I'll Take A Shot At That

Hilo Coffee founder and sustainability manager Martín Rojas Arboleda joins Matthew in the studio to discuss a radical new approach to sustainability by re-envisioning an industry very close to many of our hearts, COFFEE! The coffee industry is precarious. In the conventional coffee trading system, the middleman makes money, while coffee farmers fear for their existence all year round. They have to work long and hard every day and are most directly affected by factors such as economic instability, exploitation and the unpredictable effects of climate change. In addition, they have no choice but to live on loans and credits as they are paid only once a year after the harvest. Hilo is an alternative system to the conventional coffee trade. By establishing a direct connection to small coffee farmers, we enable coffee lovers like you to make a difference and actively participate in a change towards sustainability.  Find out more at: https://hilo.cafe/ On this episode we are drinking O'Donnell moonshine!  We are ex

With social distancing rules easing up, Justin braves the elements to come back to the studio and we discuss the current state of COVID before tackling some conversations and toppling some old thinking in the form of racist monuments being torn down globally as visualizations for the Black Lives Matter movement's momentum.  I'll Take A Shot At That stands in solidarity with the ongoing protests against police brutality in the US, Germany, and everywhere. Here are more resources that I strongly encourage everyone to engage with: • Here is a link to Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh's acclaimed publication on white privilege: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf • Here is a massive list of resources regarding racism & anti-blackness & How to be a Better Ally: ANTI-RACIST ALLYSHIP STARTER PACK • Here in the Independent is a great article containing information on how to support the movement if you are unable to protest, including links to places you can volunteer,

Antar Keith is an educator, activist, presenter and public speaker currently traveling around Germany lecturing on systemic racism and police violence in America. He joins us as Leipzig gears up to march in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter protests taking place in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. I'll Take A Shot At That stands in solidarity with the ongoing protests against police brutality in the US, Germany, and everywhere. Here are more resources that I strongly encourage everyone to engage with: • Here is a link to the demonstration that will take place June 7th, 2020 in Leipzig, Germany: Leipzig Demo - Facebook Events • Here is a massive list of resources regarding racism & anti-blackness & How to be a Better Ally: ANTI-RACIST ALLYSHIP STARTER PACK • Here in the Independent is a great article containing information on how to support the movement if you are unable to protest, including links to places you can volunteer, donate, amplify and more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s

Lila is a multi-disciplinary sex worker and a representative of Hydra. Originally from England, she has found a welcome home in Berlin where she focuses her time between creating events and art, and being an activist for feminist, Sex Worker and environmental issues....With some hedonism thrown in just for fun. She joins us to discuss the upcoming event Huren Hören which will feature a curated line-up of storytellers from across the spectrum of Berlin sex workers, from pro-dommes to full-service escorts and more. Hosted by Smut Slam founder Cameryn Moore (herself a former phone sex operator), this intimate, enthralling evening of true-life tales offers its audiences both entertainment and insight, art and activism, and a chance to really understand what we mean when we say, “Sex Work is Work.” Hydra e.V.: https://www.hydra-berlin.de/beratungsstelle/hilfsfonds/ Huren Hören (tickets): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/huren-horen-an-evening-of-sex-workers-stories-tickets-104622552872 Huren Hören (Facebook event):

The COVID-19 Crisis has caused a lot of ripples thru the world and one came to my attention via my friend Danny Coposescu. An avid football fan and political historian, Danny comes on to discuss his favorite team, Scotland's Celtic FC, who have just been named league champions despite the season not coming to a formal conclusion! On this episode we are drinking O'Donnell Toffee Flavored moonshine!  We are excited to continue to have O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast!  Find out more at www.odonnell.de The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversations from the unique to the mundane and take shots at figuring out this crazy modern world. This happens both literal

The boys are back in town! Well sort of... co-hosts of the cast Justin and Intruder Green join up with Matthew over video chat to catch up on our lockdown leisure activities and rant a bit about what we expect post-Corona!  On this episode I am drinking O'Donnell moonshine!  We are excited to continue to have O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast!  Find out more at www.odonnell.de This episode was Associate Produced by Steff Groupner and Edited by Julia Kragh. The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversations from the unique to the mundane and take shots at figuring out this crazy modern world. This happens both literally and figuratively as each episode is proper

Born in Japan, raised in Brazil, Kotoe started her artistic career as an Enka (traditional Japanese) singer, establishing herself later as a Musical Theater Actress in Brazil for years. In 2015, she moved to Berlin exploring electronic beats and finds herself comfortable to experiment to mix tunes trough melodies in a new way of storytelling. Kotoe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kotoek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kotoekk/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kotoekk Latest "United We Stream" DJ Set: https://www.facebook.com/kotoekk/videos/2649357228717494/ On this episode I am drinking O'Donnell moonshine!  We are excited to continue to have O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast!  Find out more at www.odonnell.de This episode was Associate Produced by Steff Groupner and Edited by Julia Kragh. The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booz

