Toasting the Classics

Toasting the Classics Classic- The Beach Boys Pet Sounds

Clint Lanier and David McArthur discuss the phenomenal album Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, re-released in honor of the passing of Brian Wilson.

The Call of the Wild- Jack London

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges pass judgment on the Jack London novella The Call of the Wild.

Paris Texas

Dave McArthur discusses the 1984 Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas

The Invention of Nature- Andrea Wulf

Dave McArthur and guest host Bill Hodges discuss the 2015 biography of Alexander von Humboldt The Invention of Nature, and they stay sober while doing it.

A Walk in the Woods- Bill Bryson

Bill Hodges and Dave McArthur discuss the 1998 A Walk in the Woods while drinking moonshine and taking slight digressions into their own wilderness experiences

Toasting the Classics Classic- Enter the Dragon

In what was probably one of our tipsiest episodes, Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the blockbuster martial arts film Enter the Dragon.

The Jerk- Steve Martin begins his movie career with a bang!

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cheap chardonnay and discuss the 1979 film debut of Steven Martin.

Toasting the Classics Classic- Dr Dre and The Chronic

A blast from the Toasting the Classics past and a time before things went awry in America. Also after, but also before. Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss Dr. Dre's rap smash The Chronic while drinking forties of King Cobra.

The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde

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

Dune- David Lynch 1984

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.