Toasting the Classics: Recent Episodes

David McArthur and Clint Lanier

Dave and Clint talk about classic books, movies and other works while sampling adult beverages inspired by those works.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Jay Schweig to discuss the Alfred Hitchcock caper To Catch a Thief.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the groundbreaking western novel The Virginian while drinking, shock here, whiskey!

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Bill Hodges and Dave McArthur discuss the outdoor travelogue Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey.

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Dave McArthur invites guest hosts Chris Gragg and Joe Iglesias to discuss the science fiction adventure story At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur celebrate the 250th Anniversary by discussing a supposedly patriotic album with troubling undertones.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1975 bank robbery, hostage drama Dog Day Afternoon while drinking eponymous Dog Day Afternoon cocktails.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the life and work of Dr. Seuss and whether these three books are classics that should never be banned.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Nate Wolf to drink Last Goodbye cocktails and discuss whether the 1994 album Grace by Jeff Buckley is a classic. And whether Jeff Buckley is only famous because he died.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the Stanley Kubrick joint Spartacus and find out they really do like movies about gladiators.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg and Kevin Doyle to discuss the 1974 audiobook version of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the Ernest Hemingway novella The Old Man and the Sea.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the most acclaimed comedy album of Bill Cosby's massive and ultimately troubled career.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss whether the 1973 blockbuster heist film The Sting deserves to be called a classic under the Toasting the Classics name.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the blockbuster album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to discuss the 2022 novel Project Hail Mary and decide whether it merits the status of a Toasting the Classics classic. Don't worry, there will be some discussion of the 2026 film starring Ryan Gosling.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Nate Wolf to drink Madeira and discuss the historical fiction novel Burr by Gore Vidal

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Finally, the world gets the opinion of two middle-aged white guys on race relations and the 1989 powerhouse Spike Lee joint Do the Right Thing.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Jay Schweig to discuss the Philip K. Dick novella and source of the film Bladerunner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, while drinking imitation beer and real Chablis.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg, Joe Iglesias, and Andrew Park to discuss the 1966 film The Battle of Algiers while drinking martinis.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1962 children's science fiction novel A Wrinkle in Time.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges sip California IPA's while discussing the 1955 James Dean and Natalie Wood film Rebel Without a Cause.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 2001 David Lynch mindbender Mulholland Drive while drinking coffee cocktails that would make a mobster spit in a napkin.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the H.G. Wells novel The Time Machine

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Dave McArthur discusses the modern Bill and Ted adaptation of the 1952 play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink Flaming Dr. Pepper while discussing the 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges drink J and B scotch and conclude their discussion of both the 1962 novel and 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss the Ken Kesey novel (and the 1975 film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest while drinking J and B scotch.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg, Bill Hodges, and Andrew Park to discuss the Indian epic movie RRR while drinking Kingfisher beer.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Chris Gragg to discuss the Discworld novel Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. There may have been some beer involved as well.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1974 philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance while drinking Split Personality cocktails.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur were just fledgling podcasters when they sat down to discuss the 1974 Mel Brooks picture Blazing Saddles.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges drink Fireball (whiskey or non) and discuss the 1974 disaster epic The Towering Inferno.

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Dave McArthur welcomes Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to drink vodka and Coke and discuss the 1988 black comedy Christmas movie Scrooged.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the Steve Martin and John Candy holiday film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

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Dave McArthur and Andrew Park skip the bottle of red or white and discuss the 1977 Billy Joel album The Stranger.

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Dave McArthur welcomes Chris Gragg, Joe Iglesias, and Andrew Park to drink rum and coke and discuss the 1994 Tim Burton film Ed Wood.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges pass judgment on the 1985 comedy thriller Fletch.

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Dave McArthur welcomes a recording breaking number of guest hosts and discusses the 2025 vampire movie Sinners with Joe Iglesias, Chris Gragg, Bill Hodges, and Andrew Park while drinking Irish beer.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 science fiction comedy The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while drinking Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.

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Bill Hodges and Dave McArthur discuss the 1976 film Network, because they're mad as heck and they're not gonna take it anymore.

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Dave McArthur and amazingly enough, Bill Hodges, sit down to discuss the Bill Hodges trilogy by Stephen King while drinking Green Spot Irish whiskey.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 action film The Warriors while drinking clinky bottles of Coors Banquet beer.