Punk Gets Rocked: The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on many, including punk rockers such as Andy Davies and his Manchester Punk Festival. Cancellations also impact supporting players like videographer Claudio Stanghellini who depends on festivals and concerts to make a living. Manchester Punk Festival: https://manchesterpunkfestival.co.uk/ TNSRecords: https://www.tnsrecords.co.uk/ Claudio Stanghellini: http://www.claudiostanghellini.com/ On this episode I am drinking O'Donnell moonshine!  We are excited to continue to have O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast!  Find out more at www.odonnell.de This episode was Associate Produced by Steff Groupner and Edited by Julia Kragh. The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience ever

Katrin Wipper is a Berlin based tour booker and promoter for Destiny Tour Booking, one of the biggest tour booking agencies for alternative music with a focus on punk in Europe. She has worked with bands like Less Than Jake, Propagandhi, friends of the podcast Bad Cop, Bad Cop and many more. With the cancellations of concerts and tours in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we welcome Katrin to the podcast to share her inside perspective. https://www.destiny-tourbooking.com/ On this episode I am drinking O'Donnell moonshine!  We are excited to continue to have O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast!  Find out more at www.odonnell.de The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures an

Performance artist and Smut Slam creator Cameryn Moore returns to the podcast to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 virus on her livelihood, and Smut Slams rapid pivot to online events. Cameryn Moore is an award-winning playwright/performer, sex activist and educator, sidewalk pornographer, and a long-time phone sex operator. Her work in theatre, literature, and activism/advocacy is both a challenge and invitation to adventurous audiences everywhere. She is the writer and performer of five solo shows: Phone Whore, slut (r)evolution, for | play, The Pretty One (and other things that need to be said), and nerdfucker. To date, she has toured these shows to over 50 cities around the world. She is the creator and frequent host of Smut Slam, a storytelling open mic featuring real-life, first-person sex stories, and BEDx, a bar education night for sex geeks. When not performing, Cameryn sets up her world-famous traveling Smut Stand, providing bespoke typewritten erotica on the spot to happy drunks and discerning pa

Marcel Izidoro is a podcaster, filmmaker, writer/director and social activist once considered one of the most creative people in the world by AdWeek. In this episode we discuss the impacts that COVID-19 has had on his life in Sao Paulo and dedicatedly talk about #EuEstou, one of the biggest mental health promotion platforms in Brazil, which uses social networks to demystify, educate and support people who have or are around people with mental health problems. You can find Marcel on most social media channels at with the handle @mmizidoro and for more information on #EuEstou you can follow @euestou On this episode I am drinking O'Donnell Harte Nuss moonshine!  O'Donnell Moonshine continues on as our schnapps sponsor for the podcast! This 'hazelnut' moonshine is a delicious and sweet flavored liquor! Find out more at www.odonnell.de The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booz

Jeff Ayers is the host of the Fueled By Death Cast, the official podcast of the Deathwish Coffee Company, where he also serves as broadcast media manager. He is also a long time friend, and fellow musician.  We discuss the impact that the lockdowns from the Corona Virus Pandemic are having on podcasters, the Deathwish Coffee Company itself, and creatives and people in general.  Fueled By Death Cast Podcast: https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/collections/fueled-by-death-cast On this episode I am drinking O'Donnell Toffee moonshine!  We are excited to welcome O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast! This 'toffee' moonshine is a delicious and sweet caramel flavored liquor that is much smoother and less sweet than expected, very drinkable! Find out more at www.odonnell.de The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new cu

Eshrat and Angela join the podcast to discuss the immediate impacts of the spread of Corona Virus on everyday people that are oft overlooked in situations such as this. For them and many like them, their everyday lives are about to be completely different, that is if they can rebuild from nothing.  The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program is a jointly funded program between the US State Department and the German Bundestag. The program has been curtailed by the spread of the Corona Virus and all of the participating students are being repatriated, many back to home countries where they have no homes or apartments, no jobs, no health insurance, and very little in the form of support from their governments.  Read more about the enforced migration at their Change.org petition to stop it, or at least solicit more support: https://www.change.org/p/cbyx-ppp-german-bundestag-putting-kids-at-risk-with-forced-travel?source_location=topic_page&fbclid=IwAR33u9jDnmGHHC_neY-gw_omY73VzBESdnY1JJMCQZE0K_GTjTv9ArL_XX

