Toasting the Classics

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges, Joe Braband, and Emmanuel Luk to discuss the 2004 crime, magic, fantasy noir, supernatural thriller Blood Rites, the sixth entry in the Dresden Files series of books by Jim Butcher. We discuss the white court, the black court, the white council, and all the other elements of the world of Harry Dresden while drinking beers, except for Manny, who had a...

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to discuss the 2008 vampire movie Let the Right One In. We talk about Eli and Oskar, vampires in Sweden, the themes of love, domination, and childhood while decided where this odd film fits into the pantheon of horror and vampire movies.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick winning novel Neuromancer by William Gibson, the opening book of the Sprawl Trilogy, where readers are introduced to cyberpunk concepts like the matrix, hackers, and artificial intelligence.

Dave McArthur goes it alone in this wild world of podcasting to discuss the far-ranging travels of a kindred soul, Ibn Battuta, who explored the better part of the Old World in the 13th Century. 

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to discuss the South American travel narrative The Motorcycle Diaries while drinking pisco.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to not drink anything and talk about the 1988 comedy Oscar winner A Fish Called Wanda.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Jay Schweig and Steve Kattula to discuss the Dystopian 1985 film Brazil will drinking ersatz caipirinhas. 

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg, Joe Iglesias, and Andrew Park to drink Pina Coladas and talk about the blockbuster horror film Obsession starring Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette and directed by Curry Barker.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the Agatha Christie murder mystery Murder on the Orient Express while drinking creme de menthe.

Clint Lanier and David McArthur discuss the blockbuster adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark while drinking whiskey.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink mead around the halls of podcasting and discuss the Old English epic Beowulf.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.