Wine with Friends
By Wine Friends Pod
Wine with FriendsMay 27, 2020
115 - Covid Hits Home
Covid has gotten even closer to home recently.
114 - Big Changes
We're back (again)! The gap in our episodes, dear listeners, is explainable due to insanity of life. Listen on to hear why!
113 - The Clouds Have Parted and the Future Looks Bright
For the first time in over a year, we finally were able to get together to do a podcast TOGETHER!
08 - Charlottesville (THROWBACK)
Sarah reflected on her experience living through the Charlottesville riot in August 2017. (Throwback episode)
112 - Reflections on a Tough Year
We got together at the end of 2020 to reflect on the year and see what we learned and what we hope to leave behind.
111 - How Do You Spell Your Last Name Now?
In the midst of Covid craziness, Sarah did a thing.
05 - Unemployment Sucks (THROWBACK)
Unemployment is a rough experience no matter what your situation. Chris went through it recently, and we discussed the broader implications. (REPOSTED)
04 - President Crisman (THROWBACK)
Sarah is considering running for office one day. (REPOSTED)
03 - Chris' Engagement Story (THROWBACK)
Chris recounts the incredible surprise of how Jerry proposed to him in the middle of the 2017 Capital Pride parade. (Reposted)
02 - Let's Buy All the Things (THROWBACK)
We're reposting some of our old episodes to re-share our favorites. New episodes every other Wednesday, throwback episodes in between!
110 - I Know We've Come So Far, But We've Got So Far To Go
It's Pride Month, and this year, with all the ups and downs 2020 has brought, continued the roller coaster this time. The Supreme Court finally ruled that LGBTQ+ people shouldn't be able to be fired for being who they are, just in time to celebrate Pride in the nation's capital. We talked about all this, and all that still needs to be done.
If you're interested in helping, consider donating to some of these charities:
109 - Trapped By a Broken System
It's been a big few weeks. The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has led a major reckoning around the work regarding the role of black people in modern society and the massive structural racist inequalities that are baked into our civilization. We talked about what's been happening and how our perspective and our understanding of our own obligations as privileged white people are to participate and support the coming reckoning on race in this country.
Links on things mentioned in the episode:
- Brilliant black author Kimberly Jones' video challenging us to understand how we have broken the social contract in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go
- What the George Floyd Protests Have Already Achieved (Slate): https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/george-floyd-protests-achieve-change.html
There are a multitude of brilliant black authors, thinkers, poets, activists, politicians, and more. We strongly urge you to listen to them, learn from them, and amplify their work.
01 - Wine for Game On (THROWBACK)
We're reposting some of our old episodes to re-share our favorites. New episodes every other Wednesday, throwback episodes in between!
We've been friends for nearly 20 years and never see each other. We talk about why we decided to start a podcast, what we want to get out of it, and how Sarah tried to kill Chris with soy sauce.
108 - Education & Shorbisms
Our original Wino Justin Shorb joins us for a conversation about collegiate education in the time of coronavirus.
If you're interested in connect with Justin, he can be reached on Twitter at @shorbism.
Connect with us @winefriendspod or Wine with Friends on Facebook! Interested in joining us for an episode? Email us at winefriendspod@gmail.com or you know, just text us.
03 - Chris' Engagement Story
107 - A Place That is Built on Love
Sarah FINALLY got around to watching the most amazing TV show ever created: Schitt's Creek! We talk about what made it such a special experience to see, and how it impacted the world. If you haven't seen it, go watch it first! Spoilers!
106 - Goodbye, Tony
We lost a giant recently. Tony Noce, longtime listener of the pod and a close friend and mentor of Chris, died on April 21, 2020. He succumbed to a long battle with stage 4 glioblastoma. We talked through our feelings about this loss and realized one more lesson that our good friend left for us, even in the end.
For those of you interested, Tony's friend request that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Frank S. Noce and Anthony M. Noce ’83 Endowed Scholarship Fund at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, NY. Details on a memorial service will be relayed at a later date.
Tony's obituary: https://www.cunninghamfuneralhome.net/obituary/anthony-m-tony-noce/
Farewell Tony. You will be missed.
105 - Frustration in the Time of Coronavirus
Coronavirus has been a big challenge for us all, and we finally managed to get together to talk about it.
104 - Ranked Choice Voting
Sarah is a big fan of the idea of ranked choice voting. We talked through it all and thought about what kind of a problem this could actually solve and what it could mean for today's political system.
103 - Warren Drops out
Sarah's horse rode home last week: Senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign. We had a little therapy session to discuss how Sarah is taking the loss, and where we go from here at this stage of this decade-long election cycle.
102 - One Man Win
We are back from our long sabbatical and ready to talk about some more substantive things. Let's dive in!