Episodes Episode 99
LIVE at Harpoon Brewery — Our Drunkest Episode Yet
For only the second time ever, Peter and Scott share a table — at Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, Vermont — with two full flights, a pile of food, and what Scott calls the drunkest FWB ever. Expect a Boston Irish Stout vs. Guinness debate, mislabeled beers, a cameo from our waitress Kim, and a genuine deep-dive into whether Claude Code is getting dumber.
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The Topics
- The Brews (Harpoon flight)
- Boston Irish Stout (nitro — “not Guinness, but totally Guinness”)
- Harpoon Dark / “Big Toasty” English Strong Ale
- Seaport After Midnight — lactose stout with cocoa nib & vanilla (the crowd favorite)
- UFO White — the flagship Hefeweizen
- Mud Season / Hoppy Brown, 8.4% (the shared least favorite)
- A Wagyu burger, a chicken-thigh sandwich, and some incredible fries
- The Catamount-to-Harpoon brewery backstory
- Tracking your meals with AI (Foodnoms guessing 4,318-calorie fries)
- Peter’s “Authentic Marathon” training and his Greek-German roots
- A Comma 3 self-driving rig that won’t stay stuck to the windshield
- Space Force vs. a proposed “Cyber Force”
- Is Claude Code getting dumber?
- Why AI chats are stateless — and the case for and against AI
- EVs, hybrids & “binary throttle mode”