On today's episode, Megan and Frank work up the liquid courage to tackle one of philosophy's most notorious recruiters: alcohol. Are we different people when we're inebriated, or simply more free to act on our deepest desires? Was the prohibition movement justified? Is wine-tasting all bogus, or are sommeliers detecting something real? And does alcohol induce mystical experiences? ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: [email protected] ----------------------- Bibliography: Symposium by Plato (mit.edu) [http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.html] Cassius Dio, Roman History 49.36 [https://lexundria.com/dio/49.36/cy] Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle (mit.edu) [http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.2.ii.html] (Book 2) That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of Roman Stoic  [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300261547/that-one-should-disdain-hardships/] Drunkenness: Losing Our Grip on Reason | Choosing Freedom A Kantian Guide to Life [https://academic.oup.com/book/41414/chapter-abstract/352733366?redirectedFrom=fulltext] Kirsten Ditterich-Shilakes, "Muse in a Stem Glass Art, Wine, and Philosophy" [https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Wine+and+Philosophy:+A+Symposium+on+Thinking+and+Drinking-p-9780470765777] Quill Kukla, "Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent" | [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/711209] Watch Prohibition | Ken Burns | PBS [https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/] The 1800s: When Americans Drank Whiskey Like it was Water [https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/alcohol-history/the-1800s-when-americans-drank-whiskey-like-it-was] Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition became law [https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-01-14/americans-drinking-more-prohibition] Kevin W. Sweeney, "Is There Coffee or Blackberry in My Wine?" [https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Wine+and+Philosophy:+A+Symposium+on+Thinking+and+Drinking-p-9780470765777] A.C. Noble |The Wine Aroma Wheel Official Website [https://www.winearomawheel.com/] Ophelia Deroy, "The Power of Tastes: Reconciling Science and Subjectivity" [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/questions-of-taste-9780195384598?cc=us&lang=en&] Managing Diacetyl ("Buttery" Flavor) Production During MLF [https://scottlab.com/managing-diacetyl-production-during-malolactic-fermentation] Barry C. Smith, "The Objectivity of Tastes and Tasting" [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/questions-of-taste-9780195384598?cc=us&lang=en&] Wine-tasting: it's junk science | Wine | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis] Think wine connoisseurship is nonsense? Blind-tasting data suggest otherwise [https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/05/17/think-wine-connoisseurship-is-nonsense-blind-tasting-data-suggest-otherwise] A New Study Answers The Question: Does Blind Wine Tasting Work?  [https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomaspellechia/2019/02/05/a-new-study-asks-answers-the-question-does-blind-wine-tasting-work/] William James, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" [https://csrs.nd.edu/assets/59930/williams_1902.pdf] ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: EZOCM133QSX3TAVC