Episodes
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108: Ned Flandreau
We start the show out with a brief chat about “cancelled” Looney Tunes characters Phil has been visiting state parks. We remember the late Ted Turner and his impact on TV and movies. John mentions the TV shows, Widow’s Bay and Slow Horses while Phil talks about American Gods.
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107: Mickey Rooney’s Potato Extravaganza
We start the show with a recap of Phil’s report from the latest “No Kings” gathering. John mentioned the YouTube channel, What's Going On With Shipping Phil is drinking Bulleit bourbon and John sips some Isle of Raasay Alan Hale Sr vs Jr and Jr’s restaurant (correction-no sign of Willie Nelson...
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106: Kitchenette City
We start out by talking about the broken down buildings we work in with a nod to the late-great Perry Rahn. Phil is sampling George Remus bourbon and John made an apple old fashioned. The recipe was pulled from this video. The whiskey used was 2xO American Oak bourbon. We make some lame…
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105: Bleeps and Bloops
Phil is drinking green tea (!) but also mentions comparing Even Williams BiB and Wild Turkey 101. John is drinking Oban Little Bay scotch. John’s Old Tech is back! This time, all due tribute is paid to the late-great Tivo. Phil finally watches Boy and the Heron and…Dave Chappel. John watches...
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104: A Young Drummer
We open the show talking about our beverages…as usual. John compares Kirkland Islay Single Malt with Scarabus Islay Single Malt and Phil talks about Kentucky Owl The Wiseman Rye We also discuss Old Fashioned cocktails with their variations. The return of Krispy Kreme to Minnesota. Special Guest,...
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103: Charo Amarro
Episode 103 begins with Phil Drinking Evan Williams The Outdoorsman and John having a Traveller whiskey. Then, onto things like: Charo(!), John’s Rapid City update, Mahler’s First Symphony, NIN Tron: Ares Soundtrack, The Studio, The Roof Man, 40s Junction.
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102: Big Spat
Episode 102 starts with John talking about weed being available more widely in Minnesota and Tim Walz’s announcement that he’s running for reelection. A little friend got into John’s smoker. West St. Paul’s rogue garage repair guy. Beast BBQ. The quintet Phil is in, General Eclectic, performed at...
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101: Reverend Sherry Peat
Episode 101 brings us into a new iteration of our show: Time to Lean: Shaken and Slurred! Stay tuned for more updates as we move into this brave new podcasting adventure! We start out with our usual beverage segment (John: Glenfiddich 12 year, Phil: Freeland Spirits Bourbon) and then John leaves...
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100: Walking Carpet
Episode 100! We start with the announcement that we’re now also on YouTube! Phil takes the family to the Minnesota Arboretum for Mother’s Day. Which somehow reminds John of the movie “Black Sunday”. Trendy American truncated names. John’s electric car saga. John takes another trip to Rapid City…
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99: Tales of the Encrypted
The ramp-up to our hundredth episode continues! John is drinking Larceny Barrel Proof We say adieu to Skype. A brief chat about early music videos and 80s HBO. We remember the voice actor, George Lowe from Space Ghost Coast to Coast Part 2 of Phil’s award-winning segment: “Things I Didn’t Know”!...
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98: Yul Brynner is the Next-door Neighbor
We get a rough start but find our way and thank listener Curtis P! If you’d like to support the show, check out https://buymeacoffee.com/timetolean John gets the drinking part out of the way by making a Wisconsin-style Old Fashioned. He got it slightly wrong with the types, which are described...
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97: Bridgerton on the River Kwai
Episode 97 begins with the usual mayhem and we discuss raking leaves. A mercifully minimal amount of post-election blather. Thanksgiving and other updates. We watched the movie, ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! and discussed our scant history with this iconic place. The episode wraps up with our report from...
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96: They Stopped Wondering
Episode 96 shambles along with the following topics: We talk briefly about Dean Phillips and his family’s booze company. We remember the late Kris Kristofferson. John talks about pot stilling and a potential bust in the whiskey market after reading this article. It’s election season… We both...
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95: Yogurt in a Pail
We open with a slightly higher than usual amount of what passes for banter. Phil has a kombucha and graduates to some Wild Turkey 101 bourbon. John has a dram of Minneapolis-made, Brother Justus American Single Malt. Phil and John visited this distillery recently and have some observations. The...
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94: Low-Impact Head Butting
Today, we’re joined by returning Special Guest, Shawn Cassity! (not Shaun Cassidy, but if you know him, we’ll have him on too) Shawn is having a Keeper’s Heart, Phil a Tusker Lager and John is drinking Dewar's 15 year scotch. After we get the usual junk out of the way, we have a brief chat about...
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93: TSA Prix
Today is sponsored by the letter “Green”. John is drinking a Johnnie Walker Island Green and describes how it’s made, travel retail and the differences between it and Johnnie Walker Green. Phil starts with green tea, then moves over to Old Forester. Airport security Phil’s trip to New Mexico. The...
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92: Drinking a Mistake
We open episode 92 with another round of booze where we talk a bit about Old Grand Dad bourbon and the Bottled in Bond thing. Phil went to a whiskey tasting. John also does a taste comparison between two different High West ryes. A mercifully brief post-Super Tuesday chat. Celebrity crushes. Phil...
