Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast Podcast By Stephen & Mark cover art

Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast

Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast

By: Stephen & Mark
Listen for free

About this listen

Mark and Stephen share their love of books, and bourbon...and happen to have beards that their wives love. Join these two friends as they explore some of their favorite genres of books: mystery, thriller, Sci-Fi, fantasy, horror, metaphysical, and all things unknown while sipping on a different bourbon each episode.This podcast, its content, and its publication are copyrighted by Sleepy Dog Productions, Mark Harms, and Stephen Mack Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • "I'm Not A Wizard. I'm A Wizard! ARGH!" - Elder Race with Town At The Edge of Tomorrow Bourbon Whiskey
    Jul 5 2025

    In this episode, Stephen and Mark return to the work of Adrian Tchaikovsky in his novella "Elder Race". Once again, Tchaikovksy blends science fiction with fantasy in an almost Arthurian epic quest of unintended consequences, mistaken identities, mythic expectations, and the inevitable march of time.

    A SFF story needs an SFF bourbon whiskey to pair with it. So, Stephen and Mark finally crack open a bottle they've been holding onto for a while. Filmland Spirits presents The Town At The Edge of Tomorrow bourbon whiskey.

    Adrian Tchaikovsky, science fiction and fantasy author

    Filmland Spirits

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 2 mins
  • What We Love About Alix E. Harrow - OOPSISODE Cocktail Edition
    Jun 28 2025

    In tonight's oopsisode, Stephen and Mark spend some time gushing over how much they love the writing of Alix E. Harrow, AND they feature their first custom cocktail with a name fitting for the episode.

    Green River - The Whiskey Without Regrets

    Author | Alix E. Harrow

    Show more Show less
    15 mins
  • The Stories of Alix E. Harrow with Old Orleans Bourbon
    Jun 21 2025

    In today's episode, Stephen and Mark talk about two short stories from author Alix E. Harrow. They have reviewed her work before when they discussed her novels "The Ten Thousand Doors of January" and "Starling House".

    Tonight's bourbon is Old Orleans from The Beautiful & The Damned Distillery. Some of you might notice that the name of the distillery also happens to be the title of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Don't know who good old F. Scott is? Well, first, crawl out of the caves, you loveable morlock! Second, he wrote The Great Gatsby and Tender Is The Night. The label on the bottle is a depiction of Moby Dick, and the name Old Orleans is a reference to the influence New Orleans had on the evolution of bourbon in America. See that? Culture with just a glance!

    Home :: The Beautiful and the Damned Whiskey

    Author | Alix E. Harrow

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 1 min
No reviews yet