Drinks On Monday with The Strike Team

Talking about all the stuff you didn't know needed to be talked about...

Andrew Vanderbilt, Co-Creator of ADVENTURE ACE 11/18/2025

Andrew Vanderbilt, Co-Creator of ADVENTURE ACE Local artist Andrew Vanderbilt drops in on the Atomic Tiki Lounge to discuss his book ADVENTURE ACE IN THE VALLEY OF THE GIANT SNAKES and promote his appearance at Beverly's Bookies on small business Saturday. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/39070920

Cutwater Challenge 1/4 11/14/2025

Cutwater Challenge 1/4 In this very special series of episodes, The Strike Team take the Cutwater Challenge as presented by Dan. This week, the gang cracks open their first can and discuss how they spent their Halloween. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/39035795

Halloween Candy Trauma Dump 10/31/2025

Halloween Candy Trauma Dump Pat brings the teenage Tick Tock trend of the Halloween candy trauma dump to the core four, and some of the answers may surprise you! /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/38862725

Bill's Place & The Cramps' BAD MUSIC FOR BAD PEOPLE (1984) 10/22/2025

Bill's Place & The Cramps' BAD MUSIC FOR BAD PEOPLE (1984) We're back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge discussing one of Mike's favorite new resturants, Bill's Place in Brookfield and Ashley's record of choice, The Cramps' BAD MUSIC FOR BAD PEOPLE. Along the way they discuss shopping malls, colonoscopies, and Ace Frehley. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/38747310

BuzzBuzzball Biggies Grapes Gone Wild 10/16/2025

BuzzBuzzball Biggies Grapes Gone Wild Dan Lynch presents BuzzBuzzball Biggies Grapes Gone Wild as the Strike Team dives into this purple flavored liqour, work life, and dogs and kids being allowed into bars. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/38606925

Free Speech'll Cost Ya 10/03/2025

Free Speech'll Cost Ya The core four are back in the basement looking back at the past month's news cycle: Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and the notion of free speech. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/38456220

Paramore RIOT!, Just Kabobs, and Whatever Is Left In Mike's Fridge 09/09/2025

Paramore RIOT!, Just Kabobs, and Whatever Is Left In Mike's Fridge The Strike Team is back! Refreshed from their summer vacation Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat recount their favorite memories of summer 2025. They also dive into Mike's new love of roulette, the Swift-Kelce engagement, and what they want to do next year. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/38144355

Battle Of The Bands #3 08/13/2025

Battle Of The Bands #3 The core four are enjoying their summer break ot varying degrees, but we will be back come fall! Until then, here's a new episode in which they pit two songs with something arbitrary in common against one another. Only one can survive. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/37802330

The $20 Menards Challenge #1 07/01/2025

The $20 Menards Challenge #1 Ashley challenges the rest of the Strike Team to spend $20 and only $20 at Menards and what everyone comes home with may surprise you. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/37231045

JAWS At 50 & The Summer Blockbuster 06/27/2025

JAWS At 50 & The Summer Blockbuster The core four are collecting conch shells and chatting about JAWS (1975) and get sidetracked by their other favorite summer blockbusters and Dr. Chase Meridian's nylons. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/37178630

Rush, MOVING PICTURES (1981), La Paloma Blanca, And Summer Vacation 06/19/2025

Rush, MOVING PICTURES (1981), La Paloma Blanca, And Summer Vacation The core four enjoy some Mexican ice cream and look back at Rush's breakthrough album, 1981's MOVING PICTURES. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/37078775

Summer Concert Season @ Credit Union 1 Ampitheatre 06/09/2025

Summer Concert Season @ Credit Union 1 Ampitheatre Or is it The World? Or The Tweeter? Or First Midwest Bank? Whatever you call it, if you live in Chicago and listen to this show, you've probably been loaded on that lawn. Dan brings a list of concerts he's excited for this summer. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36929505

The Point Sports Bar & Grill, THE CARS (1978), & Favorite Birthdays 06/06/2025

The Point Sports Bar & Grill, THE CARS (1978), & Favorite Birthdays Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat are back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge to discuss one of their favorite new hangouts, The Point in Crestwood. They also look back at The Cars' quintessential 1978 self-titled release, and look back on some of their favorite past birthday celebrations. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36881375

Shooter #711: Favorite Closed Bars #1 05/19/2025

Shooter #711: Favorite Closed Bars #1 The core four look back at some of their favorite closed bars: Damaged, Beer Geeks, Shannon's Landing, and Joe Bailey's. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36631185

The Trews' HOUSE OF ILL FAME, Lucky Burrito, and Chicago's Very Own Pope 05/13/2025

The Trews' HOUSE OF ILL FAME, Lucky Burrito, and Chicago's Very Own Pope The core four look back at an overlooked entry in the 2000's garage rock explosion (out of Canada no less) The Trews and their album HOUSE OF ILL FAME (2003) and spend their Cinco De Mayo at Lucky Burrito, one of Alsip's hidden treasures. They also ponficate on 12 things that Pope Leo may have done while living in Chicago. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36555265

Shooter #710: Your Guide To The 2025 Windy City Thunderbolts! 05/09/2025

Shooter #710: Your Guide To The 2025 Windy City Thunderbolts! With the home opener upon us, the core four take a look at some of the special nights the Windy City Thunderbolts are offering their fans. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36503355

Craft Beer Or Race Horse? #1 05/02/2025

Craft Beer Or Race Horse? #1 The core four play America's favorite new game show: Craft Beer Or Race Horse! Just in time for the Kentucky Derby. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36412375

Andrew WK's I GET WET, KPOT, and Easter Baskets 04/25/2025

Andrew WK's I GET WET, KPOT, and Easter Baskets The core four are back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge to look back on Andrew WK's seminal I GET WET from 2001 and dig in on some KPOT in Chicago Ridge. Along the way they are distracted by TRUE BLOOD, hymens, September 11, WrestleMania, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PART II: FREDDY'S REVENGE, and Dan's shorts. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36316515

Shooter #708: Favorite Wrestling Promos & Moments 04/14/2025

Shooter #708: Favorite Wrestling Promos & Moments The core four discuss some of their favorite moments in pro wrestling. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36128010

The Refreshments FIZZY FUZZY, BIG & BUZZY, Burrito Station, & Spanish Slang 04/07/2025

The Refreshments FIZZY FUZZY, BIG & BUZZY, Burrito Station, & Spanish Slang The core four take a trip back to the '90s as they look back at Roger Clyne's first big break with The Refreshments, FIZZY, FUZZY, BIG, & BUZZY. They take a trip to Beverly's Burrito Station, discusss their favorite Spanish Slang and get distracted by Vegas, gambling, and a big bottle of Patron. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/36039635

Shooter #707: Mike Vanderbilt Explains It All 04/01/2025

Shooter #707: Mike Vanderbilt Explains It All Mike dishes all the dirt on his weird and wild journey from behind the stick to behind the chair, his decision to go to beauty school, giving up on the bartender lifestyle, that OTHER podcast, the friends he lost along the way, and his dedication to life long learning. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35944365

Shooter #706: Cheese Mate! 03/26/2025

Shooter #706: Cheese Mate! Dan comes bearing gifts: Korean corn dogs from the new opened Cheese Mate on 95th street over in the old Sesame Inn. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35870785

Shooter #705: Battle Of The Bands #1 03/17/2025

Shooter #705: Battle Of The Bands #1 The core four pit songs against one each other. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35733160

Shooter #704: Spring Cleaning 03/10/2025

Shooter #704: Spring Cleaning This week, the core four does some spring cleaning in Mike's liqour cabinet in a attempt to get rid of some odds and ends. Along the way they are disctracted by their teenage years, their first jobs, and DOGE. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35610000

Barenaked Ladies' STUNT (1998), Wu's Ramen, and The Gold Card 03/04/2025

Barenaked Ladies' STUNT (1998), Wu's Ramen, and The Gold Card The core four is back in the basement delivering the post mortem on Rockford Files return to racine, ANORA and the Oscars, and then out to lunch at Wu's Ramen. They also dive into the 1998 breakthrough album, STUNT by Barenaked Ladies. Along the way they get distracted by flat earthers, prison life, the Bophouse, and KING OF THE HILL. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35527510

Shooter #703: Love Is In The Air 02/24/2025

Shooter #703: Love Is In The Air The core four recount their Valentine's dates and reminisce about some of their favorite hotel and motel experiences. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35413420

V-Day, Burrito Jalisco, Jimmy Eat World's BLEED AMERICAN (2001), and the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 02/18/2025

V-Day, Burrito Jalisco, Jimmy Eat World's BLEED AMERICAN (2001), and the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame The core four are back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge to discuss their weekends of love, Alsips largest Mexican restaurant, and Jimmy Eat World's seminal 2001 album, BLEED AMERICAN (or self-titled, depending on when you bought it.) They also break down this year's nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35332810

2025 Explosive Super Bowel Spectacular I 02/09/2025

2025 Explosive Super Bowel Spectacular I Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat discuss some of their most memorable movements. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35207760

My Chemical Romance's THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE, Sanders' BBQ, and Who's The Better Brother? 02/03/2025

My Chemical Romance's THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE, Sanders' BBQ, and Who's The Better Brother? Kristin joins Ashley, Dan, and Mike as tehy dive into My Chemical Romance's 2004 release, THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE and they take a trip to Sanders' BBQ in Beverly. They also play a game of "Who's The Better Brother" with Mike and Dan (Kristin's play brother) answering a round of trivia about the South Side Cougar. Along the way they get distracted by the flu, funko pops, and so much more! /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/35133085

DoM Shooter #70: Sydney Sweeney, body image, & hygene. 01/21/2025

DoM Shooter #70: Sydney Sweeney, body image, & hygene. Ashley, Mike, and Pat discuss internet trolls, Sydney Sweeney, body image, and hygiene with all of the grace and dignity you've come to expect from Drinks On Monday. /episode/index/show/drinksonmonday/id/34949145

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