Wasted Knowledge Podcast

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 pr...

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 d...

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 amazin...

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 o...

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 eve...

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...

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 &#8220...

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  &#8...

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 Ferra...

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, dr...

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...

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, mo...

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...

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, wh...

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 re...

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...

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 practition...

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 bee...

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 our second interview of the season Sean interviews Ian, The Beery Traveler, in a “Drinking for two” format. We discuss what Ian does with BT and as a professional waiter. This...

Welcome back to another season 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. To start season 2 we interviewed Dr. Sarah Milkovich, the lead scientist of the Mars Rover 2020 Mission, at DragonCon. This is the second half of the interview. So, go back on...

Welcome back to another season 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. To start season 2 we interviewed Dr. Sarah Milkovich, the lead scientist of the Mars Rover 2020 Mission, at DragonCon. It was a thrill to have her on the show, and we really e...

Welcome to the last interview of Season 1! We decided to go live again and we met up with Sean’s current beverage director (aka, boss) at a local bar. In this second half of the interview Sean and Kevin finish interviewing TC, and then it’s Sean’s turn to answer for his past transgressions. We dig into all sorts of things like TC’s pet peeves, what else he would do professi...

Welcome to the last interview of Season 1! We decided to go live again and we met up with Sean’s current beverage director (aka, boss) at a local bar. TC and Sean go round robin with Kevin interviewing him and eachother for this last episode of the season. In this part they talk about McRibs, bread organization, gin, distilled spirits, and more. Why is this episode also called “Hot Sou...