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After the kids are put to bed, Ashley Robinson and Jeffrey Barker drink a bottle of RED wine... talk about what they READ today... and get into provocative conversations without violating the rule: "don't go to bed angry." That's why every podcast ends with a moment of gratitude and looking ahead. Sometimes, they are joined by celebrity couples and married friends. #Schwarzenegger #Starbucks #Amazon #Communications #PR #Wine #Winery #Walmart # Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 15, 2024 19 mins

This is a special installment of our podcast to wish our family and loved ones (Venn diagram not totally overlapping!) a Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.


That said, Ashley and Barker were drinking a Barbera from Piemonte, Italia. Ellis and Tabitha were enjoying a Honeycrisp Apple cider from Columbia Gorge Organic.


Carol of the Bells (Christmas Eve/Sarajevo) by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.




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I describe the Littorai Pinot from 2014 that our friend Aaron opened up for us.


Ashley shouts out James, Ernesto, Carey, Colin, Jenny.


You MUST put this on your 2024 bucket list: the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse.


I thought Marzena defined #JOMO, but it exists on the internet.


Also, please read Julie Soderlund's obituary.




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December 20, 2023 59 mins

It's still Dry December for Barker, who actually found an acceptable de-alcoholized wine, from the Germans: Leitz Alkoholfrei Wein.


Ashley's drinking XOBC Cellars wine by singer/songwriter and Seattle-area neighbor Brandi Carlile.


We talk about the pseudoscientific Enneagram of Personality, Mastery by Robert Greene, and the storied Esalen Institute.


Plus, an unexplained and eerie story about the movie Freeway, starring ...

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December 15, 2023 29 mins
Spoiler Alert: It's Our Daughter Ellis

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We discuss an article in The New York Times, titled “Bordeaux Wine Snobs Have a Point, According to This Computer Model” and the study behind the article, which we did not read, but you ought to.


Ashley loves Dickens' A Christmas Carol and just watched The Man Who Invented Christmas (apologies to the memory of Christopher Plummer, who is not British, but is Canadian).


We're drinking Ariel De-Alcoholized Cabernet Sauvignon a...

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In this Friday shorter episode, we define a “split” bottle of wine... but it turns out we were wrong and were describing a “demi.” A “split” is half a “demi” Now you know. 


Barker suffers from a proper British affliction called tinnitus. And Ashley was drinking Cab Sauv by Seattle’s own Kind Stranger. They give a portion of their proceeds to Mary’s Place, a non-profit shelter for women with children. 


We’re contract...

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Barker is drinking Newblood Alcohol Free Red Wine Blend to preview Dry January for you, which somehow reminds us of the song Long December by The Counting Crows.


Ashley is an addict for "fairy porn" even though there are no fairies, just dragons, in Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yaros. She also recommends Indigenous Continent by Pekka Hämäläinen.


Barker let his imagination get away from him, connecting The New Y...

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December 1, 2023 30 mins

We drank the Isenhower Cellars Holiday Red.


James won $5 for correctly identifying the Always Sunny in Philadelphia Sweet Dee Song


Have you used the Marco Polo App?


Here's the Fortune article on how Millennials think they need to earn $525K per year to be happy.


Send "conundra" to ourdailyread@gmail.com


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November 28, 2023 58 mins

We drink a special bottle for Ashley's 40th b-day, L’Aventure Winery’s For Her 2013 Red Blend.


And we mark the occasion by asking a few questions from the Proust Questionnaire, which you maybe know from the longtime Vanity Fair magazine feature, or maybe from Steve Carell's character in Little Miss Sunshine.


Ashley describes the traits she most despises in others and how she thinks of the "lowest depth of misery."


To cel...

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November 21, 2023 2 mins

Ashley's got a shitty and persistent cough, and Barker simply does not have the patience to edit out all of the hacking and nose-blowing.


In the meantime, dig back into the past episodes you've not yet listened to.






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November 17, 2023 17 mins

Thanks to Paul and Darren for the feedback.


Send yours to ourdailyreadpod@gmail.com


Or leave a review on Apple Podcasts.


Send us wine, and we will drink it and talk about it.


We will be back in your feeds next week so that you can escape from the in-laws and general anxiety of the Thanksgiving holiday.


Ciao!


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#HungerGames #MelissaJoanHart #JosephDrouhin #Schwarzenegger #Sacramento

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November 10, 2023 33 mins

Our first Friday listener mail episode!


Barker apologizes to Gloria, from Barcelona, for pooh-poohing the "secret language of the universe." Then, he apologizes again, to the Greeks, for good measure.


Then, we get to hear the results of Barker's battery of blood tests.


We drink another bottle of Clos Solene.


Short and sweet.


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Ashley has never seen Star Wars. But she has watched Tommy Boy.

Most wine from Paso Robles is big and high in alcohol.

Convoy was a software company focused on freight shipping.

Oh, and Ashley refuses to watch the Frasier reboot.


Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars


Tommy Boy fan scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsI3lFHkU_s


Clos Solene: https://www.clossolene.com/


Paso Robles Wine Region: https://pa...

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October 27, 2023 24 mins

We're not pointing to a wine this time because we had nothing good to say about it.


But here's the biomarker company Barker is using: https://www.functionhealth.com/


Also, it's CRAZY that Barker spit-balled Butterfinger being "like 100 years old" because check out this wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfinger


Please tell us what you think Ashley should do for her 40th birthday. Send thoughts to ourdailyreadpod@gma...

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Lemelson: https://www.lemelsonvineyards.com/our-wine/pinot-noir


Kappa Alpha Theta: https://www.kappaalphatheta.org/


New York Times on the Cost of College: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/magazine/college-worth-price.html


Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/ourdailyreadpod/



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October 17, 2023 55 mins

Right off the bat, Ashley and Barker get into it.


They're drinking the 2021 Old Eight Cut Pinot Noir from Hundred Suns winery in Oregon.


They're talking Banned Books Week, including Matthew Walther's op-ed in The New York Times, and Judy Blume's Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. Oh! And don't forget the new Dory Fantasmagory book!


Please send us some stars on your favorite podcast service... and listen through to the ...

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October 12, 2023 1 min
Full Podcasts Coming October 16!

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