Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill

For the inaugural episode of Conspiracy Corner, Pigweed and Crowhill investigate the claim that birds are actually government surveillance drones. The theory is completely fake—and that's the point.

Created as a parody of conspiracy culture, Birds Aren't Real became a social experiment that exposed how easily movements can gain momentum and how quickly people can mistake satire for sincerity. Along the way, the hosts discuss f...

The boys drink and review Sierra Nevada's Torpedo Extra IPA, then move on to political strategy and methods.

Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals remains one of the most influential—and controversial—books on political organizing ever written. In this episode, Pigweed and Crowhill dive into the life and ideas of the Chicago community organizer whose methods have shaped activist movements for generations. From "pick the tar...

Is the government secretly poisoning us through airplane exhaust? Pigweed and Crowhill drink a couple of stouts and dig into the chemtrails conspiracy — one of the most persistent theories in the skies today.

They break down the real historical cases that give the theory its legs: Operation Sea Spray, Operation Large Area Coverage, MKUltra, and other documented government experiments conducted without public consent.

Then they...

Human moral judgment emerges from emotion, empathy, lived experience, social development, and our embodied understanding of the world. AI has none of those things. So, can artificial intelligence be taught right from wrong?

If we're going to rely on AI (the way the tech bros want us to), we're going to need to trust it, which means we're going to need to believe it has a trustworthy moral sense. Is that reasonable? Or even possible?...

The Southern Poverty Law Center began as a respected civil rights organization that targeted the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups. Decades later, however, critics argue that the SPLC has drifted far from its original mission, expanding its definition of "hate" to include mainstream religious, political, and advocacy organizations that simply disagree with progressive orthodoxy.

In this episode, Pigweed and Crowhill examine th...

Welcome back to Conspiracy Corner, where Pigweed and Crowhill examine theories that range from ridiculous to surprisingly plausible. This episode tackles one of the internet's newest suspicions: genetically engineered ticks.Lyme disease is rising. Alpha-gal syndrome is spreading. Tick populations seem to be exploding. The government studies ticks. Universities study ticks. Billionaires fund research on insects. And somewhere in the...

Were there always teenagers, or did modern society invent them?

Pigweed and Crowhill explore the surprising history of adolescence and the emergence of the modern teenager. For most of human history, young people moved directly from childhood into adult responsibilities. They worked on farms, served on ships, fought in wars, and contributed to family life from an early age. So what changed?

The conversation traces the rise of the tee...

Crowhill and Pigweed drink and review a Sweet Baby Jesus chocolate peanut butter porter and discuss a question that's challenged churches and society for centuries. Should religion and politics mix?

Using a collection of social issue position papers published by the United Methodist Church as a starting point, the conversation explores the history of Methodism, from John Wesley's "heart strangely warmed" experience and the Holy Club...

Welcome to Conspiracy Corner — where Pigweed and Crowhill examine the plausible, the ridiculous, and the occasionally true theories about what’s really going on.

In this episode, the guys dive into one of the internet’s strangest modern conspiracy theories: “Birds Aren’t Real.” Are pigeons actually government surveillance drones? Are birds recharging on power lines? Is bird poop really a tracking ...

Pigweed, Crowhill, and Longinus crack open a high-octane Voodoo Ranger “GeForce” IPA and head west into one of the greatest adventures in American history: the Lewis and Clark expedition. What begins as a discussion of America’s upcoming 250th anniversary quickly turns into a deep dive into the astonishing story of how a small band of explorers crossed an almost completely unknown continent armed with little more ...

In this episode of Beer and Conversation, Crowhill, Pigweed, and Longinus crack open a West Coast pilsner and dive into the world of Louis L'Amour.

The boys review three L’Amour stories:

* Mistakes Can Kill You

* The Man from Battle Flat

* The Rider of the Ruby Hills

Along the way, they discuss frontier justice, cattle rustling, gunslingers, hidden competence, classic Western themes, and whether L’Amour deserves more literar...

What if the modern world was shaped by people wanting better-tasting food?

In this episode of Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill, we dive into the surprisingly wild history of the spice trade — from pepper worth its weight in silver to the Dutch East India Company, piracy, colonialism, the Columbian Exchange, and the discovery of chocolate, chili peppers, coffee, tea, and sugar.

Along the way, we explore:

* Why spic...

In this episode of Beer & Conversation with Pigweed & Crowhill, the guys crack open a homebrewed IPA and dive into one of the most controversial ideas in modern culture: “suicidal empathy,” a term popularized by evolutionary psychologist Gad Saad.The conversation explores:* The difference between empathy and sympathy* Why empathy evolved in human societies* How compassion can become self-destructive* The “...

People joke about bubble-wrapped children, but it's almost that bad. We've become obsessed with eliminating risk. But there's a cost.

In this episode, we crack open a Lost Rhino stout and dig into the growing culture of safetyism: how it started with reasonable child-proofing, morphed into stranger danger hysteria, and ultimately produced a generation of emotionally fragile young adults.

Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff addressed t...

The boys drink and review "Fried Salad," a dry-hopped oat lager from Tactical Brewing Company in Orlando, then dive into the world of national parks.

They start with a little history: from Yellowstone's establishment under Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, to Theodore Roosevelt's conservation legacy, to the National Park Service itself. Then they take a tour through Maryland's 15 national park sites before turning their attention to the rou...

In this episode of Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill, we start with a light IPA, but quickly get into a heavy topic: how devices like Ring cameras are quietly reshaping everyday surveillance.

What begins as a helpful feature — like Ring’s “Search Party” for finding lost pets — raises bigger questions. If cameras can identify your dog, what else are they tracking? And who ultimately has ac...

In this episode of Beer and Conversation, Pigweed and Crowhill take on a recent United Nations resolution addressing the history of slavery and the call for reparative justice. Beginning with the obvious — slavery is a moral evil — they quickly move past the headline and dig into the deeper question: which history is being told, and why?

The discussion explores the broader global context of slavery, including the transat...

After decades of staying close to Earth, the United States is finally pushing outward again.

In this episode, we talk about the Artemis missions and what they represent: not just another NASA program, but a return to the kind of ambition that once put men on the moon.

We cover the physics, the risks, the history—and the big question: Why did we stop in the first place?

Plus, some thoughts on space competition, moon bases, and wh...

How did New York City elect Zohran Mamdani—and what does it mean for the future of America’s most important city?

In this episode of *Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill*, we review a citrusy blonde ale while unpacking the rise of NYC’s new mayor and the ideas driving his agenda: socialism, wealth redistribution, and an expansive vision of government power.

We dig into:

* Mamdani’s background and r...