit down with competitive eater Doug Ecks and find out all about the world of stuffing cartloads of hotdogs down your gullet! And we get pleasantly drunk on Ernest Hemingway's old favorite, the daiquiri. (Not the frozen TGIFridays version.) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPOR…
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The worst of 2017 Show! Sit down with Rico Gagliano -- former host of The Dinner Party Download -- and Andy Hermann -- former music editor for the L.A. Weekly -- as we get sloshed on holiday rum and dairy products, and try to figure out just what went wrong. (NSFW as always.) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/ar…
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Ever go to D!sneyland and wonder just who that suffering bastard is inside the Winnie the Pooh costume? Well, we've got him right here! Learn the inside dirt on what goes on inside that suit, while we get drunk on the most pleasant bastard on earth. (NSFW as always.) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunk…
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Summer is over, and it's time for making jokes about going back to school, and then making an awkward transition into the fact that this show is one big lesson in whiskey drinking. Whiskey afficionado Alex MacKay guides us through the ins and outs of how to drink the stuff. (SPOILER: It goes in your mouth.) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscr…
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It's still August, and everyone has burned their eyes out watching the eclipse. So sit back with our classic Mojito Show, featuring "groove scholar" Clifton James Weaver, a.k.a. DJ Soft Touch. SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/…
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It's August, so while everyone f*cks off in the summer heat, let's enjoy an oldie from 2016. The Ziggy Stardust show was our tribute to David Bowie with LA Weekly music editor Andy Hermann, and it's definitely full of stardust. (NSFW as always) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.…
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Cons, Sex, and Orgies of Furries! Look into the dark and sweaty side of anime/sci-fi/comic conventions with someone who's seen it with her own eyes, while we get drunk on the Pink Lady, one of the best "girlie" cocktails ever. (NSFW as always) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.f…
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Let's Talk About Feelings: Pronouns, Bottom Surgery & Robot F***ing
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NSFW. Really NSFW. Our second show with gender non-binary Adrian Roberts as we go deeper into the trans-person experience. Also: Robot fucking! Yep! Robot fucking. Did we mention NSFW? SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/…
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"Ask a Drunk Transperson!" Just in time for Trump's military ban, we sit down with guest Adrian Roberts -- one of the first people to legally register as gender non-binary and founder of Bootie Mashup -- to talk gender, transitioning, and hefeweizen beer. (NSFW as always.) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyo…
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Let's Talk About Feelings: Politics, Lime Juice & Boy George's Beard
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Our second show with Reason Magazine senior editor Brian Doherty as we get even drunker on politics in the age of the internet troll. SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/
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Sit down with Reason Magazine editor Brian Doherty as we get drunk on Gimlets and discuss libertarianism, lime juice, and what Ayn Rand, Anne Rice, and Andy Rooney all have in common. (NSFW as always.) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/…
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Let's Talk About Feelings: Science, Vermouth & the Robot Uprising
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Our second show with scientist Ian McEwan as we get even deeper -- and even more loaded -- on the future of science in America. SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/
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Welcome to Season Three, and the welcome return of Drunk Science with Ian McEwan, our Drunk Scientist. We also dig up the history of the Manhattan. It's not just another plot by the Vermouth industry. SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/…
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A repeat of our show with creator of INVADER ZIM Jhonen Vasquez. (NSFW as always) SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/
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The Army of Drunks Season Three is Coming Soon! SUBSCRIBE! http://armyofdrunks.net/subscribe/ SUPPORT! www.patreon.com/armyofdrunks FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/armyofdrunksworldwide/
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The Charles DICKens PUNCH Xmas Special
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2016 has been one big punch in the dick, so why not wrap it up with Charles Dickens Punch, a.k.a. The Dick Punch! As we wait for Santa to arrive, the Army gets loaded on a punch recipe from the author of "A Christmas Carol" himself. We also play "Ask a Drunk Magician" with Simone Turkington of Mystiki Magic. And improv band Surprise Inside makes it…
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2016 Drunk Voters Guide to California State Ballot Propositions!!
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ELECTION SPECIAL! (If you live in California, anyway. Everyone else, DO NOT LISTEN! Seriously. Unless other people's state measures really make you horny.) Confused by the California state ballot propositions? Hey! We are, too! So we decided to invite comedy 'n' government guy Josh Kamensky -- of Surprise Inside -- to walk us through 'em after our …
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It's Halloween! Join the Drunks, guest host Aydrea Walden ("The Oreo Experience") and our special guest mortician Amber Carvaly of Undertaking LA as we dive deep into the history of the Corpse Reviver cocktail, the cocktail with two versions and one purpose: revive your corpse after a long night of drinking. We also "Ask a Drunk Mortician" question…
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What better way to celebrate summer than with a bunch of fruity and boozy made-up Polynesian cocktails! We get into the history of the Tiki bar while we sample the Mai Tai and the Singapore Sling. That's right! Two drinks! Special! Also, Matt talks about his distillery tour of Scotland, and Katie tells us how people are horrible. SPECIAL! (NSFW as …
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The Cobbler Showwith James Slay The Army finally sits down with an actual bartender to discuss what life is like on the other side of the drink counter. Some of it's good, some of it's really, really not, and we give you some tips on how to not piss off your friendly neighborhood drink-slinger. Also: Buck forgets his segment! And Vanessa kills a ch…
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NSFW! NSFW! Oh, and NSFW!The Bourbon & Girl Scout Cookies Showwith Linda Williamson Let us apologize up front. We thought this was a good idea. We had no way of knowing it would end like it did. Remember that little article that floated around Facebook featuring Bourbon and Girl Scout Cookie pairings? Well, we tried it! I mean, after we figured out…
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The Ziggy Stardustwith Andy Hermann In celebration of David Bowie, we do a tribute show with L.A Weekly music editor Andy Hermann while drinking the Ziggy Stardust, a drink as complex as Bowie himself. (And the first Army of Drunks cocktail that involves fire!) Warning: We get loaded, pretentious, and kind of serious about Bowie and his music, but …
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Wassail Christmas Special!with Jon Alloway and musical guest Surprise Inside Hey kids. it's Christmas! Has that hipster-douchebag Santa Rampage got you down? Sit back with a steamin' bowl of Wassail* and learn about the Krampus Run, the old-school response to the red tide. We talk to Jon Alloway, veteran of the L.A. Cacophony Society and one of the…
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The Old Fashioned Show Holiday Redux with Johnny Amerika Holiday time is upon us, and as the Drunks gear up for Season Two, we regift a show from Season One, now with added fruitcakery! MixMa$ter Therm tells you how to make your own Holiday Five-Actually-Seven-Spice Liqueur to give as a gift to the ones you claim to love! And join us with mad geniu…
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The White Russianwith Aydrea Walden Meet writer Aydrea Walden, a self-described "total whitey trapped in a black chick's body," and author of The Oreo Experience blog. Together we get loaded on White Russians (get it?) and as she talks about her life growing up as the only black girl who liked the Pixies in a Texas high school, and her upcoming sho…
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The Moscow Mule Reduxwith Richard Horvitz and Rikki Simons (from Invader ZIM) You guessed it: "Redux" is French for "Rerun." It's summer and the drunks are taking a little vacation, but we're rolling out one of our favorite shows from last year. Listen to cartoon voice actors and stars of Invader ZIM Richard Horvitz and Rikki Simons get loaded and …
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The Mojitowith Clifton James Weaver III (a.k.a. DJ Soft Touch) What's the "Song of the Summer" for 2015? Damn us to Pharrell Hell if we know, kids! Popular music has failed us, so we sit down with one of L.A.'s most accomplished funk and soul DJs, Clifton James Weaver, and tap his encyclopedic knowledge of groove before August slips away. We also s…
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The Sazeracwith Ian McEwan "Ask a Drunken Scientist!" That's what we set out to do! Somehow we met mathemetician and psycist Ian McEwan, plied him a lot of good rye, and asked him questions about science ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. We also delve into the Sazerac cocktail, a drink that traces its roots back to a pharma…
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Short: 1990's - (Redeeming) The Appletini
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Short: 1990s - (Redeeming) The Appletiniwith the Army of Drunks! Ah, the 1990s! A time of transition between the sugary concoctions of the 80s and the more mature cocktails of times to come. Where candy-flavored "bullshitinis" ruled the high-end drink menus of bars all over America. We dive face-first into the Jolly Rancher-green Appletini and surv…
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The El Presidente Showwith Jhonen Vasquez (extended cut) Yeahhh... We were gonna do a show about the Zombie. We really were. But we ran out of time and hey, we've opened relations with Cuba again! So in honor of all that, we had MixMa$ter Therm dial-in the optimal recipe for the Cuban classic El Preisdente! Our guest is Jhonen Vasquez, comic book c…
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Father's Day Special - The Whisky and Pancakes Challengewith Rev. Roemer and Mike & Kevin from Topline Wine You have a dad, right? Or maybe you had one at one point but don't know what happened to him. Either way, in honor of Father's Day, the Army of Drunks presents a short tribute to Dad's special day in the form of our dumb-ass "Whisky and Panca…
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Short: 1980s - Sex on the Beachwith the Army of Drunks! What are we doing? What the hell are we doing? Take your DeLorean back to the decade when Spring Break drinking became an institution as we -- grown stinkin' adults -- get drunk on the Sex on the Beach. And joins us as we create more cocktails named after awkward college-age sex acts! PAR-TEE!…
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The Gin and Tonic Showwith the Choachella Hippos of Corporate Headquarters Summer is almost here! Time to get your gin and quinine and beat back the malaria! Join the drunks and learn about the cocktail that will keep YOU from dying of mosquito bites the next time you invade India! We also talk to artists Derek Doublin and our own Vanessa "Spork" B…
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Short: 1970s - The Harvey Wallbangerwith the whole Army of Drunks! Journey back to the era of bell-bottoms and key parties as the Army dives into the Harvey Wallbanger, the most delicious summer drink with the most made-up backstory. Is it a girlie drink with a manly name? Decide for yourself! And try to keep up as we play "Real Cocktail or Real Ca…
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Short: 1960s - The Rusty Nailwith Katie Massa and Bjork* "Drink-a-Decade" enters the 1960's with a drink that sounds dirty but goes down sweet. It's the Rusty Nail, and it's the best use of Drambuie since getting your grandmother to pass out early at Christmas. We also sample an Icelandic bark-based liqueur called "Bjork," and Katie tells us the un…
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Short: 1950s - The Black Russianwith Katie Massa and The Municipal Bloodbank Players* "Drink-a-Decade" enters the cold war with a cocktail created for the amabssador of Luxembourg. (Seriously.) It's the Black Russian, a drink so sweet and delicious you'll forget it was born under the shadow of two great super-powers who hoped to destroy each other.…
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Short: 1940s - The Hurricanewith Katie Massa and Jason Berlin "Drink-a-Decade" pulls into your harbor with the cocktail that was given away free to sailors! It's the Hurricane! Drink yourself back to WWII-era New Orleans, when scotch was rare, and rum was flowing like seamen on shore-leave. Discover the fruity drink that made drinking in the street…
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