Stories and Cocktails

Our drinking duo find themselves at the Disney World Resort where they drink hot chocolate with booze in it and do their best to avoid children. Rum Rob realizes he likes casseroles and Sara drinks Bud Light while losing in miniature golf. There is some confusion as to which hotel they are staying in. Nobody is sure who to blame, Mickey Mouse or the drinks.

Rob makes a big mistake and lets a friend of Sara's from back in high school take a tequila body shot off of him during a house party. He also does other stupid things. But Sara, not one to be outdone, attempts to burn down her own neighborhood during a different house party. What could go wrong with some booze and a house full of friends?

Sara is an unhappy co-host as she has to endure an entire podcast about racing (luckily the whisky was good). California State Champion Aaron Douglas is a guest and Rob and Aaron discuss the winners of the 2024 California Autocross Championship. The "Grounds for Divorce" is because Rob does go to the bathroom in his pants, but it is for a good cause, of course.

A couple walks into a bar... and don't drink during this episode of Stories and Cocktails! This episode has two parts, a sober section and a blackout drunk section. The listener gets to decide which section is better. Comedian (and Disney Princess) Addy Krider joins the show and patiently listens while the hosts discuss pubic hair removal, stealing a grandbaby and some suspiciously missing Hallowe...

Rob and Sara stumble through the picturesque Napa Valley while tasting wines from Fresno as they argue over who stole the iPhone charger. Sara recalls a day early in their marriage finding a suspicious VHS tape in the bedroom VCR. More evidence is unearthed that Rob might be the biggest wuss on the planet. The blood DNA evidence in this case seems pretty damming.

Sara and Rob go to see the Chicago White Sox attempt to break an MLB record by losing the most games in one season. Many drinks are consumed for this process by the entire South Side of Chicago. Then the drinking duo move on to Milwaukee to sample some beers only to find the brewery themed hotel they are staying in... doesn't sell beer.

Sara and Rob continue their baseball stadium chase through Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago, where they sampled all of the drinks those cities offered. The drinking duo went extremely hard at the Makers Mark Barrel Room at Wrigley Stadium. They also went very big at a Steelers Bar in Pittsburg where Sara decided there was insufficient equity in the bathroom situation. Score was kept!

Sara and Rob find themselves in south Philly trying to survive dive bars, cheesesteaks and a Presidential motorcade. Eddie Vedder looks them in the eye and tells them to vote. They find out the real Paddy's Pub is an ashtray and on the west coast a Hollywood veterinarian to the stars bilks the a Kriders of their life savings.

Sara and Rob go hard for a college football tailgate party in Nebraska (Go Corn Huskers!). Then they head to Missouri to join Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chief's game (well, they were in the same stadium as Taylor anyway). Shenanigans ensue, and technically there could be an open arrest warrant for Rob in Missouri (if the police are good at their job, which Rob is convinced they aren't)....

Sara and Rob have a big disagreement on this episode after a hard night of drinking in Baltimore where the intoxicated couple couldn't agree on the best method for getting safely back to their hotel room. They catch a Baltimore Orioles baseball game at Camden Yards as part of their 30 MLB park tour. There is a rumor that Rob is sick, but he won't admit it (however, his voice says it all)....

Sara and Rob hit the Big Apple hard, getting lost like a couple of dumb Californians on the subway. They catch a Mets game, a Yankees game and a WNBA Liberty game. They try to bicycle around New York unsuccessfully and somehow avoid being accosted in Central Park. Rob misses his Vicoden as he struggles with a bad back. George Clooney makes an appearance (not exactly).

Episode 38 is a very special edition of the Stories and Cocktails podcast as it corresponds to Rob's race car number (38). Sara and Rob discuss the campy car films of the 1970s and 80s that shaped the car nerd that Rob is today and they discover some odd relationships Rob has with Kenny Rogers and Gary Busey. The films Smokey and the Bandit, Grease, Corvette Summer, Cannonball Run, Gumball Ral...

