Raise a Glass

By Hunter Dansin

A show where two friends, Hunter and Eric, raise a glass (or pour one out) for the art that shapes them.

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The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.

Raise a Glass episodes:

December 01, 2022 Raise a Glass to Shakespeare's Macbeth
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow; creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of this podcast.
Eric and Hunter invite Michael to share his history with Macbeth, how it has shaped him, and why he loves it.
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1h 32min
November 23, 2022 Raise a Glass to the Godfather
Hunter makes Eric an offer he can't refuse: talking about the Godfather.
Eric's thesis available on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/godfather-thesis-75000862?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
"The Godfather and the limits of representation" by NPR: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/31/1133013484/the-godfather-and-the-limitations-of-representation
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1h 47min
November 16, 2022 Raise a Glass to Dinosaurs
The T-Rex that ate Hunter explains why the episode this week might be late.
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1min
November 09, 2022 Raise a Glass to Dominion
Eric and Hunter discuss one of their favorite boardgames of all time, Dominion, and even play a couple games.
Video of the games available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hdansin
Dominion pro on YouTube mentioned in podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicQsenoch
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50min
November 03, 2022 Raise a Glass to Steinbeck's Gentleman Poodle Charley
Eric and Hunter discuss Travels with Charley in Search of America, a travelogue written by a very sarcastic John Steinbeck. They also acknowledge the native people that lived on the land before they did.
Hunter's essay inspired by Steinbeck: https://hdansin.writeas.com/to-remember
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1h 38min
October 27, 2022 Raise a Glass to Edgar Allan Poe
Like a ticking that you can't get out of your mind, like the Raven that quotes only one desparing word, Eric and Hunter can't stop talking about Edgar Allan Poe.
The Philosophy of Composition: https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/philcomp.htm
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1h 31min
October 22, 2022 Raise a Glass to Midnights and Taylor Swift
Eric and Hunter talk about Taylor Swift's new album, as well as Taylor Swift as an artist. Eric also asks Hunter about his own music and a potential album.
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38min
October 20, 2022 Raise a Glass to Rings of Power and She Hulk?
Eric and Hunter mansplain the first season of both Rings of Power and She Hulk, among other things.
Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories": https://uh.edu/fdis/_taylor-dev/readings/tolkien.html

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1h 26min
October 13, 2022 Raise a Glass to Fools Crow by James Welch
Eric and Hunter discuss the book Fools Crow by James Welch, an immersive novel about a Blackfoot native set during 1870. They talk about how it impacted them and shaped their understanding of the history and culture of indigenous people in America. They also touch on depictions of native people in other media.
Warning: Briefly mentions a scene in the novel that involves rape.
Hunter's essay about the controversy in his hometown: https://hdansin.writeas.com/to-remember
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1h 32min
October 05, 2022 Pour One Out for Ready Player One
Eric and Hunter discuss Ready Player One, the book and the movie, how it shaped the culture and them personally.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "The Cry of the Human": https://www.bartleby.com/293/80.html
Hey Poor Player TV, Second Opinion on RPO: https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2017/07/28/second-opinion-ready-player-one-worst-thing-nerd-culture-ever-produced/
A piece Hunter wrote after reading Ready Player One for the first time: https://medium.com/@hdansin/do-something-new-33376af02460
Guitar jam intro and outro by Hunter.

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1h 23min

FAQs about Raise a Glass:

How many episodes does Raise a Glass have?

The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.