Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Prometheus (2012; dir. Ridley Scott) and Snowpiercer (2013; dir. Bong Joon-ho); drinking Great Jones rye whiskey and Planet Oat oat nog.Damien is watching Scare Me (2020; dir. Josh Ruben); drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon on the cheap.Ryan is reading The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking Grand Marnier.If you liked this week’s story, check out The Reach by Stephen King (in 1985's collection, Skeleton Crew).Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt. We promise.Special music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott HolmesSummary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Monolith (2022; dir. Matt Vesely); drinking a cucumber brine martini with Freeland Spirits gin.Damien is reading I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking Suntory World Whisky Ao.Ryan is reading The Great State of West Florida by Kent Wascom; drinking the Edradour 10 yr.If you liked this week’s story, watch Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022; dir. Halina Reijn).Up next: "The Moaning Lily" by Emma VaneSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Saga vol 1-11 by Brian K Vaughan; drinking Meier's Creek Mo Money Mo Kolsch.Damien is watching Channel Zero: Candle Cove (2016; SyFy); drinking Boulevardiers (bourbon, campari, sweet vermouth).Ryan is watching Eric (Netflix limited series, 2024); drinking the Talisker 10.If you liked this week’s story, read The Ruins by Scott Smith.Up next: "The Green Death" by H C. McNeileSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Battlestar Galactica (2004; SyFy); drinking Great Jones Rye Whiskey.Damien is reading The Lost by Jack Ketchum; drinking Guinness Nitro Draught but talking about Forged.Ryan is watching The Devil All The Time (2020; dir. Antonio Campos); drinking The Auchentoshun 12.If you liked this week’s story, read Borne by Jeff VanderMeerUp next: "The Flowering of the Strange Orchard" by H. G. WellsSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Stopmotion (2023: dir Robert Morgan); drinking a G&T with Freeland Spirits Foraged Botanicals Gin.Damien is watching When Evil Lurks (2023; dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Puncher's Chance Bourbon.Ryan is watching Rust Creek (2018; dir. Jen McGowan); drinking a very terrible Strawberry Basil Bourbon Smash.If you liked this week’s story, read - or watch! - Starve Acre by Andrew Michael HurleyUp next: "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant" by Howard R Garis.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Leech by Hiron Ennes; drinking Westward Whiskey Single Malt.Damien is reading The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlmann; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is reading Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; drinking a mint julep.If you liked this week’s story, watch The Eyes of My Mother (2016; dir. Nicolas Pesce)Up next: "The Giant Wistaria" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; drinking Town Branch Kentucky straight bourbon.Damien is reading Fever House by Keith Rosson; drinking a Last Word (gin, chartreuse, lime, Luxardo).Ryan is reading The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams; drinking The Caol Ila 12.If you liked this week’s story, listen to the Welcome To Night Vale podcast by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.Up next: our interview with the volume's editor, Aaron Worth!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to SAVED! (2023 album) by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter; drinking Springbrook Farms Adirondack High Rye.Damien is reading The Far Reaches series (various authors) on Amazon Kindle Unlimited/Audible; drinking FEW American Whiskey.Ryan is reading Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio; drinking the Talisker 10.If you liked this week’s story, watch Stay Tuned (1992; dir. Peter Hyams) starring the late, great John Ritter.Up next: "The Night Wire" by H.F. Arnold.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman; drinking a Limestone Branch Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon.Damien is reading Reprieve by James Han Mattson; drinking a Hemingway daiquiri (white rum, lime, Maraschino liqueur & grapefruit juice).Ryan is playing Sunless Sea (VG - Failbetter Games, 2015); drinking a Fistful of Bourbon (again).If you liked this week’s story, read "The Backwards Path to the Limbus" by Betty Rocksteady.Up next: "The Wind in the Woods" by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; drinking a No Wrong Answers dry hopped lager from Meier's Creek.Damien is reading Blood Meridian by Cormac Macarthy; drinking a Middle Aged Adult Human DIPA from Trillium Brewing.Ryan is reading Come With Me by Ronald Malfi; drinking a Cassis Manhattan.If you liked this week’s story, search for "Ghost Files" on YouTube.Up next: "Signals" by Stefan Grabinski.