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Welcome to Lax Historical Context! Sasha and Sean are two jovial nerds who decided to take their love of whiskey and history and see if anyone wanted to listen to them drink the former and talk about the latter. Each episode features them reviewing a different drink accompanying a random, usually unrelated topic that is at least vaguely historical in nature. Sometimes full of hot air, sometimes offensive, and often both at the same time, Lax Historical Context is the history podcast for peop ...
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US Presidents may get a holiday, but you know who doesn't? US Vice Presidents. Lax Historical Context is here to right that wrong, by talking about a couple of them for like 40 minutes! Sasha and Sean tell you about a couple of this country's past running mates, while drinking the Saturdays Are For The Brews from Lead Dog Brewing.…
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Originally a "Meanwhile in Japan" episode, Lax Historical Context instead talks about disasters that happened in 1923 (one of which happened to Japan!). Sasha and Sean also have some fun with a brief 1923 quiz because a lot of stuff apparently happened that year. This episode is accompanied by Seismic Brewing's Shatter Cone IPA.…
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Lax Historical Context takes a special trip to the city of brotherly love! Not really, but they are talking about brothers. Specifically, a couple of brothers whose siblings were way more famous than them. Despite neither subject being a twin, Sean and Sasha drink the I Always Felt Closer to IPAs than I Did to People IPA from Evil Twin Brewing.…
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At some point (most likely September 1st), Lax Historical Context celebrated one year of podcasting. We realized this because this is now the second Nevada Day episode we've done, so...yay! Right? Anyway, Sasha and Sean talk some more Nevada on account of the special day that isn't Halloween. To celebrate, they drink Nevada Strong, a Belgian strong…
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The folks at Lax Historical Context couldn't figure out a decent title for this one, so here you go. This week's episode sees Sean and Sasha talk about some people who were leaders or who aspired to be leaders and terrible things that that they did or narrowly avoided. You know, how some real world leaders actually endure difficult things? Yeah, li…
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It's a Lax Historical Context bonus (or update) episode! Sasha is taking Sean on a brief 10-minute journey to give an update on her topic from Episode 23 - Naval Whoopsies. A mini episode deserves a mini drink, and their (brief) discussion is accompanied by Old St Andrews Clubhouse Blended Scotch Whisky, which comes in a tiny, golf ball-sized bottl…
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Hello Lax Historical Context listeners! Sasha and Sean return with another episode in which they ruin Hollywood's best historical efforts. This time, they hope you didn't already like John Woo's 2002 action war flick Windtalkers. As they ruin the suspension of disbelief, they drink Leinenkugel's Grapefruit Shandy, solely because it features a Nativ…
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Lax Historical Context is here to tell you about some overlooked inventors! Sasha and Sean discuss a few people who get way too little credit for the awesome things they created. As they discuss, they (try to) drink Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine, and Sasha may or may not be trying to finish a certain birthday drink from last episode.…
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This is a Lax Historical Context public service announcement: Sean and Sasha would like you to vaccinate your fucking children. As such, in this episode, they discuss the history of a couple of the super helpful anti-sick skin pricks. Accompanying their discussion this weeks is Simpler Times Lager by...some lager. Honestly, the beer didn't even kno…
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Sasha and Sean are still a bit bitter about the ending of Game of Thrones, so they decided to discuss the show's good old days! On this new episode, they discuss some of the real historical events that inspired the books that inspired the television show. They get really into it, too, as they drink the Johnnie Walker White Walker blended scotch whi…
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Look, up in the sky! It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, it’s a new episode of Lax Historical Context! In this new episode, Sean and Sasha talk about some politically incorrect fictional super people. Their accompanying drink for the episode is the Killer Penguin Barleywine Ale made by Boulder Beer in Boulder, Colorado.…
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It's time for a Lax Historical Context high school flashback! Think of it as a sort of Origins 2.0 for the supervillain aspects of Sean and Sasha. In this episode, they talk about topics they hated in high school. To accompany Sasha's nostalgia, they drink the Federalist Cabernet Sauvignon, emblazoned with Benjamin Franklin's judgmental mug.…
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On this episode of Lax Historical Context, and in honor of March Madness, Sasha and Sean have a fun look back at the origins and stories of a couple of traditions in sports. Taking a cue from other champions, they drink some champagne!! Only they didn't waste about 60 bottles of it by spraying it all over a locker room and each other.…
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