Whiskey and the Weird – Details, episodes & analysis

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 Holmes
Summary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-Key

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Milk & Serial (2024; dir. Curry Barker); drinking Hot Apple Cider with Noble Oak Double Oak BOurbon.
Damien is watching Possum (2018; dir. Matthew Holness); drinking Redbreast 15.
Ryan is reading Not A Speck of Light: Stories by Laird Barron; drinking 2XO Bourbon.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Lord of Misrule (2023; dir. William Brent Bell).

Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Monica by Daniel Clowes; drinking Town Branch (again) in a hot toddy.
Damien is reading Daphne by Josh Malerman; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony blended whisky.
Ryan is watching The Creator (2023; dir. Gareth Edwards); drinking Aberfeldy 16.
Aaron is reading various Golden Age of Detection tales featuring Reggie Fortune by H.C Bailey; drinking black tea.

Up next: Season 7! Or maybe a bonus episode?! Follow us on Instagram for an exclusive heads up.

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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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! 

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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! 

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading A Guest in the House by Emily Caroll; drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
Damien is reading The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson; drinking Glenfiddich 12.
Ryan is watching the original John Wick; drinking the Bowmore 12.

If you liked this week’s story, watch DEVS (TV series; Alex Garland, 2020).

Up next: "Uncle Phil on TV" by JB Priestley.

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is playing Wingspan (board game); drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
Damien is reading Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman; drinking Navigator Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
Ryan is reading "The Engine at Heartspring's Center" by Roger Zelazny; drinking the Balvenie 15 Carribean cask.

If you liked this week’s story, read The Grip of It by Jac Jemc.

Up next: "The Eidoloscope" by Robert Duncan Milne.

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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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! 

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin; drinking a Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon.
Damien is reading Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward; drinking a Ardbeg Islay Single Malt.
Ryan is reading Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a Fistful of Bourbon.

If you liked this week’s story, watch the entirety of the Final Destination franchise.

Up next: "Poor Lucy Rivers" by Bernard Capes.

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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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! 

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