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Prometheus (2012; dir. Ridley Scott) and Snowpiercer (2013; dir. Bong Joon-ho); drinking Great Jones rye whiskey and Planet Oat oat nog.Damien is watching Scare Me (2020; dir. Josh Ruben); drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon on the cheap.Ryan is reading The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking Grand Marnier.If you liked this week’s story, check out The Reach by Stephen King (in 1985's collection, Skeleton Crew).Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt. We promise.Special music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott HolmesSummary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Monolith (2022; dir. Matt Vesely); drinking a cucumber brine martini with Freeland Spirits gin.Damien is reading I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking Suntory World Whisky Ao.Ryan is reading The Great State of West Florida by Kent Wascom; drinking the Edradour 10 yr.If you liked this week’s story, watch Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022; dir. Halina Reijn).Up next: "The Moaning Lily" by Emma VaneSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Saga vol 1-11 by Brian K Vaughan; drinking Meier's Creek Mo Money Mo Kolsch.Damien is watching Channel Zero: Candle Cove (2016; SyFy); drinking Boulevardiers (bourbon, campari, sweet vermouth).Ryan is watching Eric (Netflix limited series, 2024); drinking the Talisker 10.If you liked this week’s story, read The Ruins by Scott Smith.Up next: "The Green Death" by H C. McNeileSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Battlestar Galactica (2004; SyFy); drinking Great Jones Rye Whiskey.Damien is reading The Lost by Jack Ketchum; drinking Guinness Nitro Draught but talking about Forged.Ryan is watching The Devil All The Time (2020; dir. Antonio Campos); drinking The Auchentoshun 12.If you liked this week’s story, read Borne by Jeff VanderMeerUp next: "The Flowering of the Strange Orchard" by H. G. WellsSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Stopmotion (2023: dir Robert Morgan); drinking a G&T with Freeland Spirits Foraged Botanicals Gin.Damien is watching When Evil Lurks (2023; dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Puncher's Chance Bourbon.Ryan is watching Rust Creek (2018; dir. Jen McGowan); drinking a very terrible Strawberry Basil Bourbon Smash.If you liked this week’s story, read - or watch! - Starve Acre by Andrew Michael HurleyUp next: "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant" by Howard R Garis.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Leech by Hiron Ennes; drinking Westward Whiskey Single Malt.Damien is reading The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlmann; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is reading Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; drinking a mint julep.If you liked this week’s story, watch The Eyes of My Mother (2016; dir. Nicolas Pesce)Up next: "The Giant Wistaria" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; drinking Town Branch Kentucky straight bourbon.Damien is reading Fever House by Keith Rosson; drinking a Last Word (gin, chartreuse, lime, Luxardo).Ryan is reading The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams; drinking The Caol Ila 12.If you liked this week’s story, listen to the Welcome To Night Vale podcast by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.Up next: our interview with the volume's editor, Aaron Worth!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to SAVED! (2023 album) by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter; drinking Springbrook Farms Adirondack High Rye.Damien is reading The Far Reaches series (various authors) on Amazon Kindle Unlimited/Audible; drinking FEW American Whiskey.Ryan is reading Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio; drinking the Talisker 10.If you liked this week’s story, watch Stay Tuned (1992; dir. Peter Hyams) starring the late, great John Ritter.Up next: "The Night Wire" by H.F. Arnold.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman; drinking a Limestone Branch Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon.Damien is reading Reprieve by James Han Mattson; drinking a Hemingway daiquiri (white rum, lime, Maraschino liqueur & grapefruit juice).Ryan is playing Sunless Sea (VG - Failbetter Games, 2015); drinking a Fistful of Bourbon (again).If you liked this week’s story, read "The Backwards Path to the Limbus" by Betty Rocksteady.Up next: "The Wind in the Woods" by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; drinking a No Wrong Answers dry hopped lager from Meier's Creek.Damien is reading Blood Meridian by Cormac Macarthy; drinking a Middle Aged Adult Human DIPA from Trillium Brewing.Ryan is reading Come With Me by Ronald Malfi; drinking a Cassis Manhattan.If you liked this week’s story, search for "Ghost Files" on YouTube.Up next: "Signals" by Stefan Grabinski.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
59:45Update: 11/08/2024
