Pigweed and Crowhill

Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

Society EN ↓ 556 episodes

You like beer, and you like conversation, right? Of course you do. Pigweed and Crowhill review a beer (sometimes their own homebrews) and discuss issues of the day. They try to break down serious issues into bite-sized chunks, and add some humor when possible. But it's all in good fun. Just two pals chatting over a beer.

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Ep 103: The growing threat of soft authoritarianism 31.01.2021 51:06

P&C drink and review Sierra Nevada's Celebration Fresh Hop IPA, then talk about totalitarianism, authoritarianism, and fascism. Following up, they evaluate Rod Dreher's "soft totalitarianism" from "Live Not by Lies." P&C think Dreher has the label wrong. We're at a cross-roads. Is there time (or the will) to stop the growing tech-inspired soft authoritarianism?

Ep 102: ACAB - All Cops are Bad 31.01.2021 50:13

P&C drink and review Old Speckled Hen, then talk about ACAB. Is the central intent of policing to surveil, terrorize, capture and kill marginalized populations, specifically black folk? There are people in our society who are promoting that view. The media, politicians and similar cretins keep feeding us a narrative that we have an epidemic of white cops killing unarmed black people. Is it true?

Ep. 100 - Believe the Science? 21.01.2021 49:18

P&C drink Southern Belle, an imperial brown ale, then discuss problems in science. It would be nice to believe that we can rely on science. Scientists are supposed to be dispassionate, purely rational people who follow the evidence where it leaves. P&C call BS. Science is as influenced by politics, ideology, ambition, egos, trends and fads as anything else. So how are we supposed to "trust the sci...

Mao's cultural revolution and wokeness 08.01.2021 49:09

P&C drink and review a Mexican stout, then discuss Mao's cultural revolution. They review some of the basic history, and then explore whether there are similarities between the cultural revolution and modern wokeness. And in fact ... there are. Weaponizing students. Standards that are so vague and ever-changing that you can never know if you're in or out. Overthrowing everything that seems outdate...

The attack on the Capitol 08.01.2021 46:29

P&C discuss the Georgia elections and the prospect of Democrats controlling the Senate, then address the big story -- the attack on the Capitol. There are a few important points to be made. First, this kind of violence needs to be condemned in no uncertain terms. Second, Trump's behavior and language was completely unacceptable. Third, the long-term implications of this event are hard to predict,...

570: The Cloward-Piven Strategy: The weaponization of chaos 29:44

The boys drink and review a Kolsch from Sky Blue Brewing, then discuss the influence of an old sociology paper by Cloward and Piven. These 60s-era "intellectuals" lamented that not enough eligible people had signed up for welfare benefits. They proposed overwhelming the welfare system by deploying an army of activists and troublemakers to (1) get more people to sign up for benefits, and...