On this 30th episode of Beyond Reproach we finally drink a vodka cocktail! Huzzah! We imbibe on a White Russian (a drink that has nothing to do with Russia and everything to do with vodka) in honor of the 1970s, the era of both of our scandals.
🍸 - The White Russian
ALSO DISCUSSED: Leisure suits, Peanut & banana sandwiches, Guess Who is Coming to Dinner, Milk of Magnesia, More Than a Crush Podcast, Return to Sender, doing the Mariah Carey, rooftop bars, Cynthia Nixon, It’s Above Me Now, Covid Island, marginal tax rate, and old person flavors.
For more info on our episode cocktail: White Russian
The History of the White Russian
Origin Of The White Russian
For more info on the history of vodka:
How America Fell in Love With Vodka
Vodka Is the Most Popular Spirit in the World. Yet Most Bartenders Hate It.
It’s above me now:
Its Above Me Now (Original)
STEPHANIE does a deep dive into that inexplicable time when Elvis Presley met with President Nixon and begged to become a federal narcotics agent. We toast to...DRUGS!
When Nixon Met Elvis - Citations
Elvis Presley's Letter to President Richard Nixon
When Elvis Met Nixon | History
Before there was Kanye and Trump, there was Elvis and Nixon
The Time Elvis Presley Called The Beatles 'Anti-American' To Nixon
Elvis' addiction was the perfect prescription for an early death
Elvis Presley's drug enforcement badge up for auction at Graceland
TUX explores the time when Ford essentially told New York City to drop dead during a financial crisis when it was on the verge of bankruptcy. We raise our glasses to cutting off one’s nose to spite one's face.
How the Fiscal Crisis of the ’70s Shaped Today’s New York (Published 2017)
'Welcome to Fear City' – the inside story of New York's civil war, 40 years on
The Night New York Saved Itself from Bankruptcy
The 1970s Pamphlet Aimed At Keeping Tourists Out Of NYC
Ford to City: Drop Dead in 1975 - New York Daily News
Lessons From the Great Default Crisis of 1975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses#Early_life_and_rise_to_power
Wiki - City University of New York
Wiki - History of New York City
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