Podcast Episodes

Julian Sancton

Season 4 Episode 16

Julian Sancton: dry martini (3 ounces gin, 2 drops dry vermouth, lemon twist)

Julian shares the greatest sunken treasure story of all time (and it’s r…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Grant Ginder

Season 4 Episode 14

Grant Ginder: Negroni (1 ounce each of gin, sweet vermouth, Campari served with orange rind)

Grant tells the story of taking a fiction writing class w…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Brad Meltzer

Season 4 Episode 13

Brad Meltzer: Asombroso tequila, neat  

Brad discusses the elusiveness of closure in life and how writing THE VIPER helped him come to terms with his …

9 months ago

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Doug's 2026 Book Picks

Season 4 Episode 12

Doug Picks 4 books for 2026 with background noise provided by his dog Thunder who is romping in the snow

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9 months, 1 week ago

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Catherine Grace Katz

Season 4 Episode 11

Catherine Grace Katz: Gunner (equal parts ginger beer & ginger ale with fresh lime juice and dash bitters)

Catherine describes how Stalin made an emer…

10 months ago

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Rick Atkinson

Season 4 Episode 10

Rick Atkinson: Manhattan (2 1/2 ounces Michter’s rye, 1 ounce sweet vermouth, dash bitters served up with Luxardo cherry)  

Rick names the most intell…

10 months, 1 week ago

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Tony Lyons

Season 4 Episode 9

Tony Lyons: whiskey sour (2 1/2 ounces rye, 1/2 ounce lemon juice, sugar in shaker with ice, served up with cherry and dash bitters)

Tony tells the wi…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Marc Siegel

Season 4 Episode 8

Marc Siegel: coffee

Dr. Marc Siegel talks about religion and faith in medicine, discusses the merits of MAHA, sounds the alarm that our defenses are d…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Seth Wickersham

Season 4 Episode 7

Seth Wickersham: Johnny Walker Blue (pour over 3 ice cubes)

ESNP senior writer Seth Wickersham discusses the extreme difference in the way Belichick h…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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Jake Tapper

Season 4 Episode 6

Jake Tapper: bourbon on ice

Jake discusses his stint working for Hooters Restaurant, names the US President with the best sense of humor, names his fa…

11 months ago

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