I sat down with my friend Preston and we drank some Mazevo coffee and discussed Brad Blanton's Radical Honesty! We drank Papua New Guinea and a decaf americano! This may be my last episode of the season, due to the craziness of the rest of my life. But soon enough I'll be back. Enjoy episode 10! :)

Happy New Year! As the first episode of the New Year I wanted to do something a little different. I had my 26 year old brother Brendan on as a guest, and he recited The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe! He also shared some of his Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey with me.

Merry Christmas! 2020 is finally almost over, and because we were all such home bodies this year, it felt right to make this week's episode about Rupi Kaur's newest book of poems; Home Body. My special guest this week is one of my closest friends/cousins Naomi. We drank White Russians, and our conversation bounced all over the place. We covered topics such as self love, hopeless romanticism, productivity anxiety, and much more.

Happy Sunday everyone! This week you're stuck with me and no guest as I talk about my feelings on the book River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. If you like travel, culture, human relationships, politics, or personal narratives this might be a good book for you! Enjoy!

After two weeks away, a Book and a Beverage is back! This week we are discussing one of the most popular christian romance novels of all time; Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers! The guest this week is Kiera's mom Kathy, and the beverages are homemade Bailey's mocha frappucinos.

This episode is one of a kind! Instead of a book we talked about the poem Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The guest this week is Hew S. Hundley, and to say he is passionate about this topic is an understatement! We had so much fun, and he brought us a bottle of Recanati from Israel.

This week was a lot of fun! My roommate Sienna and I taste tested two Garnachas while we read some of our favorite Rupi Kaur poem's from her first book of poems, Milk and Honey. Listen to our discussion as we talk about self love, relationships, growing up and so much more.

This week we sit down with Pumpkin Spice Latte's and a favorite classic of mine... Pride and Prejudice! Lena, my good friend who happens to be a librarian gives a great synopsis of the book and recommends that everyone watch the Pride and Prejudice mini series. Because... you know... Colin Firth. Cozy up and get ready!

In this episode I have my first guest, Lizzy Simon! We unpack our thoughts on the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, discuss the new show Ratched on Netflix and drink cosmos! I apologize in advance for the nonsense and the OT talk, but also.. not really.

I introduce the podcast and explain the inspiration behind starting a podcast about books and beverages. I also dive into my own analysis on book #1 "The Gift of Being Yourself" by David G. Benner, while drinking an entire 32 oz Costa Rican french press.