We officially now have our very own AppleSauced beer bread recipe! James and Michael chat with baking expert Deb Ross. She provides some fantastic tips for home baking and cooking. Discover who wins the inaugural game of Michael vs. The Expert.

Guest: Deb Ross

Beer: Fat Tire Belgian White by New Belgium Brewing Company

Deb’s Desert Island Books: The New York Times Cook Book by Craig Claiborne; The Dean & Deluca Cookbook by David Rosengarten and Giorgio DeLuca; Entertaining by Martha Stewart; The Indian Cooking Course by Monisha Bharadwaj; the Baker’s Manual by Joseph Amendola and Nicole Rees

Deb Ross/AppleSauced Beer Bread Recipe

• 1 lb 6 oz of warm water
• 2 oz of cake yeast or 0.66 oz instant yeast 
• 2.5 oz of oil
• 1 lb molasses
• 1.5 lb rye flour
• .25 oz salt
• 1 lb 2 oz stout beer

Mix dough and give a single rise. Bake in loaf tins at 375 deg for 7-8 mins then lower to 300 deg for 33mins. Serve with whipped honey butter.

James and Michael chat with Polly Holyoke author of the Neptune Project series. Polly shares some wonderful advice for aspiring authors. We chat about writing, selling books, agents and publishers. Discover which genre Polly predicts will be the next big thing!

Guest: Polly Holyoke

Beers: Stella Artois and Longboard

Links:

https://www.pollyholyoke.com

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James and Michael chat with the Rev. Dr. Daniel C. Kanter - Senior Minister of First Unitarian Church of Dallas. Topics include life, death and the meaning of God, but most importantly the taste of this week’s beer. James shares a tale about a spooky encounter he once had with a Buddhist priest in Japan.

Guest: Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter

Beer: Dallas Blonde by Deep Ellum Brewing Company

Links: 

First Unitarian Church of Dallas

Book: Faith for the Unbeliever

James and Michael have an uplifting chat with superstar high school teacher Colin Hamilton about teaching during the plague.

Our podcast is also getting used to the new reality of online video chat so please the slightly less-than-stellar audio quality while we figure things out. The good news is we now have a YouTube channel so you can WATCH the podcast too!

Guest: Colin Hamilton

Beer: Shiner Bock by Spoetzl Brewery

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WB2kIUV6zE0

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The podcast embraces social distancing and James and Michael figure out how to record the show from separate locations. They chat about how the new situation has affected their home and work lives. James shares his prison fantasy and Michael goes full cosplay. To cheer everyone up, they talk about all the other awful disasters in their lifetime that they have lived through and survived. 

The AppleSauced Podcast is now global. We would love to chat with friends around the world. Please contact us through the website or Facebook page if you would like to be a guest on a future episode!

Beer: Corona Familiar

James and Michael drink the worst beer in the world and talk about photography and ethics with Dr. Paul Martin Lester, Clinical Professor at the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication at University of Texas at Dallas. Paul is a prolific author, former photojournalist and expert on the subject of visual ethics.

Guest: Dr. Paul Martin Lester 

Beer: Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer by the Martin House Brewing Company

Links:

Charles Porter’s Pulitzer Prize winning photo

The photo of Hillary Clinton

023 - Dan Parr

Michael and James discuss the song writing process with musician Dan Parr. Find out Michael’s inspiration for the sad song he wrote. For whom did James write his teenage songs? And James says a number of very wise things.

Hosts: James Munton and Michael Alves

Today’s guest: Dan Parr

Today’s beer: Crawford Bock by Karbach Brewing Co. 

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James and Michael are joined by veteran amateur DJ Nigel Reed. Discover how to become a radio DJ and why Nigel’s dad was in prison. Plus, James gets a bit upset at the end and asks an important question - would listeners enjoy more conflict?

Today’s guest: Nigel Reed

Today’s beer: Fuller’s London Pride by Fuller Smith & Turner

Check out Nigel’s Song of the Day on FaceBook

James and Michael are joined by Mike Dana, former police officer with the Dallas Police Department’s Financial Crimes division. We chat about cons and scams and discover how phony psychics use sleight-of-hand magic and psychology to hoodwink their victims. We also learn about some of Dallas PD’s high-tech equipment and why you don’t want to steal one of their “bait” cars!

Guest: Mike Dana

Today’s Beer: Los Locos by Epic Brewing Company

Good Book: The Con, How Scams Work, Why You’re Vulnerable and How to Protect Yourself by James Munton and Jelita McLeod

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James Munton and Michael Alves follow special guest Tracy Daniel down the rabbit hole and who knows where we will all end up? 

Discover Tracy’s long history of snooping on friends and acquaintances and how some pictures cannot be unseen. Is her husband secretly a porn star? How did school show magician James Wand help clean up a little piece of the Internet? Rabbit holes often lead to conspiracies - what is the Gemstone file and did Vince Foster really commit suicide? If you die - and nobody tells Facebook - will the gardeners still mow the lawn?

Guest: Tracy Daniel

Today’s Beer: Lemonale by Lakewood Brewing Co.

Tracy’s Cocktail: Seabreeze

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