Snakes & Otters Podcast

Cajun captains the Brotherhood through an examination of a poignant speech by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce.

Cajun takes the guys through a discussion of culture clashes and human decency (or lack thereof) with a talk about the post-Civil War western expansion and its effects on the Native American Tribes.

Cajun takes the big chair and discusses his experience at the Superstars Writing Seminar with the guys.

The guys risk heading to gaol, as they used to say in Britain, to work through an Oscar Wilde quote.

Another in our "great directors" series, the guys tackle the legacy of Francis Ford Coppola, of Godfather saga and Apocalypse Now fame.

Martin captains this episode and chooses a quote from C. S. Lewis for us to toss around for a while. It's a lively discussion and lots of back and forth about the meaning to us and Lewis.

Listen to the Brotherhood of Snakes and Otters discuss, dissect, and opinionate about the man, the myth, the legend Clint Eastwood and his career move from in front of the camera to behind it too.

Robert leads the discussion with a quote from the great G. K. Chesterton. The man is one of the greatest writers you'll ever encounter. Hundreds of books. 9000 essays. Absolute wit and genius from Chesterton.

Join the Brotherhood discussing the films and work of Ridley Scott, genius filmmaker behind Alien, Blade Runner, and especially Gladiator. Three obvious greats of his incredible corpus of work, although we discuss tons more too . . .

The Brotherhood talks resolutions and goals for the New Year. Hear the boys discuss what they're going to do and why Robert absolutely hates the term "resolutions"!

Join the boys at the Imperator's vast farmlands as they do CODE OF HONOR! It's a single quote now, and this one's from George Washington.

Join the Brotherhood (minus the missing Francis) as they discuss more of those movies they just have to stop and watch whenever they're on.

The Brotherhood of Snakes & Otters continues the series on Manifest Destiny and its effect on history. Listen in as they discuss not just the California Gold Rush, but also various others throughout history. As always there's bourbon in the middle and discussion on the why and what it all meant. Plus a surprise special guest joins us for this episode.

Join the Brotherhood of Snakes & Otters for another episode of Code of Honor. Francis provides the quote for the guys this episode and he goes back to one of his favorites, Voltaire. The boys don't have a lot of agreement on the chosen quote this time, so the discussion gets lively.

Cajun provides a quote from Josh Billings, a contemporary of Sam Clemens, AKA Mark Twain. He's awesome and we're all quite enthralled.

On the heels of the last episode talking about the KY Bourbon Fest, the Brotherhood of Snakes and Otters returns to a favorite subject: BOURBON!!!! That's right. We talk about the history of bourbon and the effect it's had on the local region, nationally and of course, us! Cajun also provides a flight of bourbons for us to try. It's a blind taste test. Hear what we have to say.

The Brotherhood visits the KY Bourbon Fest in Bardstown, KY. Also known as the Holy Land, and not just because it's considered the home of Bourbon. Three days of bourbon tasting and soaking up the ambience that comes from hundreds, if not more, of bourbon fans from all across the world. Yes, the world. Someone was apparently from Australia.

Martin captains our first "new format" Code of Honor where the Captain now rules! At Martin's able direction, we go back to forever-flowing well of Friedrich Nietzsche and discuss the general sanity of individuals versus the general insanity of groups. Things get lively with five guys to bat this one around!

The Brotherhood of Snakes and Otters takes a look at Helter Skelter phenomenon. No, not the Beatles song. Or the cover by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Or the latter one by U2. Who was Charles Manson, how did he create his cult and keep them under his sway? Perhaps most importantly, what influences did he have on society and the culture?

Robert the Hammer captains our search for meaning once again as all five members of the Brotherhood postulate meaningful (and sometimes hilarious) quotations from points all across time and space!