Randolph professor discusses craft beer industry on Courage Cocktail radio show

J. Nikol Beckham (left), communication studies professor at Randolph College, was recently a guest on the Courage Cocktail radio show.

Communication studies professor J. Nikol Beckham was recently a guest on the Courage Cocktail radio show.

Previously featured on the show in March 2012, Beckham returned Wednesday, May 4, to give an update about her research on the American brewing industry in an interview with host Lee Anne McClymont. Beckham was joined by Anita Riley, a beer writer and brewery cellar worker at Mystery Brewing Company in Hillsborough, N.C. Both Beckham and Riley are members of The Pink Boots Society, a not-for profit organization that supports scholarships for women to learn how to make beer.

Listen to the “State of Beer” podcast at http://www.ibiblio.org/wcom/podcast/mp3s/CourageCocktail/CC05042016159.mp3.