Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast

Stephen and Mark take a step never taken before.  They try White Dog and forget what they forgot to talk about.  But we know that they're talking about what they forgot about The Paradox Hotel.

Stephen and Mark go on a wild ride of murder, mayhem, time travel, paradox, and regret.  This one was wild and fun and heavy.  So complex, in fact, we needed a bourbon to go along with it.  Which is why we select Barrell Armida with all its own hidden mystery in its flavor as tonight's bourbon.

Apparently, the entire universe has an inferiority complex.  Kind of like Mark when he's looking upon the perfection that is Stephen.

Stephen and Mark cut across unspace in their quest to discover what can be found among the "Shards of the Earth" by Adrian Tchaikovsky.  Fueling their spacecraft this week will be Journeyman Distillery's Buggy Whip Wheat Whiskey.

What do you mean we forgot time travel??

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE STEPHEN AND MARK HAVE NEVER GONE BEFORE!  We sit down for a completely unscripted theme show, the blow of which is softened by the exquisite taste of Yellowstone Single Barrel Bourbon.

Come join us as we talk about an overlooked character, and complete botch Eric Maikranz's name AGAIN.  Sorry, Eric.

What if you knew there was no Heaven or Hell?  What if you knew, no matter what you did, the only judgment ahead of you was a new life in a new body?  How would you live?  We find out in "The Reincarnationist Papers" by D. Eric Maikranz.  We wash down the karmic wheel with Clark & Sheffield straight Kentucky Bourbon.

In 15 minutes or less, we talk about the things we forgot to talk about, and do it while drinking Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon.

Stephen and Mark step into the world of occult mysticism and supernatural murder in The Diviners by Libba Bray.  Port Cask Thomas S. Moore Bourbon helps to keep them warm as they record on a cold January night.

Poor Burke!  The underappreciated alcoholic who was trying to do a little babysitting.  We chat about him!

In our Season 2 opener, Stephen and Mark talk about the William Peter Blatty classic, The Exorcist .  While discussing the virtues and drawbacks of demonic possession, they're fortify their souls with Sonoma County Cherrywood Smoked Bourbon.

Wishing all our listeners a wonderful holiday season!

Sorry, not sorry.

LOOK WHO'S COME TO JOIN THE PARTY, KIDDIES.  BASIL HAYDEN, AND HE'S BROUGHT HIS DARKEST RYE.  IT'S SO DARK, IT PRACTICALLY GLOWS.  LIKE MY LIGHTS.  MY DEAD LIGHTS.   Stephen King

STEPHEN AND MARK CAN'T COME TO THE SHOW RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE FALLEN INTO MY LIGHTS.  MY DEADLIGHTS. THEY FLOAT DOWN HERE WITH ME NOW, AND YOU'LL FLOAT TOO. (and try some EH Taylor Bourbon. It's yummy.) Buffalo Trace Distillery Stephen King

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE MAGIC, QUENTIN! Here we are, folks!  The final episode before the beginning of the season finale!  We hope you've had a fun time with us, because it's been a delight spending time with all of you!  Enjoy the show, and then buckle up for next week!

In this episode, we discuss the theme of the setting as a character.  What would a haunted house story be without the house?? What would DUNE be without Arrakis? What would our show be without BOURBON??  Okay, so that's not really a setting, but...it's still bourbon.

Stephen and Mark spend a few minutes to talk about the caretakers of modern America's grand daddy of haunted houses.  Hugh Crane might've built it, but it was the Dudley's that kept it from falling apart.  ALSO, we try out a 30 year old bottle of Wild Turkey Stephen's father found sitting forgotten in a liquor cabinet.

WALKED ALONE. We spend some time wandering the halls of one of the greatest haunted house books of all time. " The Haunting of Hill House " by Shirley Jackson .  Iconic.  Classic.  Ground breaking.   To celebrate, Stephen and Mark will crack open and revel of the flavors of Old Elk bourbon. About Shirley Jackson Old Elk Distillery

" Spin " by Robert Charles Wilson , is an epic tale.  So, yeah. There's a boat load of stuff we didn't get to talk about.

In this week's episode, we look at the immensity of the history of the universe, and all the things living there, in comparison with the eyeblink time scale of the human race as we come face to face with our much older and more powerful neighbors in Spin by Robert Charles Wilson .  When coming to terms with our fate gets too much, we hide inside Rabbit Hole Cavehill Bourbon .

We've discussed a lot of books that talk about the experience and imagery of doors.  Physical doors.  Doors in time.  Doors in reality.  Doors as a metaphor.  In this episode, we make like cosmic lizards, break on through to the other side, and get into the Twilight Zone-esque twists of doors.  Along for the ride is Long Branch Straight Kentucky Bourbon, a collaboration between Wild Turkey and Mis...

MRS. KNIGHT?!?!?!? Let's dive once more into The Fold by Peter Clines as we talk aout the things we forgot to talk about.