Damp January

Episode 3: What’s the Big Deal? with Gary Shteyngart

January 15, 2025

What’s really the harm in “moderate” (whatever that means) drinking? According to New York Times bestselling author Gary Shteyngart, absolutely nothing. Luke weighs the balance between sobriety and binging in a conversation about the joys of drinking with a man who loves his martinis… and has no dreams of living into his mid-80s. While recent studies have indicated that drinking is more harmful than we once thought, why take away a small pleasure? Other things will kill us eventually, as Gary points out.