The Cocktail Conversations

Not-A-Retreat

A few weeks ago, we decided to invite some of our audience to join us, in person, to see what ties could bind us after all the division sowed by the anger industrial complex It wasn't all work--we did have the gorgeous backdrop of Zihuatanejo, Mexico. And once we got back home, we asked three of them to shake up Mezcal cocktails and talk about what we figured out. It was more that you might think.... > Hosted and written by Michele Mitchell; Produced by Mark Huntley; Executive Producer, W. Wilder Knight II; Consulting Producer, David Bernknopf; Edited by Conrad Lonsdale Knudson; Sound Design by Jairo Garcia; Digital Producer, Hannah Thornton; Assistant Producer Conrad Lonsdale Knudsen; Cocktail by Amuleto Hotel, Zihuatanejo, Mexico; Created by Michele Mitchell & Hannah Thornton.

How to Be a Good Human

It's 2022, which means...another election year. But don't lose hope about ever speaking to certain friends and family again, because we've got just the episode for you, one full of gung-ho team spirit and young wisdom from some leaders of tomorrow. This time around, Michele shares a mocktail with her guests Madison Adams, Thanasi Dilos and Chapu Kapumba of the youth leadership program Civics Unplugged. > Hosted and written by Michele Mitchell; Produced by Mark Huntley; Executive Producer, W. Wilder Knight II; Consulting Producer, David Bernknopf; Editing & Sound Design by Jairo Garcia; Digital Producer, Hannah Thornton; Assistant Editor and Producer Conrad Lonsdale Knudsen; Created by Michele Mitchell & Hannah Thornton.

Crazy/Difficult

Have you been called this—or, even, used it yourself? Kick back with a kir royale as Michele chats up bestselling author Soraya Chemaly (“Rage Becomes Her”), jewelry designer Cass Llilien, life coach Kate Hobbs and incoming college freshman Maisie Adams about how language shapes everything. > Writer/Producer, Michele Mitchell; Created By Michele Mitchell & Hannah Thornton; Consulting Producer, David Bernknopf; Executive Producer, W. Wilder Knight II; Editor & Sound Design, Ned Thorne; “Col Bogey March” performed by Samuel Smythe; Assistant Editor/Production Assistant Conrad Lonsdale Knudsen; Assistant Producer: Hannah Thornton; Intern: Connor Hitt; Drink Special: Kir Royale

The Authority Crisis

Former CIA analyst Martin Gurri (The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium) introduces Michele to the concept of the "information tsunami" that has knocked our 20th Century institutions off their expert, elite status. Joining over a bottle of Gros Ventre's High Country Red are former FBI executive Lauren C. Anderson, Bloomberg News editorialist Robert George and Guernica Magazine editor Jina Moore, who's got a few questions of her own. > Writer/Producer, Michele Mitchell; Created By Michele Mitchell & Hannah Thornton; Consulting Producer, David Bernknopf; Executive Producer, W. Wilder Knight II; Editor & Sound Design, Ned Thorne; "Love & Marriage" whistled by Dave Santucci; Assistant Editor/Production Assistant Conrad Lonsdale Knudsen; Assistant Producer: Hannah Thornton; Intern: Connor Hitt; Wine: 2018 Gros Ventre High Country Red; Sponsored by: Smarthouse Creative.

Tasting Notes: "Can This Marriage Be Saved?"

Cathy Corison is a legendary and beloved winemaker in Napa Valley. In 1987, she made the first vintage of Corison Cabernet Sauvignon. Corison winery’s grapes are farmed organically and grown on gravelly loam soils. . She currently handcrafts two Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. In recognition of her excellence as a winemaker, Cathy was named the 2011 Winemaker of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle.