Raise a Glass
A show where two friends, Hunter and Eric, raise a glass (or pour one out) for the art that shapes them.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 77 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Raise a Glass to Shakespeare's Macbeth
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow; creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of this podcast.
Eric and Hunter invite Michael to share his history with Macbeth, how it has shap…
Raise a Glass to the Godfather
Hunter makes Eric an offer he can't refuse: talking about the Godfather.
Eric's thesis available on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/godfather-thesis-75000862?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_sourc…
Raise a Glass to Dinosaurs
The T-Rex that ate Hunter explains why the episode this week might be late.
Raise a Glass to Dominion
Eric and Hunter discuss one of their favorite boardgames of all time, Dominion, and even play a couple games.
Video of the games available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hdansin
Dominion pro on Yo…
Raise a Glass to Steinbeck's Gentleman Poodle Charley
Eric and Hunter discuss Travels with Charley in Search of America, a travelogue written by a very sarcastic John Steinbeck. They also acknowledge the native people that lived on the land before they …
Raise a Glass to Edgar Allan Poe
Like a ticking that you can't get out of your mind, like the Raven that quotes only one desparing word, Eric and Hunter can't stop talking about Edgar Allan Poe.
The Philosophy of Composition: https:/…
Raise a Glass to Midnights and Taylor Swift
Eric and Hunter talk about Taylor Swift's new album, as well as Taylor Swift as an artist. Eric also asks Hunter about his own music and a potential album.
Raise a Glass to Rings of Power and She Hulk?
Eric and Hunter mansplain the first season of both Rings of Power and She Hulk, among other things.
Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories": https://uh.edu/fdis/_taylor-dev/readings/tolkien.html
Raise a Glass to Fools Crow by James Welch
Eric and Hunter discuss the book Fools Crow by James Welch, an immersive novel about a Blackfoot native set during 1870. They talk about how it impacted them and shaped their understanding of the his…
Pour One Out for Ready Player One
Eric and Hunter discuss Ready Player One, the book and the movie, how it shaped the culture and them personally.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "The Cry of the Human": https://www.bartleby.com/293/80.htm…
Raise a Glass to Needtobreathe
Eric and Hunter discuss Needtobreathe, focusing on The Heat and Rivers in The Wasteland. Includes a special medley by Hunter on the Ukulele.
Raise a Glass to Linkin Park
In the first part of this episode, Eric and Hunter discuss Linkin Park and the non-meaning of life.
Raise a Glass to B-Movies (El Mariachi, The History of Future Folk)
Eric and Hunter discuss two low budget but loveable movies.
El Mariachi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/
Future Folk: https://futurefolk.com/
Raise a Glass to Russian Literature
Eric and Hunter discuss three different stories by classic Russian authors. They also listen to an opera about a nose.
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602381h.html
Notes F…
Raise a Glass to Tolkien - Sep 09 2022
In this episode Eric and Hunter fanboy over Tolkien, discussing the influence of his work on their lives, as well as the first two episodes of the Rings of Power.
Discussed article: https://frenchpres…
We Can Just Change It: Our Favorite Things
In this episode, Eric and Hunter discuss their favorite books of all time, how they came to love them, and favorites that they are currently reading. This episode also features a special recording of…