Podcast Appearances
Since February 2021, I’ve been the host of Good Beer Hunting’s Collective podcast episodes, where members of the GBH team interview one another about stories they’ve written and experiences they’ve had. Listen to all GBH podcasts here.
Interested in having me on your podcast? Email beth@bethdemmon.com.
buzzfeed daily
“Listen: The Craft Beer World Is Facing A Reckoning With Allegations Of Sexism, Assault,” live on 5/24/2021
San Diego Magazine: Happy half hour
6/3/21: Local Writer Beth Demmon Speaks About Reporting On Sexism in the Craft Beer Industry
san diego union-tribune’s “name drop San diego” podcast
It’s a job many want. Beth Demmon gets paid to drink beers and write about them. Live 8/24/21
San Diego Magazine’s “Not a parenting podcast”
Beth Demmon is a San Diego-based freelance writer and podcast host who specializes in covering the craft beer and cider industries. Her monthly newsletter Prohibitchin' spotlights women and non-binary people working in beverage alcohol across the world. Her first book, The Beer Lover's Guide to Cider, will be on shelves this fall.
On this episode of Not a Parenting Podcast, Beth discusses the unique challenges of life as a freelancer and career parent, women journalists in male-dominated industries, and the joy of cider. Listen to her episode now.
good beer hunting collective
12/2/2020: CL-061 Beth Demmon (Attempts To) Untangle Work and Worth (follow-up from Work, Worth, and Wreckage — When Your Job Is Your Life, What Happens When You Lose It?)
hugging the bar
Featured guest on Courtney Iseman’s Substack podcast and newsletter: Breaking down barriers of entry, telling the hard stories, respecting your limits, cider, and much more with one of beer's brightest voices, Beth Demmon.
Published 4/7/22
good beer hunting
Listen to the podcast conversation released at the conclusion of “The Time is Now”, a three-part series with co-authors Michael B. Jordan, Toni Boyce, and Dr. J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham. As host of the conversation with Jordan and Boyce (along with GBH editor-in-chief Claire Bullen), I discuss the current state of racial equity in craft beer, slavery’s lingering influence on entrepreneurship in the United States, and how both COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests have accelerated the conversations around diversity and justice.
good beer hunting with ren navarro, beer.diversity
1/11/2021: As a queer Black woman who seeks to educate, enlighten, and engage, Navarro calls herself a “reluctant advocate” as one of the only people in her immediate area in Canada to consistently work towards a more equitable beer community.
kpbs roundtable
5/21/21: “Workers Call Out An Abusive Culture In Craft Beer" - The leader of a local microbrew steps down after a social media post alleging an abusive culture in the craft beer industry goes viral, local marijuana retail workers unionize, and graduating seniors at SDSU prepare for commencement during a pandemic.
Good beer hunting
6/18/22: In this first episode, Good Beer Hunting founder and creative director Michael Kiser speaks with Beth Demmon, one of our best writers and hosts about her first piece that kicks off the series - called “Keeping Neurodiversity in Mind — How Two Groundbreaking Breweries are Making Beer Spaces More Accessible”
We both rely on our limited experience as parents of neurodiverse children as a way in to appreciating and articulating the experience of neurodiverse beer drinkers, and how the industry has an emerging opportunity - especially in its hospitably sector - to broaden its approach to a wide array of audiences with specific needs that could help center them in the future of beer.
good beer hunting sightlines
2/21/23: Guest on the Good Beer Hunting Sightlines podcast series, joined by Ryan Burk and Ruvani de Silva, hosted by Bryan Roth.
good beer hunting with julia herz
As the former Craft Beer Program director of the Brewers Association, Julia Herz was the de facto face of the craft beer industry for over a decade. When COVID-19 interrupted her career trajectory, she embarked on a series of “Vision Quests” to find her new path. In our candid conversation about identity, education, responsibility, flexibility, and the future, she shares her experiences of being on the road and unveils her plans for what’s next.
ren likes to talk
10/16/21: Featured guest on “Ren Likes To Talk,” a podcast hosted by Canadian beer equity advocate Ren Navarro.
