Podcast Episodes

David Grann

Season 3 Episode 14

David Grann: Mojito (2 ounces white rum, 1 ounce lime juice, sugar, mint, topped with club soda)

David discusses his early years covering politics on …

1 year, 1 month ago

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Karl Anderson

Season 3 Episode 13

Capt. Karl Anderson: Spanish Manhattan (2 1/2 ounces Pilar rum, 1 ounce sweet vermouth, bitters, garnish with orange rind)

Karl tells of the assignmen…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Wendy Walker

Season 3 Episode 12

Wendy Walker: Greyhound (1 1/2 ounces vodka, 2 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice)

Wendy shares the meticulous approach she took to becoming a bestselling aut…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Alafair Burke

Season 3 Episode 11

Alafair Burke: Vesper Martini (2 ounces gin, 3/4 ounce vodka, 1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc)

Alafair reveals the haunting impressions of growing up in Kansas…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Spencer Klavan

Season 3 Episode 10

Spencer Klavan: scotch

Spencer discusses the brimming culture of intolerance during his years at Yale, art and morality, the inherently required trans…

1 year, 2 months ago

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David Coggins

Season 3 Episode 9

David Coggins: Pilar rum 

David Coggins discusses Hemingway’s escapades on his fishing boat Pilar, the secret history of New York’s 21 Club, his proce…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Jim Rutenberg

Season 3 Episode 8

Jim Rutenberg: mango spritzer (equal parts mango and club soda)

Jim discusses the Murdoch family dynastic succession, the slow decline of the Big 3 Ne…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Lili Anolik

Season 3 Episode 7

Lili Anolik: gimlet (2 1/2 ounces gin, squeezed lime juice, sugar)

Lili shares some of the scoop from her terrific biography DIDION & BABITZ including…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Neal Stephenson

Season 3 Episode 6

Neal Stephenson: mezcal margarita (2 ounces mezcal, 1 ounce Cointreau, lime juice) 

Neal identifies the two greatest threats to the future of humanity…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Maureen Callahan

Season 3 Episode 5

Maureen Callahan: vodka martini (3 ounces vodka, 1/2 ounce dry vermouth, olives)

Maureen names the four worst hypocrites in the world today then we de…

1 year, 4 months ago

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