Raise a Glass

Eric and Hunter grapple with the many heads of hydra in the Finale of Season 3. Happy 4th and Happy 250th America! I hope you enjoy. And before you say it, yes, we realized after the fact that helicarriers are not Triskelions... Raise and Pour ends at 16:40 Join Us on Patreon! Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams Facebook in Myanmar Holy Post Our episode on The Godfather Ben Franklin on freedom...

Eric and Hunter announce a Patreon where you can help fill their glasses, and preview a grab bag episode with All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren and The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. Patreon Link! patreon.com/RaiseaGlass2012 Hunter's website: https://write.as/hdansin/ Dawn Must Follow Night on tapas.io (help me reach 100 subs to unlock ad revenue!): https://tapas.io/series/Follow-Night...

Eric and Hunter infiltrate the N.I.C.E. and get into the ideas that shaped C.S. Lewis's third space trilogy book. The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.88346/page/n9/mode/2up   The Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis: https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/ Research and testimonial based information about the harmful effects of pornography and its links to sex...

In this episode a long time coming, Eric and Hunter get lost in the unfixed land of Perelandra. The quote about the length of books is attributed to Abbè Terrasson in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason : "Abbé Terrasson remarks with great justice that, if we estimate the size of a work, not from the number of its pages, but from the time which we require to make ourselves master of it, it may be said...

Eric and Hunter get lost in the labyrinth with Piranesi, and lose their minds a little bit, but eventually find a way out. Piranesi by Susanna Clark, The Library of Babel and The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges, That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis. Jamie Dupuis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oWYfbjXa74 The Library of Babel: https://libraryofbabel.info/

Hunter shares one of his favorite writers with Eric. Sonny's Blues: https://docdrop.org/ocr/download/SonnysBlues. Baldwin-bqzsx_ocr.pdfAu Autobiographical Notes from "Notes of a Native Son." Pdf (Pages  18-22). Extra credit is "Alone in Paris," which starts on page 118: https://dn710006.ca.archive.org/0/items/notes-of-a-native-son_202101/Notes%20of%20a%20Native%20Son%20.pdf Pages of Devil Fin...

The fourth and final episode of East of Eden by John Steinbeck! Eric and Hunter bring it home (finally). We hope you have enjoyed this read through! https://www.abebooks.com/9780142004234/East-Eden-John-Steinbeck-Centennial-0142004235/plp A dissertation about the word "Timshel:" https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/steinbeckreview.12.2.0190?read-now=1&seq=4

Eric and Hunter reprise their discussion of John's Steinbeck's East of Eden. All quotations and page numbers taken from the centennial edition of East of Eden: https://www.abebooks.com/East-Eden-Steinbeck-John-Penguin-Books/32327730762/bd Article exploring John Steinbeck's interpretation of Hebrew: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/steinbeckreview.12.2.0190?read-now=1&seq=5 Levin, Daniel. “...

Hunter shares how he is attempting to get off his mountain's plateau, and how he discovered Jeff Beck.  Correction: the lick Jeff Beck uses to pay tribute to Jimi is from Little Wing, not Wind Cries Mary. My favorite guitar solos: Be My Friend Live (Paul Kossof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI Sweet Child O Mine (Slash): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4 Little Wing (Ji...

Hunter talks and plays about some of his favorite guitarists, and how they have shaped his guitar journey. House of the Rising Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4bFqW_eu2I All Right Now  by Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiF6b4rxno Be My Friend by Free (Hunter's favorite): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI Joe Bonamassa on Paul Kossoff and Free: https://www.guitarworld.c...

Eric and Hunter enjoy a tasty potluck meal with Kim's Convenience and Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Tolkien Reader: https://archive.org/details/tolkienreader0000jrrt (read for free) or https://www.abebooks.com/Tolkien-Reader-J.R.R-Rey/32208035121/bd (buy)

Eric and Hunter get back into recording with a grab bag episode.

Eric and Hunter discuss two films that make various Cowboy flavored impressions about violence and manliness.

Eric tries to warm Hunter's cold, cynical heart with his love for the Olympics and the stories we tell about it. Derek Redmond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2G8KVzTwfw Michael Phelps medals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81cLjRY4to Mikaela Shiffrin's Essay: https://signature.theplayerstribune.com/mikaela-shiffrin-olympics-team-usa-skiing/p/1 Ifixit: https://www.ifixit.com/

Eric and Hunter fall headfirst into East of Eden and barely stay afloat.  American Born Chinese: https://theroastedbookery.com/product/american-born-chinese

Eric and Hunter take different routes through Pokemon and How to Train Your Dragon, back to their childhoods, when there were dragons.

Hunter and Eric raise a glass to the High Kings before and after the concert, featuring a couple covers and some rainbow chasing.

Eric and Hunter delve into the world of Thomas Hardy with Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Hunter's essay: https://write.as/hdansin/a-pure-woman-sits-up-in-a-coffin The Novels of Thomas Hardy (p245): https://archive.org/details/commonreaderseco0000wool/page/7/mode/1up How Should One Read a Book: https://yalereview.org/article/virginia-woolf-essay-how-should-read-book

Eric and Hunter dive headfirst into Part 1 of East of Eden while munching bunny cookies. East of Eden Centennial Edition: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=east%20of%20eden%20centennial%20edition&sts=t&ds=20

Eric and Hunter spend a late night session with the N64. Eric shares about the importance of the system to him while Hunter gets a little salty. Epic Beau's parody, "Up B": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2uCot0Rmo

Hunter shares some of his favorite games on the PS4 with Eric. Guitar work by Hunter, both inspired by the Outer Wilds soundtrack (Travelers and Timber Hearth).  Lady Knight the Brave's video essay on The Last of Us 1 & 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2lFauyNMVA My wife and I playing Overcooked: https://youtu.be/O2mMI_sXVOg

Eric and Hunter kick off their series of in person game system episodes with a look at the Playstation 2.

Eric and Hunter return to the world of The Witcher. They're a little bit rusty, but the swords are sharp as ever and a couple potions in their glasses get them through. Note: Geralt is in fact 90-100 years old during the events of the Witcher III (according to a lore entry in the game), but Sapkowski never actually states his age. Killing Monsters Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0i88t0Ka...

Hunter gives an update about RAG's hiatus for the holiday season. Tess of the D'Urbervilles on Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/110 Hunter's essay on Tess: https://hdansin.writeas.com/a-pure-woman-sits-up-in-a-coffin We will plan to discuss Part I of East of Eden after Tess.

On the first episode of Season 3, Eric and Hunter welcome Jordan onto the podcast to discuss the first three books of Wheel of Time. Much like the Wheel of Time all topics promised in the beginning are covered, but they are weaved throughout and pay off... eventually. Hunter also frequently says 3 and a half when he means 2 and a half.