Murmur.com Podcast

February 23, 2010 - February 23, 2010 - Magic is in the air and snow is on the slopes as Paul, Mike, and Ali gush about the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Who's got curling fever and who thinks it's just shuffleboard air hockey? Even so, everyone can agree Bob Costas is totally lame. Later on, Paul and Josh Christie sit down to talk about our extremely popular and totally polarizing Book Club Pick, The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Is magic all it's cracked up to be in this crass and complex story about a group of disaffected teens enrolled in a college for witchcraft and wizardry? Josh also paired this one with a beer. Does The Dogfish Head Red and White have us under its spell? 00:01:40 - The Vancouver Winter Olympics are crazy! 00:31:13 - Murmur Book Club: The Magicians by Lev Grossman 00:45:08 - Dogfish Head Red and White is beer and wine at the same time! 00:47:34 - Our next Book Club pick is David Grann's The Lost City of Z! 00:49:31 - And we're pairing it with Stone Brewing Company's Arrogant Basta