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Grab your cocktail or cup of tea and strap in for a doozy. Today on the Knowledge Bar we’re talking about how millennials are confronting quarter-life crises at an alarming rate. We’ll talk about what millennials are saying about these feelings, what scientists are saying, and talk about some of our own experiences.

In addition to our main topic, the University of Michigan lands their man in Bryce Underwood, the Oscars are on the horizon, and Christmas is just a bit much in November.

What are you drinking Recommendations:

• Alex: Campfire Old Fashioned (Cocktail)
  • 2 oz Rye Whiskey (Rittenhouse Rye)
  • .5 oz maple syrup
  • 2 dashes chocolate bitters
  • Pecan wood chips for smoking
• Chris: Water (H2O)
• Patrick: Non-caffeinated dessert tea, Cream Caramel - rooibos and mixed with pieces of caramel
• Ethan: Zombie (Orange Twist)
  • Ingredients:
    • 1 1/2 oz Probitas Rum
    • 1 oz Doctor Bird Jamaican Rum
    • 1/2 oz Lemon Hart 151 Rum
    • 3/4 oz lime juice
    • 1/2 oz fresh orange juice (instead of grapefruit)
    • 1/2 oz cinnamon syrup (use maple syrup if needed)
    • 1/2 oz passion fruit syrup
    • 1 dash Angostura bitters

Just One More Recommendations:

Alex: Start with Why by Simon Sinek (Book) or Ted Talk

Chris: GNX - Kendrick Lamar (Music)

Patrick: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach (book)

Ethan: This is Water - David Foster Wallace - 2005 Commencement Speech for Kenyon College

Produced and Edited by Ethan Harig

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Fill up your glass and get ready to tackle one of the great traditions of the American Workplace…… Happy Hour. We can all think of a time when we had a great conversation with a coworker over a cocktail. Where did it come from? Is Happy Hour still a thing? Has it changed? What impact does it make on workplace culture?

In addition to our main topic, we’ll be talking about some excitement about live theatre, Travis Hunter’s campaign for the Heisman Trophy, and Pens?

What are you drinking Recommendations:

Alex - Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Bourbon (Bourbon) - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, KY

Chris - Sentimental Gentleman - Cocktail

• 2 oz Scotch (Monkey Shoulder)
• .5 oz Walnut Liqueur (Nocina)
• .5 oz Benedictine

Patrick - French Gimlet - Cocktail (Watch it get made!)

• 2 oz Gin (Detroit City Distilling Gin)
• 1.5 oz Elderflower Liqueur (St. Germaine)
• .5 oz fresh lime juice

Ethan - Rum and Pineapple Juice - Mixed Drink

• Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaican Rum

Just One More Recommendations:

Alex: Marry Me Beans (Recipe), LiveEatLearn
Chris: My Old Ass (Movie) - Megan Park - Amazon Prime
Patrick: Life in 3D (Music), Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@lifein.3d
Ethan: Spotlight (Movie) - Tom McCarthy - Streaming on Starz

Sources for this Topic:

Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/office-quiet-but-happy-hour-still-kicking-after-pandemic-2024-4

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