A Tap On The Wrist

This week Laura & Vanessa tackle the history & origin stories of the Bloody Mary cocktail!

This week Laura and Vanessa are sharing two true crime stories: the murder of Joel Lovelien and the death of Shelby Allen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.    Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa spun our theme wheel and landed on Writers Choice! You get a cocktail origin story & a biography! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.    Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa are sharing two true crime stories! Follow along as we learn about Operation Fireball (shout out to Crime Junkie), and the murder of Michael Malloy, the man who wouldn’t die. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.    Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa are sharing two origin stories! Follow along as we learn about Bully Boy Distillers and The Green Dragon Tavern, both making waves in Bosoms alcohol history! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

In Part II of our Halloween episode, Laura and Vanessa continue to explore haunted bars in Florida.  If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week's Halloween episode is full of spooks & spirits! Laura and Vanessa explore multiple haunted bars in the lovely state of Florida. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa are sharing two biographies! Follow along as we learn about moonshiner Popcorn Sutton and Sasha Petraske, who was credited with inventing modern cocktail culture! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa explore smaller topics about how alcohol changed history. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa are talking hauntings & myths! Follow along as we learn about the whiskey loving ghosts haunting the island of Jura & the rumored ghosts of Moss Beach Distillery!  If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura and Vanessa are venturing back in time to the 1990's! Follow us as we learn about the US's obsession with clear beverages such as Zima and then take a look at how Tito's Homemade Vodka came to be one of the world's most recognized liqours! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.  Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

For Season 4, we aren't picking just 1 theme… we’re making them ALL available and putting our topics into the hands of fate. Each week this season we’ll play an updated and unique version of everyone's favorite game, Spin the Bottle! We’ll create a wheel of topics and wherever the bottle lands, will be the theme for the next episode!

In the Season 3 finale of A Tap on the Wrist, Laura & Vanessa discuss women-owned bars and women bartenders in America! From Boobie Trap, a boob themed bar in Brooklyn, to a bar in a town with a population of ONE, these are bars you’ll definitely want to check out! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.  Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

In this weeks episode, Vanessa tell the story of how the cocktail party originated and how Clara Bell Walsh gets some of the credit. Laura explores a woman, Margie Samuels, in Bourbon history who is often overlooked for her work with the Maker's Mark brand. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura tells the stories behind two famous cocktails inspired by women: the Margarita and the Singapore Sling. Then Vanessa talks about a bar called Holler House, where a tradition inspired by its former owner has women hanging their bras from the ceiling (it’s also where you can find the the oldest certified bowling alley in the United States)!  If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to su...

In Episode 76, Vanessa explores a side of alcohol that led to an awful murder and Laura tells the unknown story of a female codebreaker with ties to alcohol. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.    Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

In episode 75, Laura tells the story of Maggie Bailey, Queen of the Mountain Bootleggers. Then Vanessa talks about Carry A. Nation, a woman who took Temperance so seriously that she smashed up saloons with a hatchet! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Vanessa explores the women in the Wild West known as Saloon Girls and Laura takes us back to France to learn about vivandieres. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura tells the story of La Goulue, a French can-can dancer and a star of the Moulin Rouge. Then Vanessa explains Speed Rack, an all-female high-speed bartending competition! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.    Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week we are excited to bring you a guest episode featuring Natalie, one-half of Shared History Podcast! Natalie tell us the story of Frankie Willard and Laura discusses Gertrude Saunders. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey

In Episode 71, Vanessa discusses the history of Snugs in pubs, where women would drink in private, and Laura talks about the history of Lysol and how it was used as a birth control method (DISCLAIMER: Do not do this). If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey.

This week Laura delves into the controversial past of McSorleys Ale House & their anti women policies while Vanessa explored the history of The Queen of the Bahamas. We highlight a small women owned business Current Cassis! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review.   Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey

In this episode, Laura & Vanessa are excited to welcome Rachel & Leah from Hashtag History as guest hosts! Leah tells us about the “Bessie the Bartender” movement during WWII, and Rachel gives us background on the Goesaert v. Cleary court case, addressing the Michigan law which prohibited women from being licensed bartenders. Then Vanessa jumps in to explore the history of the Alewife trade and it...

In this episode of A Tap on the Wrist, Laura & Vanessa discuss two woman who were impacted by alcohol and the change they made on the country. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey

In this episode of A Tap on the Wrist, Laura & Vanessa discuss how alcohol could be both curative and deadly through an herbal compound called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound & a poison called Aqua Tofana. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, & review. Music credit: 'Booze and Blues' by Ma Rainey