Cocktails & Contemplation

Author & Creative Maggie Giles joins us this episode! Maggie is a Canadian author who's debut novel "The Things We Lost" is being release April 19th, 2022! This novel took about 6 years for Maggie to craft, complete, and then finally get published! In honour of the novel, we enjoyed a special cocktail that is actually featured in the book - a Coconut Martini!! Many thanks to Fitch and Leedes for bringing this martini to life for us, it's a hectic one to say the least. Maggie talks all about her road to publication, how the heroine of her story came to life, and what's to come following this debut. Thank you Maggie for coming on the show, it was a treat!! INSTAGRAM: @maggiegiles_ WEBSITE: MaggieGiles.com

Welcome to episode 17 of Cocktails and Contemplation with special guest Roee Dunkelman! Heads up: we say words "cock" and "dick" a lot in this episode. Roee is the CEO and Founder of Cockuterie Boards (https://cockuterieboards.com/). He started this company amid the height of the pandemic and runs us through his journey of building this Cockuterie Empire. Prepare your self for some A+ banter, a throw back reference to the Rainforest Cafe, a very bloody gin and tonic, and plenty of cock talk. Don't forget to check out the cocktail recipe at FitchLeedes.com Instagram: @cockuterieboards Website: https://cockuterieboards.com/

Welcome Back ! Mostly to me, after a short lived summery break the podcast is back in full swing baby! This week, we are blessed to have film and media critic Sydney Urbanek! Syd has been writing and review film and music videos for basically her whole career, she wrote a masters thesis on Madonna, how fkn cool is that. This week, we chat all about the world of music videos, and album films, and how she landed herself in this beautiful niche. Syd and I drank TASTY mojitos and she told me to add mint to avocado toast, so you know we are trying that soon. Please enjoy the ep, and always remember to drink and contemplate responsibly ! xx TWITTER: @sydneyurbanek INSTAGRAM: @sydneyurbanek NEWSLETTER: sydurbanek.ghost.io

WELCOME BACK KITTENS AND CATS ALIKE This week on the podcast I am joined by two lovely talented musicians, the modern day indie folk duo of your dreams, Robinson Kirby. Known as Maddy Kirby and Luke Robinson. These two kids love tequila. So we decided to get SMASHED with a tequila smash. The full recipe can be found at FitchLeedes.Com. Robinson Kirby rebranded and started releasing music in February 2021 and just put out their latest release "Summer of Love" in July. The two are a couple who met at Berklee and have been making stellar tunes ever since. This episode we talked a lot about one of my very favourite topics, SONGWRITING. These two are super cute, funny, hardworking, and such lovely humans. Thank you for joining me this week!! Can't wait for some new music to drive on back roads too in 2022 :)

Author Kathleen Barber joins the podcast this week! We chat all about her admirable career over a DELICIOUS lavender gin sour!! You can head over to my instagram @cocktailsncontemplation for the full recipe :) Kathleen is a writer based out of Washington DC, she is the author of two novels, Truth be told which was formally known as Are you Sleeping, which you may know from his Apple TV series counter part staring names like Octavia Spencer, Lizzy Caplan, and Aaron Paul. Or, from her sophomore novel that was published in 2020 called Follow me. Kathleen told me all about the role of the author when their work is adapted for the big screen, talking to her producer AKA REESE WITHERSPOON on a conference call(!!!), our mutual love for Lizzy Caplan and the cult-esque film Bachelorette (seriously watch it if you’ve never seen) and how Isla Fischer inspired the protagonist in her second novel.