"I Contain Multitudes" - The Life of Chuck with Ryes of the Robots
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Release Date: 09/27/2025
"The Story of Chicken Cock" - Interview with Will Woodington
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The art of story comes in many forms. Books and tales. Songs and poetry. There is also story in the things we do. The objects (and liquids) that we touch. On this episode, Stephen and Mark interview Will Woodington, National Brand Ambassador for Chicken Cock Whiskey. In this first of a series of interviews for Season 6, Mr. Woodington will tell us the story of the Chicken Cock name, the people behind it, it's history, and what it is doing today. For our sampling, we will explore three different offerings from Chicken Cock, luxuriating in the flavors of history, hard work, and...
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Wanderers Oopsisode with Town At The Edge of Tomorrow
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Stephen and Mark get lost again with Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. To help them guide their own home (or detour them into the future) they will revisit Town At The Edge of Tomorrow from Filmland Spirits
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"No One Wins at Jenga. The Tower Always Falls" - Wanderers
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SEASON 6 PREMIER! For the first episode of Season 6, Stephen and Mark visit one of their favorite destinations, the end of the world. They'll meander their way toward it in the novel Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. A trip to the apocalypse needs an appropriately named beverage. Tonight's bourbon is Bloody Butcher by Whiskey Acres.
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BOURBONFEST BONUS: Milam and Greene
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Be sure to listen all the way to the end. Stephen wants to make sure you know how much he likes this.
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Season 6 Trailer Two
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Season 6 Trailer One
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OOPSISODE - What We Forgot About The Staircase In The Woods
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IT'S THE FINAL OOPSISODE OF SEASON 5!!!!!! In this quick turnaround oopsisode, we revisit The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig. Our bourbon revisit this time around is Oak & Eden 4 Grain Spire.
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"Home is where the hurt is" - The Staircase in the Woods with J Henry & Sons Reserva Sevillana Straight Rye
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IT'S THE SEASON 5 FINALE!!! A heartfelt thank you to all of our listeners this and every season thus far. We're very excited about what we will be doing in Season 6. Keep us on your favorites. Turn on those notifications. Leave us some stars. Tell all your buddies, and get ready. Season 6 is going to be amazing. We wrap up Season 5 with a modern day horror novel from the famous, infamous, apple-licious Chuck Wendig. Like many of his books, The Staircase in the Woods is a character driven horror story that both embraces common tropes while twisting some or introducing...
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OOPSISODE on a Theme - The Echoes of Reality with Yellowstone Hand Picked Single Barrel
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When a good (or absurd) conversation just isn't over. We talk more about existing inside a memory of a universe.
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Theme Show - "This Universe is Just an Echo" with Middle West Ported Pumpernickel Rye
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Are we the echoing memory of an already dead universe, that echo pulsing forever outward into the black depths of what exists outside what we know as reality? Does that mean all of our choices have already been made? Are we stuck inside the memory of a deus ex machina that repeats itself over and over in the silent black? Well, looks like it's going to be one of THOSE episodes. Good thing we have Middle West Ported Pumpernickel Rye to keep the ennui at bay!
info_outlineStephen King has a habit of putting his strongest messages into his shortest of works. Stand By Me (The Body), Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Life of Chuck is no exception. First of all, read it. No. Really. READ IT. Then go and watch the movie. No no. Really. WATCH THE MOVIE.
The Life of Chuck is the affirmation of life that we need in the world we live in today. It doesn't assure us that all will be well, or even that everything will work out just the way we want or hope or think we deserve. No, but it does affirm to us all this. Each of us, every single one of us, are more than we suppose. Not just that, but additionally, who we are, what we experience, what we dream and hope and imagine, absolutely all of it, is important in some way and to some one.
Our pairing on this episode is Ryes of the Robots by Filmland Spirits. We felt it was appropriate. This is a fantastic rye whiskey, and we're looking forward to telling you all about it.
Stephen King | The Life of Chuck
Ryes of the Robots Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey