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The 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast has emerged from hibernation just in time to provide an array of winter survival tips....
20/01/2025

The 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast has emerged from hibernation just in time to provide an array of winter survival tips. With the drinks going down like the temperature outside our window, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and I ponder why we live in such a cold winter climate, debate whether there is a bright side to shorter days and colder nights, and discuss which animal has winter figured out (hibernate like a bear, or fly south like a bird?). So get out of the cold and join the conversation – all are welcome to hunker down in the 3Q3D igloo.

Link to Episode 87 - “Lean Into Winter” on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000684678716

Link to Ep. 87 on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3uacNFmjdJ6Vk08a6Q1IOx?si=ZKl88MLJR-a_k000y-OzRg

3Q3D is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

HOW TO BE A (LITERAL) BOSS. After several months of working sunup to sundown for The Man, the long podcasting sabbatical...
08/07/2024

HOW TO BE A (LITERAL) BOSS. After several months of working sunup to sundown for The Man, the long podcasting sabbatical is finally over. Fittingly - and over 3 excellent cocktails any working stiff would love - Amanda, Matt and I recorded from my real life office and discussed how to be an actual boss. Whether you’re a seasoned executive, an aspiring leader, or just someone curious about what it takes to be a great manager, Episode 83 is full of interesting questions and practical leadership lessons. Oh, and when it comes to the actual cocktails, let’s just say that if this episode were a performance review of 3Q3D’s mixology, we’d all be getting promoted.

Link to Episode 83 on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000661511501

Link to Episode 83 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DsrBNHFf6P74EsRdSamIN?si=PlGSzlh5S8SSBMKygDCqhg

DRINKS IN THIS EPISODE:

TEXAS SIPPER COCKTAIL >> 1 ½ oz vodka, ½ oz St. Germain elderflower liqueur, 1 ½ oz fresh grapefruit juice. Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and pour into a rocks glass with ice. Top with soda water and a mint sprig, and toast to your recent promotion.

GRASSHOPPER COCKTAIL >> 1 oz green creme de menthe; 1 oz white creme de cacao; 2 oz heavy cream. Add the green creme de menthe, white creme de cacao and heavy cream into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Grate nutmeg over the top of the drink, if desired. The kid’s got moxie, I tell ya.

GIBSON MARTINI >> 2 ½ oz Di**le gin; ½ oz dry vermouth; pickled cocktail onions. Mix gin and dry vermouth with ice in a cocktail shaker and shake like you mean it. Pour into a martini glass and add 3 cocktail onions on a toothpick. Cheers, old sport, you’re headed for the C-suite.

3rd ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EPISODE! To celebrate the third anniversary of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast, the original c...
18/03/2024

3rd ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EPISODE! To celebrate the third anniversary of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast, the original crew regroups and recreates the show’s very first episode down to the exact same questions. And although Amanda, Chris and Matt are certainly more comfortable on air, they begin to question nearly everything (including *gasp* backing into every parking space) and end up lamenting democracy writ large. While the questions from Episode 1 return, the drinks are decidely better this go round: the team brings back a few favorite cocktails from 3Q3D’s quixotic 3-year journey, including the Old Cuban, a perfect Old Fashioned, and, fittingly, the Birthday Cake Martini. Cheers to 3 years, and thanks to all who have listened!

3Q3D is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

Link to Episode 82 on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000649552875

Link to Episode 82 on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cJLg1ApR4vFoONYzQSV6A?si=TV2nBv8PTWO5-aGYuaM_XQ

THE MOVIES! If you’re a Gen X’er and a film fan, this energetic episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast is for you....
19/02/2024

THE MOVIES! If you’re a Gen X’er and a film fan, this energetic episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast is for you. Amanda Adams sits in the director’s chair for this big, buttery episode about the movies we love – and the movies we love to hate. And, as she guides the OG 3Q3D crew through a conversation about the films that framed our youth, what makes a movie objectively great, and why we love some movies that are objectively terrible, Amanda can’t help but get sentimental about a certain Legendary movie from her formative years.

3Q3D is available wherever fine podcasts are found.

Listen to Episode 81 on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000645847022

Listen to Episode 81 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pk226CXkdgFoy7HW3yj1b?si=n6Xzso7nTiee88mEZvsVOg

NGL, this is a very solid episode of the  .  With 13 children between us, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and I debate unconve...
07/02/2024

NGL, this is a very solid episode of the . With 13 children between us, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and I debate unconventional parenting do’s and don’ts, discuss whether parents today spend too little or too much time with their kids, and ponder how much our parental actions ultimately determine our children’s fate. Like most of our conversations, this one zig-zags between the insightful and the absurd while steadily building to a third cocktail crescendo (and supercharged, at the halfway mark, by THE GREATEST DRINK IN 3Q3D HISTORY). If you’re the kind of person who might shame a child into having excellent taste, then this episode is for you.

