ArtsBooksTV & Film

Toasting the Classics

David McArthur and Clint Lanier

Dave and Clint talk about classic books, movies and other works while sampling adult beverages inspired by those works.

Play

Open in

31 episodes
weekly
Avg 55 min
English

Episodes 31

Newest Oldest Longest

All11 Unplayed11 In progress0 Played0

Counted on this page — what you have heard stays on this device, so it is not something the list can be paged by.

#182
June 16 · 31 min
Grace- Jeff Buckley
Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Nate Wolf to drink Last Goodbye cocktails and discuss whether the 1994 album Grace by Jeff Buckley is a classic. And whether Jeff Buckley is only famous because he died.
#181
June 9 · 1 hr 2 min
Spartacus
Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the Stanley Kubrick joint Spartacus and find out they really do like movies about gladiators.
#180
June 2 · 1 hr 2 min
The Hobbit- 1974 Audio Version with Nicol Williamson
Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg and Kevin Doyle to discuss the 1974 audiobook version of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.
#179
May 19 · 1 hr 1 min
The Old Man and the Sea- Ernest Hemingway
Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the Ernest Hemingway novella The Old Man and the Sea.
#178
May 12 · 59 min
To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With- Bill Cosby
Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the most acclaimed comedy album of Bill Cosby's massive and ultimately troubled career.
#177
May 5 · 59 min
Dungeon Crawler Carl- Matt Dinniman
#176
April 28 · 30 min
The Sting- Let's get the gang together and pull off a podcast!
Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss whether the 1973 blockbuster heist film The Sting deserves to be called a classic under the Toasting the Classics name.
#175
April 21 · 1 hr 1 min
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles "England's Answer to Pet Sounds"
Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the blockbuster album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
#174
April 14 · 31 min
Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir
Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to discuss the 2022 novel Project Hail Mary and decide whether it merits the status of a Toasting the Classics classic. Don't worry, there will be some discussion of the 2026 film starring Ryan Gosling.
#173
April 7 · 1 hr 4 min
Burr- Gore Vidal (the other side of the story)
Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Nate Wolf to drink Madeira and discuss the historical fiction novel Burr by Gore Vidal
#172
March 31 · 56 min
Do the Right Thing- Spike Lee 1989
Finally, the world gets the opinion of two middle-aged white guys on race relations and the 1989 powerhouse Spike Lee joint Do the Right Thing.

Showing 21–31 of 31 episodes