Manners Optional Podcast

Mark takes the podcast on the road with him while in Rochester for some meetings. While there, he stops by Little Thistle Brewing Company to chat with longtime friends Steve and Dawn Finnie about everything that has gone into getting them to this point where they're a mere days away from opening. The beer, the finishing touches, the future, and a Top 5ish list of favorite breweries makes for a great time. Don't forget to check them out after they open on August 24th!

Comedian Kevin Gootee of Comics Watching Comics joins Mark to discuss the success of Season 6, which is available on Amazon Prime, Season 7 coming soon, and how they just wrapped Season 8. Then the two baseball nuts decide to go off the rails discussing this MLB season and make some predictions for the postseason. Top 5 list is their favorite MLB ballparks and a few surprises accompany the obvious few!

Mark is joined by his neighbor Dan Dittmer of Electric Dragonland to chat about his profession as a tattoo artist. One of his clients and friends is Nate Gunter from Episode 8, and he joined the fun as well to help teach Mark little bit about that world ink and how it has a lot of similarities to the craft beer world. Top 5 list this week is of our favorite State Fair foods and beverages was a lot of fun and there was no shortage of laughs with this group!

Mark recaps his weekend in Texas visiting friends and going to see Eddie Ifft at Hyenas in Fort Worth. A whole of lot of shenanigans ensued and new friends were made along the way. Temperatures were in the 100's and somehow mark made it home without melting! Matt from Eden Prairie calls in to do the Top 5 list and recap last weeks episode at the lake.

Matt from Eden Prairie joins the pod for a full episode for the first time ever as Mark joins him and his brothers and parents at their lake cabin for the weekend. Sadly, some of the content from Day 2 on their day trip to their hometown of Grand Forks to see their ol' pal chuck and play some golf so it is just most of the road trip to the lake and includes a new segment called 5 Questions with special guest Will the Thrill!

Bryan Weinhagen joins Mark as this weeks guest/guest-host and our old buddy Tony Schumann calls in with his Top 5 favorite Twins players and the boys have a whole bunch of laughs recapping July 4th and much much more!

Joe Falkowski and Danny Irmen join the show to talk some puck with Mark. Joe is organizing the 1st Annual Lift Bridge Puck Off, a 3 on 3 tournament benefiting the the Shine a Ligh7 Foundation and Mark bought a team for Chop Liver Craft Beer Festivals and is stacking a team full of buddies from growing up back in North Dakota including Danny Irmen. Lots of laughs and great stories, hope you enjoy.

Tim is on Summer vacation, so Mark is all alone with no guest to recap the NHL Playoffs, US Open, and a preview of his upcoming weekend in Alpine Valley watching Dead and Company play for a couple nights.

Quick episode this week with NO Top 5 and not even a call in from Matt in Eden Prairie! Tim Leutgeb of Black River Revue will be the guest next week!

Mino is in town for the 10th Annual St Paul Summer Beer Fest. He joins Mark and Tim to discuss some of their favorite places that have closed their doors recently. Top 5 list is favorite snack foods and there are no shortage of funny stories on this ep!

Mark and Tim are on the road in Stillwater, MN visiting Dan Schwarz at Lift Bridge Brewing Company to chat about the big announcement a few weeks back that they will be doubling in size and moving to a new building a couple blocks away. Lots of talk about Summer fun in Stillwater, including Lumberjack Days and so much more!