Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch

Season 2 begins, amid the anarchy and chaos!  But the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch  Tower stands tall.  And for the inaugural episode of a season, they have a special guest, the most special of all special guests that could guest specially!  Who could it be? The crew gets around to discussing The House of Special Purpose  by John Boyne  while enjoying a c...

Chaos!  No Rules!  Anarchy!  It's a Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch  Special!  We're going to once again read the first paragraph of two different books and discuss them as if we'd read the whole book!  English professors, assign us to your classes. Ethan's book is The Confidence Man  by Herman Melville , an oldy but a goody. Michael is a little mo...

As you wait for the discussion of The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne, we didn't want to leave you totally hanging, so here's a bonus episode, in which we break all the rules!  Rather than read and discuss a whole book, we're going to read the first paragraph of two different books and discuss them as if we'd read the whole book!  Take these episodes to your English teachers. Michael brings...

After drinking Bruichladdich Scottish Barley: The Classic Laddie for two weeks, Michael & Ethan lose most of their diction.  But they keep talking about Plainsong by Kent Haruf, a very good book. In this episode: Ethan's personality is a mixed bag #ItsAWordNow A car gets onto the podcast Ethan is not surprised that Michael goes to Nestorianism Sub rants, sub-sub rants, and sub-sub-sub rants Women...

Michael & Ethan take up discussion of the Great-Plains epic Plainsong by Kent Haruf, while they enjoy a dram of the Classic Laddie: Bruichladdich Scottish Barley.  It's all quite delicious. In this episode: It's retro! Michael makes Ethan work for the Scotch. The podcast gets political. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Ethan. There's a ghost cooking chicken in Michael's house. Ethan...

It's the Tapestry Radio Network Shakespeare Festival!  Enjoy Michael & Ethan's discussion of Shakespeare's As You Like It, even if the episode doesn't live up to the name of the podcast. In this episode: ​​​​​​​They're not in a room, or with scotch. :( Michael raises controversial opinions about this play, and their opposites. Ethan lists possible subtitles for the play. Ethan is not a Shakespeare...

Continuing the discussion of And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, Michael & Ethan come out of their two-week drink-and-fight to give you their analysis. In this episode: Ethan blames the podcast on the state of late capitalism. Michael tries to keep the "Explicit" tag off the show.  Ethan does not. One of them is a puppet. Everyone listening to this podcast is a very beautiful person. "Bbb...

Michael & Ethan enter their discussion of And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, drinking a unique Longrow single malt. In this episode: Ethan stalls. Michael is primed for a career in politics, or childcare. Ethan has a bull session in his mind. Michael & Ethan proffer dime-version analyses.  That's totally a real thing. Ethan tracks the increasing population of the human race. Ethan analyz...

Michael & Ethan continue discussing Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book, by Walker Percy, drinking Great Northern Distillery's Wisconsin Whiskey. In this episode:​​​​​​​ Meet the newest Batman villain: The Giggler! There is one English major in Michael & Ethan. New segment: Stripping with Michael!  Don't worry, it's PG. Remember when Michael & Ethan were on Dancing with the Stars? They aba...

Michael & Ethan are in a room, but no Scotch!  Instead, they drink a unique Wisconsin Bourbon while discussing Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book, by Walker Percy. In this episode: Ethan reads the book while Michael is in the bathroom. Michael sets out to break the podcast. The book is ironic. The podcast breaks Michael. Michael is pleased with himself. They yell at the listeners. An hist...

The discussion of Saul Bellow's Ravelstein concludes in this episode, while Michael & Ethan finish their Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban.  And they have a lot to say about both.... In this episode:​​​​​​​ Ethan confuses himself with Michael.  It's the worst intro ever. A clarification of the rules makes Michael laugh maniacally. They can't pretend. There's heated debate about the rules. Ethan imports Ki...

Michael & Ethan, sipping on some ruby red Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, discuss Saul Bellow's last novel Ravelstein, surprising themselves and one another with all of their thoughts and insights and stupidities. In this episode: Ethan solves Michael's crisis of identity. Ethan tries his hand at "Names with Michael."  Guess how that goes. Their analysis of Ravelstein boils down to: "Seymour: An Introd...

Michael & Ethan, after two weeks, conclude their discussion of J. D. Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: an Introduction. In this episode: The show starts before Ethan knows it. Ethan explains synecdoche. Michael says “literally” a lot.  It’s embarrassing, really. They read listener feedback, which includes a game of Date/Marry/Murder. They discuss their wives’ plans to s...

One of Ethan's favorite authors comes under the scalpel in this episode, as the pair discusses J. D. Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: an Introduction.  This is part one of that discussion, part two will come in two weeks! In this episode: Michael & Ethan play Calvinball and Whose Line Is It, Anyway? simultaneously. The loss comes sooner than ever. Michael & Ethan decid...

In the podcast that critics are calling "Shroedinger's podcast" and "a sad version of Blue's Clues," Michael & Ethan & Josiah continue their discussion of C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces and finish off a bottle of Old Pulteney 12yo.  The shenanigans get worse, with more scotch, more punishments, and more...Nutcrackers? In this episode: We apologize to C. S. Lewis.  A lot, actually. Ethan declares...

The rules are changing yet again.  Michael & Ethan have decided to split their book discussion in half, so that you don't have to sit and listen to our podcast for two hours straight.  Instead, this week we bring you part 1 of our discussion, and in two weeks' time we'll bring you part 2! Michael & Ethan have a very special guest with them this month, to help them discuss C. S. Lewis's Till We Hav...

Michael & Ethan discuss Joshua Ferris's Then We Came to the End while sipping the U.S. Exclusive batch of Glenfiddich 14yo. In this episode: Michael gives Ethan a grade. Ethan says things out loud. The guys take a pee break. They talk about Star Trek. Michael invents a word. Ethan debuts his operatic career. Michael becomes a Jane Austen heroine. Join the discussion!  Go to the Contact page and pu...

Michael & Ethan discuss East of Eden by John Steinbeck, while sipping Craigellachie 13-year. Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! Next month, the pair will discuss Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. Read along! "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

Michael & Ethan discuss South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami, while sipping Jura Superstition. Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! Next month, the pair will discuss East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Read along! "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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