Drinking With Robots
Drinking With Robots challenges human bartenders to outmix AI in crafting the perfect cocktail. Each episode features a head-to-head battle: both sides create drinks from the same timely prompt, judged for taste, presentation, and originality. Then, we dive into a one-on-one with the bartender to uncover their story.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 39
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Knock, knock, knockin' on wood & throwing salt with Kelly Casey
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about superstitions, numerology, and how 13 might be the most well known, but not the only, number that strik…
Take Us To Your Leader with Ethan Williford
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about the history of the modern UFO encounter! From Kenneth Arnold to the Phoenix Lights, from The Roswell In…
Sorry We Sank Your Battleship with Chandler Tomayko
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about boardgames! They take you back to the beginning with some of the oldest known boardgames, the board gam…
Beware the Ides of March with Christine Riddle
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about the man, the myth, the legend - the one and only Gaius Julius Caesar! From hunting down and eradicating…
Invasion of the AI Body Snatchers with Des Santana
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about cult classic movies, albums, and cocktails. Learn the history of the phrase "cult classic", how a labor…
Pitter patter, poutine, and The Hip (allegedly) with Marian Walsh
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about our great neighbor to the north, Canada! From its transition from French and English settlements to a v…
Creepy Cryptids and Things That Go Bump in the Night with Walker Roberts
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about cryptids! From Bigfoot to Nessie to "Goat Suckers" learn about their history, their sightings, and whet…
Inaugurations and Other Bad Decisions Made In the Cold with Chris Trull
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to discuss Presidential inauguration history. Find out all about long speeches, wild parties on the lawn, and to why …
Turn off the lights and grab a bucket of blood with Bri Scott
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to celebrate National Bloody Mary Day (Jan 1), figure out who created the cocktail, and what - if anything - the cock…
A Festivus Miracle with Cody Taylor
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk all about Festivus (for the rest of us!). They'll discuss how it entered the pop culture lexicon (thank you S…
A Bag of Holding with Jon Mateer
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk all about Dungeons and Dragons. They'll discuss the history of the world's most popular tabletop role-playing…
How Much Espresso to Kill You with Patrick Dunmire
In this episode, Ingrid (@ingastura) and Rob (@rob.nester) sit down to talk about the history of espresso and how it grew to be an international phenomena that occupies not only our cof…
No Such Thing As Too Many Pumpkins with Rob Hall
It's finally Season 2! In this episode, Greg Ewan (@wokeuplikeanhourago) and I sit down to discuss what sustainability really means behind the bar, from spirits manufacturers to the hom…
Getting all Timey Wimey with Cam Byrley
In this episode, we're talking about the longest running science-fiction television show in history, Doctor Who. We sit down with Cam Byrley, bartender at the Durham, North Carolina loc…
Mr. Fernberg, Tear Down This Wall with Tyler Fernberg
In this episode, we're talking about one of the most important symbolic moments in the Cold War - The Fall of the Berlin Wall. We sit down with Tyler Fernberg, bartender at Salt Lake C…
My brother stole all the good Halloween candy with Brianna Neville
In this episode, we're digging up the history of everyone's favorite spooky holiday! We sit down with Brianna Neville, general manager and cocktail crafter at Weldon, North Carolina's W…
Apples are weird, apparently with Sharfiq Cosby
In this episode, we're diving into the American Folk hero Johnny Appleseed! We sit down with Sharfiq "Sharq" Cosby, cocktail Jedi at Clayton, North Carolina's Revival 1869, to talk abou…
Teaser: Apples are weird, apparently with Sharfiq Cosby
Join us for the full episode premiering on September 20th, 2023. We'll be talking all about Johnny Appleseed, folk icon, shrewd real-estate entrepreneur, and the man largely responsible…
I've Drank Enough for Everyone with Ian Murray
In this episode, we're exploring the burgeoning trends of the "Sober Curious" and "Mindful Mixology" movements. We sit down with Ian Murray, bartender at Raleigh, North Carolina's Found…
Teaser: I've Drank Enough for Everyone with Ian Murray
Join us for the full episode premiering on September 6th, 2023. We'll be talking all about the "Sober Curious" and "Mindful Mixology" movement.
Credits:
Ian Murray, bartender at Raleigh's…