Insomnia Cookies with Mary Sohn

"Insomnia Cookies with Mary Sohn" is Episode 320 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Insomnia Cookies with Mary Sohn" was released on September 30, 2021.

## Synopsis

Mary Sohn (*A.P. Bio*, *Work In Progress*) joins the 'boys to discuss quarantine snacks and favorite fast food orders before a review of Insomnia Cookies. Plus, another edition of A Single Item Must Be Banished.

## Nick's intro

"*As California goes, so goes the country.*"

It's unclear who first originated this adage explaining how the Golden State's political trends tend to go national, whether those be regressive (like Reaganism and immigration crackdowns) or progressive (like environmental regulations or gay rights).

And in 1996, the state which contains 1/8th of America's population and comprises the world's fifth-largest economy on its own became the first to legalize medical marijuana. Soon, other states decriminalized or fully legalized wacky tobaccy for medical and recreational use, and today, though the drug remains criminal at the federal level, California marijuana dispensers are nearly as common as liquor stores.

And with the increasing permissiveness towards marijuana consumption comes that waistband-expanding side effect: the munchies.

In 2003, enterprising college student Seth Berkowitz started baking and selling cookies out of his dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania, purposely offering late-night delivery to purvey its baked goods to baked customers. By 2006, Berkowitz had opened a physical location outside of Syracuse and the plan of targeting college campuses with late-night offerings allowed the chain to grow to dozens of locations within a decade.

In 2018, the company was purchased by Krispy Kreme's parent company, JAB Holding, which also owns Panera, Einstein Bros., and Keurig (which merged with Dr. Pepper), and so now this formerly one-dorm-room operation is now part of a global megalith, though it does still operate independently.

And also in 2018, the Pennsylvania-founded cookie chain expanded to the Left Coast, opening its first of now a half-dozen California locations.

Will this merchant of munchies thrive out west? That very well may determine its fate, for as they say "as California goes, so goes the country."

This week on *Doughboys*, Insomnia Cookies.

## Fork rating

	+ 4 Everything Bagel Cookies
	+ Cream Cheese Icing
* 6-pack
	+ Cereal N Milk Cookie
	+ Cinnamon Bun Cookie
	+ Chocolate Chunk Cookie
	+ Peanut Butter Chip Cookie
	+ Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie
	+ White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie
* Deluxe 4-pack
	+ Salted Caramel
	+ S'mores
	+ Confetti Deluxe
	+ Oatmeal Chocolate Walnut
 Mike Mitchell
* Cereal N Milk Cookie
* Double Chocolate Mint Cookie
* Classic with M&M's Cookie
* Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Deluxe Cookie
* Confetti Deluxe Cookie
* Salted Caramel Deluxe Cookie
* Deluxe Cookie'wich
	+ Confetti Deluxe and Triple Chocolate Cookies
	+ Cookie Dough Ice Cream
 Mary Sohn
* Salted Caramel Deluxe Cookie
* Chocolate Chunk Cookie
* Cereal N Milk Cookie
* Classic with M&M's Cookie
* Vegan Birthday Cake Cookie
* Cinnamon Bun Cookie

**Spoonman's Bite of the Night** went to the Deluxe Cookie'wich.

**Nick's Munch of the Lunch** went to the Oatmeal Chocolate Walnut Deluxe Cookie.

With these scores, Insomnia Cookies joins the Golden Plate Club!

## A Single Item Must Be Banished 🚫

In this segment, Nick shares some groups of items and they decide which option is unnecessary.

For this episode, they decide among Halloween-related topics.

## The Feedbag

After listening to the Feedbag at the end of the Einstein Bagels episode on August 26, I was astounded. Gobsmacked. Did I really just hear the Doughboys say the name of my oldest friend? Did they really just read the grievance of the hot dog incident, of which I was the counterparty? Did they actually go on to call me a psycho and a weirdo?
I feel compelled to offer my side of the story.
There are four key pieces of information that I would like to offer in my defense.
I had no idea that Cheerington was having such a bad night.
Cheerington abandoned the last bite of his hot dog for what felt like fifteen minutes, he had gone to the bathroom, returned, still hadn't finished, and I was under the impression he was done with his meal. I ate the delicious but cold dog, and ate it so the server would not grab the plate, thinking he was done. On the surface, I understand that I may have overstepped my bounds.
3. I was under the impression that our evening of eating and merriment had only just started and that we would eat again as we usually did and my other "insufferable" friend would not be continuing on with us.
4. After I saw the lasers being shot from Cheerington's eyes directly into my soul, I immediately offered to buy him a fresh new hot dog. They were good hot dogs! He did not accept my offer, maintained his rage towards me, and then stormed off and wouldn't answer his phone.
As Cheerington alluded in his Feedbag note to your podcast, there was a tense email exchange that followed. Cheerington, feeling completely justified in his position that I was being a psycho, a position he's still maintaining EIGHT YEARS LATER, shared the private email exchange with our group of mutual friends. Then they took this email exchange and filmed a dramatic reading of it without my consent or any mention of me!
[They play a clip of this reading.]
I do feel unfairly attacked, so I'd love to hear your guys' take, now hearing another perspective.

You can read the first Feedbag situation on this episode.

 Mike Mitchell
 Mary Sohn
 Emma Erdbrink

## Photos

Everything Bagel Big Dippers BoxCream Cheese Icing with Everything Bagel ToppingsEverything Bagel Cookies6-PackDeluxe 4-packDeluxe Cookie'wichClassic with M&M's, Double Chocolate Mint, Confetti DeluxeCereal N Milk CookiesSalted Caramel Deluxe and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup DeluxeClassic with M&M's CookieDouble Chocolate Mint CookieVegan Chocolate Chunk CookieConfetti Deluxe Cookie