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Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Militia House by John Milas; drinking Rogue Spirits Morimoto Whiskey.Damien is watching Sting (2024; dir. Kiah Roache-Turner); drinking the Glenmorangie 12 Single Malt.Ryan is watching Heretic (2024; dir Scott Beck, Bryan Woods); drinking the Isle of Jura 10.If you liked this week's story, check out *deep breath* Scavengers Reign, Leech, In the Earth, Everything by Jeff VanDerMeer, Dreamcatcher, The Girl with the Gifts, Mold!, Come into my Cellar, the first story in the Creepshow movie, one episode of Hannibal, What Moves the Dead, The Hungry Earth, Mexican Gothic, The Last of Us show + game, ETCETERA ETCETERA ETCETERA. Whew.Up next: We're hoping to chat with editor Daisy Butcher, before kicking off Season Eight of Whiskey and the Weird! Our next volume might have you on your knees...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 September House by Carissa Orlando; drinking pFriem Japanese lager.Damien is reading Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon.Ryan is reading Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds; drinking Blair Athol 12.If you liked this week's story, check out FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992; dir. Bill Kroyer).Up next: The Voice in the Night by William Hope HodgsonSpecial 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 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 MerrittSpecial 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 Humane (2024; dir Caitlin Cronenberg; drinking Resurgent Botanical Whiskey.Damien is reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova; drinking the non-alc High Rhode by Kin Euphorics.Ryan is reading the many gory works from Matthew M. Bartlett; drinking the Caol Ila 12 Year Old scotch whisky.If you liked this week's story, check out The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham MerrittSpecial 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 Negative Space by B. R. Yeager; drinking Standard Proof Wildflower Rye, infused with honeysuckle for some reason.Damien is reading The House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias; drinking a Shipwreck: bourbon, dark rum, lime, simple, mint.Ryan is reading The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan; drinking Campbeltown Journey blended scotch whisky.If you liked this week's story, check out American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett.Up next: The Ash Tree by M. R. JamesSpecial 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 Gunslinger by Stephen King; drinking a PBR shandy, baby.Damien is reading Chlorine by Jade Song; drinking Maine Beer Company's Dinner DIPA.Ryan is watching Exhuma (2024; dir. Jang Jae-hyun); drinking the Balvenie 14 yr, Caribbean Cask finish.If you liked this week's story, watch The Apostle (2018; dir. Gareth Evans).Up next: The Guardian of Mystery Island by Edmond NolciniSpecial 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 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 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! 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 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! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
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! 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 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! 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 Scavengers Reign (TV Series; 2023 - ); drinking a Noble Oak Double Oak Hot Toddy.Damien is watching The Dead Center (2018; dir. Billy Senese); drinking Walcott Kentucky Straight Bourbon.Ryan is reading Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand; drinking the showdoggedly named Old Particular's Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Highland Single Cask.If you liked this week's story, read "In The Pines" by Karl Edward Wagner... if you can find it.Up next: "Wireless" by Rudyard Kipling.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 Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield; drinking a Swedish?! whiskey: Mackmyra Svensk EkDamien is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking the Noble Oak Double Oak.Ryan is reading The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorenson; drinking Glenlivet 14 year old Cognac finish.If you liked this week's story, watch the campy classic They Live (1988; dir. John Carpenter).Up next: "Benlian" by Oliver Onions.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 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones); drinking a Noble Oak double oak whiskey + Wegman's apple cider.Damien is watching A Haunting in Venice (2023; dir. Kenneth Branagh); drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is watching Deadwax (Shudder Series, 2018); drinking Evan Williams 100 Bottled-in-Bond.If you liked this week's story, read "The Anatomy Lesson" (short story) in Rapture of the Deep and Other Lovecraftian Tales by Cody Goodfellow.Up next: Rontgen's Curse by Charles Crosthwaite.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 Hell House, LLC (2015, dir Stephen Cognetti); drinking Blue Point Mother Pumpkin Ale.Damien is about to read Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk; drinking a Bloody Mary with Middlebar Mary mix and Reyka vodka.Ryan is reading Come Closer by Sara Gran; drinking a Ghoul's Blood cocktail (don't ask).If you liked this week's story, read the rest of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow.Up next: Season Six! Tune in to hear which volume we're covering...Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer; drinking Noble Oak Double Oak.Damien is watching The House of the Devil (2009, dir. Ti West); drinking a Last Word (gin, green chartreuse, lime, luxardo).Ryan is watching Satan's Slaves (2017; dir. Joko Anwar); drinking Blair Athol 12 yr scotch whisky.If you liked this week's story, watch Lake Mungo (2008; dir. Joel Anderson).Up next: Halloween bonus story! Read "The Ghost of a Flea" by Priya Sharma found in Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow. Then... Season 6!