Words and Whiskey Podcast
@wordsandwhiskey.show
An intoxicating weekly book club discussing works of fiction and our favorite drinks. Cohosted by Kross and Josh. Currently: Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
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Yo! We're a podcast obssessed with diving deep of fantasy and science fiction series. Give us a follow if you're a fan of:
Red Rising 🪐🚀
First Law ⚔️⚔️
Green Bone Saga 💚🔫
The Cosmere 🪙🗡️
Suneater ☀️ 👄
Vox Machina 🧌🧝🐉
Craft cocktails 🍹🍸🍻
Welcome to words and whiskey, your intoxicating weekly book club.
Red Rising 🪐🚀
First Law ⚔️⚔️
Green Bone Saga 💚🔫
The Cosmere 🪙🗡️
Suneater ☀️ 👄
Vox Machina 🧌🧝🐉
Craft cocktails 🍹🍸🍻
Welcome to words and whiskey, your intoxicating weekly book club.
Music industry, famously litigious, doing the right thing for once.
The companies call it “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic
“One of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.”
www.theverge.com
August 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Music industry, famously litigious, doing the right thing for once.
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Non-controversial opinions on the 'stack today...
DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, why TWILIGHT is good actually, and the importance of reading bestsellers
Every book is a learning opportunity...
robwhart.substack.com
August 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Non-controversial opinions on the 'stack today...
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June 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Mmmm, forbidden soup
There's a Deadly 'Rotating' Soup of Forbidden Toxins at Lake Erie
There's a Deadly 'Rotating' Soup of Forbidden Toxins at Lake Erie
Starting in early spring, Lake Erie's algae situation gets so toxic that officials make sure to monitor it—but it seems far from enough.
gizmodo.com
May 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Mmmm, forbidden soup
Looks like a ice cream cone to me, not sure what to tell you
May 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Looks like a ice cream cone to me, not sure what to tell you
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How can such huge filmmakers like the Russo Brothers not understand what makes story telling special?
Jesus Christ, this is more dystopic than anything Philip K Dick ever wrote but it’s what the Russo Brothers want for your AI Slop future
![“Potentially, what you could do with [AI] is obviously use it to engineer storytelling and change storytelling,” Russo said. “So you have a constantly evolving story, either in a game or in a movie or a TV show. You could walk into your house and save the AI on your streaming platform. ‘Hey, I want a movie starring my photoreal avatar and Marilyn Monroe’s photoreal avatar. I want it to be a rom-com because I’ve had a rough day,’ and it renders a very competent story with dialogue that mimics your voice. It mimics your voice, and suddenly now you have a rom-com starring you that’s 90 minutes long. So you can curate your story specifically to you.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cbhnuflsctq2s7mu4iqcuauq/bafkreibajgqyg4mppmj4b3qgyk2tiwop57qov5gb2zakfsv7iyvqe4uh5q)
April 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
How can such huge filmmakers like the Russo Brothers not understand what makes story telling special?
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My ass would get so tricked by the fae.
April 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
My ass would get so tricked by the fae.
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we remain in a very strange era of describing human emotions as their chemical compounds (serotonin, dopamine, cortisol) in a similar way that stories and art have been reduced to corporate buzzwords (content, IP, franchise)
April 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
we remain in a very strange era of describing human emotions as their chemical compounds (serotonin, dopamine, cortisol) in a similar way that stories and art have been reduced to corporate buzzwords (content, IP, franchise)
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I'm chatting with the wonderful VE Schwab on her podcast No Write Way this week, which you can likely find wherever one finds their podcasts...
March 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I'm chatting with the wonderful VE Schwab on her podcast No Write Way this week, which you can likely find wherever one finds their podcasts...
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i know this is obvious, but my god, every app and browser having some ai tool jumping desperately in the way of simple tasks has added nothing but bloat and frustration to user experience.
who is this for?
who is this for?
March 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
i know this is obvious, but my god, every app and browser having some ai tool jumping desperately in the way of simple tasks has added nothing but bloat and frustration to user experience.
who is this for?
who is this for?
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It's behind a paywall but Library Journal said this of THREE HITMEN AND A BABY:
"Ridiculously funny and surprisingly touching... The best of the series so far. Both newcomers and returning readers will root for these former assassins as they try to reform themselves."
