My guest is Raj Bhakta. Raj is a true practitioner of the art of cultural debris. From founding one of the first premium whiskey brands, Whistle Pig—based out of Vermont, of all places—to buying an actual college at auction, Raj is not one to limit himself.
We talk about all of those things, but especially Raj and I discuss the oldest known spirit, Armagnac, and his discovery of a great horde of Armagnac at a chateau in France, with vintages dating back over a century and a half. Raj bought it all, and the chateau, and launched Bhakta Spirits. We discuss everything from Armagnac to the Apprentice (and the guy who hosted it), but mostly Armagnac. And a little bourbon.
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CD 42 - Feasting With Caitlin Smith Gilson
CD 41 - Laird Mackintosh: The Last Phantom
CD 40 - Dale Ahlquist on G.K. Chesterton
CD 39 - Ferenc Horcher On Roger Scruton
CD 38 - John Herreid & Contemporary Catholic Art
CD 37 - Eduard Habsburg & The Habsburg Way
CD 36 - Kathryn Wehr On Dorothy Sayers and ’The Man Born to Be King’
CD 35 - Eric Twardzik & American Ivy Style
CD 34 - Holly Ordway & Sharing the Gospel Through Literature
CD 33 - Kevin Gutzman on The Jeffersonians
CD 31 - Os Guinness & The Great Quest
CD 30 - Annette Kirk: From Long Island to Mecosta
CD 29 - Luke Sheahan on The University Bookman and Academic Freedom
CD 28 - Jason M. Baxter & The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis
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