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Dave McArthur stays sober to discuss the 2003 Nonfiction book Moneyball.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1974 spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy while drinking sherry.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to do a not quite entirely sober short on Henry David Thoreau's 1854 work Walden.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drinks Blackberry Black Dog cocktails while discussing the 1971 rock album Led Zeppelin IV.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1943 novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the NES adventure game The Legend of Zelda.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the cult classic anime film Akira.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the original Jurassic Park film. Listen to this one before you go see the Seventh installment this summer!

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur travel back in time to the 1990s and revisit the gangster rap breakthrough the Chronic while drinking forties.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the coming of age novel Catcher in the Rye back in 2021 when the world was fresh and new.

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In a blast from the past, Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Miller High Life and discuss two of George Carlin's most popular comedy albums.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges stay sober and discuss whether the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much will enter the Toasting the Classics Hall of Fame.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the Clint Eastwood shoot 'em up, The Good the Bad and The Ugly. Are there oxford commas in that title? Should the "O" in oxford comma be capitalized? Help! And enjoy the summer!

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Clint Lanier and David McArthur discuss the phenomenal album Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, re-released in honor of the passing of Brian Wilson.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges pass judgment on the Jack London novella The Call of the Wild.

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Dave McArthur discusses the 1984 Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas

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Dave McArthur and guest host Bill Hodges discuss the 2015 biography of Alexander von Humboldt The Invention of Nature, and they stay sober while doing it.

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Bill Hodges and Dave McArthur discuss the 1998 A Walk in the Woods while drinking moonshine and taking slight digressions into their own wilderness experiences

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In what was probably one of our tipsiest episodes, Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the blockbuster martial arts film Enter the Dragon.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cheap chardonnay and discuss the 1979 film debut of Steven Martin.

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A blast from the Toasting the Classics past and a time before things went awry in America. Also after, but also before. Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss Dr. Dre's rap smash The Chronic while drinking forties of King Cobra.

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Dave McArthur discusses Oscar Wilde's only novel and most famous work, sadly without a drink in hand, because this is Sober Shorts.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Kevin Doyle to discuss the David Lynch 1984 debacle Dune while drinking various permutations of the the water of life.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the bard's bloody masterpiece. Look out for new episodes on The Alchemist, David Lynch's Dune, and our first Broadway show, Smash, coming soon.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges stay sober and short while discussing the 1940 Best Picture Winner Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1982 comedy album Live on the Sunset Strip while drinking Rum and Pepsi.

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Dave McArthur stays sober and discusses his thoughts on the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Buckle your seatbelts for a weird ride.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink whiskey and talk about the highly acclaimed 1956 western The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges for a discussion of the the 1973 science fiction novel Rendezvous with Rama.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1943 wartime children's book Le Petit Prince while drinking imported beer. We didn't say where it was imported to or from!

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Dave McArthur invites guest hosts Kevin Doyle and Bill Hodges to discuss the 1985 action blockbuster Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1981 Best Picture winner Ordinary People and the technical aspects of Robert Redford's direction thereof while drinking too many martinis and admitting our kids are in therapy.

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Dave McArthur braves the podcasting ether alone to discuss the new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Soul of Nature and the work of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola opus Apocalypse Now while drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

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Dave McArthur and guest hosts Bill Hodges and Kevin Doyle discuss the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet on the day of the director's passing.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the purported great American novel, The Great Gatsby while time traveling to jazz age DC with gin rickeys.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Kevin Doyle to soberly discuss the 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson film Inherent Vice starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, and Martin Short among others. It's film noir, it's like the Big Lebowski, and it's one of our generation's greatest directors.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur go back to where it all began and drink vodka while discussing The Gulag Archipelago, the epic tome that brought down the Soviet Union.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cans of Guinness beer while discussing the merits of the somewhat eponymous 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols!

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drinks Elysian Space Dust IPA while discussing the 1978 blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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Dave McArthur is joined by guest hosts Jay Schweig and Steve Kattula to discuss the eponymous 1978 album Van Halen while drinking whiskey.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink gin cocktails crafted to taste like Oceania Victory gin while discussing the 1949 novel 1984 by George Orwell.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to discuss the 2006 dystopian thriller Children of Men while drinking hot toddies.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Tom Collins cocktails and discuss The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink five-dollar milkshakes with bourbon and discuss the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss the 2008 novel The Three Body Problem while sipping baiju.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1949 war epic The Sands of Iwo Jima while drinking bourbon.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur get back into the live podcasting studio to record a discussion of Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test while drinking vodka and Kool-Aid.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1968 album At Folsom Prison while sipping beer in brown bottles. There might also be some discussion of Live at San Quentin due to a totally understandable and forgivable mishap. Dave McArthur assures you that he later listened to At Folsom Prison and it was a bona fide banger and classic that slaps for sure!

