Episodes
Friday Apr 12, 2024
92: Drinking a Mistake
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
We open episode 92 with another round of booze where we talk a bit about Old Grand Dad bourbon and the Bottled in Bond thing. Phil went to a whiskey tasting. John also does a taste comparison between two different High West ryes.
A mercifully brief post-Super Tuesday chat.
Celebrity crushes.
Phil had a salt bath.
Kitchen equipment.
More talk about what shows we watch and John is making some “Goulash”.
Kenny of All Trades and BBQ With Franklin
The Song: “Furtherer and Fewer in Between”
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
91: Barely Ambulatory
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
We open Episode 91 with just your two hosts; a simpler time.
Phil and John took several weeks off of booze and sure, why not talk about it?
John went on another cruise. Fortunately for all of you, he doesn’t spend too much time talking about it.
After our beverage choices (Phil has FUYU Japanese Whiskey and John has Johnnie Walker Double Black , we get into a segment about stuff we’ve been watching.
Also mentioned: Herbst Eatery & Farm Stand
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime)
Silo (Apple TV+)
Pluto (Netflix)
Invincible (Amazon Prime)
And the 2018 film, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
The Song: “Dancing and Having Soup”
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
That’s a Good Whey
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Episode 90 is a free-wheelin’ doozy of a season finale of Season 9, for those following along at home. With Special Guest Mr. King!
Monsieur King (Monsieur is French for Mister) is a friend of Phil, friend of the show and the friendly creator of the World-Famous podcast, Sleep Baseball!
King is drinking a Coors, John Buffalo Trace Bourbon, and Phil tries a Shanky’s Whip.
We talk about King’s show and his upper-Midwest inspiration.
Driving through parts of Michigan and various parts of the McDonald’s menu.
We discuss adding “ways to support the show” and the old Jerry Lewis Telethons.
Somehow we accidentally kill Henry Kissinger.
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The Song: “Henry Kissinger”
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Susie Chapman Stick
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Episode 89 retreats back to Phil and John talking about even less important things.
“Space Poop” episode download stats update.
We reflect on Episode 87.
More-than-is-warranted talk about the State Fair and cookies.
John went on an Alaska cruise and blabs about it.
Phil and John recap the Peter Gabriel concert they recently attended.
The Song: “Josh Rogaine”
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Carnival of Thrones
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
For Time to Lean’s Halloween Special, aka Episode 88, we were joined by special guest, Randy Grimley!
Randy and Phil go way back to SDSU theater days and Randy shares “highlights” from his illustrious past.
Randy was an all-star newspaper carrier.
Randy talks about his time serving on his local school board.
We ponder which 5 cent coffee is better, Wall Drug or Al’s Oasis?
We all discuss spooky movies.
The Song: “TTL Halloween (2023 Remix)”
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
A Weird Sort of Purgatory
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Episode 87 is a Very Special Episode featuring Phil and John’s recent visit to Rapid City where they got to tour the construction site of South Middle School. A new building is going up and we’re joined on the call by Rob, Elizabeth, Meghan, and Jennifer K who all talk about their experiences there.
Phil reads some comments he gathered from other former South students
John did not attend South but assured everyone that his Jr. High experience was just as crappy as everyone else’s.
The Song: “Rebels” (Featuring Michael Johnson)
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Smoke in the Orchestra Room
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Episode 86 features a return appearance of Bruce K!
John samples some new-to-him Thomson single malt whisky.
Bruce feels that Jim Beam tastes like walnuts and doesn’t like Canadian rye.
The Dick Van Dyke show episode John mentioned.
John and Phil talk about the Scotch tasting they attended where they met the head distiller of Lochlea. Phil doesn’t comment much because he left his mic temporarily muted. Sad!
Bruce has retired from public school orchestra teaching. Many long-winded stories follow, mostly about international trips and rotting food in instruments.
The Song: “There You Have It, There You Go”
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Breath of the Wildebeest
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Episode 85 wheezes to life with some talk about the number of high schools in Rapid City and the action at the Minnesota Legislature.
We make excuses for not getting more episodes out.
Phil is enjoying Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond and John pontificates about Compass Box Orchard House blended malt.
Phil talks about his recent choir concert (The Apollo Club men’s choir) and John recaps his recent Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra concert.
We discuss the remake of the “classic” Bob Reel Beer jingle.
We’re almost ready to discuss Star Trek Picard.
We attempt to launch a new segment: “John’s Old Tech”. Part One: The Betamax!
The first machine we had access to.
This guy explains the VCR formats better than John did.
Phil’s been watching all the “Friday the 13th” movies.
The Song: “Bob Reel Beer ‘23”
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Big Joe is Dead
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
After a rough start, Phil and John get into episode 84 with some free-association.
Beverages: Phil - Pendleton 1910 Whisky 1910, John - The Real Stuff
John is somehow reminded of the 1958 Coasters song, Charlie Brown, which is NOT about the Peanuts character, so ignore what John says.
Phil talks about some new booze he’s tried and his OTHER podcast, “Sleep Baseball”.
John made another trip to Rapid City.
Phil joined a choir in the Twin Cities. Maybe they could do this song.
Phil reports about another concert he attended.
John talks about a new Rapid City whiskey bar in Rapid City, Windsor Block but lamely didn’t get there when it was open. Sad.
Brief chat about old physical media, old tube TVs, and our time working at Best Buy.
Phil recommends the Netflix series How to Change Your Mind
John talks about the series, The Last of Us and Shrinking.
The Song: “The Ghost of a Cat”
Friday Feb 24, 2023
The Murdo Triangle
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
In our first episode of 2023, we welcome back Special Guest, Lee Howard!
Naps and surviving the month of January.
We make a lame attempt at summarizing the previous year.
Lee’s writing projects and his love of “The Divine Comedy”
We remember one of our old comedy sketches.
Our Top 3 lists.
Phil does some recruiting for the AARP.
The Song: “My Top 3”