W&W Holiday Special

December 21, 2023

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

Short Pour Light Bringer Tales and Typos Echoes from the Fringe

Happy holidays folks!

We decided to do something a bit different this year, and we are happy to share with you the WORDS AND WHISKEY HOLIDAY SPECIAL! We thought it’d be real fun to take a completely different approach to an episode, and do something that reminds us of those old mishmashed episodes that used to run during the holidays.

In this episode, you’ll find us discussing three different stories:

The first, is Light Bringer! We take a mostly-very-serious approach to stories when we talk about them on the show, but we wanted to engage in some silliness and speculation, so we went ahead and did just that. We hope you enjoy our riffing on questions, mostly provided by Patrons, @howlerpod, and @highkeyobssessed.

Next up, is @ModestMimic’s lovely short story “The Bits in Between” from his collection, “Tales and Typos”. We read this one out loud, as it’s a short story, and then discussed it afterwards. If you’re looking for something that speaks to that fantasy archetype, and feels warm and homey, you must give this collection a read.

We ended our episode, discussing Dylan D. Erwin’s “Yuletide” from his book, Echoes of the Fringe. This one is a bit of a longer read, but fret not: you can find the story on Spotify, linked in our show notes. If you’re searching on another platform, look for “The Nightgate Journal”, and give Yuletide a listen. This is a spooky holiday tale, that shares DNA with Grimm fairy tales, old folklore, and Guillermo Del Toro. Give it a listen!

We'll see you next week!

Light Bringer - Wrap-Up 2 w/ Philip of Hail Reaper

January 4, 2024

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

Red Rising Saga Light Bringer

Welcome to our second wrap-up for Light Bringer! We're so excited to be chatting with Philip extensively about Lysander, Darrow, Ideas, and the paths.

Beyond that, please be sure to follow us or subscribe on your podcatcher of choice, and leave a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever. It goes a long way to helping the podcast grow.

You can also check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/Wordsandwhiskey Check it out!

Another way you could help us out? Refer us to your friends. We love a good referral, don't we folks?

Send us ANY questions to our twitter account, Instagram, or to our email.

See you next week!

Red Rising Saga Speeches

January 19, 2024

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

Red Rising Saga Red Rising Book 1 Golden Son Morning Star Iron Gold Dark Age Light Bringer

Hey there folks! This week, we're talking about all the TALKING in Red Rising. We selected one speech for each book, and a unique speaker, breaking them down for you, and talking about our appreciation for characterization, and the love that Pierce puts into each and every one of these.

Next week: Zef, followed by Salems Lot, and then our quest through The First Law begins!

Beyond that, please be sure to follow us or subscribe on your podcatcher of choice, and leave a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever. It goes a long way to helping the podcast grow.

You can also check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/Wordsandwhiskey Check it out!

Another way you could help us out? Refer us to your friends. We love a good referral, don't we folks?

Send us ANY questions to our twitter account, Instagram, or to our email.

See you next week!

Light Bringer - Wrap Up w/ Logan AKA "Zef"

February 1, 2024

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

Guests: Zef

Red Rising Saga Light Bringer

Welcome to part one of our Light Bringer wrap-up with Zef! Within, we chat predominantly about Phobos, but venture off into a couple of side tangents on children, and Sci-fi at large.

Next week, we'll be giving you a double episode! We lead of with The Blade Itself episode zero, and Zef Wrap-up Part two!

Beyond that, please be sure to follow us or subscribe on your podcatcher of choice, and leave a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever. It goes a long way to helping the podcast grow.

You can also check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/Wordsandwhiskey Check it out!

Another way you could help us out? Refer us to your friends. We love a good referral, don't we folks?

Send us ANY questions to our twitter account, Instagram, or to our email.

See you next week!

PJ's Words and Whiskey Finale

November 7, 2025

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

Red Rising Saga Red Rising Book 1 Whiskey Short Pour Golden Son Morning Star Iron Gold Dark Age DUNE Sons Of Ares Mistborn Mistborn: The Final Empire Short Pour The Well of Ascension Cosmere The Hero of Ages PJ's Symposium Alloy of Law Mistborn Era 2 Shadows of Self The Bands of Mourning Secret History The Lost Metal Green Bone Saga Jade City Jade War Jade Legacy Light Bringer Tales and Typos Echoes from the Fringe The Sunlit Man 'Salem's Lot King Multiverse The First Law The Blade Itself Patreon Exclusive Before They Are Hanged The Last Argument of Kings Assassins Anonymous The Great Leveler Best Served Cold Stormlight Archive The Heroes Dungeon Crawler Carl Red Country Sharp Ends The Age of Madness A Little Hatred The Lies of Locke Lamora The Trouble with Peace The Wisdom of Crowds

Hey there folks - This episode is a special one, as we end the first 'era' of the podcast. Today, we say goodbye to PJ. We answered a TON of listener questions, and got extra silly, since we were in person together for this one. This episode was recorded immediately following The First Law wrap-up podcast, and was especially saucy.

We'll all miss the damn lad, won't we?

I'll note, while we did our best on editing/production, this is a bit more janky than I'd like. We've got a professionally polished version coming in the next two weeks, so this will likely be updated. Regardless, it still captures the soul of what we wanted, and the fun we had on the show.