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91: Barely Ambulatory
We open Episode 91 with just your two hosts; a simpler time. Phil and John took several weeks off of booze and sure, why not talk about it? John went on another cruise. Fortunately for all of you, he doesn’t spend too much time talking about it. After our beverage choices (Phil has FUYU Japanese...
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90: That’s a Good Whey
Episode 90 is a free-wheelin’ doozy of a season finale of Season 9, for those following along at home. With Special Guest Mr. King! Monsieur King (Monsieur is French for Mister) is a friend of Phil, friend of the show and the friendly creator of the World-Famous podcast, Sleep Baseball! King is...
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89: Susie Chapman Stick
Episode 89 retreats back to Phil and John talking about even less important things. “Space Poop” episode download stats update. We reflect on Episode 87. More-than-is-warranted talk about the State Fair and cookies. John went on an Alaska cruise and blabs about it. Phil and John recap the Peter...
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88: Carnival of Thrones
For Time to Lean’s Halloween Special, aka Episode 88, we were joined by special guest, Randy Grimley! Randy and Phil go way back to SDSU theater days and Randy shares “highlights” from his illustrious past. Randy was an all-star newspaper carrier. Randy talks about his time serving on his local...
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87: A Weird Sort of Purgatory
Episode 87 is a Very Special Episode featuring Phil and John’s recent visit to Rapid City where they got to tour the construction site of South Middle School. A new building is going up and we’re joined on the call by Rob, Elizabeth, Meghan, and Jennifer K who all talk about their experiences...
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86: Smoke in the Orchestra Room
Episode 86 features a return appearance of Bruce K! John samples some new-to-him Thomson single malt whisky. Bruce feels that Jim Beam tastes like walnuts and doesn’t like Canadian rye. The Dick Van Dyke show episode John mentioned. John and Phil talk about the Scotch tasting they attended where...
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85: Breath of the Wildebeest
Episode 85 wheezes to life with some talk about the number of high schools in Rapid City and the action at the Minnesota Legislature. We make excuses for not getting more episodes out. Phil is enjoying Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond and John pontificates about Compass Box Orchard House blended…
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84: Big Joe is Dead
After a rough start, Phil and John get into episode 84 with some free-association. Beverages: Phil - Pendleton 1910 Whisky 1910, John - The Real Stuff John is somehow reminded of the 1958 Coasters song, Charlie Brown, which is NOT about the Peanuts character, so ignore what John says. Phil talks...
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83: The Murdo Triangle
In our first episode of 2023, we welcome back Special Guest, Lee Howard! Naps and surviving the month of January. We make a lame attempt at summarizing the previous year. Lee’s writing projects and his love of “The Divine Comedy” We remember one of our old comedy sketches. Our Top 3 lists. Phil...
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82: South Dakota is Closed
Episode 82 finds Phil and John on the weekend before Christmas so why not do another TTL Holiday Special! John drinks a cocktail called The Premier made with Norseman Pineapple Chipotle Gin. John mentions that The Talk Show podcast mentioned the Sleep Baseball podcast Phil is part of and the...
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81: Scotchsplaining
Episode 81 covers John’s recent birthday (don’t get too excited) and post-election talk. Navigating before the age of the smartphone. Phil’s wife is off having an adventure in Uganda. John talks about his recent Canada cruise and has a birthday surprise. (hint: It’s not a stripper) Chili. The…
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80: Gorgon Doodle
Episode 80 (!) The Season 8 Finale finds the guys recording in person in John’s backyard where they taste a few whiskies and talk about things like… We reflect on our older episodes and John reports on his most recent trip to good ‘ol Rapid City. Another Media Consumption segment: Phil finally...
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79: Rehearsing the Escape Route
Episode 79 features Special Guest, David Daniels! David and Phil go way back but that’s nothing compared to how far back David’s interesting experiences go! David talks about all of the places he’s lived, the people he’s known, his political activities, and the various artistic projects he’s...
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78: Back From the Dentist
Episode 78 begins with the amazing news that Phil has 2 weeks off from work. Phil doesn’t quite seem able to tell Steely Dan and Supertramp apart this evening. After the booze introductions, we move onto talking about Star Trek Picard along with other stuff we’ve been watching, including Phil’s…
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77: He Showed Up in a Ford Pinto
We have another guest for Episode 77: Kerry Johnson! Kerry is a musician friend of John’s from somewhat way back and we dragged him on to talk about all sorts of stuff including his wide-ranging background from his childhood in New York to his wild and crazy times in California. We have our...
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76: Blinky’s Open Bar
Episode 76 is a wee one. We remember the donut chain, Mister Donut It’s Phil’s 26th wedding anniversary so he celebrates it by recording a podcast. John reports back from his latest trip to Rapid City, South Dakota (shout out to the music teachers of Rapid City! Esp. Deb K.!) We do another round…
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75: The Grumpy Episode
Episode 75! Since Phil is cranky and John is tired, they talk about…the weather and Phil’s large cactus. The Narrator gets a better job. We talk (unfortunately) about current events. We talk a bit about a YouTube video where two people try to follow Winston Churchill’s daily booze diet: We try to...
