Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

You like beer, and you like conversation, right? Of course you do. Pigweed and Crowhill review a beer (sometimes their own homebrews) and discuss issues of the day. They try to break down serious issues into bite-sized chunks, and add some humor when possible. But it's all in good fun. Just two pals chatting over a beer.

Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill is a society podcast hosted by Pigweed and Crowhill, with 541 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Pigweed and Crowhill hosts Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill, a society show with 541 episodes published.

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  Episode #636

  Mexico: Tequila, Mariachis, and the Charm of Nobody Being in Charge (ep. 636)

  Aug 20, 202649 min

  Pigweed, Crowhill, and Longinus are back from Mexico with stories to tell. The trip takes them from the beach town of Sayulita to the sprawling metropolis of Guadalajara and finally to Tequila—where the agave fields are endless, the distilleries are fascinating, and the tour bus gets considerably livelier on the way home.Along the way, they encounter mariachi bands, Mexican craft beer, cobblestone streets, scooters that would horrify an American safety inspector, mysterious walls topped with barbed wire, a spectacular rainstorm, and a culture that can feel simultaneously more relaxed and a little more dangerous than home. It leads to one of the recurring observations of the trip: part of Mexico's charm is the feeling that nobody is quite in charge—and that's both liberating and unsettling.Pour yourself a beer and join us for a conversation about what surprised us, what we loved, and what Mexico looks like when you get beyond the resort.

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  Episode #635

  Are We Still Doing This? Cultural Fads That Refuse to Die (ep 635)

  Aug 14, 202630 min

  Why do some cultural fads disappear while others hang around long after everyone seems to have moved on?Pigweed and Crowhill drink and review a hazy IPA and ask, “Are we still doing this?” From pronouns in bios, COVID-era leftovers and land acknowledgments to climate alarmism, corporate virtue signaling, Pride Month, recycling and other remnants of the great cultural craziness of the past several years, they run through the ideas and practices they thought would have faded away by now.Every society gets swept up in bad ideas, moral panics and strange enthusiasms. The question is whether we can eventually admit it, laugh at ourselves, and move on. The good news? Pigweed and Crowhill think most of these things are finally trending in the right direction. Send us your thoughts: pigweedshow@gmail.com More episodes: pigweedandcrowhill.com Like, subscribe, and tell a friend

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  Episode #634

  Did Women Make the World Woke? Helen Andrews and feminism (ep. 634)

  Aug 9, 202646 min

  Pigweed and Crowhill review two versions of the same old ale and tackle Helen Andrews' provocative argument that much of what we call “wokeness” can be understood as the feminization of our institutions.As women have become majorities in fields such as education, law, publishing, and human resources, Andrews argues that traditionally feminine priorities — empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition, and consensus over conflict — have increasingly shaped the rules by which institutions operate. Pigweed and Crowhill explore that idea through cancel culture, the workplace, the legal system, free speech, DEI, and the very different ways men and women tend to handle conflict.Is Andrews onto something? Probably. But is feminization really a unified theory of wokeness, or just one factor among many? As usual, the conversation wanders through history, politics, psychology, law, and culture — with beer close at hand.

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  Episode #633

  Why Everyone Wants AI… But Nobody Wants a Data Center Next Door (ep. 633)

  Jul 19, 202635 min

  America needs more data centers to power AI -- but communities across the country are starting to say, "Not here." In this episode of Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill, we explore why counties and states are putting the brakes on new AI infrastructure. Data centers promise billions of dollars in investment, but they also consume enormous amounts of electricity, require vast tracts of land, generate noise, and create surprisingly few permanent jobs. Is the economic payoff worth the cost? We also tackle the bigger questions: * Why AI is driving an unprecedented demand for electricity * Whether America's power grid can keep up * The case for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) * Why local communities are increasingly resisting new data centers * Whether fears about AI are justified—or overblown * How the AI race with China changes the debate * Why this issue is becoming one of the country's newest political battlegrounds The result is a genuine dilemma: America may need AI infrastructure to remain competitive, but the communities expected to host it are increasingly questioning whether they're getting a fair deal. Grab a beer and join us as we explore one of the most important—and least understood—technology controversies of our time.

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  Episode #630

  Bad French Ideas: Foucault, Derrida & the Theories That Broke the West (ep. 630)

  Jul 16, 202634 min

  Foucault. Derrida. Lyotard. Three French philosophers walk into a cafe — and forty years later, American universities can't define what a woman is.In this episode, Pigweed and Crowhill dig into a viral French mea culpa: an apology, on behalf of France, for exporting postmodernism to the world. They trace the direct line from French theory's core claim — that truth is just a mask for power — through Judith Butler, Edward Said, and Kimberlé Crenshaw, and into today's language of oppressor/oppressed, meritocracy-as-racism, and "words are violence."Topics covered:* Why civilization rests on three pillars — truth, morality, and inherited tradition — and how French theory tried to dynamite all three* The difference between what Foucault et al. probably meant and what their disciples did with it* Why "everything is a power struggle" is really just Marxism with race swapped in for class* The philosophical case against relativism (and why no one actually lives like a true relativist)* Fragmentation, diversity, and the postmodern seduction of "there is no truth, only narrative"* Why a civilization that's only trained to deconstruct forgets how to buildPlus: a four-year-old bottle of Flying Dog Double Dog Triple IPA that's mellowed into something closer to a barleywine — tasting notes, aging thoughts, and whether it's worth the cellar space.#Postmodernism #Foucault #WesternCivilization #Philosophy #CraftBeer #IPA #BeerReview #PoliticalPhilosophy #CultureWar #Podcast

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