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey; drinking King's County Peated Bourbon.Damien is reading The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew F Sullivan; drinking a spicy ancho marg (zarpado, ancho reyes, simple, lime).Ryan is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; drinking Remy Martin VSOP.If you liked this week's story, watch – or call! – Ghostbusters (1984; dir. Ivan Reitman).Up next: The Searcher of the End House by William Hope Hodgson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Last Sentinel (2023; dir. Tanel Toom); drinking a PBR Shandy.Damien is reading They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca; drinking a Fog Cutter (light rum, cognac, gin, lemon, orange, orgeat, sherry float).Ryan is listening to The Cromcast; drinking Laphroaig Select.If you liked this week's story, watch The Fog (1980; dir. John Carpenter). Do NOT watch The Fog (2005; dir. Rupert Wainwright) which is terrible.Up next: Red Gauntlets of Czerni by Seabury Quinn. This one's out of volume, find it in A Rival From the Grave: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Four or here.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang; drinking FEW Whiskey & TJ's Ginger Beer.Damien is reading Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking a Salty Dog (gin, grapefruit, salt).Ryan is reading Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran; drinking The Bowmore 12 yr old.If you liked this week's story, read the American Gods spinoff short Black Dog by Neil Gaiman.Up next: Forgotten Harbour by Gordon Hillman.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Where I End by Sophie White; drinking Meier's Creek Morning Sun.Damien is reading The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay; drinking Glenlivet Nadurra.Ryan is playing Dredge (2023 video game); drinking Angel's Envy Port Wine aged whiskey.If you liked this week's story, watch Reefer Madness (1936; dir. Louis J. Gasnier).Up next: The Death Hound by Dion Fortune.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib; drinking Beacon Small Batch Bourbon.Damien is reading Maeve Fly by CJ Leede; drinking a terrible spicy paloma (Ancho Reyes, Xicaru mezcal, lime juice and Squirt).Ryan is reading Butcher's Crossing by John Williams; drinking Yellowstone Whiskey.If you liked this week's story, watch The Possession (2012; dir. Ole Bornedal).Up next: A Psychical Invasion by Algernon Blackwood.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Vile Thing We Created by Robert P Ottone; drinking Bull Run Bourbon.Damien is reading The Relic (Pendergrast #1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; drinking a Tom Collins (Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, lemon, sugar, soda).Ryan is reading The Dark Descent anthology edited by David Harwell; drinking Bowmore 12.If you liked this week's story, watch The Pyramid (2014; dir. Grégory Levasseur).Up next: The Case of the Fortunate Youth by Moray Dalton.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Ascension by Nicholas Binge; drinking Roknar Rye.Damien is reading The Button Box trilogy by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar; drinking High West Campfire blend.Ryan is watching Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie (and pining over Pine); drinking Edradour 10.If you liked this week's story, read Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen.Up next: The Valley of the Veils of Death by Bertram Atkey.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Bone Mother by David Demchuk; drinking Bright Lights, Big Bourbon by Hudson Whiskey.Damien is reading The Dead Djinn Universe preamble (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Angel of Khan El-Khalili, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015) by P. Djeli Clark; drinking Wheel Horse bourbon whiskey.Ryan is reading John the Balladeer stories by Manly Wade Wellman (forthcoming volume from Valancourt Press, Fall 2023); drinking Glenlivet 14 Cognac Cask Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, watch Netflix's Cabinet of Curiosities, S1E8: The Murmuring (dir. Jennifer Kent).Up next: In Death as in Life by Joseph Payne Brennan.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Linghun by Ai Jiang; drinking FEW Straight Bourbon.Damien is reading If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4) by Jason Pargin aka David Wong; drinking Oban 14 Scotch whisky.Ryan is reading One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson; drinking Glen Scotia 12 Campbeltown Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, read The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs, illustrated by Edward Gorey.Up next: The Fear by Alice & Claude Askew.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Kevan is reading The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram; drinking the Ardbeg.Jessica is reading All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes; drinking New Deal Distillery Bootstrap Whiskey.Damien is reading Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is reading The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud; drinking Auchentoshan 12yr single malt.If you liked this week's interview, read ecofiction, tell stories in the Bardic tradition, and acknowledge the neurochemical storm in every person's brain. Also, check out Kevan Manwaring's other works in Panorama Journal and his latest collection, Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold.Up next: Season 5! Join us as we investigate... The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection, edited by Mike Ashley.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan; drinking Yellow Bird Tennesssee Whiskey.Damien is reading The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, et al; drinking many GinGin Mules with Reed's Strongest Ginger Beer and Berkshire Mountain's Greylock Gin.Ryan is reading Breckendridge Elkins stories by Robert E. Howard; drinking Angel's Envy Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, read Prey (2002) by dead author Michael Crichton. Or watch the Hitchcock film, but it's nothing like the story. Trust us.Up next: An interview with this volume's editor, Dr. Kevan Manwaring!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to Spooko (an Australian podcast); drinking Apocalypse IPA by 10Barren Brewing.Damien is reading Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall; drinking Xicaru Reposado Mezcal.Ryan is reading stuff edited by Marvin Kaye; drinking Old Forester "Statesman" Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, watch a MICHAEL SHANNON/JEFF NICHOLS DOUBLE FEATURE! Take Shelter (2011; dir. Jeff Nichols) + Midnight Express (2016; dir. Jeff NIchols).Up next: The Birds by Daphne du Maurier.