Drinks on Me with Ali Peikin

Hillary, singer/songwriter/composer/reader/founder and I drink Negronis while chatting loneliness, speed dating, and her new album (I AND YOU on Bandcamp and SoundCloud). NEGRONI RECIPE: 1oz gin, 1oz Campari, 1oz sweet vermouth, ice, orange peel for garnish. HILLARY'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Europe. Bonus rec: Speed Dating @ Tiny Arts Supply in Ridgewood, Queens.

Mike, short film producer & director/writer/guitarist for Scrapper/orphan and I drink whiskey gingers while talking everything about grieving a parent: the good, the bad, and the absolutely hilarious. WHISKEY GINGER RECIPE: 2oz Jameson, 4-5oz ginger beer, 1/2oz lime juice into glass with ice. MIKE’S (least) FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Brady’s, 82nd & 2nd Ave, New York City.

Bailey, youngest interviewee/recent college graduate (guys, I know)/aesthete and I drink skinny iced caramel lattes while chatting dating with a hearing impairment. SKINNY ICED CARAMEL LATTE RECIPE: 4oz cold brew, 1oz non-fat caramel syrup in chilled glass. 4oz almond milk, stir, enjoy! BAILEY’S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Maxim’s in Paris (order the espresso martini!).

Kyle, trainer/athlete/hospitality industry extraordinaire and I drink dirty vodka-tinis while chatting about being a new parent, his cute baby, andmarathon insanity. DIRTY VODKA MARTINI RECIPE: I don’t do this precise-ounce-stuff with martinis. Measure out vodka and olive juice in glass, drop in a touch of vermouth, pour into shaker with ice, shake shake shake, there you go. KYLE’S FAVORITE PLACE...

Jen, wellness/fitness content creator and great storyteller and I drink Sleepy Girl Mocktails while chatting endometriosis, fertility, and feeling superior to others because you run. SLEEPY GIRL MOCKTAIL RECIPE: 1/2 cup (4oz) of tart cherry juice, 1tbsp magnesium powder (unflavored), 3oz sparkling water in a rocks glass. Few drops of lemon juice, few drops of lime, and voila. JEN’S FAVORITE PLACE...

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. Sh...

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 (un...

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...

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,...

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...

Daniel Lerner, singer-songwriter/frontman for Hey Again/thief of innocence, and I drink G&Ts while chatting trying to make it in a creative industry, how COVID affected his music dreams, and his theft of innocence. GIN & TONIC RECIPE: 3oz gin, 1/2 lime juice in highball glass filled with ice. Top off with 4oz tonic. Garnish with lime wedge. DANIEL'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: Sleep...

David Lynch, Broadway producer extraordinaire, and I drink vodka gimlets while chatting about taking care of your body and how that connects with death, decay, and destruction. VODKA GIMLET RECIPE: 2.5oz vodka, 1/2oz lime juice, 1/2oz simple syrup. Shake. Pour into frozen martini glass. DAVID'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRINK: His apartment. Can't put the address up or else David will be ver...

Freddie Shanel, comic and writer and editor and podcast guest and great conversationalist, and I drink Moscow Mules while chatting about the inability to enjoy your achievements and focus on other parts of life besides career. MOSCOW MULE RECIPE: Pour 3oz vodka (Tito's) and .75oz lime juice into shaker w/ ice. Shake until cold, pour into copper mug filled with crushed ice, top off with 4.5oz g...

In the FIRST EPISODE of Drinks on Me, Oliver Erle, a DJ with a sultry entrepreneurial spirit, and I drink Painkillers while chatting the pitfalls of dating men in New York. PAINKILLER RECIPE: 3oz dark rum (Pussner's), 4oz pineapple juice, 1oz OJ, 1oz cream of coconut. Shake until frothy, pour over glass filled with crushed ice, grate nutmeg on the top. OLIVER'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GET A DRIN...

Trailer for Drinks on Me, the best podcast with the least followers (for now). Over a drink with a friend (who is me), we unpack the confusing and slightly terrifying growing pains that plague people in their twenties and thirties. Season 1 starts with a TWO-EPISODE DROP on THURSDAY, MARCH 12! New episodes every Thursday. Uh-huh, yeah, cool.