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Kevin Doyle, Bill Hodges, and Chris Gragg for a lively discussion of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink bourbon and discuss the 1968 critical darling western Once Upon a Time in the West.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink gin martini cocktails while discussing the epic modernist poem "The Wasteland".

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy while drinking Hennessey.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Kevin Doyle and Chris Gragg to drink vodka blush cocktails and discuss the 1968 film Rosemary's Baby.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Surfer on Acid cocktails while discussing the 1964 blockbuster documentary The Endless Summer.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Chris Gragg to discuss the 1984 blockbuster Beverly Hills Cop while drinking Axel Foley's favorite drink, scotch and soda.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to drink akvavit and discuss the 1958 film The Seventh Seal.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier conclude their discussion of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road while finishing their Rusty Nail cocktails.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1957 novel On the Road while drinking rusty nail cocktails.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guests Chris Gragg and Bill Hodges to discuss the 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski while drinking White Russians.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1987 album The Joshua Tree while drinking Irish whiskey.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Chris Gragg to discuss the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas while drinking Anjou wine.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink vodka martinis and discuss the original James Bond Film, Dr. No.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss Ian Fleming's novel Dr. No while drinking gin and tonic cocktails.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Cure cocktails (triple sec, vodka, and lime juice) while discussing the 1989 Cure album Disintegration.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1977 Best Picture Winner Annie Hall while drinking chilled white wine from plastic cups.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg and Bill Hodges to drink Black Russians and discuss the 1982 action/comedy film 48 Hours starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. Black Russians are vodka mixed with kahlua.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer while drinking Kirin Ichiban lager.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink blueberry daiquiris and discuss the album Even Worse and the broader career of Weird Al Yankovic.

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Clint Lanier and David McArthur drink Arnold Schwarzenegger cocktails while discussing the 1984 original Terminator film.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Outsiders cocktails and discuss the 1967 novel of the same name by S.E. Hinton.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1997 Radiohead album OK Computer while drinking cheap wine.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink champagne like millionaire playboys while discussing the 1989 blockbuster Batman.

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Dave McArthur and guest host Bill Hodges discuss the 1992 Nonfiction bestseller Into the Wild while sipping bourbon.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink either cheap red wine or grappa while discussing the 1935 John Steinbeck novel Tortilla Flat.

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Guest hosts Bill Hodges and Chris Gragg join Dave McArthur to drink ouzo and discuss the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cheap American beer (simulating Duff) and discuss the first episode of The Simpsons.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss Parasite, the 2019 Best Picture Winner while drinking soju.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Singapore Slings and discuss the 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink lumberjack cocktails and reminisce about the 1991 album Nevermind by Nirvana.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie while drinking root beer rum cocktails.

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Dave McArthur and guest host Jay Schweig drink Talisker scotch from the Isle of Skye while discussing the 1927 Virginia Woolf novel To the Lighthouse.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink sake and discuss the Godzilla film that started it all.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink screwdrivers and discuss Frank Miller's 1986 graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to drink whiskey sour cocktails and discuss the 2013 Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense starring The Talking Heads and directed by Jonathan Demme while drinking bourbon.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Newcastle Brown Ale and discuss the 1962 war epic The Longest Day.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Chris Gragg to discuss the 1954 science fiction novel The Caves of Steel while drinking Steel Reserve malt liquor (the lengths we go to for a pun).

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur revisit the 1962 children's novel A Wrinkle in Time while drinking rum and hot cocoa... in summer.

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Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg and Kevin Doyle to drink English style bitter beer and discuss the merits of the 1974 Audio version of The Hobbit, written by JRR Tolkien and narrated by Nicol Williamson.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Jack Rose cocktails and discuss the impacts of Apple's 1984 commercial introducing their Macintosh computer.

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Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges drink craft beer and discuss the 1998 film Smoke Signals.

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Dave McArthur and Larry Andrews (of the Square Peg Podcast) discuss the works of Edgar Allan Poe and drink Left Hand Milk Stout

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur share a few glasses of Jim Beam bourbon and talk about the 1984 war fiction film Red Dawn.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier mix up gin and tonics and discuss three early, controversial works by Dr. Seuss: And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, McElligot's Pool, and If I Ran the Zoo.