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep by Adam Soto; drinking a Maple Cardamom Old Fashioned with last week's Yellowstone Bourbon.Damien is reading Devil House by John Darnielle; drinking a pickleback! Jameson Irish whiskey + Grillo's spicy dill pickle brine.Ryan is reading The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher; drinking Gramling Woods Rye Malt Whiskey.If you liked this week's story, watch The Perfect Storm (2000; dir. Wolfgang Petersen).Up next: The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes by Margaret St. Clair.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Saltblood by T.C. Parker; drinking "Yellowstone Select" Kentucky Bourbon by Limestone Branch Distillery.Damien is watching The West Wing (TV series); drinking the Arrrrdbeg 10.Ryan is watching Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Netflix); drinking a whiskey sour with Knob Creek Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, watch In The Earth (2021; dir. Ben Wheatley).Up next: Through the Vortex of a Cyclone by William Hope Hodgson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Closet by James Tynion IV, Gavin Fullerton, Chris O'Halloran, and Tom Napolitano; drinking New Boot Goofin' by Meier's Creek.Damien is reading Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy; drinking High West Campfire.Ryan is watching A Wounded Fawn (2022; dir. Travis Stevens); drinking Laphroaig Select 10 yr old.If you liked this week's story, read The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni.Up next: May Day Eve by Algernon Blackwood.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a maple cardamom Old Fashioned with Bull Run bourbon.Damien is reading A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney; drinking Quarter Horse rye whiskey.Ryan is watching Who Invited Them? (2022; dir. Duncan Birmingham); drinking the Bowmore 12 yr. Scotch.If you liked this week's story, watch Pitch Black (2000; dir. David Twohy)/read the novelization by Frank Lauria, or read The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling.Up next: The Horror-Horn by E.F. Benson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Razorblades: Vol 1 by James Tynion IV + Steve Fox; drinking Roknar Rye w/ TJ's Ginger Beer.Damien is watching Emily the Criminal (2022, dir. John Patton Ford); drinking High West Campfire.Ryan is admiring the art of Francois Baranger in his Lovecraft books; drinking Loch Lomond 12 yr. Scotch.If you liked this week's story, go back and listen to S2E6: Leiningen vs the Ants by Carl Stephenson.Up next: Monsoons of Death by Gerald Vance.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading And Then I Woke Up by Malcom Devlin; drinking a Hot Toddy with Bull Run bourbon and barrel-aged honey.Damien is reading Brother by Ania Ahlborn; drinking a Dark & Stormy (Kraken rum, TJ's ginger beer, lime).Ryan is reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang; drinking The Wiseman Rye whiskey.If you liked this week's story, read and watch The Boys by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (Prime Video).Up next: A Mild Attack of Locusts by Doris Lessing.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda; drinking Glenlivet 12 Year.Damien is watching Pearl (2022; dir. Ti West); drinking a whole bunch of Mai Tais.Ryan is reading Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn; drinking a brown sugar Old Fashioned.If you liked this week's story, play Frostpunk (2018 video game; 11 Bit Studios).Up next: Summer Snow Storm by Adam Chase.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching You Won't Be Alone (2022, dir. Goran Stolevski); drinking Burnside Oregon Oaked Rye.Damien is reading The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman; drinking Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter Scotch whisky.Ryan is reading In A Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner; drinking Shackleton Scotch whisky.If you liked this week's story, check out The Bleeding House (2011; dir. Philip Gelatt) or Revival by Stephen King.Up next: The Great Snow by Richard JefferiesSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com.
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Xavi is watching Wreck (2022; TV series); drinking Teeling single malt whiskeyJessica is watching Barbarian (2022, dir Zach Cregger); drinking Roknar rye whiskey with warm apple cider.Damien is watching Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities; drinking Hibiki 12 year.Ryan is reading "What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy" by Matt Cardin; drinking Bunnahabhain 12 yr old.If you liked this volume, check out the six other anthologies and collections edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Follow Me To Ground by Sue Rainsford; drinking Koval Millet Whiskey.Damien is reading Jessica's recos – The Nice House on the Lake (James Tynion IV; Álvaro Martínez Bueno) and The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V, Filipe Andrade); drinking Last Word (gin, green Chartreuse, Luxardo, lime juice).Ryan is listening to the podcast Voluminous; drinking Old Particular Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, check out Banshee Chapter (2013; dir. Blair Erickson).Up next: An interview with the editor of Promethean Horrors: Xavier Aldana Reyes.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to everything via the Libby app; drinking Bull Run Straight Bourbon.Damien is reading Upgrade by Blake Crouch; drinking Whistlepig Small Batch Rye 10 Year.Ryan is reading Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman; drinking 16 yr old Lagavulin Double Matured Distiller's Edition.If you liked this week's story, check out The Knick (TV series; dir. Steven Soderbergh).Up next: From Beyond by H.P. LovecraftSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015, dir. Oz Perkins); drinking warm apple cider with 1911 Established bourbon.Damien is watching After Midnight (2019; dir. Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella); drinking High West Campfire blended whiskey.Ryan is reading Haunted Nights (editor: Ellen Datlow); drinking an Autumnal Manhattan (Basil Hayden's Bourbon, maple syrup, sweet vermouth, black walnut bitters, nutmeg, amarena cherry).If you liked this week's story, check out Dark Matter by Michelle Paver.Up next: The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis StevensonSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching After Yang (2022, dir. Kogonada); drinking Hudson's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon.Damien is re-reading White Noise by Don DeLillo; drinking a Corpse Reviver 2 (equal parts gin, lemon juice, Cocchi Americano and orange liqueur).Ryan is playing Wildermyth (2019, Windows); drinking Blair Athol 12 matured in Flam Wine Barrels.If you liked this week's story, check out Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King, The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016; dir. André Øvredal), and/or Stir of Echoes (1999; dir. David Koepp). Hit us up on IG @whiskeyandtheweird with which is the best IfTTT!Up next: our bonus Halloween episode featuring All Souls' by Edith Wharton.Special thank you to Dr. Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels; drinking Shipyard Pumpkin Ale.Damien is reading The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs; drinking Sebago Lake Rum and Coke Zero.Ryan is watching The Dead Center (2018, dir. Billy Senese); drinking Glenlivet 15yr French Oak Reserve.If you liked this week's story, check out Limitless (2011; dir. Neil Burger) or its source material: The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn.Up next: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdermar by Edgar Allen PoeSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Surrender by Ray Loriga; drinking Blackfly Bourbon on ice.Damien is watching Prey (2022, dir. Dan Trachtenberg); drinking Johnnie Walker Black 12 Year.Ryan is listening to the Elder Sign podcast (Clay Temple Media); drinking Knob Creek bourbon.If you liked this week's story, check out Antiviral (2013, dir. Brandon Cronenberg).Up next: The Five Senses by E. NesbitSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Reservation Dogs (2021; TV series); drinking Hochstadter's Slow & Low canned old fashioneds.Damien is watching NOPE (2022, dir. Jordan Peele); drinking Mastic Tears mastiha liqueur.Ryan is reading The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, four-volume set; drinking the Glenlivet 12yr.If you liked this week's story, check out 'Cinereous' in Furnace by Livia Llewellyn + Aaron Mahnke's Lore podcast.Up next: The Mortal Immortal: A Tale by Mary ShelleySpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Red Riding Quartet by David Peace; drinking a PBR & Lemonade Shandy.Damien is reading Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law by Mary Roach; drinking Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger Liqueur + Fever Tree Indian tonic.Ryan is watching Aterrados (2017, dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Michter's straight bourbon whiskey.If you liked this week's story, check out Cherry 2000 (1987; dir. Steve De Jarnatt). Yes, really.Up next: The Secret of the Scaffold by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-AdamSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Men (2022, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Beak & Skiff 1911 Bourbon.Damien is reading The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins; drinking a Monte Carlo (rye whiskey, Benedictine, bitters).Ryan is watching Impetigore (2019, dir. Joko Anwar); drinking a Cthulu Takes Manhattan. It's got blue cream soda in it. Don't ask.If you liked this week's story, check out The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay.Up next: The Sandman by E.T.A. HoffmanSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022, dir. Jane Schoebrun); drinking Noble Oak Double Oak Rye.Damien is reading Age of Cage by Keith Phipps; drinking a Solstice Spritz (Hendrick's Midsummer Solstice + St. Germain + lemon juice).Ryan is reading Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff; drinking Edradour 10 Year.If you liked this week's story, check out The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado.Up next: The Blue Laboratory by L T MeadeSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; drinking Rogue Spirits Dead Guy Whiskey.Damien is watching The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020, dir. Jim Cummings); drinking Basil Hayden's American Bourbon.Ryan is watching The Cellar (2022, dir. Brendan Muldowney); drinking Larceny Wheated Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, check out The Fold by Peter Clines.Up next: Rappacini's Daughter by Nathaniel HawthorneSpecial thank you to Dr. Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Dr. Blake Brandes is so good at what he does because he is not afraid to let himself unabashedly love what he loves. That is what guides him. Contrary to new age thought, when you let what you love by your guide, you can wind up in some heartbreaking situations! This is part and parcel of loving what you love, and becoming strong enough to validate that to yourself and to others -- even if the world doesn't. Lucky for us, the world does validate Dr. Blake Brandes in that he has been able to found his own company called Motivational Millenial, and share his message with over 350,000 students using his "Remix Your Reality" assemblies on Growth Mindset and Grit. He teaches on the practice of Becoming Unstuck around the idea that the way things are are the way things have to be. He teaches and supports students into new worlds full of possibilities. This is just the latest iteration of the life of Dr. Blake, so please join us to hear the full story in the episode! As a SPECIAL BONUS for this episode, we've had Blake play us out with an original improvised song, which we've turned into a video! Please FIND IT HERE ON YOUTUBE. You can get all of Blake's music, and info at BlakeSpeaks.com, and you can find him on Spotify, Apple Music, or any other streaming service. If you are old school like him, and you want a dropbox full of .mp3s, he's got you covered! Head over to BlakeSpeaks.com for more
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching You Are Not My Mother (2021; dir. Kate Nolan); drinking Westward Singly Malt.Damien is reading the Roger Rabbit trilogy by Gary K. Wolf; drinking a boilermaker with Jameson Irish whiskey and Maine Beer's Lunch IPA.Ryan is reading Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline; drinking the Bowmore 12.Daisy is reading The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid; drinking orange-flavored gin. Mysterious!Janette is watching I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020; dir. Charlie Kaufman); drinking The Glenlivet (and memories of the absinthe bar attached to the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities).What was that thing about If Insects Were Bigger? https://vintagenewsdaily.com/in-1909-the-strand-magazine-imagined-what-would-happen-if-giant-insects-attacked-london/If you liked this week's interview (and Crawling Horrors), follow the volume's editors @daisy2205 and @janetteleaf1.Up next: Season 3... Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science, edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Sound of Violence (2021; dir. Alex Noyer); drinking Freeland Spirits bourbon.Damien is heeding Jessica's recos – watching The Empty Man (2020, dir. David Prior) and reading The House Next Door by Ann River Siddons; drinking Devil's River bourbon.Ryan is watching Martyrs (2008, dir. Pascal Laugier); drinking Miller Lite. Really.If you liked this week's story, check out Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton.Up next: Season 2 wrap up featuring an interview with Crawling Horror editors Jeanette Leaf and Daisy Butcher!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Empty Man (2020, dir David Prior); drinking Hudson Whiskey's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon.Damien is enthralled by wabi-sabi and kintsugi; drinking Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey.Ryan is reading "In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi" by Molly Tanzer; drinking Old Forrester 100 Rye.If you liked this week's story, check out Peacemaker (2022 series; dir James Gunn).Up next: ‘The Miracle of the Lily' by Clare Winger Harris.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Song for the Unravelling World by Brian Evenson; drinking Elysian Space Dust IPA.Damien is watching V/H/S/2 (2013); drinking Relativity American Whiskey.Ryan is reading Threshold - Volume 1: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny (compiled by NESFA); drinking Buffalo Trace bourbon in a tipped glass.If you liked this week's story, check out Love and Monsters (2020, dir. Michael Matthews).Up next: ‘The Captivity of the Professor' by A. Lincoln Green.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching From (2022 TV series, Epix); drinking Bull Run Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Damien is watching Severance (2022 TV series, AppleTV+); drinking a Bee Sting: Scotch, Barenjager, Fernet Branca, tangerine juice, egg white, bitters.Ryan is watching Fresh (2022, dir. Mimi Cave); drinking Laphroaig Triple Wood.If you liked this week's story, check out ‘Here There Be Tygers' by Stephen King.Up next: ‘Beyond the Star Curtain' by Garth Bentley.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno & Jordie Bellaire; drinking Meier's Creek Honey Kölsch.Damien is reading Severance by Ling Ma; drinking The Glenlivet Nadurra.Ryan is watching Hellbender (2021, dir. Adams/Adams/Poser); drinking Glenmorangie, 10 yr.If you liked this week's story, check out the Borne series by Jeff VanderMeer.Up next: ‘An Egyptian Hornet' by Algernon Blackwood.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Feast (2021, dir. Lee Haven Jones); drinking Savage & Cooke Burning Chair bourbon.Damien is watching My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2021, dir. Jonathan Cuartas); drinking sorrel (aka bissap) with Sebago Lake rum and Topo Chico.Ryan is reading 'The Phantom Coach' by Amelia B. Edwards; drinking Bunnahabhain 12 year old.If you liked this week's story, check out the graphic novel Moon Knight #1 (2016, Lemire / Smallwood / Thomas) and Imprisoned With The Pharaohs by Harry Houdini and H.P. Lovecraft (seriously).Up next: ‘The Blue Beetle: A Confession' by A.G. Gray Jun.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Raised by Wolves (HBOMax); drinking Far North Rye Whiskey.Damien is reading The Hole by Hye-young Pyun; drinking a BBQ Old Fashioned (Redemption rye, blueberry aigre-doux, black lemon bitters, smoked glass).Ryan is reading DRACULA: The New Annotated Edition ed. by Leslie Klinger; drinking the Bowmore 12.If you liked this week's story, check out Starship Troopers (1997, dir. Paul Verhoeven).Up next: ‘The Mummy's Soul' by Anonymous.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; drinking Power's Gold Label Irish Whiskey.Damien is watching The Deep House (2021, dir. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury); drinking Redemption High Rye Bourbon.Ryan is reading – and crying over – The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russellr; drinking a Manhattan (Old Forrester 100 Rye, "Tender is the Night" Vermouth, Fee Bros. Bitters, twist of lemon).If you liked this week's story, check out Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971, dir. Seth Holt & Michael Carreras).Up next: ‘Leiningen Versus the Ants' by Carl Stephenson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2001, dir. William Eubank); drinking Cardinal Spirits Straight Rye.Damien is reading Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry; drinking a negroni (equal parts gin, vermouth rosso, and campari).Ryan is reading Old Style Tales website and book series by M. Grant Kellermeyer; drinking Blair Athol 12.If you liked this week's story, check out Slither (2006, dir. James Gunn).Up next: ‘After Three Thousand Years' by Jane G. Austin.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith; still drinking Natterjack.Damien is watching Saint Maud (2019, dir. Rose Glass); drinking Chicken Cock straight bourbon.Ryan is watching The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971, dir. Piers Haggard); drinking Tomintoul 16.If you liked this week's story, check out The Host (2006, dir. Bong Joon-ho).Up next: ‘Caterpillars' by E.F. Benson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Kettering Incident (2016 TV series); drinking Freeland Spirits bourbon.Damien is reading The Every by Dave Eggers; drinking Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey.Ryan is watching No One Gets Out Alive (2021, dir. Santiago Menghini); drinking Glenfiddich 15 Unique Solera Reserve.If you liked this week's story, check out Encounter (2021, dir. Michael Pearce).Up next: ‘The Wicked Flea' by J.U. GiesySpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan; drinking Natterjack Irish Whiskey, featuring a big ugly toad.Damien is reading The Damnation Game by Clive Barker; drinking High West Prairie Bourbon.Ryan is watching Better Call Saul (created by Vince Gilligan); drinking Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve.If you liked this week's story, check out Technicolor by John Langan.Up next: 'The Moth' by HG Wells (another nobody)Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Tonight's whisk(e)ys:Jessica is drinking Hudson Bright Lights, Big Bourbon whiskey. (Ball jar, big cube, splash of water.)Damien is drinking Suntory Hibiki 12 yr whisky. (Match pewter base double rocks glass, ice ball, let rest.)Ryan is drinking Bowmore Islay 15 year Darkest scotch. (Tulip glass, neat, splash of water.)Like this season? Our contemporary weird writer shout outs:Jessica: Kelly Link, Lyudmila PetruşevskayaDamien: Stephen Graham Jones, Laird Barron, John Langan, Nathan BallingrudRyan: A.C. Wise, Daniel MillsUp next: Season 2: CRAWLING HORROR: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird! Our first episode will arrive in January 2022.