good beer hunting collective with ruvani de silva
2/1/2021: When I first “met” Ruvani de Silva in 2019, it was online. In fact, despite having talked numerous times for stories, as writing colleagues, and as Instagram friends, we’ve never met in real life. But chatting with her about her first piece for Good Beer Hunting—titled “A Rare Gem or a Llama in a Suit? — South Asian Women on Navigating (and Advancing) the Craft Beer Industry”, which was published on January 20, 2021—was the first time our conversation focused solely on Ruvani’s experiences as a South Asian woman in craft beer.
beervana podcast
Show 115: Virtual Tour of San Diego With Beth Demmon
good beer hunting collective
CL-077 Beth and Kate are Processing: Beth Demmon and Kate Bernot speak with Bryan Roth about reporting on sexual abuse and gender-based violence and discrimination in craft beer, what it means to report on these kinds of stories, how to tell them fairly and accurately, and the toll it takes as someone who has to synthesize all of these traumas and relay them to readers in a journalistic way.
san diego news fix with kristy totten
5/18/21: Sexism in San Diego's craft beer industry
When Brienne Allan asked for stories about sexism in the beer industry, she wasn't expecting thousands of messages, but that’s what she got. The stories women shared with her on Instagram range from microaggressions and bullying to violence and sexual assault. There were accusations against high-profile brewers and breweries, including some in San Diego. Beth Demmon covered this story for vinepair.com.
Good beer hunting collective
CL-042 Beth Demmon On The Punk Rock Version of The Secret
the indie beer show
1/3/20: “The Open and Closed Case of Insurgente Brewing”
the indie beer show
4/22/19: “Beth Demmon and Bonuses!”
good beer hunting out loud
OL-012 Beth Demmon Reads, "Witch (Craft) Beer — How a New Wave of Brewers are Incorporating Magic into Beer", 9/18/2020
good beer hunting with mujeres brew house
Women currently make up less than a quarter of all craft brewery owners in the United States, according to the Brewers Association’s survey on demographics within the industry. While conversations around the importance of diversity, inclusion, and equity continue to spark important change within beer, sometimes it can feel like it’s just that—talk. But pioneers within the industry who talk the talk and walk the walk do exist, and in San Diego, the women behind Mujeres Brew House are two of those trailblazers.
bitch beer podcast
Featured guest on “The Post Heard Round the World: Sexism in the Craft Beer Industry” to discuss my VinePair piece “Sweeping Accusations of Sexism, Assault Rock the Craft Beer Industry.” Hosted by Caroline King.
cheers! a coast news podcast
5/11/2020: Beth Demmon, Freelance food & beverage writer
trouble brewing
Episode Two: Is Craft Beer For Everyone?
trouble brewing
Episode Four: I Am The Homebrew Guy
good beer hunting collective
3/5/21: CL-070 Beth Demmon is riding a party wave (follow-up from Riding the Party Wave — Pizza Port Brewing Company’s Swami’s IPA)
let me drink about it
Featured guest on San Diego beer podcast on Yew! Network, 8/22/18
beer night in san diego
Episode 196 – Guild Fest LIVE, November 2018
the hop show / hopped la
“Javi and Beth dive into a diverse set of topics this week, including beer influencers, how the craft beer industry has adapted to the pandemic, the insanity of #beertwitter, shotgunning Focal Banger on a Tuesday morning, how to get started in beer media, and much more!”
1/25/2021
the brewery travels podcast
“Episode 6: San Diego - Featuring Beth Demmon & Bill Vanderburgh,” released October 7, 2021
the indie beer show
Annual Women’s Show on 3/29/21 featuring:
Cynthia Jimenez from 3 Punk Ales
Danielle Rodriguez of Belching Beaver
Carmen Favela of Border X & Mujeres Brew House
Beth Demmon from Prohibitchin’
Four Brewers Podcast
220: Real Talk with Beth and Ian at CCBS, 9/17/2018
boys are from märzen podcast
1/14/21: Beth Demmon a freelance journalist based out of San Diego joins me to discuss all her work and specifically her Prohibitchin' column, founding the Diverse Beer Writers Initiative and much more!