United States of Dramerica Dan Rutstein

The whisky podcast is back and we have the excellently-voices Benjamin Percy aboard.
The comic book writer tells us, over a Lagavulin 16, which super heroes would drink, how comics helped him as a kid moving cities and why Marvel is so good.
We talk nerds, Batman and how hard it is to write novels.
While I drink Wolfburn, we cover the growth of comics, his career ambitions and how Endgame changes the industry.
And his next novel, Sky Vault, releases in September of this year - https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Vault-Comet-Cycle/dp/1328544419/ref=asc_df_1328544419_nodl?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=564672456204&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7047733570246280255&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031175&hvtargid=pla-1593102743027&psc=1&dplnkId=245b7130-fdb4-452e-9462-c9c1eb922885

American in Paris, Hollywood writer and whisky lover Patrick Macmanus is the latest guest on the podcast.
We explore learning languages, Americans abroad and what makes a good leader.
Over a Dalmore 12 and a Glenfiddich Grand Cru, we swap whisky stories, what makes a good Hollywood writer and diplomatic life.
And he tells us why he wants to drink a Japanese whisky with LBJ and in a Washington cemetery.

We talk to hat-preneur and marketeer Alan Miller.
We talk fashion hats, washing hats, hat designs and basically all things hat.
Over an Alexander Murray, he talks about owning 100s of hats, all-mesh hats, corduroy hats, wool hats, numbered hats, baseball hats, who buys their hats and his favorite hats.
He explains why he founded his hat company Official League, hat culture and whether he would wear a Yorkshire flat cap.

We talk to sports exec (and sports fanatic) David Siegel.
We discuss his love of sport, pitching to his heroes and how bad some of the national anthems were at Dodgers Stadium.
David tells us about a career in a baseball front office, sport as entertainment and his greatest memories with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
We talk about LA's sporting riches, his work with the LA Sports Council and what is coming next for this sports-mad city.
And we talk Johnnie Walker Blue, Sandy Koufax and Tommy LaSorda.

We talk rock music, whisky, crypto and the future of banking with the extraordinary Bob Schukai.
The EVP of Open Banking at Mastercard tells us his about love of Orange County rockers Social Distortion, his fascination with technology and buying a coffee with Bitcoin.
We talk about biometrics in banking, fraud and using your palm to pay.
We also cover the future of money, the importance of privacy and the end of cash.
And why he wants to share an Oban with MLK in Atlanta.

We talk to former British diplomat-turned-novelist Leigh Turner.
Leigh tells us about his new novel Palladium, getting clearance from the British Foreign Office to write these books and the motivation behind his new career.
We discuss managing crises - from civil unrest to planning for earthquakes and plane crashes, why representing the modern version of diplomatic life is so important and writing what you know.
Leigh talks us about his early books - The Skip outside the Lenin Museum, Blood Summit and his anthology of hotel stories - and as the previous Ambassador to Ukraine, we talk about the conflict with Russia and what happens next.
And he tells us why he wants to drink Macallan with the Queen.

Home - Leigh Turner/Robert Pimm: novels, short stories and more (rleighturner.com)