Episode 102 starts with John talking about weed being available more widely in Minnesota and Tim Walz’s announcement that he’s running for reelection.

A little friend got into John’s smoker.  West St. Paul’s rogue garage repair guy.  Beast BBQ. 

The quintet Phil is in, General Eclectic, performed at Capital City Fest.  Spats.  Old School Rapid City movie theaters, including a Jerry Lewis Cinema (?!) etc.

80s Rapid City SD nostalgia returns with: The Rushmore Mall!

Episode 101 brings us into a new iteration of our show:  Time to Lean:  Shaken and Slurred! Stay tuned for more updates as we move into this brave new podcasting adventure!

We start out with our usual beverage segment (John: Glenfiddich 12 year, Phil: Freeland Spirits Bourbon) and then John leaves momentarily to cook some barbeque.  Taco John’s moves its corporate headquarters!  

Our main topic today is John’s EV Epic where he talks about all the cars he had as loaners while his Kia was out of commission. Is this better or worse than talking about whiskey?  Maybe!  Also some Minnesota music scene talk and concerts Phil’s has seen this Summer, John talks about the early post-apocalyptic movie, 1959’s “On The Beach”.

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Episode 100!

We start with the announcement that we’re now also on YouTube!

Phil takes the family to the Minnesota Arboretum for Mother’s Day.  Which somehow reminds John of the movie “Black Sunday”.  Trendy American truncated names.  John’s electric car saga.

John takes another trip to Rapid City, SD and there’s a field recording with friends of the show Paul S. and Bruce K. to prove it!  Things tasted: Ardbeg Heavy Vapours, Smokehead

Phil talks about the Apollo Club Men’s Chorus Spring Concert

Song: “Brain Warsh”

The ramp-up to our hundredth episode continues!

John is drinking Larceny Barrel Proof

We say adieu to Skype.

A brief chat about early music videos and 80s HBO.

We remember the voice actor, George Lowe from Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Part 2 of Phil’s award-winning segment:  “Things I Didn’t Know”!

John does another “Old Tech” segment about the golden age of cable television, aka “Cable TV”.  BONUS: A bit of 80s KWGN Denver talk.

John talks about “Severance”, “The Righteous Gemstones”, and rewatching the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Song Title: “Tool of Choice”

We get a rough start but find our way and thank listener Curtis P!  If you’d like to support the show, check out https://buymeacoffee.com/timetolean

John gets the drinking part out of the way by making a Wisconsin-style Old Fashioned. He got it slightly wrong with the types, which are described (accurately) here:  here.

Phil reveals that he doesn’t like brandy.

More talk about what we’ve been watching:

Bad Sisters, Silo (John); Sakamoto Days, Joker (2019) (Phil)

A left turn into the world of Phil Collins - Phil Collins: Drummer First, Wicked, John is rewatching Lord of the Rings, 

Song: “Cracker Barrel Nutcracker”

Episode 97 begins with the usual mayhem and we discuss raking leaves. 

A mercifully minimal amount of post-election blather.

Thanksgiving and other updates.

We watched the movie, ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! and discussed our scant history with this iconic place.

The episode wraps up with our report from seeing “BEAT” in concert.

The Song:  “A Wonderful Thanksgiving”

Episode 96 shambles along with the following topics:

We talk briefly about Dean Phillips and his family’s booze company. 

We remember the late Kris Kristofferson. 

John talks about pot stilling and a potential bust in the whiskey market after reading this article. 

It’s election season…

We both watched the cult classic movie, “Carnival of Souls” 

Phil’s watching another set of “classic” movies:  The Omen films.

John talks about a recent music gig that was not exactly ideal.

The Song:  “We’re Both Sidekicks”

We open with a slightly higher than usual amount of what passes for banter. 

Phil has a kombucha and graduates to some Wild Turkey 101 bourbon. 

John has a dram of Minneapolis-made, Brother Justus American Single Malt. Phil and John visited this distillery recently and have some observations.

The 1992 movie, Bob Roberts comes up.

John bought an electric vehicle and Phil has many questions. We don’t know how informative this topic was but we sure said a lot!

The Song:  “Spicy Fly”

Today, we’re joined by returning Special Guest, Shawn Cassity!  (not Shaun Cassidy, but if you know him, we’ll have him on too)

Shawn is having a Keeper’s Heart, Phil a Tusker Lager and John is drinking Dewar's 15 year scotch.

After we get the usual junk out of the way, we have a brief chat about podcast player apps.

Phil has an update on his other podcast activities. 

John randomly mentions BBC’s The Shipping Forecast. And remembers the old NPR show, Music From the Hearts of Space and MST3K.  Phil recalls a technique he was taught to memorize Spanish vocabulary and wonders if MST3K ever lampooned the movie Tourist Trap (1979).

With Shawn on deck, we have a long-ish chat about our least-favorite Beatles songs.  (favourite)

Song: “The Cats Will Eat Tonight”

Today is sponsored by the letter “Green”. 

John is drinking a Johnnie Walker Island Green and describes how it’s made, travel retail and the differences between it and Johnnie Walker Green.  Phil starts with green tea, then moves over to Old Forester.

Airport security

Phil’s trip to New Mexico. 

The second installment of John’s Old Tech features the LaserDisc!  And the first installment of Phil’s new segment!

The Song:  “Old Roy”