A Pint or Three Podcast

It's Wedding Time!! Not mine - but *Matt Damon* made time during his very busy Wedding week to record a movie draft podcast. How did I decide to reward him? With a super lengthy podcast! I t is true I am normally a bit tighter with my edits, but I left in some of the good stuff on this one (and still cut well over an hour and a half of content). You might also notice a new name on the title a...

After a brief pause, the four of us found time to meet up for another movie draft. This time, it was online (except Chad and Kent who managed to be in the same room and heckled Renny and I for the bulk of the podcast), it was concerning a director and not an actor AND most importantly, it was a while since we had all caught up. So if you want to hear our surprise when we realise that all of our pi...

It being the March wonderful time of the year, we are welcoming athlete, coach, fan, athletic administrator and all around great person, Kelley McKenna to share her thoughts on all things Madness. In just under an hour we discuss both upcoming Madness tourneys, the state of Women's collegiate (and some professional) sport and of course, what it takes to win a March Madness Pool. Unexpectedly...

Recorded a while back, but just in time for the Oscars we have Christopher Nolan's Mount Rushmore - or at least what Alec Fest and I think it might look like. If you are a relative fan and are at least interested in the works of Nolan over the years, perhaps you might agree with my takes on the type of filmmaker he is and why it's important that he is having a career moment. Or, if you w...

A new year means a new made up game to try and turn just about everything into a competition - even watching/tracking movies of the year. Joining me is Alec Fest, a current University student who also has an interest in movies of the year (or at least enough of one to keep him engaged in a competition). With embarrassing teeshirts on the line, we aim to draft moves before they appear in major thea...

Completing our initial trilogy of movie drafts, we finally got to the source of our inspiration in drafting Brad Pitt movies. Feel free to grab a drink and tune in as I constantly have to defend Pitt as a serious actor while the rest of the crew are only occasionally in agreement. While I feel I may have won them over in the end, it doesn't mean that it became clear early and often that they...

As promised, Round 2 in our series of Movie Drafts brings us back faster than ever before. Much like our chosen star, we ran through editing as fast as possible in order to bring this pod to you as soon as we could. In this episode Kent, Chad, Renny and I draft the movies of Tom Cruise as we discuss the state of action movies and how you can like someone's body of work, without perhaps being...

After long last - we are back with a new episode. This time we shook the format up a little bit by having three guests and a gimmick draft. Renny, Chad, Kent and I all draft the movies of Harrison Ford and then vote on who captured his career or our interest the most. It's early days in this kind of draft, so there was a bit of a argument about rules - but aside from that we tried to stay as...

In the first of a two part podcast, I'm joined by my colleague and good friend Kent as we start by  discussing his background as a long distance runner and how our choices in sport may or may not influence some of the bigger decisions we have made in our lifetime.  If that sounds like it's a bit focused, whereas Kent and I love to get off topic, don't be fooled - it's only beca...

We are back and "enjoying" our drinks even more than before.  In Part II we pick up where we left off and start to consider the choices we have made that have gotten us here.  And by here, I mean sitting across from each other while still enjoying the Kenyan locally brewed 254 beer selection. Our conversation does tend to stray at times,  but never too far (thanks to considerable editing...

If you know me and/or you know Chad Laws, this episode will make total sense as we talk about everything and nothing at the same time.  We navigate the social landscape in pre-election US, and then dive into the potential positives that may come from COVID.  All the while we go on as many tangents as we see fit.  I enjoyed a few Kenyan gin and tonics while Chad was more civil with his protein shak...

After a brief/extended hiatus to get used to having a day job again, we are back with an old interview.  This time, I'm joined with a fellow educator, passionate musician, avid gambler and Green Bay Packers fan, Bill Parsons.  With my beer and his Jameson in hand, we start by exploring the values of Shakespeare and end up looking at how watching sports from overseas makes you appreciate your...

In the first ever episode Fisher sits down with Kevin Horst, tennis coach from the International School of Brussels to discuss coaching an individual sport with a team atmosphere, what it was like growing up in International Schools and finally the modern state of professional tennis. All of this over a few Lowenbrau beers. Cheers. 

This time around, Fisher enjoys a Lowenbrau while Kevin has his Friday afternoon margarita all while looking at being a sports fan in Canada during COVID.  It doesn't take long for the conversation to shift to the Toronto Blue Jays and by the time they go for their second drink, they are squarely looking at the shape of Major League Baseball in general as well as the legacy of some of the all...