Kirsty and Cory Call visit with their acoustic project from Munich. The two mostly spread melancholic, punk-tinged songs while consuming copious amounts of booze! https://thecallsaredrunks.bandcamp.com On this episode we are drinking O'Donnell Harte Nuss Moonshine! We are excited to welcome O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast! This 'hard hazelnut' moonshine is a delicious and smooth liquor that resembles frangelico but with a notable kick! Find out more at www.odonnell.de The podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversations from the unique to the mundane and take shots at figuring out this crazy modern world. This happens both literally and figuratively as each epi

The English Theatre Leipzig Company is presenting Sophocles' "Philoctetes" this March and Director Abigail Akavia joins the podcast along with stars Em Wessel and Felix Kerkhoff. A famed archer, Philoctetes, set out against Troy with Achilles and the other Greek heroes but was bit on the foot by a snake along the way. The wound festered and stank, and Philoctetes screamed in pain so hideously that the fleet abandoned him on Lemnos, a desert island. Philoctetes survived on whatever he could shoot with his magical bow, the one he inherited from his friend Heracles. Ten years later, the Greeks learn through prophecy that Philoctetes and his bow are needed against Troy, and a plot is hatched to get him back. TICKETS: https://www.neues-schauspiel-leipzig.de/karten On this episode we are drinking O'Donnell Bratapfel Moonshine! We are excited to welcome O'Donnell Moonshine as a new schnapps sponsor for the podcast! This 'baked apple' moonshine is a delicious and smooth liquor that features hints of cinnamon and vani

Justin and Intruder Green join Matthew to refresh our Roll20 game table and we discuss a wide variety of German curiosities! On this episode, we are drinking a wide variety of schnapps including Shot At That Homemade Lemoncello, Romanian Moonshine, and Three Wood Laphroaig! - We find ourselves flush with options after the holidays and after sharing a birthday celebration, so we crack into it all!  Special thanks to returning show sponsors, Leipziger Spirituosen Manufaktur! https://www.leipziger-spirituosen-manufaktur.de/ A podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversations from the unique to the mundane and take shots at figuring out this crazy modern world. This happens both literally and

Happy New Year everybody! I do a recap and talk about big goals for the podcast with our tight bud, Matthew Hendershot of the I'll Take a Shot at That podcast. It's another crossover episode. Woohoo! Intruder Green from pop punk band, Masked Intruder documents all his favorite conversations with friends from music and crimes. Photo and logo design by Bambi Guthrie Patreon.com/intrudergreen Intruder Green Call-In Line: 608-535-9608 www.intrudergreen.com All social media: @intrudergreen Sponsors: https://www.stupidradmerch.com/ https://www.yeahmansguitars.com/ A podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversations from the unique to the mundane and take shots at figuring out this crazy modern worl

Justin and Intruder Green join Matthew to kick off the 2020 ITASAT Season with a run down of our ambitions and resolutions for the upcoming year! On this episode, we are drinking a wide variety of schnapps including Shot At That Homemade Lemoncello, Romanian Moonshine, and Three Wood Laphroaig! - We find ourselves flush with options after the holidays and after sharing a birthday celebration, so we crack into it all!  Special thanks to returning show sponsors, Leipziger Spirituosen Manufaktur! https://www.leipziger-spirituosen-manufaktur.de/ A podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversations from the unique to the mundane and take shots at figuring out this crazy modern world. This happens b

Fellow podcaster, host of The Theatre Podcast, and long time friend of mine Alan Seales and I jump on a trans-Atlantic call to discuss our Top Ten Highlight Moments of 2019! https://thetheatrepodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTheatrePodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/theatre_podcast/ https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/ On this episode, we are drinking Shot At That Homemade Lemoncello!- As an effort to home-make some Christmas presents, Matthew dove into creating a batch of lemoncello from a recipe he had explained to him once years ago. Lots of improvisation and patience, along with the amazing support of friends at Leipziger Spirituosen Manufaktur bring this episode the first test draw off the batch! https://www.leipziger-spirituosen-manufaktur.de/ A podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the sp

Justin rejoins Matthew in the studio to discuss his recent visit to Germany's hospital and healthcare system, then we shift gears to discuss the recent UK Election results, all while drinking homemade lemoncello! On this episode, we are drinking Shot At That Homemade Lemoncello!- As an effort to home-make some Christmas presents, Matthew dove into creating a batch of lemoncello from a recipe he had explained to him once years ago. Lots of improvisation and patience, along with the amazing support of friends at Leipziger Spirituosen Manufaktur bring this episode the first test draw off the batch! https://www.leipziger-spirituosen-manufaktur.de/ A podcast for thinkers, wanderers and drink'n'ponderers. Matthew Hendershot is your host, accompanied by co-hosts, Jake and Justin plus many guests throughout this journey, a booze fueled jaunt through a new land with new customs and rules. In the spirit of unbridled curiosity and the will to experience everything this eclectic crew set out on adventures and conversatio