98: Jeff's Jet Pilot and Brad and Jeff's Tiki Analysis Part 2

Creative Distillation · Apr 30, 2026 · 29m

CDEP98: JEFF’S JET PILOT AND BRAD AND JEFF’S TIKI ANALYSIS PART 2 Welcome back for Part 2 of Brad and Jeff’s Tiki analysis, a look at the major eras of tiki through the lens of Martin and Rebecca Cate’s book, Smuggler’s Cove. In part 1, over a Three Dots and a Dash stirred up by Jeff himself, our co-hosts dive into the mythic-but-true history of Don the Beachcomber, founder of the first tiki bar in 1933. This time around, over a Jeff-crafted Jet Pilot, we learn of Trader Vic’s emergence on the scene in 1937, and how he took Don the Beachcomber’s genius idea and turned it into a worldwide…