3Q3D is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

Listen to Ep. 80 on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000644464396

Listen to Ep. 80 on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0P4jt0gyWeSTFfUO1UmGVb?si=yBp3yPHAQIW3Qw6vzy_6Pg

3Q3D Ep. 79: THE DRINKING & ALCOHOL EPISODE. Alcohol is the only drug where, if you don’t use it, people assume you have...
30/01/2024

3Q3D Ep. 79: THE DRINKING & ALCOHOL EPISODE. Alcohol is the only drug where, if you don’t use it, people assume you have a problem. Kind of weird, right? Thus, in honor of my successful Dry January, we recently recorded a special “non-drinking drinking” episode of the . Over a booze-free beer and a couple of mocktails, Amanda Adams and C**t McCutcheon joined me to discuss questions that are interesting no matter how much you’ve imbibed: why are humans compelled to drink to excess? Will future generations view alcohol consumption as we view smoking today? And, the most controversial of all: is it ever okay to allow underage kids (and their friends) to drink in your home?

Whether you’re a teetotaler or an everyday tippler, I think you’ll find this conversation compelling.

Link to Episode 79 on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000643076494

Link to Episode on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AGD2jWWvoo1nr7EhUYylP?si=N1HGgTFsSayFHuoSmhozuQ

THE YEAR IN REVIEW / THE YEAR AHEAD.For the 3rd time, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and Chris Mikolay recorded a New Year’s ...
03/01/2024

THE YEAR IN REVIEW / THE YEAR AHEAD.
For the 3rd time, Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and Chris Mikolay recorded a New Year’s episode that reviews the year’s biggest headlines – from events both consequential and alarming, to stories immaterial but impossible to ignore. After lively discussion (and Amanda’s cocktail redemption), the group turns the page on 2023 and makes bold predictions for the year ahead. If you like our goofy podcast then you’ll love this episode as it swiftly slaloms between the silly and the serious. Happy New Year!

3Q3D is available on all podcasting platforms.

Link to Episode 78 on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000640425462

Link to Episode 78 on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ODmhALDIgTzIe3GZ7ePSV?si=hOAsZ4bQSmGkFrhiA5uJjQ

AUSTRALIA vs. ENGLAND vs. AMERICA! Just in time for your Thanksgiving weekend car trip across state lines comes this spe...
21/11/2023

AUSTRALIA vs. ENGLAND vs. AMERICA!

Just in time for your Thanksgiving weekend car trip across state lines comes this special transcontinental episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast. I had so much fun with my Aussie amiga, Belynda Thomas, and my British bestie, Elliot Grey, discussing what it’s like living in America from their ex-pat perspective. However, as we sipped and snacked on Elliot's "posh pigs in a blanket", things escalated faster than American portion sizes – from friendly banter into an epic showdown that would determine, once and for all, which great nation reigns supreme when it comes to music (The Beatles, case closed), animals (50 million kangaroos can't be wrong) and culinary delights (your country is automatically disqualified if you enjoy either Vegemite or Marmite, sorry). Whether you prefer your soccer to be called football or your football to use Australian rules, you’ll enjoy listening to Belynda and Elliot discuss their perspective on Australian, British and American culture as much as you’ll love their classic Aussie and British senses of humour.

Link to Episode 77 on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000635587597

Link to Episode 77 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V6pUdqZ1IUvC8I5Ww9a4D?si=HER6CpXjRvuWHO-EKTft9A

3Q3D is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

THE POLITICS EPISODE! As our great nation once again goes to the polls, the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast finally talks ...
06/11/2023

THE POLITICS EPISODE! As our great nation once again goes to the polls, the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast finally talks politics.

Whether you’re firmly Team Blue or a diehard of Team Red, I bet you’d agree the state of politics in America is pretty grim. Maybe the USA just needs to sit down for a few cocktails and have a more productive conversation, like the one in Episode 76?

While the introduction is as long as the Gettysburg Address, I think you’ll enjoy this conversation with longtime 3Q3D cohost and political ju**ie Amanda Adams, and actual living, breathing politician Casey Weinstein , current serving in the 34th district of the Ohio House of Representatives. Over drinks both sophisticated and unrefined, we discuss the root causes of our political polarization, how we might see people less through the lens of red or blue and instead, as human beings worthy of respect no matter their political persuasion, and why LeBron James has a future in politics.

The 3 Questions, 3 Drinks is available on all podcasting platforms.

Link to Episode 76, “The State of Politics in America” on Apple Podcasts here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000633871312

Link to Episode 76 on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HUbFhBhBxkcdDoinJ7J74?si=43gBfo_ASUSnsqmjOEvjRw

THE SHARK TANK EPISODE. At some point in our lives, we all have a million-dollar idea. The biggest difference between a ...
31/10/2023

THE SHARK TANK EPISODE. At some point in our lives, we all have a million-dollar idea. The biggest difference between a successful idea and one that fails, though, is often simply this: whether or not one takes action. In today's episode of 3Q3D, you'll meet three women who not only have big ideas, they’re turning them into reality. Over three great drinks – including a cocktail inspired by one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in history – Chris mimics Mr. Wonderful and challenges Kris Leigh, the founder of FÜZI PETS, and Sarah Filipovitz and Ellen Velez, the co-founders of FlipFort, to prove that their respective startups can become the next big thing. Kris, Sarah, and Ellen candidly share what inspired them to take the entrepreneurial leap of faith, lessons learned and struggles they never anticipated, and – as busy working mothers – the upside of being a 'mom-preneur.' If you've ever dreamt of doing something bold, or if you're just fascinated by people who have the courage to put ideas into action, you'll admire Kris, Sarah, and Ellen's entrepreneurial moxie.

Get 20% off your order Fuzi or FlipFort order with discount code 3DRINKS

3Q3D is available on all podcasting platforms. Listen on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000633112347

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WwUedhJ6AwwkQS3WzilT5?si=fjlAqLd9SUmow-JreG69AA

3Q3D Episode 74: FEELING BURNED OUT – AND FINDING BALANCE.If you’ve wondered why it’s been a minute since a new episode ...
23/10/2023

3Q3D Episode 74: FEELING BURNED OUT – AND FINDING BALANCE.

If you’ve wondered why it’s been a minute since a new episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast dropped, well, Chris has been totally burned out, man. But fear not, because Matt Jordan and Amanda Adams come to the rescue with a few great questions about the nature of burnout and how one can restore balance to a busy life. While the questions are excellent and the conversation vintage 3Q3D, the cocktails are a bit on the questionable side: after Matt pours a delightfully creamy concoction, Amanda makes something like an Old Fashioned, only awful, and Chris, well, he uses a blender to concoct a frozen Tokyo Tea that only a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle could love. If you’ve been feeling similarly stuck in a rut, let this episode be the self-care you deserve.

3Q3D is available on all podcasting platforms.

Link to Episode 74, “Welcome to my Mid-Life Crisis” on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275

Link to Ep. 74 on Spotify: https://spotify.link/YMpy9Pc57Db

3Q3D Ep. 70: UNDERRATED / OVERRATED / PROPERLY RATED. Are s’mores a delicious and gooey summertime confection, or a flam...
20/06/2023

3Q3D Ep. 70: UNDERRATED / OVERRATED / PROPERLY RATED. Are s’mores a delicious and gooey summertime confection, or a flaming, sticky, overrated mess? Is the Mona Lisa a priceless work of must-see Renaissance art, or an overrated and confusingly small portrait not worth fighting the crowd to see? And, is pineapple on pizza a delicious example of culinary creativity, or an insult to pizza-loving tastebuds that could only be enjoyed by a sociopath?

In the first of a special 3 part series of mini-episodes exploring different themes, Episode 70 debates whether a variety of items are “overrated”, “underrated” or “properly rated”. Oh, and just to set the record straight: fireworks displayed are decidedly underrated, particularly if they’re detonated all at once (just ask the city of San Diego in 2012).

The 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast is available wherever fine podcasts are downloaded.

Link to Episode 70 on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000617535644

Link to Episode 70 on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/12fy3YKuwTYIfvR2Nn8W0F?si=cUrhzk6dSKCx0l_xwqVzWQ

3 1/2 years ago I took the most epic plane ride ever after being randomly seated next to these amazing Cat Ladies as the...
08/05/2023

3 1/2 years ago I took the most epic plane ride ever after being randomly seated next to these amazing Cat Ladies as they returned with the GRAND CHAMPION CAT OF THE YEAR from the 2019 International Cat Competition. After buying them numerous cocktails at 35,000 feet, they finally agreed to bring out the award winning feline and even allowed me to hold it up like Simba. They then admitted they had smuggled a second cat aboard, and that one came out too (it’s the one that looks like Wilford Brimley). At any rate, I tell this story in the most recent episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast, where Amanda Adams, Matt Jordan and I discuss all things “Pets & Animals” (the third drink segment includes the most absurd and cringe-inducing question we’ve ever discussed. I apologize in advance).

At any rate, Ep. 69, “Cat Ladies, Fur Babies and the Loving Embrace of a Gentle Panda” is out now and available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

Link to episode on Apple Podcasts here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000612146474

Link to episode on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/17GpVJTzfA4OqcRL3lVazm?si=WwXOvDgUSNW7WS2CU0V-bA

VIVA LAS VEGAS! Vegas gal pals Mahsheed Parsons and Ashley Bryant Dowd, with their billboards and bling, could easily pa...
01/05/2023

VIVA LAS VEGAS! Vegas gal pals Mahsheed Parsons and Ashley Bryant Dowd, with their billboards and bling, could easily pass for reality TV stars. They lead a life wholly unfamiliar to 3Q3D creator Chris Mikolay, but over several drinks designed to cure his Sin City hangover, Chris finds that “Mash and Ash” are so much more than skin deep. Hear how Mahsheed used the power of positive thinking to turn her life around and become THE name in Las Vegas Luxury real estate (and learn what passes for “luxury” in Vegas these days), and find out how Ashley went from rural Missouri farmgirl who once taxidermied a squirrel to marrying a Fabio lookalike who once had a diamond dealer, with rocks the size of doorknobs strapped to her body, fly across the country for Ashley’s ring fitting. This episode, like these friends, is fun and fascinating – and it just might be the precursor to the future “Mash and Ash Podcast”.

Link to episode on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000611241515

Link to episode on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/31i33wJaa5XRMEeGe2GLWO?si=R6hbUR6QSc2fzNtJnS0Xbg

Mahsheed Parsons Ashley Bryant Dowd

Don’t let Matt Jordan’s modesty fool you. Not only did he write the intro to the latest episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Dr...
22/03/2023

Don’t let Matt Jordan’s modesty fool you. Not only did he write the intro to the latest episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast, he hosted an excellent show (although, to be fair, the conversation more than made up for the terrible drink he shared, which tasted like a liquefied version of your Grandma’s favorite jar of potpourri. SMH).

In a discussion about FRIENDSHIP & COMMUNITY, we pondered the declining state of friendship in America, whether your spouse should be your best friend, and the most important traits a true friend should have.

And even though Matt wondered aloud about “where he could get better friends”, I really liked this episode - almost as much as I like hanging out with my friends Matt and Amanda Adams.

The 3 Questions, 3 Drinks podcast is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

Link to to Ep. 67, “I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends” on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275

Link to episode on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/01fUtF243SluChtvTCN2tQ?si=bWGMwITuRreJQvPd1LHY_Q

“The one constant through all the years Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s...
06/03/2023

“The one constant through all the years Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.”

- Terrence Mann, as played by James Earl Jones, in Field of Dreams.

After listening to this latest episode of the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast, you will remember all that is good and beautiful about America’s Game. Chris welcomes Ken Babby, the owner of two minor league baseball teams, the Akron RubberDucks (AA affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians) and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (AAA affiliate of the Miami Marlins) for 3 drinks (including a special 10-year-old bottle of bourbon and two classic baseball-themed cocktails) and an engaging conversation about what it’s like to operate two professional sports franchises nine hundred miles apart, how minor league teams dream up new promotions, and how baseball and Ken’s vision of “affordable family fun” can compete in a world of diminishing attention spans.

Link to Episode 66, “If You Build It, They Will Come” on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000602956736

Link to episode on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7e1IXgOYpZS968swrESADR?si=cpLc6OtuScyLMgwDLz9puw

LUCK! FATE! SERENDIPITY! Welcome to the “Choose Your Own Adventure” episode. Just buckle up and go along for the ride as...
09/02/2023

LUCK! FATE! SERENDIPITY!

Welcome to the “Choose Your Own Adventure” episode. Just buckle up and go along for the ride as we let pure, random chance (or is it destiny?) serve as our guide to a 3Q3D show unlike anything recorded before (or that you’ve heard anywhere else).

The 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

Link to episode in Apple Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000598711172

Link to episode in Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cX0ts0ETlHaYT7q5M4UAf?si=bMkrPaIlSm-gEaMDtmJHAg

DAD JOKE CONTEST! If you find any of these Dad Jokes offensive, then you should probably just go ahead and skip this epi...
01/02/2023

DAD JOKE CONTEST! If you find any of these Dad Jokes offensive, then you should probably just go ahead and skip this episode (seriously). But if not, and you need a few good laughs, then you’re in for a treat. Like a bad rash, C**t McCutcheon and Doug Harvey return once again on the 3 Questions, 3 Drinks Podcast, only this time they’re armed with curdled cocktails, the champagne of beers, and a variety of Dad Jokes – some that are awful, some questionable, and others so bad they’re really, really good. And if that’s not enough, Chris tells an original joke that is so stupendously awful it leaves the entire studio speechless.

3Q3D is available wherever fine podcasts are sold.

Like to Episode 63 on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-questions-three-drinks-with-chris-mikolay/id1556081275?i=1000597481631

Link to Episode 63 on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6naAV2WstSymweEv9mEAuR?si=Kqez5_gVTouHpCSUPKuhug

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