EP. 041 W/ Dan Dunn "PAIN PRODUCES"

Justin knocks back a shot with dear friend and favorite lush- Dan Dunn- “The Imbiber”. An accomplished author of the page and screen, radio, podcast host and expert on all things booze. They reflect on Dan’s fascinating career filled with impressive achievements & bitter disappointments. How tragedy and loss fuel a life of creativity and excitement and the cost of driving on fumes.  Follow Justin at @iamjustinsilver Follow Dan at @theimbiber  Check out Dan’s  spirited podcast  “What We’re Drinking With Dan Dunn”. Dan Dunn hosts the popular podcast What We’re Drinking with Dan Dunn through Starburns Audio and Starburns Industries, the production studio behind Rick and Morty, HBO’s Animals, and Anomalisa. The show has been dubbed “a fantabulous conflation of history, culture, politics, famous people and booze, strained  of a best-selling author, Dan hosted Dan Dunn’s Happy Hour on SiriusXM and Drinky Fun Time on Starburns Audio. He is the author of several books including the Amazon bestsellers American Wino: A Tale of Reds, Whites and One Man’s Blues (Dey Street Books, 2016) and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today (Dey Street Books, 2015). In 2012, Dan co-wrote and produced (along with Rob McElhenney of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) the half-hour Fox comedy pilot Living Loaded, starring Donald Sutherland and Larry Wilmore. He’s a former staff writer for the Emmy-nominated series Talk Soup, and freelance joke writer for SNL’s “Weekend Update.” His writing has appeared in GQ, Vanity Fair, Esquire, USA Today, Maxim, LA Weekly, Newsday, Los Angeles Magazine and the LA Times. He’s currently a contributor to Robb Report and The Daily Beast.