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Anything ElseS3 - Vintage Rides & Wrenching Vibes with Ernie Miller (Broken Idols)Contains Coarse LanguageErnie Miller pulls in to somewhere else pub to discuss collecting and restoring classic cars, some board games, and a unique edition of Are You Smarter Than Dallas Outsyder.SUPPORT US BY JOINING OUR PATREON Latter half of Season 3 of the Anything Else Podcast is recorded at Somewhere Else Pub, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaSOCIALS:Olli - https://www.instagram.com/ollieldrickAlex - https://www.instagram.com/alex_lints_Dallas - https://twitter.com/DallasOutsyderLinktree - https://linktr.ee...2025-06-051h 02
VintertainmentWine and Movies: LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (1997)Send us a message and we always repsond!One of the most criminally forgetten and underseen movies of the 90s! Starring John Hurt and Jason Priestly.Support the showBecome a "Produce-er", commisson your own episode, get a shout out on the show, and more at:vintertainmentstudios.comFollow us on the socials!https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpodhttps://bsky.app/profile/davebaxter.bsky.socialhttps://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios2025-05-301h 13
Conversation with the Chris'sIndy500, Wienermobile Race, College FB Playoff Seeding, Dallas StarsSummer is officially here, and Chris Byrum breaks down the Indy 500 race and the recent Weinermobile Race. Yes, that really is a thing.College Football is changing how they seed the playoffs. We give our thoughts. Plus, Baylor football is fighting to help Hawkins regain a year of eligibility after the NCAA reversed a decision in May. We talk about the QB1 play in Waco.Will the Dallas Stars party like its 1999? We give our thoughts. And in our One More Thing Segment, the cost of playing for a California team and the strength o...2025-05-2439 min
VintertainmentWine and Music: THE RETURN OF BRUNO by Bruce Willis (1987)Send us a message and we always repsond!WINE TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEKWhat does the word "dry" mean in terms of wine? When Someone says "This wine is dry," they are referring to:A) The dry feeling it leaves in your mouthB) The level of bitterness or astringency in the wineC) The level of sugar in the wineD) The level of alcohol in the wineAnswer by "Sending us a Text" (above, and put your name in the text!) or leave a comment on this episode, or send us...2025-05-211h 03
VintertainmentVINTERFICATION: Script vs. Screen - SIX FEET UNDER Pilot EpisodeSend us a message and we always repsond!Welcome to out first “Vinterfication” episode! Vin-I-fication is what a winemaker does - all the decisions he or she makes - to transform grapes, the raw materials, into a final wine. And so Vin-TER-fication is when we compare the raw materials of a work of entertanment - the script of a tv episode, movie, or comic - and compare it to the final produced thing.Today we tackle one of the TV shows that helped launch America’s “Golde...2025-05-151h 30
VintertainmentWine and Movies: BABY BOOM (1987) - Happy Mother's Day!Send us a message and we always repsond!Today, for Mom's Day, we tackle the 1987 feature film directed and co-written by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride) and produced and co-wrritten by Nancy Meyers (Father of the Bride, Private Benjamin).The cast is STACKED - Dianne Keaton, Harold Ramis, James Spader, Sam Shephard, Victoria Jackson, Sam Wanamaker. It features a very 80's baby and is ostensibly a feminist movie but has become horribly dated since its release. Now coming across as moe of a Hallmark movie than a true blue equality manifesto, BABY BOOM is...2025-05-081h 16
VintertainmentVINTERVIEW: Working with Francis Ford Coppola w/ HALEY SIMSSend us a message and we always repsond!Today we interview HALEY SIMS, who plays the dead wife that haunts Adam Driver's Caesar Catalina in MEGALOPOLIS. Haley tells us all about her experience auditioning, filming, stunt training, wrapping multiple times, and attending the premiere of the film.You might have spotted Haley on the TV shows such as DEAD TO ME, RESERVATION DOGS, GOOD GIRLS REVOLT, and FLAKED, and most recently she co-starred in the horror movie THE GROVE which received a limited theatrical released on April 4th.This is a companion episode...2025-05-011h 11
VintertainmentFrancis Ford Coppola: Winery Godfather to MegaFlopolis, Part 2 - Megalopolis (2024)Send us a message and we always repsond!Here’s PART TWO of our coverage of Francis Ford Coppola’s Alpha and Omega of his career. Make sure you check out PART ONE where we cover The Godfather (1972) and the rise, almost fall, then final sell-off of Coppola’s winery empire in Napa, Sonoma, and Oregon.Here in PART TWO we cover the Omega, MEGALOPOLIS (2024). And taste two well-aged Coppola wines - a 1998 Niebaum-Coppola “Cask” Cabernet Sauvignon and a 2000 Niebaum-Coppola Cabernet Franc! - and say which wine pairs best...2025-04-241h 37
VintertainmentTheatrical Tasting: SINNERS (2025)Send us a message and we always repsond!We saw Sinners in the theater this past weekend, and wanted to do a quick mini-episode covering why it's an important movie at this time in cinematic history.In part because of the Rights Reversion deal director Ryan Coogler struck with the studio, also because it's a true-blue tentpole crowd pleaser with more on its mind - a combination we'd lost for a while there.Paired with...? (Hint: Blood Oranges and Honey.)Support the showBecome a "Produce-er", commisson your...2025-04-2345 min
VintertainmentFrancis Ford Coppola: Winery Godfather to MegaFlopolis, Part 1 - The Godfather (1972)Send us a message and we always repsond!Today is the first of THREE PARTS (well, two main parts + a bonus companion "Vinterview"!)In this episode we cover the Alpha of Coppola's career, THE GODFATHER (1972).In PART TWO we'll cover the Omega, MEGALOPOLIS (2024). And then taste two well-aged Coppola wines and say which wine pairs best with which film.Along the way, we'll also chronicle the rise and fall of Coppola's wine empire, from its humble beginnings in Napa, to it's almost dissolution...2025-04-171h 13
VintertainmentWine and Movies: THE LINGUINI INCIDENT (1991) - Director's CutSend us a message and we always repsond!Also known as Houdini & Company, The Robbery, The Incident, and (our favorite) Shag-O-Rama.The Linguini Incident was the directorial debut of Richard Shepard, the man who would finally get out of “movie jail” when he made 2004’s Matador (starring Pierce Brosnan), then went on to make The Hunting Party (starring Richard Gere), Dom Hemingway (starring Jude Law), and The Perfection (starring Allison Williams).It was a low budget film by a first time director that somehow snagged the INSANE cast of:David BowieRosanna ArquetteEzster Balint...2025-04-101h 07
VintertainmentWine and Music: The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (2024)Send us a message and we always repsond!This week we tackle the latest album of a band that's been blazing a trail through the music scene for 2 decades now. Combining boroque British folk, a prog rock structure, and Americana (blues, country, American folk) the band has been featured on the sitcoms THE OFFICE and PARKS AND REC and had their 2015 THE KING IS DEAD top the Billboard 200 upon release.Yet somehow neither of us had listened to them until this latest album. And folks, it's bloody great.Paired with some unique wines...2025-04-031h 09
VintertainmentWine and TV: THE WHITE LOTUS Season 1 with Beth LisogorskySend us a message and we always repsond!What's that? Y'all are deep into Season 3 already? Yeah, yeah, we slow.BUT, we are finally on this White Lotus train thanks to our special guest, BETH LISOGORSKY of Beth's Film and TV Recommendations fame!Beth is a film and TV analyst and pop culture critic. She’s written for PopMatters, Valleywag (part of Gawker media), The Boston Globe, and The Jerusalem Post. And she watches ALL the TV and film (or seemingly, anyway) and let's you know what's worth watching and what's no...2025-03-271h 36Conversation with the Chris'sMarch Madness, Opening Day, Dallas Cowboys Offseason, George ForemanMarch Madness is underway. We do a deep dive into the state of Baylor Basketball. How long will Scott Drew coach the Bears? And could the Women's team take on LSU this offseason?What are the Dallas Cowboys doing this offseason? Great question. Opening day is around the corner, we discuss the Texas Rangers chances of making another deep run in the playoffs. And we share our favorite memories of the legendary boxer George Foreman.2025-03-2235 min
VintertainmentVINTERVIEW: Innovation and Technology in the Wine Space with Liz MendezSend us a message and we always repsond!From corner bars to Michelin stars, Liz Mendez hails from the Midwest and over the years has developed a portfolio career in wine, tech, and radio, spending three decades immersed in the restaurant industry. She is an award-winning sommelier and a previous owner of a Chicago wine bar, though she hit the reset button when she began working in hospitality technology with American Express and their platform "Resy".Liz is passionate about the immense opportunities within the zero-proof world and inclusive hospitality, which she writes about in...2025-03-201h 03
VintertainmentWine and Books: GLOW The Autobiography of Rick JamesSend us a message and we always repsond!When superstar Rick James passed away in 2004, an autobiography was rushed out to the public. But biographer David Ritz was never satisfied with that edition, and many years later releaed this definitivie edition, GLOW: The Autobiography of Rick James. Cobbled together from numerous letters and diary entries that James had written in prison and after, mixed with stories told by Ritz in James' voice, GLOW tells the story of an impulsive musical prodigy who witnessed the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.2025-03-131h 23