Good start to the day.
"Ridiculously funny and surprisingly touching... The best of the series so far. Both newcomers and returning readers will root for these former assassins as they try to reform themselves."
Good start to the day.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It's behind a paywall but Library Journal said this of THREE HITMEN AND A BABY:
"Ridiculously funny and surprisingly touching... The best of the series so far. Both newcomers and returning readers will root for these former assassins as they try to reform themselves."
Good start to the day.
"Ridiculously funny and surprisingly touching... The best of the series so far. Both newcomers and returning readers will root for these former assassins as they try to reform themselves."
Good start to the day.
A reminder to go read Ryan Holiday’s book, Conspiracy, which is all about this lawsuit.
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A reminder to go read Ryan Holiday’s book, Conspiracy, which is all about this lawsuit.
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From Hollywood Reporter: Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
January 29, 2026 at 12:36 AM
From Hollywood Reporter: Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
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The December Comfort Watches series continues tonight with... Dredd?!? Yes! Dredd! Which presents us with a horrible place to live that you would probably never want to visit, and yet makes it entirely watchable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/05/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/05/t...
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Five: Dredd
I think it’s important to note, when writing a series of essays about “comfort watches,” that not every movie on that list is going to be a comfortable watch. Some of them might e…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The December Comfort Watches series continues tonight with... Dredd?!? Yes! Dredd! Which presents us with a horrible place to live that you would probably never want to visit, and yet makes it entirely watchable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/05/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/05/t...
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This is wrong. We should not trap the souls of dead people in computers. Souls should be trapped in amulets
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is wrong. We should not trap the souls of dead people in computers. Souls should be trapped in amulets
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There are two wolves inside me and they are both whistling.
August 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
There are two wolves inside me and they are both whistling.
If you didn’t listen, I wrote a little essay on Little Hatred by @joeabercrombie.com last week, and recorded it! This week, we’re starting The Trouble with Peace and also releasing an interview with @robwhart.bsky.social! Absolutely amped for you to hear both of them.
August 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you didn’t listen, I wrote a little essay on Little Hatred by @joeabercrombie.com last week, and recorded it! This week, we’re starting The Trouble with Peace and also releasing an interview with @robwhart.bsky.social! Absolutely amped for you to hear both of them.
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But what is too much to bear?
(Not being alive.)
So we kept being alive even as they destroyed us.
(So we buried our secrets though they tried to extinguish our secrets with us.)
Up until this very day.
(They keep coming, they never stop.)
You couldn't kill us all.
--Dead Astronauts
(Not being alive.)
So we kept being alive even as they destroyed us.
(So we buried our secrets though they tried to extinguish our secrets with us.)
Up until this very day.
(They keep coming, they never stop.)
You couldn't kill us all.
--Dead Astronauts
July 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
But what is too much to bear?
(Not being alive.)
So we kept being alive even as they destroyed us.
(So we buried our secrets though they tried to extinguish our secrets with us.)
Up until this very day.
(They keep coming, they never stop.)
You couldn't kill us all.
--Dead Astronauts
(Not being alive.)
So we kept being alive even as they destroyed us.
(So we buried our secrets though they tried to extinguish our secrets with us.)
Up until this very day.
(They keep coming, they never stop.)
You couldn't kill us all.
--Dead Astronauts
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
It’s gonna be wild. (I get the sense that we’ll probably have to split another episode or two, though. Haha)
Three more books to go in this series, first for The Age of Madness. Hopefully I can keep pace with @wordsandwhiskey.show, looks like they're gonna plow through this trilogy at breakneck pace.
June 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It’s gonna be wild. (I get the sense that we’ll probably have to split another episode or two, though. Haha)
Tomorrow, we end Red Country, and our journey through the fantasy western… until… The Dark Tower
(Soon, but a little bit later. Just like… chill a sec, okay?)
(Soon, but a little bit later. Just like… chill a sec, okay?)
June 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Tomorrow, we end Red Country, and our journey through the fantasy western… until… The Dark Tower
(Soon, but a little bit later. Just like… chill a sec, okay?)
(Soon, but a little bit later. Just like… chill a sec, okay?)
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This is what the How to Train Your Dragon remake should look like.
June 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is what the How to Train Your Dragon remake should look like.
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.