Toasting the Classics

Dave McArthur discusses Oscar Wilde's only novel and most famous work, sadly without a drink in hand, because this is Sober Shorts.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Kevin Doyle to discuss the David Lynch 1984 debacle Dune while drinking various permutations of the the water of life.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the bard's bloody masterpiece. Look out for new episodes on The Alchemist, David Lynch's Dune, and our first Broadway show, Smash, coming soon.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges stay sober and short while discussing the 1940 Best Picture Winner Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1982 comedy album Live on the Sunset Strip while drinking Rum and Pepsi.

Dave McArthur stays sober and discusses his thoughts on the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Buckle your seatbelts for a weird ride.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink whiskey and talk about the highly acclaimed 1956 western The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges for a discussion of the the 1973 science fiction novel Rendezvous with Rama.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1943 wartime children's book Le Petit Prince while drinking imported beer. We didn't say where it was imported to or from!

Dave McArthur invites guest hosts Kevin Doyle and Bill Hodges to discuss the 1985 action blockbuster Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1981 Best Picture winner Ordinary People and the technical aspects of Robert Redford's direction thereof while drinking too many martinis and admitting our kids are in therapy.

Dave McArthur braves the podcasting ether alone to discuss the new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Soul of Nature and the work of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola opus Apocalypse Now while drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. 

Dave McArthur and guest hosts Bill Hodges and Kevin Doyle discuss the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet on the day of the director's passing.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the purported great American novel, The Great Gatsby while time traveling to jazz age DC with gin rickeys.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Kevin Doyle to soberly discuss the 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson film Inherent Vice starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, and Martin Short among others. It's film noir, it's like the Big Lebowski, and it's one of our generation's greatest directors.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur go back to where it all began and drink vodka while discussing The Gulag Archipelago, the epic tome that brought down the Soviet Union.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cans of Guinness beer while discussing the merits of the somewhat eponymous 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols!

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drinks Elysian Space Dust IPA while discussing the 1978 blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Dave McArthur is joined by guest hosts Jay Schweig and Steve Kattula to discuss the eponymous 1978 album Van Halen while drinking whiskey.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink gin cocktails crafted to taste like Oceania Victory gin while discussing the 1949 novel 1984 by George Orwell.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to discuss the 2006 dystopian thriller Children of Men while drinking hot toddies.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Tom Collins cocktails and discuss The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink five-dollar milkshakes with bourbon and discuss the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction.