Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast
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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 204
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
"An Ancient and Unstoppable Evil" - Ararat with Middle West Bourbon
This week Stephen and Mark explore the slopes of Mount Ararat where, according to lore, Noah's Ark came to rest after the great flood of the world. Their guide will be author, Christopher Golden, wh…
Theme Show - Who's Your Favorite Character?
We all have our favorites, don't we? In this episode, we try some Doc Swinson bourbon while chatting about some of our favorite characters from the show and beyond.
"What We Forgot About The Book of Night" - Oopsisode
Sometimes things fall apart, including show hosts. Enjoy!
"We're All Charlatans" - The Book of Night with Jim Beam Double Oaked
In this episode we explore the world of shadow magic, secrety societies, and of course...murder. Pairing this wonderful book by Holly Black with something appropriately magical in a dark sort of man…
4,000 Weeks - OOPSISODE
What do you do when you learn that you can't do everything with the time you've got? Well, we don't know what you would do, but you can find out what we would do with Piggyback Rye.
"We Are Time" - 4,000 Weeks & Michters Small Batch Bourbon
How manage our time isn't about adopting the habits of the most effectively productive people, or working the 20 hour work week, or even finding that perfect spreadsheet to spread your data in all th…
"What We Forgot About Fairy Tale" - Oopsisode
Holy villainy, Batman! We forgot to talk about the antagonists in "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King. Tonight, we pair the book with with my Christmas present. Noble Oak Double Oaked Bourbon.
"You're About to Be Eaten by a Grue" - Fairy Tale with Copper & Cask
Come on, all you Gen Xers out there. It's time to get your literary D&D hats on. Pick up your Zork lanterns at the bottom of the winding stair or else you might be eaten by a grue as we take on a c…
"What We Forgot About Ghost Eaters" - Oopsisode
In this oopsisode, we discuss something we didn't get the chance to talk about during the main show. Two words.
GHOST. BABY.
Really, after something like that the only thing we can do to recove…
"We All Haunt Each Other" - Ghost Eaters and Redwood Empire Bourbon (S3/Ep1)
It's Season 3, and it's time to get weird! We start the season off with a book where ghosts are a drug, and seeing your loved ones again is an addiction. Do you want to get haunted? You will in "G…
"And Away We Go" - Season 3 Introduction
We're so excited for Season 3 to begin, we just HAD to chat about it a bit. Enjoy!
BONUS: Intro Compilation 1
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Season 2 Finale - "Old Fashioned Horror!"
In the finale of Season 2, Stephen and Mark talk about what horror really is. It's a dark conversation, and they lighten the load by engaging in the much talked about Old Fashioned Challenge with th…
"What We Forgot About Just Like Home" - Oopsisode
What's a good ghost story without ghosts?? Stephen and Mark discuss the supernatural elements of both "Just Like Home" by Sarah Gailey and Piggyback Rye by Whistlepig.
"We're All Monsters Here" - Just Like Home w/ Uncle Nearest Tennessee Whiskey
In this week's episode, Stephen and Mark go back home to a happy nest of murder and disfunction in the novel "Just Like Home" by Sarah Gailey. As they polish the silver with the blood of their enemi…
Ninth House & Four Roses (ENCORE PRESENTATION)
Stephen and Mark are getting ready for the big season 2 finale. Also...they have high schoolers. High school activities in the Fall are BRUUUUUUTAL. As before, we've added on a little bit, but it'…
"What We Forgot About The Road of Bones" - Oopsisode
What would a Russian fairytale as dark as rancid tree sap be without an old shaman woman conjuring the ghosts of dead prisoners and laying them to rest on the Road of Bones?? Right, and yet we forgo…
"What We Forgot About The Hollow Places" - Oopsisode
With it being such a master class in fast paced cosmic horror fiction, it might be better to call it what we wished we could forget. Some of those images are never coming out of our brains, but we l…
"This Won't End Well" - Road of Bones and Barrel Armida
Khan once said that it is very cold in space, but he'd never been on the Road of Bones in Siberia! In this novel by Christopher Golden, we will explore the bleakness of the coldest inhabited place o…