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74: Speaking of Clowns
On Episode 74, Phil and John sample 3 old school blended scotches that John’s Dad used to drink: “Dad’s Dailies” (with a Surprise Guest). John's New Projects: “Infinity Bottles”. Ralfy's Video Writing notes about songs he’s randomly listened to: “Songs I Didn’t Skip” (blog link) Phil talks about...
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73: Crocodile Heads
We recorded Episode 73 on National Golden Retriever Day so why not talk about…James Bond?! Special Guest Paul S. joins us for our revels and surprisingly, they have a beverage (each, not one drink with three straws). John has a vodka martini (shaken, not stirred), Paul S. has a Rabbit Hole...
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72: All Too Easy
Episode 72 features your hosts getting caught up, while somehow falling behind. Movies, games, and TV, oh my! (Including Peter Jackson’s “Get Back”, “Being The Ricardos”, Spider-Man: No Way Home, West Side Story, Townscaper, and Phil’s new tabletop puzzle organizer!). We hope you can handle it!...
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71: CBGB Oil
Episode 71 continues our dubious tradition of releasing a holiday themed show well after the holiday has passed. For this installment, we invite back John’s “two-headed brother”, Rob K! Rob is late in joining us (shocking, we know) so John and Phil talk about some random things. John finally...
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70: His Artificial Leg
Episode 70 is upon us. Phil tries a Doctor Kombucha. John accidentally pairs a single malt scotch with Costco pumpkin pie and tries a new and interesting gin from Minneapolis’ Norseman Distillery. Phil and John talk about Thanksgiving, which they seem to do for some reason. Dot’s North Dakota...
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69: They Kept Falling Down
For our 69th episode, we invited former guests for a free-for-all session of randomness featuring Glenda M, Eric S and Charlotte E, Matt and Bex P, David D, Greg K, Heather K, and Bruce K! *We did this over Zoom so please excuse the audio “quality”.* After the usual “what are you drinking”…
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68: A Land Mine in the Sea
We booked another guest for Episode 68. You’ll have to listen to find out who they are or if they show up. The guest is late arriving, or not, so Phil and John talk about our listener stats and picking up dog poo. We briefly talk about the Korean show, “Squid Game” which we haven’t seen. Useful,...
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67: Grey Cat Can’t Jump
Episode 67 begins with John introducing his new puppy and all the fascinating detail that brings. Kirkland blended 12 year old scotch and Millstream Brewing Co.’s Oktoberfest are drink/drank/drunk. We briefly commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Phil treated himself to Handsome...
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66: Mando Blast
Episode 66 gets the full Star Wars treatment with our All-Star (Wars) panel! Phil and John are joined by Matthew P. and Paul S.! We begin by talking about diet soda. Why? Who knows. Also, Mandalorian is discussed. And Paul’s latest visit to Disney World and their Star Wars thingy. Beverages...
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65: Bouquet of Burning Tires
Welcome (back?) to Episode 65! Phil shares some news (old by now) about Casa Bonita. We talk about the new documentary, “Roadrunner”, that neither of us have seen. Fat Tire and Stranahan’s are consumed/discussed. Also discussed: the upcoming “Dune” film, Pasties: The classic summer food!™, as…
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64: The Deviant Variant
A slow start gets the guys talking about what they’ve been doing this Summer. John brings up the various Johnnie Walker Game of Thrones releases and the latest Nick Offerman Lagavulin Scotch. Phil tried some non-alcoholic “whiskey”: Ritual Zero Proof. Andy “Quiz Master” R. got a new puppy so we...
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63: The Robitussin Effect
Episode 63 features the same old dudes. We explain (try to make excuses for) our slowdown of new episodes and “behind the scenes” with Time to Lean! John finished his movie Westerns watching project and noticed 4 different actors in the 1969 “True Grit” who appeared on random episodes of Star…
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62: Safety Modeling
Good Evening! In Episode 62, we are joined by Special Guest, Scott T! In a pre-show segment (aka, farting around before we get going), we talk about the weather and broken McDonald’s ice cream machines. It's really as good as you think it will be. Scott talks about how he knows John and Phil…
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61: Trying To Stay Relevant
Hey look, we’re back from hiatus! However, the Narrator wasn’t ready to return from his undisclosed location so we had to make do. Episode 61 doesn't have an entertaining guest but it does feature John eating on-mic. It’s the little things. Old weather and news announcers. Nuts. Celebrity booze…
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60: Deferred Maintenance
Season 6 draws to a close with Episode 60. The guys kvetch about winter weather and the Texas power grid. For some reason, Rush Limbaugh comes up again; hopefully for the last time. Suntory Whisky Toki® and a Naked Grouse Rob Roy (on the rocks) are dranken. The 60th episode prompts discussion of...
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59: Saturday Night Fever Dream
We sink to some new lows for episode 59 (actually recorded before 58?) where we open the show talking about our tech issues (OK, John’s) and “evolve” into bad jokes surrounding a subject that men never cease to enjoy talking about. We add an infinitesimal amount to the overall discourse…
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