Michelle is a systems designer in the video game industry, that also loves a good cocktail. She introduced me to Malort back in the day. We met 8-ish years ago, and I'm so happy to have her on the show.  We talk about some of the whiskies that she brought, shout out to Breckenridge Brewery/distilling, Waffle House, celebrity influences. A little warning we talk about a bit about self harm prevention in the middle of the episode (because around this time it was hard not to talk about). We also talk about our early years in the games industry. To anyone who has been through the early parts of a creative career, or is going through it right now. These stories are still relevant. Michelle and I both have been lucky to have been given as much grace as we have. Find the people you relate to and who care about it and you'll get through it. Good drinking buddies help too :-D

 

In this episode of the season of lost episodes I sit down with Mark, trumpet player and member of the Atlanta Symphony. We drink gin and talk about how life is as a professional musician. One of our gin cocktails, the vesper, leads us into a Bond breakdown. We also talk about the late great Anthony Bourdain and our evolution as professional drinkers.

In this episode of the Season of Lost Seasons. My friend Kevin and I sit down with our rep for Whistle Pig Whiskey. We talk about how the brand built over time to become the luxury staple it is. How it is or isn't marketed or sold in particular markets. We talk about special releases they make. We also talk about some of Lawrence's other favorite drinks and what happened to all of us during the heart of COVID times. Join us as we sit down at Village Bourbon & Cigar to have some fine spirits.

Episode 4 of the Season of lost seasons (aka season 3) has Haley as our special guest and TC coming back for an appearance. I miss that deep smooth voice! Haley worked at the same restaurant as TC and I. She left just before the pandemic and also became a mom. We talk some industry shop with her, how the pandemic changed things, and how being a mom has changed her life. She also brings some amazing rum that we ended up finishing that night. This episode was recorded during game 2 of the World Series in 2001, in a parking lot, because restaurant life. If anyone needs to know, my daughter has since been able to beat me at Mario Kart since this recording.

Coming at you straight from my guest's kitchen! Episode 3 of the season of lost episodes brings us to Cynthia, Director of HR at a company that we won't disclose here. The biggest oops this episode....someone forgot to hit record for the first 45 minutes, so we rallied with fuzzy brains and managed to talk about everything we meant to (I think). Cynthia talks about her role in HR, travel, dating over 50, and of course our drinks (gin and sake). Come and learn about what an HR director does. Cheers!

Brother Benjamin joins me on episode 2 of the season of lost episodes. We worked at the same restaurant some time before this episode. Since then he went on a spiritual journey of sorts. So we get deep and talk about connection, psychedelics, consciousness, self engineering, and Uber driving. Joins us as we sip and wax philosophic.

It's been a hot minute since new episodes have come out. AND for good reason. I lost them.  Truly, I move, changed computers and couldn't find my backups. I found them though, and that means it's time to release some well-aged goodness. To start off with though; I have my friend and DragonCon Digital Media Track Director Charles McFall joining me to talk about the first con I ever went to (Dragon Con). I've been going there for a while and I've found my little home on his track. It's a great place to be and we're going to talk about what makes it cool and keeps it going.  What's even cooler is that I'll be doing a live show of Wasted Knowledge at DragonCon in just 5 weeks. So enjoy your poddy pods while you can, but save room for the live experience that is the DC!

Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

Well, that description is usually accurate. This episode is the very first interview we ever recorded, and it was with each other. We were trying to hash out the idea for the show and this is what came out. We didn't know what was going to happen with this, but seeing as how the world is a bit crazy (COVID19) we thought we might as well release this and bring a little extra happiness out into the world.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part 2 of the Shawn and Colin interview. In this part we dig a little deeper into their musical past and talk about their first industry check, parts of the work they like, the "last funny thing", favorite drinking experience, meet Steve the mandolin player, and play a much larger version of mix, match, malort.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part 1 of episode 8, our interview with musicians and podcasters Colin and Shawn. We talk a little bit about their show, scrimshaw, music, touring, music industry algorithms, and  "zoomers". Colin and Shawn are super fun and really have a lot to say, so we hope you enjoy this interview.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is a very special 1 part interview. We got the chance to talk with Alexandre Gabriel, the owner and master blender of Maison Ferrand. They are responsible for such brands as Pierre Ferrand Cognac, Citadelle Gin, and Plantation Rum. Alexandre is truly a gentleman who is obsessed with his craft in the best of ways. He has a fantastic story and we only wish we could spend more time with him. Alas, he had culture and good spirits to spread, so we just keep listening to this episode over and over looking forward to the next time.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part 2 of our interview with cinematic and narrative designer Ashley Ruhl. In this part we talk about playing games with a more analytical edge, story loops, drinking while gaming, drunk thoughts/experiences, and have a little malort. We recorded this interview live in Ashley’s DragonCon hotel room, so we occasionally got distracted as such, we forgot to wrap up the interview formally and just started watching TV instead. That will happen after a little rum. We edited this down quite a bit, so be sure to check out our patreon if you would like to hear the full 2 hour interview.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

If you are or will be in the Atlanta, GA area and want to talk to us about what you do, send us your INFO and we’ll figure out how to get you on. Cheers!

Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part 1 of our interview with cinematic and narrative designer Ashley Ruhl. In this first section we talk about what we're drinking (Kraken Rum), Ashley's background in the video games industry, romance in games, the "AAA" life, and culture/diversity in the game dev environment. We recorded this interview live in Ashley's DragonCon hotel room, so we occasionally got distracted but we mainly stayed on topic. We edited this down quite a bit, so be sure to check out our patreon if you would like to hear more.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

If you are or will be in the Atlanta, GA area and want to talk to us about what you do, send us your INFO and we’ll figure out how to get you on. Cheers!

Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part 2 of a “Drinking for 2” interview where Sean interviews narrative designer, writer, and sci-fi buff Eddy Webb. In this portion we talk about retiring jokes, video game movies, movies, getting work done, writers are cool, and fond drinking memories. We also play a mini version of mix match malort. This was a seriously fantastic interview and we hope you enjoy listening to it. If you want to hear the unedited version, hop on over to Patreon (link in the next paragraph) and back us to get all of our raw uncut interviews.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

If you are or will be in the Atlanta, GA area and want to talk to us about what you do, send us your INFO and we’ll figure out how to get you on. Cheers!

Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part 1 of a "Drinking for 2" interview where Sean interviews narrative designer, writer, and sci-fi buff Eddy Webb. In this portion we talk about Eddy's work history, his favorite parts of a narrative, Star Wars being a fantasy (vs science fiction), his biggest overestimation of his writing skill, and hero archetypes. This was a super long interview and there is more to come. As always if you want there are full, unedited episodes up on Patreon for our patrons.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

If you are or will be in the Atlanta, GA area and want to talk to us about what you do, send us your INFO and we’ll figure out how to get you on. Cheers!

Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

Part 2 of the Diamond Dan Saga starts off with lines at DragonCon. It actually created a natural break in the interview and we had to move. So, DragonCon lines are both painful and useful, who knew? We also talk about remote work, ultimate job moments, customer service, and of course drink a little malort. Enjoy the second half!

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we serve drinks to.

This interview centers around the man known as, Diamond Dan. He as had many experiences, but the reason we know him and had him on the interview was because he works for Ultra Pro as brand representative, demo-er, and go-to-guy. He is also a lot of fun to have a few beverages with and talk about life. The alternate title? Well, those are Dan's words, but we agree.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

This is part two of our interview with Ramsey the martial arts, concrete, radiology tech. In the second half of the interview we will talk about Ramsey's other professions and how they relate to his martial arts life. We will also dive into drunk thoughts, pressure points, first drinks, and have a little malort.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

If you are or will be in the Atlanta, GA area and want to talk to us about what you do, send us your INFO and we’ll figure out how to get you on. Cheers!

Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

We did quite a few interviews at DragonCon, and this one was with Sean's former Sensei; Ramsey. We had a really engaging conversation about instruction, martial arts, and the practitioner/teacher dynamic over some "long drink". We hope you enjoy listening to this interview as much as we liked recording it.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

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Welcome to another episode of Wasted Knowledge! If you’ve never listened; it’s essentially drunk personal history with 2 professional bartenders, TC and Sean, and a professional guest that we make drinks for.

For part 2 of our second interview of the season Sean interviews Ian, The Beery Traveler, in a “Drinking for two” format. We discuss favorite stories from his brewer interviews, his first beer, the olympics, and drink some malort. This episode was recorded just before lockdowns that are/were a part of the 2020 COVID pandemic. We’re doing our best to lift everyone’s spirits.

If you enjoy the episode be sure to like us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Twitter or Instagram @wastedkpodcast. Send us an email wastedknowledgepodcast@gmail.com We have a Patreon page where you can leave us a tip and check out unedited interviews with extra content that didn’t make it into the main episodes.

If you are or will be in the Atlanta, GA area and want to talk to us about what you do, send us your INFO and we’ll figure out how to get you on. Cheers!