Rob tries to surprise Sara with a little manscaping only to find out she hates it. Lots and lots of Golden Road Brewing Mango Cart is consumed in Anaheim next to Angel Stadium during this episode. Lorena Bobbitt, Sophie's Choice, and the color bronze are all discussed by two people who know very little of the subjects but are drunk enough to think they do.

Reno is the host city for this episode of S&C, don't worry no homeless people were harmed in the making of this show. Middle school students create an Instagram page of their math teacher's butt (and nobody can figure out why). Sara does her first ever stand up set to a raucous crowd at DiCicco's Pizzeria (the same place Seinfeld got his start -not true). In the process, Rob's...

The Dynamic Drinking Duo take on Boston and Las Vegas in one double episode. Sara (in her drunkest episode to date) doesn't feel the need to lie to Rob about how fat he has become (which hurts his big fat feelings). Rob is given a surprise Father's Day gift which is a free hotel in Vegas after he sits through a time share presentation. Uncool. The two somehow drink their way through anothe...

Sara and Rob are back in RV Tiki and park in Ventura to discuss demonic children's toys and talk about the Count from Sesame Street. Then they fly to Boston and have an enlightening conversation about running cars out of gas and cover the sordid details of trying to go to a car dealership and trade in a trashed race car.

Sara and Rob are back in Las Vegas twice for this episode. They manage to skip tattoo mistakes this time. We learn about Sara Town where Sara thinks life is wonderful but Rob has a differing opinion. We learn about hot teachers and the geometry of putting a water heater into the trunk of a Hyundai.

After drinking heavily on the plane our cocktail crusaders are left stranded by American Airlines in Dallas, TX, while their luggage goes on to Fresno, CA. Sara and Rob have to navigate ride share in a flash flood and then try clothes and deodorant shopping at Walmart. They make the best of it with a Dallas Stars hockey game and some day drinking Texas style.

Sara and Rob slum it in Glendale, CA, to visit their stand-up comedian daughter, Addy Krider (otherwise known as the Christmas Whore), and hear many terrifying LA stories that would scare the hell out of most parents. But Sara and Rob aren't most parents and they learn how their little girl almost went to the Sharon Tate residence where the Manson Family murdered her.

Sara and Rob park the RV Tiki back in California after a cross country road trip. They land on the Central Coast where they met 30 years before. They celebrate their bang-a-versary and walk us through the dirty details of their first time. Believe it or not, math is involved.

Sara and Rob navigate some blown up motorhome tires on their cross country road trip. They land in Las Vegas, NV, and see Dead and Company at The Sphere, lose money in the casinos and then stumble into a tattoo parlor on Fremont Street. They find out the hard way that tattoos are definitely permanent.

Sara and Rob continue their road trip across the country and land in Sin City Las Vegas to enjoy some women's professional basketball. Rob finds a new crush in Kelsey Plum on the Las Vegas Aces team. Sara sticks with her own favorite crush: Bud Light. The drinking duo tour the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, MO, and catch a Cardinals MLB game. A Chrysler Cordoba is destroyed in a demoliti...

Sara and Rob go hard with drinking in the streets of Nashville and Memphis. They catch a Braves baseball game in Atlanta and their RV gets an inconvenient boot attached to the wheel. We learn what happens when there is no toilet paper in the women's restroom. And the massive importance of AA batteries for the ladies is revealed regarding a possible zombie apocalypse. You will never look at the...

Sara and Rob consume a lot of tequila at Jimmy Buffet’s Camp Margaritaville in Pigeon Forge, TN, and they discuss the magic of Dolly Parton’s immense bosom after a day at the Dollywood theme park.

Sara and Rob crash a pool party in Myrtle Beach, SC. Luckily the police are not called in to utilize outrageous amounts of use of force. Tiki drinks are consumed. Booty is surrendered. Crabs are a problem in the Redneck Riviera (but avoided somehow by our drinking duo). And we all find out how much of a man Rob really is.