EPISODE · May 3, 2026 · 1H 15M
S9E1: Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
from Whiskey and the Weird · host Damien Smith, Jessica Berg, Ryan Whitley
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Salt Slow by Julia Armfield; drinking Uncle Nearest 1884.Damien is watching Marshmallow (2025; dir. Daniel DelPurgatorio); drinking Mary Dowling bourbon.Ryan is reading Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz; drinking the Aberlour 12. If you liked this week’s story, read The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges. Up next: "An Undistinguished Boy" by Gerald Kersh. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
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Jess, Ryan and Damien kick off the ninth season chatting deep on pivotal moments in their lives, women in whiskey, and how to pronounce marquis. Oh, and an O. Henry story with terrible employees, arranged marriages, and something called Beautiful Hole. Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're pondering what could have been with our ninth book in the vast collection, Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms, edited by Alasdair Richmond. In this episode, our featured story is: Roads of Destiny by O. Henry.
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