Podcast Episodes

Michael Connelly

Season 4 Episode 5

Michael Connelly: Old Fashioned (2 1/2 ounces rye, bitters and sugar over large ice cube with cherry and orange peel) 

Michael Connelly describes his …

11 months, 1 week ago

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Michael Lewis

Season 4 Episode 4

Michael Lewis: Sazerac (coat a chilled glass with absinthe, mix 2 1/2 ounces rye, sugar, bitters and chill with ice, add to glass with a twist)

Michae…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Cheryl Hines

Season 4 Episode 3

Cheryl Hines (dry vodka martini: 3 ounces vodka, dash dry vermouth, olives) 

Cheryl names which actor should play her husband Bobby in an inverted ver…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Laura Dickerman

Season 4 Episode 2

Laura Dickerman: Last Word (1 1/2 ounces gin, 3/4 ounce green chartreuse, 3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur, 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice, Luxardo cherry)

La…

1 year ago

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Ken Follett

Season 4 Episode 1

Ken Follett (champagne)

Ken names the #1 event in history that he wishes he could witness (hint: it occurred in 16th century London), declares the wor…

1 year ago

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Megan Abbott

Season 3 Episode 26

Megan Abbott: gimlet (2 1/2 ounces gin, 1/2 ounce lime juice, dash simple syrup, garnish with lime wheel)

Megan names Detroit’s best quality, shares h…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Megan Marshall

Season 3 Episode 25

Megan Marshall: Caipirinha (lime, sugar, cachaca)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, Megan discusses the distinctions between biography and n…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Father's Day Book Picks

Season 3 Episode 24

Jennifer Egan, Jay McInerney, David Grann: (Crystal)

Jenny, Jay and David create the Best List of the best books, discuss the stylistic and structural…

1 year, 4 months ago

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Montel Williams

Season 3 Episode 23

Montel Williams: sparkling water with cranberry juice  

Montel reveals the worst thing about being deployed on a submarine, explains how Tom Clancy an…

1 year, 4 months ago

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Carl Hiaasen

Season 3 Episode 22

Carl Hiaasen: gin & tonic (Barr Hill gin, tonic, lime wedge)

Carl discusses the talented Vince Vaughn and how he will forever more inhabit the charact…

1 year, 4 months ago

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