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Last Night in Soho (2021, dir. Edgar Wright); drinking Freeland Spirits Bourbon.Damien is reading Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune; drinking a Woodford Reserve hot toddy.Ryan is watching Midnight Mass (Netflix); drinking Ardbeg Single Malt – again.If you liked this week's story, check out: "Ghost Story by Peter Straub," preaches Ryan."The Guardian (1990, dir. William Friedkin)," Damien demands."Triangle (2009, dir. Christopher Smith)," assures Jess.Up next: We've got a season one wrap-up episode for you before starting production on on S2 covering... CRAWLING HORROR! Get out the bug spray, y'all.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to the Too Scary; Didn't Watch podcast; drinking Far North Rye Whiskey.Damien is watching Psycho Goreman (2020, dir. Steven Kostanski); drinking High West Campfire Whiskey.Ryan is reading the Dark Forces anthology, edited by Kirby McCauley; drinking Ardbeg Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, check out Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro).Up next: ‘The Floating Forest' by Herman ScheffauerSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching OCULUS (2013, dir. Mike Flanagan); drinking Far North Rye Whiskey.Damien is reading My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Lion's Tail (bourbon, allspice dram, lime juice, bitters).Ryan is reading The Valencourt Book of World Horror Stories Vol. 1; drinking Dewars - again.If you liked this week's story, check out The Scar by China Miéville.Up next: 'Devereux's Last Smoke' by Izola ForresterSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
“We are supported, support is available and sometimes it's about reaching out and asking.” - Blake Brandes Blake Brandes is the Dr. of Hip Hop! He is a youth motivational speaker, hip-hop educator, music producer, and a student leadership expert. Blake received his PhD in Hip-Hop and Global Youth Cultures from the University of Kent. He believes in the importance of education and the power of hip-hop to connect with young people in a meaningful way. In this episode, he talks about how he motivates, inspires, and helps students, parents, and teachers in finding the element of trust and self-love, through his music and hip hop. Blake also surprises listeners with his latest song: “FREE!” Let's tune in and listen to Blake's advice.
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The House Next Door by Anne River Siddons; drinking Rogue Brewing's Batsquatch IPA.Damien is watching POSSESSOR (2020, dir. Brandon Cronenberg); drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony whisky.Ryan is watching THE MEDIUM (2021, dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun); drinking Dewars on the rocks.If you liked this week's story, check out THE BURROWERS (2008, dir. J.T. Petty).Up next: ‘The Mystery of the Water-Logged Ship' by William Hope HodgsonSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Night House (2020, dir. David Bruckner); drinking Fistful of Bourbon blended whiskey.Damien is reading 'New Teeth: Stories' by Simon Rich; drinking Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey.Ryan is reading 'When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson' edited by Ellen Datlow; drinking The Glenmorangie 10yr.If you liked this week's story, check out Underwater (2020, dir. William Eubank) and 'The Deep' by Nick Cutter.Up next: ‘Sargasso' by Ward MuirSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading 'Where The Wild Ladies Are' by Aoko Matsuda; drinking Roadsmary's Baby pumpkin ale by Two Roads Brewery.Damien is reading 'Tender Is the Flesh' by Augustina Bazterrica; drinking a Roman Holiday cocktail.Ryan is playing Subnautica; drinking Hudson Whiskey NY.If you liked this week's story, check out The Invitation, the 2015 sleeper hit film directed by Karyn Kusama (free on Tubi).Up next: ‘From the Depths and the Darkness' by Morgan RobertsonSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Eyes Without A Face (1960, dir. Georges Franju); drinking Atomic Pumpkin by New Belgium.Damien is reading 'Based On A True Story' written and narrated by Norm MacDonald; drinking Bulleit bourbon with Woodford Reserve barrel aged orange bitters.Ryan is reading 'A Night in Lonesome October' by Roger Zelazny; drinking Evan Williams Small Batch bourbon.If you liked this week's story, check out The Canal, the 2014 Irish film directed by Ivan Kavanagh (free on Tubi). Damien insists you also watch What Lies Beneath (2000, dir. Robert Zemeckis) just because.Up next: ‘No Ships Pass' by Lady Eleanor SmithSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Old by M. Night Shyamalan; drinking Little Wolf APA by Zero Gravity. Damien is watching Brand New Cherry Flavor and Squid Game (Netflix); drinking Whistlepig Farmstock Rye. Ryan is reading 'The Harbormaster' by Robert W. Chambers; drinking Woodford Reserve Wheated. If you liked this week's story, check out ‘The Birds' by Daphne du Maurier. Up next: ‘The Black Bell Buoy' by Rupert Chesterton Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Ryan is reading ‘There Is No Death, There Are No Dead: Tales of Spiritualism Horror' edited by Aaron J. French and Jess Landry; drinking The Bowmore 12 Yr Old.Jessica is reading ‘I Hold a Wolf by the Ears' by Laura Van Den Berg; drinking Far North Spirits rye whiskey.Damien is watching Malignant (2021, dir. James Wan); drinking Kaiyo Whisky aged in Mizunara oak.If you liked this week's story, check out ‘His House,' the 2020 movie directed by Remi Weeks (available on Netflix)Next episode: ‘The Ship of Silence' by Albert R WetjenSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for the Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow—and check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com.
Blake Brandes loved his dissertation topic—hip-hop and global youth cultures—but was stuck in writing a crucial paper toward earning his Ph.D. His advisor suggested he create a rap album as a last chapter, so he did. A review committee member wrote on his paper that he had never before had the pleasure of reviewing a dissertation that you could dance to. Dr. Brandes is co-founder of the personal development company, Motivational Millennial, and co-host of the Motivational Millennial Podcast. He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business in assemblies and workshops to help students “Remix Your Reality.”
