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Fill up your glass and get ready to tackle one of the great traditions of the American Workplace…… Happy Hour. We can all think of a time when we had a great conversation with a coworker over a cocktail. Where did it come from? Is Happy Hour still a thing? Has it changed? What impact does it make on workplace culture?

In addition to our main topic, we’ll be talking about some excitement about live theatre, Travis Hunter’s campaign for the Heisman Trophy, and Pens?

What are you drinking Recommendations:

Alex - Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Bourbon (Bourbon) - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, KY

Chris - Sentimental Gentleman - Cocktail

• 2 oz Scotch (Monkey Shoulder)
• .5 oz Walnut Liqueur (Nocina)
• .5 oz Benedictine

Patrick - French Gimlet - Cocktail (Watch it get made!)

• 2 oz Gin (Detroit City Distilling Gin)
• 1.5 oz Elderflower Liqueur (St. Germaine)
• .5 oz fresh lime juice

Ethan - Rum and Pineapple Juice - Mixed Drink

• Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaican Rum

Just One More Recommendations:

Alex: Marry Me Beans (Recipe), LiveEatLearn
Chris: My Old Ass (Movie) - Megan Park - Amazon Prime
Patrick: Life in 3D (Music), Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@lifein.3d
Ethan: Spotlight (Movie) - Tom McCarthy - Streaming on Starz

Sources for this Topic:

Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/office-quiet-but-happy-hour-still-kicking-after-pandemic-2024-4

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Bonus Episode - 2024 Presidential Election

Grab a strong one and join us for a BONUS episode to talk about the 2024 Presidential election. By now you obviously know that Donald Trump has bucked historical trends in a number of ways in returning to the White House.

Let’s just say at the outset, this isn’t meant to be a political podcast. Full disclosure: we’re just 4 guys who like to drink booze and talk about stuff we think is cool.

But given the gravity of the election results, it would seem inappropriate to NOT at least touch on it. So here, we want to offer some insights and thoughts on how the election turned out and what it means moving forward.

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Grab another one and join us on Episode 3 of The Knowledge Bar. In this episode, Alex leads a discussion on a so-called ‘Literacy Crisis in the US’. As primary and secondary education has scrambled, colleges are now seeing the impacts of instructional shortfalls, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a shifting culture around reading.

In addition to our main topic, we’ll be talking about bad beats in the sports betting world, an a-political take on the recent election cycle, and how Chris’s students are killing it this semester!

What are you drinking Recommendations:

Alex - Bourbon Brown Sugar Espresso Martini - Cocktail

• 2 oz Bourbon (Kirkland Bottled-in-Bond)
• ½ oz Brown Sugar Simple Syrup
• 1 oz Fresh Espresso Lite (I use an Aeropress to avoid pricey espresso machines)
• ½ oz Coffee Liqueur (Mr. Black)
• 3 dashes Cocoa Bitters
• Sprinkle Cocoa Powder over the top

Chris - Coffee w/ Bourbon Cream - Coffee/Cocktail

• Coffee - Highlander Grogg - Seven Hills Coffee Roasters, Cincinnati, OH
• Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, KY

Patrick - Digest Tea - Burren Perfumery, Ireland

Ethan - Honduran Roast - Coffee - Hyperion Coffee Co., Ann Arbor, MI

Just One More Recommendations:

Alex: The Football 100 (Book), Dan Pompei and Mike Sando

Chris: Sold A Story (Podcast), APM Reports

Patrick: The Paranoid Style (Harper’s) - Richard Hofstadter

Ethan: The Florida Project (Movie) - Sean Baker - Streaming on Max the One to Watch for HBO

Sources for this Topic:

Is This the End of Reading? - Chronicle of Higher Education

A Brief History of Reading Instruction - ParkerPhonics

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books - The Atlantic

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