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?
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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
Ep 15: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Insert your babel fish, stick out your thumb, and catch a ride with Jeff and Dan as they explore Douglas Adams's classic farce, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Don't forget your towel!
Show Notes & Links
Thumbs up image by endtime on deviantart
Play the original PC text adventure here.
Check out the Netflix Documentary THE NINETIES.
Get Pillars of Eternity on Steam.
Drink Fuller's Extra Special Bitter.
Ep 14: A Christmas Story
We triple dog dare you to listen to this episode, in which Dan & Jeff argue from beginning to end over the 1983 classic A Christmas Story. You'll shoot your ears out!
Show Notes & Links
Gain access to this episode's "behind the scenes" video by becoming a patron!
You'll DEFINITELY shoot your eye out after watching the worst video ever made for the worst Christmas song ever recorded.
Yup, Hammond, Indiana is totally a real town.
Ridgeway Brewing
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Ep 13: Braveheart
Join Jeff of Clan Garvin and Danny the Shortshanks as they chase Mel Gibson across the bloodied fields of Stirling in Braveheart.
Show Notes & Links
Gain access to this episode’s “behind the scenes” video by becoming a patron!
Become a Patron!
Have a laugh celebrating the historical inaccuracies of Braveheart with Jeff’s Wife’s favorite podcast, The Rex Factor.
Taste the centuries with Belhaven Scottish Ale.
Up Next
Ep 12: Alien
Board the Nostromo with Dan and Jeff as they latch onto the face of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Sci-Fi Horror film, Alien.
Show Notes & Links
Go see Instant Family immediately!
Then read Dan’s review of My Italian Bulldozer.
Then watch this abysmal trailer for 1990’s Hamlet.
Or this one for The Journey of Natty Gann:
Coming Next: Braveheart
