Drinks on Me with Ali Peikin

Michael Drinks a Skinny Cucumber Margarita Because They're Too Busy to Date

Michael Ivan Carrier, Broadway star/triple threat/worst kind of person to ride a subway with and I drink skinny cucumber margaritas while chatting being too busy to date, ambition, and Flat Earth's . SKINNY CUCUMBER MARGARITA RECIPE: 2oz tequila, 1oz lime juice, 3-4 cucumber slices, 1/2oz orange liqueur, 1/2oz agave syrup. Muddle cucumber in shaker. Add tequila, lime, orange liqueur, agave. Shake and strain into glass with salt rim. Garnish with cucumber. MICHAEL'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: a beach or in the water. This includes swim-up bars, unfortunately.

Henry Drinks The Bee's Knees Because He's a Working Actor

Henry, actor/guy who sits silently next to the best man in The Drama/ positive guy and I drink The Bee's Knees while chatting acting in the 2020s, checking your ego at the door, and the apocalypse. BEE'S KNEES RECIPE: 2oz gin, 3/4oz honey syrup (1:1 ratio of honey and warm water, stir), 3/4oz lemon juice in a shaker. Shake until foamy. Strain into chilled glass. Garnish with bee pollen (unless you're allergic; in that case, DO NOT GARNISH WITH BEE POLLEN). HENRY'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Cranberry Bog Bar @ The Grand Mere Inn, 5800 Red Arrow Hwy, Stevensville MI.

Mel Drinks an Aloe Water Because Young People Need to Lead the Fight Against Climate Change

Mel, physicist/PhD student/existential optimist/hopeful lady and I drink aloe water (I know) while chatting fusion energy, whether Katy Perry is really an astronaut, and why young people should be at the forefront of the fight against climate change. ALOE WATER RECIPE: aloe and water, I guess? I got this one from Juice Press. MEL'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: a sunny day in a beach town in Central America. Because science says times can be places too? Did I get that right? I don't know, I just work here. #podcast #newpodcastepisode #comedypodcast #womeninstem #academia #twenties #thirties #drinks

Blacc Cherry Drinks a Tequila Martini Because of Saturn's Return (aka a Quarter-Life Crisis)

Blacc Cherry, drag queen/lawyer/kind person/optimist and I drink tequila martinis while chatting about dating, law school applications, and both overcoming and enjoying life in your late twenties. TEQUILA MARTINI RECIPE: 2.5oz tequila, 1oz vermouth, TONS of olive juice in a shaker. Shake until freezing, pour into martini glass with a salt rim. CHERRY'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Dive 106, 983 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, 10025 (Cherry's there on Fridays at 8!)

FAMILY EDITION - Brian Drinks a Dirty Martini Because He Has a Sick Parent (oh same!)

Brian Peikin, fitness industry extraordinaire, mullet-sporter, and my brother and I drink dirty Tito's martinis garnished with pepper and chat having a sick parent in your twenties and thirties. I did say I would talk about the horrifying. MARTINI RECIPE: Measure out Tito's and olive juice in martini glass via sight (I'm serious!). Put in shaker with ice, put pepper to taste, shake it up and serve. BRIAN'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Sag Harbor, NY P.S. Our mother is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. Please consider donating to the Alzheimer's Association to find a cure for this disease.