Gin made from weeds, ill-produced shrub, wiry meat puppets, interchangeable bros, and you won't believe what readily-available product still has sexual suppressant in it... Actually, you probably will. Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're pollinating plots from our seventh book in the collection, ‘Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic,’ edited by Daisy Butcher (yes, really!). In this episode, our featured story is: The Giant Wistaria by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Stopmotion (2023: dir Robert Morgan); drinking a G&T with Freeland Spirits Foraged Botanicals Gin.
Damien is watching When Evil Lurks (2023; dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Puncher's Chance Bourbon.
Ryan is watching Rust Creek (2018; dir. Jen McGowan); drinking a very terrible Strawberry Basil Bourbon Smash.
If you liked this week’s story, read - or watch! - Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
Up next: "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant" by Howard R Garis.
Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!
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