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Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller to see if this supposed classic novel is a classic by the standards of Toasting the Classics. We drink while poring over this anti-war satire from the 1960s.

Dave McArthur welcomes a drooling horde of guest hosts to nibble on your brains and discuss the 2004 Zom-Com Shaun of the Dead starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and directed by Edgar Wright while drinking Kronenbourg 1664.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges, Joe Braband, and Emmanuel Luk to discuss the 2004 crime, magic, fantasy noir, supernatural thriller Blood Rites, the sixth entry in the Dresden Files series of books by Jim Butcher. We discuss the white court, the black court, the white council, and all the other elements of the world of Harry Dresden while drinking beers, except for Manny, who had a regular seltzer. There, I called you out.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to discuss the 2008 vampire movie Let the Right One In. We talk about Eli and Oskar, vampires in Sweden, the themes of love, domination, and childhood while decided where this odd film fits into the pantheon of horror and vampire movies.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick winning novel Neuromancer by William Gibson, the opening book of the Sprawl Trilogy, where readers are introduced to cyberpunk concepts like the matrix, hackers, and artificial intelligence.

Dave McArthur goes it alone in this wild world of podcasting to discuss the far-ranging travels of a kindred soul, Ibn Battuta, who explored the better part of the Old World in the 13th Century.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to discuss the South American travel narrative The Motorcycle Diaries while drinking pisco.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to not drink anything and talk about the 1988 comedy Oscar winner A Fish Called Wanda.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Jay Schweig and Steve Kattula to discuss the Dystopian 1985 film Brazil will drinking ersatz caipirinhas.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg, Joe Iglesias, and Andrew Park to drink Pina Coladas and talk about the blockbuster horror film Obsession starring Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette and directed by Curry Barker.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the Agatha Christie murder mystery Murder on the Orient Express while drinking creme de menthe.

Clint Lanier and David McArthur discuss the blockbuster adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark while drinking whiskey.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink mead around the halls of podcasting and discuss the Old English epic Beowulf.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Jay Schweig to discuss the Alfred Hitchcock caper To Catch a Thief.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the groundbreaking western novel The Virginian while drinking, shock here, whiskey!