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Dave McArthur, Joe Iglesias, and Chris Gragg drink icy cold craft beer while talking about the 1936 H.P. Lovecraft novella At the Mountains of Madness.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink Patron Tequila and discuss the hit Bruce Springsteen album Born in the USA.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the groundbreaking and problematic 1927 film The Jazz Singer while drinking Bees Knees cocktails.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1902 western novel The Virginian by Owen Wister while drinking Wyoming Whiskey

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1970s TV show All in the Family while sipping Dewar's scotch on the rocks.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Negroni cocktails while discussing the 1994 Luc Besson film The Professional (Leon)

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Dave McArthur and guest host Bill Hodges sip craft beers and discuss Edward Abbey's 1968 memoire Desert Solitaire

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink Time Traveler cocktails and discuss the 1895 novella The Time Machine.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur knock back a few Rum and Cokes while coming to grips with the sad wreck of Bill Cosby's career.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier sip champagne cocktails and talk about the 1943 Best Picture Winner Casablanca.

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Dave McArthur and guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg drink sex on the beach cocktails and discuss the 2018 Best Picture winner The Shape of Water

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Death in the Afternoon cocktails while discussing the 1952 Ernest Hemingway novella The Old Man and the Sea.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1928 Disney cartoon Steamboat Willie while sipping Johnnie Walker scotch.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier sip cheap tequila (not from an airport bottle, we don't want the state of New Mexico coming after us) and discuss the 1987 John Hughes film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip contraband scotch while discussing the 1961 novel Catch-22

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur mix up some Malibu Sunset cocktails and discuss the groundbreaking 1966 Beach Boys album Pet Sounds.

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Dave McArthur and guest hosts Chris Gragg and Joe Iglesias finally watch the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious and discuss it while drinking Corona beers. 

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1989 Spike Lee joint, Do the Right Thing while sipping Miller High Life.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink creme de menthe and try to figure out who killed M. Ratchett in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Scooby Snack cocktails and discuss the 1969 first season of Scooby Doo Where Are You?

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Shiner Bock and talk about the world's first slasher movie, the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1974 philosophical fiction novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance while drinking Split Personality cocktails.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the three issue Fantastic Four story arc on the Rise of Galactus and the Silver Surfer while forcing down cans of Four Loko.

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Dave McArthur invites guest host Chris Gragg to discuss the 1989 fantasy novel Guards! Guards! and the broader DiscWorld series of novels by Terry Pratchett

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink Evan Williams bourbon while trying to pretend they don't love the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the the Ray Bradbury 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit-451 while trying not to burn their faces off with Flaming Dr. Pepper.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier sip Brandy Alexanders while discussing the 1967 Beatles auditory opus Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier imbibe sweet, white wine while discussing the 1960 gladiator epic Spartacus.

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Dave McArthur and guest host Jay Schweig discuss the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief while sipping Woodford Reserve bouron. This episode should have come out Tuesday but we had some technical difficulties. My bad.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1943 coming of age novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn while sipping Irish whiskey.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur revisit a youth misspent and drink red health potions while talking about the NES original Legend of Zelda.

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1966 classic western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly while sipping quality plato tequila.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip mead and talk about Beowulf and the ancient Norse world.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip Americano cocktails while play testing a 150-year old board game.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park while drinking ice pick cocktails.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip Mai Tais while sifting through Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii. (Not quite recorded on location).

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Dave McArthur and guest host Jay Schweig choke down some non-alcoholic beer and gratefully switch to Chablis while discussing the 1968 Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? How did this become Bladerunner!?

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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier sip on forties of malt liquor while talking about Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip Japanese beer and discuss the 1988 classic anime Akira.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur talk about the 1979 Douglas Adams classic novel and try to find the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything while mixing up Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur talk about George Carlin's stand-up comedy and revisit their wayward youths with a six pack of Miller High Life.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip soju (yes, we know better) while discussing the 1973 Bruce Lee martial arts extravaganza Enter the Dragon

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Manhattan cocktails while discussing J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel Catcher in the Rye.

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Clint Lanier and David McArthur discuss William Shakespeare's Macbeth while sipping Aberfeldy single malt scotch.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip on Maker's Mark while discussing the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles.

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip retsina while puzzling through the philosophical life lessons in the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. 

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Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur sip schnapps and strum the misty chords of memory while talking about the original Wolfenstein games.

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Clint and Dave break down the 1969 film Patton while sipping Armagnac.

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Dave and Clint talk about Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago while tasting vodka straight from the motherland.