The 1932 edition of the Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary is a fine example of form and function coalescing into one marvelous tome. Join us as we examine it while sipping a few fingers of Writer’s Tears Irish Whisky.
Episode 020 — African American Comic Book Artists, Social Protest, and the Medium of Blackness
Wrapping up African–American History Month by looking at five books on the contributions to comics and sequential art narrative by Black creators, as well as the growing scholarship around the topic, while drinking another custom cocktail made with Chicago’s own PlayPen Vodka. Cheers!
Episode 017 — COVID-19 with Kathleen March
Two shots and a booster: The prescription for fighting COVID-19 and getting through this episode.
The Book Goddess, Kathleen March, discusses titles that helped her battle the Delta variant while we both take our medicine — 1.75 ounces at a time. Toss ’em back and mask up!
Episode 016 — That’s Disgusting! That’s Mean! That’s Dangerous!
Digging into a trio of exceptionally moral picture books while facing down the horror of a local drinking tradition: A shot of Jeppson’s Malört followed by a gulp of Old Style — AKA, “The Chicago Handshake.”