3. Bourbon (the liquor) and Bourbon (the royal family)

Jericho always thought bourbon whiskey was a fancy French thing like Courvoisier or cognac. But no, bourbon is a distinctly American liquor, defined and protected by federal law! So how did bourbon get its name, and what, if anything, does the name have to do with the House of Bourbon, the French royal family best known for monarchs like Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? Jericho and Hadrian travel to Bourbon County, Kentucky, the supposed birthplace of bourbon whiskey, to get some answers.

Shout-outs to Hartfield & Co., Bourbon County’s first bourbon distillery since 1919, and the Hopewell Museum of Paris, Kentucky for their generous time.

2. Whiskeys

The Difference Between tackles whiskeys—all of them. We get a private whiskey-tasting party care of Straight Up Bar and Beverage, covering scotch (blended, single malt, smoked, peated), Irish whiskey, bourbon, rye, and also discussing Canadian and Japanese whiskeys. Fun fact: after an hour of tasting six different whiskeys, whiskey tastes f#$%ing disgusting and makes you regret tasting six different whiskeys in an hour.

EPISODE 1: The Danish and The Dutch

The Danes. The Dutches. Both are northern Europeans (right?). They come from Denmark, and Holland. Or the Netherlands. Amsterdam is in one of them. Copenhagen might be. Or is it Stockholm? Jericho collects some Danish/Dutch associations from rando’s on the street, and talks to a pair of Danish people and Dutch people each to really figure out the difference between them.