Dr. Brandes talks to us about his PhD in Hip-Hop and Global Youth Cultures as well as his career path in Hip-Hop. Learn from him about growth mindset and unlocking your potential in your career. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/experiencepoints/support
Dr. Blake Brandes is a Tedx speaker, America’s Got Talent performer, rapper, Top 40 music producer, and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship who has a Ph.D. in Hip Hop and Global Youth Cultures. Blake was also my co-host on the Motivational Millennial podcast and my business partner for four and a half years. Together, Blake and I built a motivational speaking business in which we shared the messages of grit and the Growth Mindset with over 100,000 students, educators, and parents. Even though I recently sold my part of the business, Blake carries on this work today. While we mostly provided our messages in an educational setting, we both found the Growth Mindset helped in our business and professional lives as well. It’s this incredible power of the growth mindset that we’re discussing in this episode today. What you'll hear in this episode: What Blake loves about the work he does to help students, educators, and parents learn to be more resilient and live happier lives What research says about the Growth Mindset Blake’s thoughts on how the Growth Mindset can positively impact your mind climate The power of “yet” Blake’s tips for bringing the Growth Mindset into your life Success stories of what people have been able to accomplish after adopting the Growth Mindset Taking back power by choosing to be happy What Ivy invites you to think about and do as you go into the next week Connect with Ivy on Facebook and join the Mind Climate Community!
Dr. Blake talks about why developing a mindset focused on improvement rather than achievement is important for athletic performance.
Dr. Blake Brandes - Youth Motivational Speaker Blake is a youth motivational speaker, hip-hop educator, music producer, and student leadership expert. Blake received his PhD in Hip-Hop and Global Youth Cultures from the University of Kent. He believes in the importance of education and the power of hip-hop to connect with young people in a meaningful way. This allows him to effectively convey the value of academics, passion, and other tools of success that will help teens achieve their goals. Blake is also the co-founder of Motivational Millennial, and co-hosts a weekly podcast that features leaders, musicians, entrepreneurs, artists, altruists and other Millennials who share their passions, the beauty in the pursuit of their dreams, and how they overcome challenges on their paths. Get involved, follow Duley Noted on: https://www.facebook.com/TheDuleyNoted/
Blake Brandes loved his dissertation topic—hip-hop and global youth cultures—but was stuck in writing this crucial paper toward earning his Ph.D. His advisor suggested he create a rap album as a last chapter, so he did. A review committee member wrote on his paper that he had never before had the pleasure of reviewing a dissertation that you could dance to. Dr. Brandes is co-founder of the personal development company, Motivational Millennial, and co-host of the Motivational Millennial Podcast. He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business in assemblies and workshops to help students “Remix Your Reality.”
For the first time ever, I’m interviewing a duo for the Breakthrough Success Podcast! Ivy LaClair and Blake Brandes are the Co-founders of Motivational Millennial. Ivy is a personal motivation coach and Blake is a TEDx Speaker. In this episode, we’ll discuss why the duo started the Motivational Millennial Podcast which highlights successful millennials. Within this episode will be several highlights such as how to deal with rough patches, conquering fear, and personal development. Quotes To Remember: “When you start moving toward fulfillment, or a dream you really care about, that potential for heartbreak, becomes a real thing.” “You made the decision in advance, it’s so much easier and less stressful.” “Let them tell you no.” “If we just focus on the situation, we are a lot more empowered, and challenges that seem huge, are much more manageable” What You’ll Learn: —How to deal with the rough patches of entrepreneurship —How to conquer fear —How to speed up processes by taking choices out of the equation Key Links from the Show: Motivational Millenial FB Page. Free Gift: Motivating Your Millennial Mind 3 Recommended Books The Power of Now by Eckhart Tole Daring Greatly by Brene Brown Mistborn by B Sanderson
Blake Brandes loved his dissertation topic—hip-hop and global youth cultures—but was stuck in writing this crucial paper toward earning his Ph.D. His advisor suggested he create a rap album as a last chapter, so he did. A review committee member wrote on his paper that he had never before had the pleasure of reviewing a dissertation that you could dance to. Dr. Brandes is co-founder of the personal development company, Motivational Millennial, and co-host of the Motivational Millennial Podcast. He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business in assemblies and workshops to help students “Remix Your Reality.”
From collegiate athletes to snowboarders, to commissioned visual artists, to yogis, we all have something in common with international energy healer and hip-hop artist, Ra.Be. Using the medium of freestyle rap as an extension of his efforts “to grow and to learn more and more of who I am.” Whether making music, working as a coach and mentor or doing any of several different kinds of yoga, he’s constantly practicing what he refers to as “the art of fulfillment in the day-to-day that allows the artistry to come through.” Join your hosts, Blake Brandes and Ivy LaClair, while we explore different facets of this jack-of-all-trades, and bring inspiration and motivational encouragement right to you. You can read the full show notes at www.motivationalmillennial.com
MOTIVATING MILLENNIALS You deserve to hear this riveting interview with Blake Brandes, a multi-talented young man on a mission to help millennials find their passion and purpose. He delivers his motivational messages with hip-hop music and free style rap. He is a gifted edutainer whose words, energy, and style are touching and changing lives. Anyone of any age will be thoroughly entertained, enlightened, and inspired by listening to Blake’s irresistible story. BOOKS IN THIS PODCAST 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Steven Covey The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Unleash The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins Hamlet by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Ulysses by James Joyce CONNECT WITH BLAKE www.BlakeBrandes.com (http://www.blakebrandes.com/) www.MotivationalMillennial.com (http://www.motivationalmillennial.com/) Tell us what you think and feel. Click “Join The Conversation” below. Let Your voice be heard.