Cancer and ComedyFrom Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader to Cancer Thriver: The Journey of Tami BarberIn this episode, Dr. Brad Miller and Tami Barber discuss her inspiring journey from a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader to a cancer survivor and podcast host. Tami shares her experiences with ovarian cancer, from her initial diagnosis to her emotional highs and lows during treatment. Despite the challenges, Tami remained resilient and optimistic, finding strength in her support group, the "Bionic Babes," and her podcast, Cancer, the Emotional Mountain.She also discusses her transition from cheerleading to a life focused on helping others navigate their cancer journey. Tami uses humor, her personal growth, and a unique perspective to...2025-03-0754 min
VintertainmentWelcome to...VINTERTAINMENTSend us a message and we always repsond!Yes, we have a new name!This episode is a recap of who we are, where we came from, where this podcast came from, what this podcast will be going forward, and a shout-out to our favorite eisodes of the past, so you can cherry pick previous episodes before OBVIOUSLY following us into the future.FIND ALL THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE HERE.Support the showBecome a "Produce-er", commisson your own...2025-03-0647 min
VintertainmentWine and...Comics: IMMORTAL SERGEANT by Joe Kelly and Ken NimuraSend us a message and we always repsond!Joe Kelly is best known for his charater-defining run on DEADPOOL - the movies are heavily based on the comics that bear his name, and no other writer has truly strayed rom Kelly's rendition. He also made a spash with the creator-owned Image Comics series I KILL GIANTS with artist Ken Nimura, which was later made into the feature film of the same name starring Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldana, and directed by Anders Walter, Academy Award winner for best live action short film in 2013 (HELIUM)....2025-02-201h 00
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: ROMEO + JULIET (1996) and SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)Send us a message and we always repsond!Happy Valentine's, Galentine's, Broentine's (no, really) Day! Let's celebrate humans loving other humans + the very concept of romance itself, which is a beautiful thing.Today we celebrate by covering our respective fave romantic movies of all time:Dallas: ROMEO + JULIET (1996)Paired with (AI-free search links):2022 Tres Raices 'Tre' Sangiovese Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato Mexico2018 Bocale Montefalco Sagrantino, Umbria, ItalyDave: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)Paired with (AI-free search links):2025-02-131h 09
VintertainmentWine and...The Superbowl - with Barefoot's winemaker, JEN WALLSend us a message and we always repsond!Plus our fave American Football movies and which Barefoot wines we'd pair with them.Watch the Superbowl FOR FREE this year on TUBIBarefoot Wine WebsiteFollow Barefoot and Jen on Instagram:Barefoot IGJen Wall IGIt's our SEASON 2 PREMIERE! So a special episode was called for.We sit down with Barefoot Wine's winemaker, Jen Wall, to discuss how Barefoot became the official wine...2025-02-041h 01Conversation with the Chris'sReaction to Brian Schottenheimer as Dallas Cowboys Head CoachIt’s official, the Dallas Cowboys have named Offensive Coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their 10th head football coach. We have our reaction to the news. Who is the favorite pick to win the Super Bowl? We give our predictions.2025-01-2534 minConversation with the Chris'sDallas Cowboys Christmas Coal. SEC Whining. Baylor Pays Players. Bear and Tigers Oh My!Jerry Jones delivers coal to Dallas Cowboys Nation. We debate on if the Cowboys should have tanked their season or fight for wins. Did the College Football Playoff Committee get it right? We give our thoughts on the great debate as SEC fans whine about Alabama not getting in this year. Baylor Football is picking up players from major teams in the transfer portal. What does that mean for 2025? And we give our thoughts to the Bears playing LSU in the Texas Bowl.2024-12-2443 min
VintertainmentSEASON 1 FINALE: Wine and...Music - Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas in tha Dogghouse (2008)Send us a message and we always repsond!We try THREE of Snoop Dogg's 19 Crimes wines (Cali Red, Cali Rose, and Cali Gold [sparkling]) and see if they pair with his 2008 Xmas album!Thank you so much for listening to us during our first year alive as a podcast. We'll be back soon-ish in 2025 with a whole new Season 2! Check ya then, and make sure to follow us on Substack and/or the socials below in the interim. Happy holidays and peace, y'all.Support the s...2024-12-121h 18
