Toasting the Classics

Rendezvous with Rama- Arthur C. Clarke

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

Le Petit Prince- Antoine de Saint Exupery

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!

Commando (1985) Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

Ordinary People- 1981 Best Picture and What We Almost Called This Podcast

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.

Caspar David Friedrich- The Soul of Nature

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.

Apocalypse Now- 1979 Francis Ford Coppola hooks a 300-pound Marlon

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

Blue Velvet- David Lynch 1986

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.

The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

Sober Shorts: Inherent Vice 2014

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.

The Gulag Archipelago- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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.