The Nightmare Before Christmas: Hero’s Journey
Throw your ghost dog a bone and climb aboard your coffin sleigh, because it’s time for a Hero's Journey look at The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Side Quests
Elixir
Supernatural Aid
Hero’s Journey: The Empire Strikes Back
Raise your X-wing out of the swamp, activate your lightsaber, and prepare to atone with the father. It’s time for a Hero’s Journey into THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
Side Quests
Elixir
Supernatural Aid
Star Wars Gangsta Rap
Hero’s Journey: Inglorious Basterds
Operation Kino is a go! Study your French phrasebook, polish your boots, and attendez la crème. It's time to drop behind enemy lines with Dan & Jeff for a Hero's Journey look at Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
SIDE QUESTS
ELIXIR
3:10 to Yuma: The Hero’s Journey
Load your rifle, mount your horse, and join the posse as Jeff and Dan take aim at 2007’s Russell Crowe/Christian Bale western 3:10 to Yuma.
Show Notes
Stolen Whiskey by Stolen Spirits
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
Zig Zag by Nicholas Booth
Starship Troopers: The Hero’s Journey
It’s time to kill some bugs with Dan and Jeff as they drop nukes on Paul Verhoeven’s satirical sci-fi classic Starship Troopers. Come on you apes—you want to live forever?
Watching/Reading/Playing
Drinking
Say Anything: The Hero’s Journey
Hoist your boom box, take this pen, and join Jeff and Dan as they hit Play on Cameron Crowe's 1989 film Say Anything.
What We're Drinking
What We're Reading
Zodiac by Romina Russell
Other Minutiae
Se7en: The Hero’s Journey
Lose your heads with Dan and Jeff as they open the box on David Fincher’s serial killer masterpiece, Se7en.
Show Notes & Links
- Get yourself a bottle of Michael David Winery's Seven Deadly Zins (Get it?)
- Enjoy the works of brilliant and underrated actor Leland Orser
- Run a marathon, then drink 26.2 Brew instead of water
- Watch (or listen) to the best D&D show EVER: Critical Role
- Start playing D&D by reading the Dungeon Master's Guide
- Watch Bosch on Amazon
- And, of course, go watch Se7en
Up Next
Bad Moms: Hero’s Journey
Choke down those frozen waffles, pound your mimosa, and pile in the minivan because we're going to party with BAD MOMS.
The Princess Bride: Hero’s Journey
Draw your sword, hop on your white horse, and storm the castle with Jeff and Dan as they take on the fairy tale comedy The Princess Bride.
Show Notes & Links
North starring Elijah Wood
Mandy Patinkin singing
Watching/Reading/Playing
Jeff
Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
Free Will by Sam Harris
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Dan
Bosch on Amazon Prime
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Up Next: Bad Moms
Ep 16: Gangs of New York
Join forces with Jeff the Butcher and Amster-Dan for a discussion of legendary director Martin Scorsese's bleak revenge flick, Gangs of New York. If you've got the sand for it.
Show Notes & Links
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The World Beneath (Joe Tesla #1) By Rebecca Cantrell