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: MOON (2009) w/ Jessica MaisonSend us a message and we always repsond!Penultimate (I love that word, I don’t really know why) episode of 2024!Today we tackle the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, and his shockingly good use of split screen to make a doppelganger movie like no other with actor Sam Rockwell.We’re joined writer by Jessica Maison, novelist of the PASTIC GIRL Trilogy and graphic novelist of the MARY SHELLEY’S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS line of OGNs.Jessica also wrote and co...2024-12-051h 32
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)Send us a message and we always repsond!A rare Thanksgiving movie in a sea of Xmas movie porn, this is straight up my all-time fave holiday movie. I saw it in the theater back in 1995, and it has stayed with me all thee years.The second directorial effort by Jodie Foster, starring the insane ensemble cast of Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chapman, Dylan McDermott, Claire Danes, Cynthia Stevenson, and Steve Guttenberg.We follow a normal American family during a dysfunctional time for three days - the...2024-11-271h 06
VintertainmentWine and...Books: BREASTS AND EGGS (2019) by Mieko KawakamiSend us a message and we always repsond!Today we finally drop the episode covering the winner of our first Substack subscriber poll!BREASTS AND EGGS is the first novel from award-winning Japanese author Mieko Kawakami to be translated into English (though her other novels have all been translated in the few years since!)Kawakami is a failed J-Pop singer (she released 2 albums during a J-Pop decline) who discovered she loved writing the lyrics more than the music. She turned this into poetry and prose on a blog during the heyday of blogging...2024-11-211h 00
VintertainmentWine and...TV: TASKMASTER Series 1 (2015) w/ Mike Shea and Kevin JospehSend us a message and we always repsond!In this episode we tackle the British "comedy panel" show where different celebrities (mostly comedians) compete to accomplish a number of creative tasks in the most outlandish and/or embarassing ways possible. We cover all of the first "Series" (what the Brits call a "season") which ran 6 episodes back in 2015.We're joined by special guests, comic creators MIKE SHEA (Miskatonic High) and KEVIN JOSEPH (Tart) who currently have a crossover between their two books being done as a narrative trading card set! Make sure to check...2024-11-151h 25Conversation with the Chris'sState of The Big 12 and Our Picks for the Dallas Cowboys Next CoachCollege football is in the home stretch of the regular season. We breakdown the current state of the Big 12 Conference. Second year member BYU is leading the conference with first year (returning) member Colorado in second place. Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Mike McCarthy is starting to sound like a man who will be looking for a new job next season. Who would we pick to be the next head coach of America’s Team? We give our thoughts.2024-11-0943 min
VintertainmentWine and...Music: THE CIVIL WARS (2013) w/ Maria Banson - Part 2Send us a message and we always repsond!Make sure to listen to Part 1 where we discuss the history of the band, the album, and talk about the wines we chose to pair with it!Today, we go track by track through the album to showcase just how lovely every single song is, and what a tragedy it was that the band fell apart in the making of the album.We're joined by San Francisco-based Sommelier and music-trained vocalilst MARIA BANSON, writer of the BRUNELLO BOMBSHELL Substack and podcaster...2024-11-081h 15
VintertainmentWine and...Music: THE CIVIL WARS (2013) w/ Maria Banson - Part 1Send us a message and we always repsond!What a shit shitty week in America, folks.To "celebrate", we're tackling the abulm THE CIVIL WARS by the band The Civil Wars - their second and final album, as they underwent their own civil war in the making of it! While they were not in a romantic relationship, this is nevertheless considered one of the great "breakup" albums alongside Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" (Stevie Nicks is on record as listening to this album and saying "Oh, that's us.")We're joined by San Francisco-based Sommelier and...2024-11-071h 12
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: ELECTION (1999)Send us a message and we always repsond!Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we tackle the scariest, most terrifying subject matter we could think of: POLITICAL. ELECTIONS.And America's own election is a scant few days away. So let's watch something that's going to make us laugh and feel GOOD.ELECTION is the second feature film by Oscar-winning director/writer Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Holdovers) based on the novel by Tom Perrota and starring Reece Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, and Jessica Campbell. It was a box office disappointment at the time, but has...2024-10-311h 11
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: WHO'S THERE? (2018) by Mike Pecci and Will SimmonsSend us a message and we always repsond!WHO'S THERE is oe of two films that that aren't available anywhere, but anyone *can* gain access to see them, *IF* they take direct action and DM the director their Top 3 Horror Films, and Top 3 *Demonic* Horror Films.The director is Mike Pecci and you can DM him on Instagram at inlovewiththeprocesspod.DM him your Top 3 Horror films and he''ll send you a link to see "12KM", a film about a drilling team that drills 12 kilometers into the earth and unleashes something horrific....2024-10-241h 15
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN (2024) w/ Jon Westoff and Matt HardingSend us a message and we always repsond!The 4th live action Hellboy feature film, the second reboot, this time aiming for a lower budget (~$20M) folk horror themed entry witha younger Hellboy and a story pulled straight from the comics. How does it stack up to the previous three?We're joined today by special guests JON WESTHOFF and MATT HARDING, bth hailing from the indie comic book landscape.Jon Westoff is the publisher of "Part Time Comix" and writer of DRUMSTICKS OF DOOM, CHILD POSSESSION SERVICES...2024-10-171h 28
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: HAUNTED HEART (2024) with Screenwriter Rylend GrantSend us a message and we always repsond!The writer of HAUNTED HEART joins us to tell the epic tale of how this movie got made.16 years from script to screen, directed by Academy-Award winning director, Fernando Trueba, and starring Matt Dillon and Aida Folch.Rylend Grant has written for the likes of JJ Abrams, John Woo, F Gary Gray, Daveed Diggs, Adam Winguard, Ridley Scott, Justin Lin, and Penelope Cruz. But Haunted Heart was his very first professional screenplay.Rylend has also written a number of award-winning comics, including BANJAX...2024-10-101h 33
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) with Richard Fairgray, Part 2Send us a message and we always repsond!SPOOKTOBER begins here at Wine and…! We’re kicking things off in style with a discussion on the best, most fascinating, most feminist, most empathetic, most Gothic and Goth Batman movie ever made, BATMAN RETURNS!!!We’re joined by comic book creator Richard Fairgray. Richard is currently working on the 4-part series The Ex-Wives of Frankenstein.It should also be noted: Richard has a lifelong crush on Danny Devito as The Penguin in BATMAN BEGINS, so our talk d...2024-10-041h 05
VintertainmentWine and...Movies: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) with Richard Fairgray, Part 1Send us a message and we always repsond!SPOOKTOBER begins here at Wine and…! We’re kicking things off in style with a discussion on the best, most fascinating, most feminist, most empathetic, most Gothic and Goth Batman movie ever made, BATMAN RETURNS!!!We’re joined by comic book creator Richard Fairgray. Richard is currently working on the 4-part series The Ex-Wives of Frankenstein.It should also be noted: Richard has a lifelong crush on Danny Devito as The Penguin in BATMAN BEGINS, so our talk d...2024-10-031h 00
VintertainmentWine and...Comics: SEX CRIMINALS Omnibus Vol 1 by Matt Fraction and Chip ZdarskySend us a message and we always repsond!The joke comic that turned into a sincere dramedic epic, today we tackle the first third of the series as collected in the BIG HARD OMNIBUS Vol. 1Matt Fraction is a long-time indie comics and Marvel writer, and now the co-creator of the tv show MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS with Chris Black. Be sure to check out our previous interview with Chris about the tv show SEVERANCE and his working with Matt on Monarch!Chip Zdarky was a Canadian journalist turned comics writer and artist...2024-09-261h 02Conversation with the Chris'sDallas Cowboys Reaction, Baylor's Tale of Two Halves and Baseball HistoryOn this episode of My Conversation with the Chris’s we give our thoughts on the embarrassing Dallas Cowboys loss to the Saints. We talk about Baylor football’s tale of two halves and discuss if the Bears can get off to a fast start going forward. The Big 12 has a new FAST (Free Ad Supported TV) channel rolling out. And we discuss Shohei Ohtani’s historic run with the Dodgers.2024-09-2136 min
VintertainmentWine and...TV: SEVERANCE Season 1, Part 5 - Interview w/ Chris BlackSend us a message and we always repsond!Chris is an Exec Producer and Writer on Severance Season 1. He's been writing TV since the mid-90's! Weird Science, Sliders, Cleopatra 2525, Star Trek: Enterprise, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, Ugly Betty, Lone Star, Outcast, Invincible, Severance (which is why he's here today), and most recently, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.Chris oversaw the Severance Season 1 writer's room and is the credited writer on Episode 8 (though as you'll learn in today's interview, which parts of which episode which writer actually wrote gets a bit complicated.)2024-09-191h 09