Peter Hollens is an American pop singer and producer best known for his work on YouTube as an a cappella cover artist. With 1.5 million subscribers, his videos have reached a quarter of a billion views on FaceBook and YouTube since 2011. Hollens has collaborated and performed with several outstanding artists including Brian Wilson, Jason Mraz, Hunter Hayes, Gladys Knight, Lindsey Stirling, George Watsky, Jackie Evancho, and ThePianoGuys. He has released over 125+ digital singles to date and continues to release new music every other week. He has been involved with a cappella music since 1999 when he co-founded the University of Oregon’s male a cappella group On The Rocks. In 2010 he and the group were featured on NBC’s The Sing Off Season 2. Hollens also consults many of his fellow peers and advises companies including Patreon, Loudr, Tubular and is on the YouTube creator advisory board. Probably none of us have met a celebrity walking through the park, but chances are, we’ve all come across a few on the internet. From jugglers, to makeup artists, to technology gurus, YouTube has it all. Including a cappella star, Peter Hollens. Turn up the volume or put some headphones in to get the latest hits on Peter Hollens life with your hosts Blake Brandes and Ivy LaClair. You can read the full show notes at www.motivationalmillennial.com
This week on episode 48 of Uncontained I have the privilege of speaking to Dr. Blake Brandes. Blake is co-founder of the personal development company, Motivational Millennial, and co-host of the Motivational Millennial Podcast. He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business to help students “Remix Their Reality” through assemblies and workshops. Blake was the recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most competitive postgraduate awards in the world, which he used to complete his Master's and PhD on Hip-Hop and Global Youth Cultures at the University of Kent in England. While completing his PhD, Blake also launched a music production and artist management company, where he produced Top 40 radio songs and toured across Europe. You may have seen Blake on America’s Got Talent, or watched his TEDx talk. Listen now to find out how Dr. Blake Brandes Lives Uncontained!Podcast and Coaching: http://www.motivationalmillennial.comHip-Hop Motivational Speaking and Music: http://www.blakebrandes.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/motivationalmillennialhttp://www.facebook.com/drblakebrandesTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/BlakeBrandesInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/DrBlakeBrandesBlake’s TEDx Talk: http://bit.ly/BlakeTEDx See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Moving Millennials | Oxygen For A Generation Of Game-Changers
What’s up Movers?! We had SO much fun creating this episode. Once again, I decided to run Facebook LIVE as I recorded the podcast. Simultaneously, I opened up my Zoom room (via http://zoom.us) and invited ANYONE tuning in via Facebook to hop on and be on the show. One brave soul jumped out, and I had the chance to have an impromptu conversation with the one and only Dr. Blake Brandes - host of the AWESOME podcast, Motivational Millennial. Dr. Blake Brandes is a youth motivational speaker, hip-hop educator, music producer, and student leadership expert. Blake received his PhD in Hip-Hop and Global Youth Cultures from the University of Kent. He believes in the importance of education and the power of hip-hop to connect with young people in a meaningful way. This allows him to effectively convey the value of academics, passion, and other tools of success that will help teens achieve their goals. Throughout the episode we chat about the following: • The Law of Assumption and the role it plays in your life • Why Imagination and Attention are two of your highest ‘mental faculties' • Why you have less ‘free will’ than you think • How to use the free will that you do have to manifest lasting change in your life You’ll want to make sure you listen all the way to the end as Dr. B wraps this up with a sweet surprise. To download the Moving Millennials Manifesto and ebook, visit the site and subscribe using your email address. If you’re not in it already, you’ll want to join our Facebook Group. This is becoming a powerful community of like-minded young people who are collaborating to raise the collective consciousness on the planet. Join the crew ASAP.
Joe Martinez is an editorial and portrait photographer living and working in New York City. His clients include: •Adidas •The Navy Wounded Warrior Project •The Brooklyn Nets •Ronald McDonald House New York •Yahoo! Music •Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Joe also sings with the a cappella group The Lost Keys, was an American Idol contestant, and has been the featured vocalist on Motivational Millennial co-host, Blake Brandes's, hip-hop albums for the last decade. Check out Joe's work at www.joemartinezphoto.com. Listen to the episode as Joe shares: Joe’s favorite jam The habit Joe employs to make sure he gets his day started right The Maya Angelou quote that speaks deeply to Joe Why self doubt hasn’t stopped him from sharing his work Why everyone doesn’t have to like your work The pivotal point where Joe almost moved back home to get back on his feet How Joe was self-sabotaging with his thoughts Ways building a community is important to Joe and how he does it through photography. How the recession positively impacted millennials You can read the full show notes and access all the resources at www.motivationalmillennial.com
Want to meet some Millennials who are making a difference in the world today? You've come to the right place. This podcast is all about showcasing the best of the Millennial generation and how they are making the world a better place. Hosted by Blake Brandes and Ivy LaClair, each show will highlight an amazing Millennial who is passionate about their work and focused on making society more purpose minded. In this episode, you get to meet Blake and Ivy and hear exactly why they have started the show, plus you get a glimpse of what is to come in the podcast! You can find more about Motivational Millennials and read all about the guests at: www.motivationalmillennial.com
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