Drinks On Monday with The Strike Team

Pat brings 7-11 Brand Smoked Gouda Chips and Fritos Honey BBQ Flavor Twists to the bar while Mike treats everyone to Benton's Striped Fudge Cookes from the Aldis.

The gang is in the basement debating the plusses and minus of Miller High Life and Miller Genuine Draft.

The Strike Team dishes on the worst places to get a pimple.

Ashley brings the salty and Dan brings the sweet as they share some of their favorite snacks od 2026.

Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat dish on four of their least favorite intersections in the Chicagoland area. Which ones? You have to listen to learn.

This week The Strike Team drinks some very light Mexican beer, discusses SEND HELP and IRON LUNG, have several dinners at the Harolds in Oak Forest, and listen to the emo pop favorite YOUR FAVORITE WEAPON (2001) from Brand New

The gang brings four songs to the table that they would rather turn off.

This week's shooter finds the gang doing shots of Four Loko Pregame courtesy of Dr. Dan.

The gang is back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge and looking back on 1998's release from Dave Matthews Band, BEFORE THESE CROWDED STREETS. They also dig into some big grilled cheese sandwiches-and some surprisingly good wings-from Cheesies in Crestwood.

The gang wraps up 2026 looking back on the history of the show. 

This time around, the gang plays the hot new game, For Who? Ashley looks at Instagram "for you" pages and tries to guess if it's Dan, Pat, or Mike's. 

The Beatboxes flow as the gang recall getting scammed by Columbia House in the '90s.

The gang discuss their Spotify Wrapped as they get into the Beatboxes.

The gang wraps up the Cutwater Challenge.

The gang is back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge just days before Thanksgiving and the annual Black Wednesdsay shindig. They look back on the seminal JAGGED LITTLE PILL, Nashville Hot Chicken favorite, Fry The Coop, and memoriaize Joe "JoBo" Colburn as they look back on Chicago radio.

The Cutwater Challenge continues as the gang runs down their favorite Turkey Day sides.

The gang continues the Cutwater Challenge as they discuss security and the art of bouncing in bars.

Local artist Andrew Vanderbilt drops in on the Atomic Tiki Lounge to discuss his book ADVENTURE ACE IN THE VALLEY OF THE GIANT SNAKES and promote his appearance at Beverly's Bookies on small business Saturday.

In this very special series of episodes, The Strike Team take the Cutwater Challenge as presented by Dan. This week, the gang cracks open their first can and discuss how they spent their Halloween.

Pat brings the teenage Tick Tock trend of the Halloween candy trauma dump to the core four, and some of the answers may surprise you!

We're back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge discussing one of Mike's favorite new resturants, Bill's Place in Brookfield and Ashley's record of choice, The Cramps' BAD MUSIC FOR BAD PEOPLE. Along the way they discuss shopping malls, colonoscopies, and Ace Frehley.

Dan Lynch presents BuzzBuzzball Biggies Grapes Gone Wild as the Strike Team dives into this purple flavored liqour, work life, and dogs and kids being allowed into bars.

The core four are back in the basement looking back at the past month's news cycle: Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and the notion of free speech.

The Strike Team is back! Refreshed from their summer vacation Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat recount their favorite memories of summer 2025. They also dive into Mike's new love of roulette, the Swift-Kelce engagement, and what they want to do next year.

The core four are enjoying their summer break ot varying degrees, but we will be back come fall! Until then, here's a new episode in which they pit two songs with something arbitrary in common against one another. Only one can survive.