A belated Halloween cast with our dear friend Kailey Tedesco! Dorothea Lasky's "The Shining" is the book, along with the soundtrack to the film "I Saw the TV Glow" and Conshohocken Brewery's "Nightmare on East Elm Street" pumpkin beer. Nick, Daniel and Kailey address art informing and used in other art as well as why these past few months have been so goddamn tough. Enjoy!

The boys are back for this one! Nick Gregorio joins us to talk super heroes, male friendship, and what abv is just too much. Some fun facts about The Veils are dropped and Nick M. finds himself in a very mega way by the end. Cheers!

Billy Joel is back, along with male fragility washed down with a Tastykake infused brew. Shit got weird.

"Fantasia is the first music video" ... - Daniel Difranco Season 8 is going to be great. -NM

Our 7th annual Franco Christmas Cast!!! Such a pleasure to welcome Franco Fiorini into the basement for another holiday cast. We started with store brand (it's fine) peppermint espresso poured over vodka and called a martini and it was delish. We could not handle the album. At all. Nor will you, but we should all give it another listen to be sure. Dickens crushed as usual, and this vingette seven years senior to his seminal Christmas Carol lets us, the modern reader, into his affection for this holiday of good will and redemption. Friendship and fellowship abound. Cheers to the beauty of companionship over these seven years!

A very special spooky cast with the always lovely Kailey Tedesco! Author of a new book of poetry about the mother of the Jersey Devil, Kailey picked an incredible cast for us. A translated story from Korean author Bora Chung, the 2014 offered from Button:Pusher, and the Von Trapp brewing keystone Vienna Lager. We chat childbearing, birth control, loss, and that weird time when She and Him dominated the airwaves.

This month we're joined by Tik Tok sensation, Nick Perilli, to discuss cosmic horror, classical music, and a seasonal offering from New Ridge Brewing.

A couple of paisanos dig into the gorgeous and anti-linear LEONE by Giandomenico and Colafella and somehow find their way to Mitamu's incredible debut Sunflower in the east, all while drinking that Italian standby, Peroni.

Nick and Dan dig into Kristen Arnett's debut short story collection "Felt in the Jaw" from Split Lip Press. Consumption and self indulgence with a suburban backdrop coupled with a dollop of copulation and (warning) sexual abuse. There was a lot to unpack. Nick then unveils the rare find from a Youtube hole "The Flying Lesbians" and the fanboy-ing begins. Here it is: https://youtu.be/sqhlRo1fiH0 ENJOY! Then we drink some beers. Cheers! Happy belated PRIDE to all. We love you. Goodnight.

A lil Nick and Dan cast! Do we need others? What makes a great artist? What kills a great artist? Can you dig it?