Talk Straight

We finally sat down with Creature Comforts Brewing to chat sour beers, specifically their Berliner Weisse and Gose styles. Taped at The Imperial's Patio Day, a fine celebration of patios and patio furnishings from which our livers will probably never recover. Back next week with a normal ep. Stories, questions, musings: talkstraightpod@gmail.com.

We drink Old Fashioneds two ways! Introducing our first "Dig Your Gig" segment with preservationist and business owner Emily, whose company archives media into digital formats. Emily talks about parenthood, her path into the field, cool clients she's worked with, and plays Three Bands, Dead or Alive. (We also learned never to make drinks while recording, and won't do that again. Sorry for some audio issues in this episode.) Drink recipes at talkstraightpod.com.

Join us at The Imperial in Decatur, Georgia, on May 19th to celebrate Creature Comforts Brewing's Athena Berliner Weisse. Jana has made a signature cocktail for the world to enjoy, the Berliner Cup. A smooth mix of Athena, Pimms No. 1, and orange bitters, it's an easy drinking summer cocktail rooted in Georgia's craft brewing renaissance. Come and sip some with us - 726 W. College Ave, Decatur GA, 30030. 

Warning Gentlemen Listeners: We get real on periods, Tudor-era period wear, and extreme period-related gardening. You've been warned! We drink another of Alicia's inventions, fail to identify a song (again), consider our generous use of F-bombs, preview upcoming guests, take an imaginary trip to Tudor England, and answer listener questions about hangover remedies and astrology's bullshit factor. Keep your questions and stories coming at talkstraightpod@gmail.com!

It's our Lucky Number 7! In this week's episode, we don tiaras and sample Alicia's excellent summer invention, the Tudorosa Mimosa! Alicia talks about the easy-to-make cocktail and her unending hatred of Henry VIII. We rebel against the Washington Post's shameless slander of brunch, talk about sisters, and consider our cussing. And we manage to answer, kind of, a few listener questions! Keep them coming at talkstraightpod@gmail.com!

This week on Talk Straight, we discuss seasonal allergies and gin. We've got the recipe for a Tom Collins and a possible origin story for this classic cocktail. We reveal secrets from the bar industry, and plan our next adventure with tiaras. With contributions from The World's Best Listeners (TM) , we finally answer some questions about living through one's 40s, their 20s, and how to adult (like we know). Bottoms up, friends! 

In this week's installment of Talk Straight, Jana mows her lawn in vintage linen, and Alicia messes up mowing the yard at a tender age. We drink gin (and the alphabet), and Stacie gets her very own mic. We give a shout out for our first ever listener email and answer listener questions about menopause, fend off slanders about beer, and discuss the hazards of being in our 40s. So. Many. Hazards.

We're on our third cocktail, and in this Mobius strip of an episode, Jana and Alicia take nine full minutes to provide a cocktail recipe as they are sloppily distracted by fruit murder, decoder rings, vintage, and a shocking lack of musical knowledge. They go way overboard answering questions about shots, shots vs. shooters, and anxiety and depression. Alicia talks about some Pollyanna tricks, is terribly excited about ordering Drinkerino surprise glasses for the gals, and everyone fawns over our mascat Barnaby until he shuts us down for interrupting his nap.

Welcome to our first regular Thursday pod! In this episode, we give a shout out to the Drinkerino community on Facebook, answer a listener question with yet more questions, discuss who does and doesn't like this podcast, share an Old Fashioned recipe, discuss our love of pro-joy Jimmy Buffett, talk about the "baby scale," give some thoughts on Van Morrison, miss Public Enemy, heal with Chinese medicine, and Jana takes a firm position on squirrels.  We're still drinking Margaritas in this second part of the episode. After murdering that much fruit, it would have been a shame to waste the juice. 

On this week's episode of Talk Straight, Jana shares the right way to make a Margarita, we talk about Alicia and Jana's shared passion for vintage linens, pack rat problems, Jana's lunch dilemma, goat cheese, and a discovery that roast beef leads to pain. J&A field a question about cults but really just have more questions, and we talk about the best and worst life advice, and living through these tumultuous times.

Welcome to Talk Straight, a tipsy podcast about sober things where Jana and Alicia enjoy cocktails while talking about life, the universe, and occasionally answering listener questions. Talk Straight launches April 5, and new episodes will be available every Thursday wherever you listen to podcasts. 

In this episode of Talk Straight, Jana and Alicia talk about Alicia's mug restrictions and furniture addictions, the relationship dynamics of mixed-hoarder marriages, authors we like, cats who wear clothes, the biannual horror of Daylight Savings Time, love mementos, first periods, and anticipating A Wrinkle In Time. We answer reader questions about simple syrup, Old Fashioneds and margaritas, and we talk a little about our favorite Muppets. Recipes and more at talkstraightpod.com.