Whiskey Business

There's often more than just one kind of spirit at an old dive bar.  In this Whiskey Shot Dino learns about a few haunted taverns from Bucky Cutright founder and guide of Columbus Ghost Tours.  Enjoy this scary holiday shot...but don't worry, it's not as scary as an empty bottle!  Happy Halloween! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't blow your top, Baby, when these two cats jam on some sip and keys....I mean...Dino and jazz pianist Dave Powers talk all things jazz in this week's Whiskey Business. Powers step out from behind the piano to share some stories and enjoy a pour of FEW spirits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America's favorite babysitter...TV! It's been a part of our social fabric for decades but now, is television seeing a revival? Are We in a NEW golden age of TV? Dino and Columbus Dispatch reporter, Tim Feran, geek out talking about the current state of TV while sharing a bottle of Ezra B. Single Barrel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dino and his “dive bar” friends, Mike and Larry, extol the joys that life offers up from time to time with some DAY DRINKING. They have a little help from their friend, Evan Williams Single Barrel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week enjoy a fly on the wall view of Dino's monthly high stakes poker game. What's it like playing poker with the big dogs in Vegas? Is Dino's poker playing worth a damn? All this and more when Dino hosts poker night at his house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode a baby boomer and a millennial cross the generation gap with the help of some bourbon. Dino and his producer, Greg Hansberry, go toe to toe while they share a few pours of Henry McKenna Single Barrel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dino introduces a new sponsor for Whiskey Business by revisiting an earlier episode with attorney Jon Saia as they discuss the options you have when your drinking leads to some Legal Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The most superstitious fan in the world has returned to the podcast this week. Just when you thought you heard it all, Billy DeMora comes back for round two with Dino and offers even more insight into his bizarre superstitious world. DeMora also shares about his trip to the Wild Turkey distillery where he had a private tasting with master distiller, Eddie Russell. The two cheers to good luck with Russell's Reserve 10 year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From vinyl records to cassettes to MP3s the music industry has been through many evolutions, and Dino's guest this week has seen it all. Kevin Young has been a record promoter for over three decades. The two sip on a rare bottle of Old Medley while Kevin shares insight on the current state of the music industry, the secret behind a hit song, and how one conversation on a bus changed the course of pop music history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Whiskey Business Shot we hear four short cautionary tales about some characters who should've skipped their shot.   You never know who you'll find along the Whiskey Business Highway...A Russian woman who should've stuck with vodka, a Tin Man who should've stayed in Oz, a cyclist who should've tried walking, and a man who should never be allowed to get behind the wheel again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not unusual to come up with some far fetched ideas after a bottle of whiskey (or two).  Dino's guest this week not only came up with a whiskey fueled idea, but he is actually following through with it.  Accountant Chuck Lombardo has set off to visit every major league baseball park in the country.  Chuck shares some great stories from the road while Dino shares a bottle of Elijah Craig Small Batch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Whiskey Shot Dino finds out that one man's TV trash is another man's TV treasure. Comedian Dan Swartwout has an unhealthy obsession with 80's television and his conversation with Dino about his unique hobby will take you down memory lane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all fun and games until someone gets drunk! In this week's episode Dino has some fun with Leigh Ann Simms and Blair Beavers, the creators of The Bourbon Run board game, hosts of The Columbus Cocktail Tour and founding members of a local bourbon club.  If that's not enough, they taste a hard to find bottle of Old Pogue Master's Select. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dino and fellow comedian Dan Swartwout share stories from their experiences touring the world as comedians. They compare notes from the comedy road while sipping on "the light beer of bourbons," Basil Hayden's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Whisky Business episode "I Need A Suggestion From The Audience..." fellow stand-up comedians, Jake Iannarino and Jeff Gage, joined Dino to talk about the life and business of being a comic. In this unheard shot from that podcast the trio tell some stories from when they toured internationally as stand-ups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary movie host, Fritz The Nite Owl, joins Dino in this latest episode of Whiskey Business. What unplanned circumstances led to the birth of the iconic character? How did the latest reincarnation of Nite Owl Theatre come to be? Grab a bowl of popcorn and listen as Dino, Fritz and Director Mike McGraner as they talk shop and share a bottle of Watershed Bourbon Barrel Gin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is not fake news...we promise! Media group news director, Clark Donley, recounts how the news industry has changed over the years. Dino and the news man loosen up with a bottle of Jameson 12 year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dino jams with improv comics Jake Iannarino and Jeff Gage about the rules of improvisation, working the crowd and the current state of comedy. They pass around a bottle of Buffalo Trace as they talk shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dino and Arch Madness, host of Vinyl Analysis, continue their unholy union and crossover podcast. The two dig deeper into their conversation on how music is the tie that binds us as they polish off that bottle of Tin Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dino teams up with Arch Madness, host of Vinyl Analysis, for an unholy union and crossover of podcasts. The two talk about their love of vinyl records, smoke a pack of cigarettes and put a dent in a bottle of Tin Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices