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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 12
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On this episode, Bill sits down with actress and model Courtney Hope Turner. In addition to appearing in film, TV, commercials, and music videos, Turner was crowned Miss South Carolina 2011. Courtney details the downsides and burdens of being pretty, and explains why she hasn't always felt beautiful. She discusses her roles on the finale of How I Met Your Mother and in Fast and Furious 7. Turner assesses and rates the mystery wine by utilizing her...
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Chris Dane Owens is a legendary figure. On this episode of Brown Bag Wine Tasting, he joins Mr. Shatner in the great outdoors to discuss fantasy, music, and, of course, wine. Chris talks about his successes with creating music videos that stylistically pay homage to fantasy film trailers, and how he enjoys the boundless and transcendent realities of fantasy worlds. Chris draws upon his musical experience to describe the rosé that he and William share....
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What goes best with wine? Cheese, of course! In this week's episode, host William Shatner sits down with Marnie Clarke, who runs two cheese shops in Southern California. Marnie describes her family's rich history with dairy, connecting the circumstances that led to her becoming a cheesemonger. She expertly pairs the mystery wine with a perfect cheese companion after only wafting it, pulling from her experience with cheese to rate and describe the...
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 14
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William Shatner stops by Adam Carolla's podcast hideout to film an episode of Brown Bag Wine Tasting. Adam talks about the structure and format of his standup, planning beats across 90-minute sets in order to maintain audience engagement. Foregoing the traditional criteria and guidelines for the show, Adam describes the mystery wine as if it were a prostitute. Then, Carolla turns the tables on Bill and cracks open a bottle of his very own Mangria!...
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 15
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This week, motorcycle enthusiast James Reddick talks bikes over a glass of mystery wine. James details growing up in Indiana, and how his passion for motorcycles was inherited from his father. He weighs the benefits of owning an older classic bike, that you can more easily fix yourself, over a newer bike with more modern comforts. James describes and rates the mystery wine as if it were a motorcycle.
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 19
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Painter and animal rights supporter Dominique Cruyff is the lucky fan who wins an auction to converse with William Shatner over a glass of mystery wine. Recounting how she won the charity auction that allowed her to come sit and sip with Bill, Dominique views the donation as a win-win. She explains how her concern for animal welfare informs both her diet and her paintings. Dominique describes the mystery wine as if it were her pregnancy.
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Real Housewife Brandi Glanville sits and sips with William Shatner. William and Brandi discuss the ability for a cute label to successfully sell a bottle of wine to a customer. Brandi contemplates the heightened level of drama that arises even when cameras are filming a real situation, and how people have a tendency to act out when they know that they're being filmed. Brandi can barely contain her laughter when William asks her to describe the...
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For this episode of Brown Bag Wine Tasting, William Shatner sits down with magician and television presenter Christen Gerhart to talk wine, magic, and what happens when magicians reveal their secrets! Christen discusses learning magic from old books, the emotional attachment she has to performing magic, and the feeling that anything is possible in the realms of illusion and misdirection. Using magician terminology, Christen describes their white wine....
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 11
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William Shatner sits down with his Twitter nemesis Misha Collins. Misha talks about his charity work and what it's like to play a TV archangel while the two share some mystery wine together. He highlights Random Acts of Kindness, his charity that has opened an orphanage and community center in Haiti by channeling the fandom of Supernatural into active and rewarding engagement. William throws some playful jabs at Misha, and Misha describes the mystery...
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In this episode, actor Wil Wheaton joins his old friend William Shatner to converse about home brewing beer, the outer limits of space, and video games. Wil and William compare movies and video games by highlighting the added layer of interactivity that games offer. Wil excites William when talking about undiscovered dimensions and other-dimensional lifeforms that can't yet be perceived by humans. Utilizing his beer brewing knowledge, Wil rates...
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 13
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Beer is the subject of today's discussion, when William Shatner talks to craft beer salesman Sean Durham. Mystery wine described in beer terms? Watch and see!
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 18
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This week, restaurant manager Blaise Sepulveda explores egg-centric cuisine over a glass of mystery wine with host William Shatner. Blaise explains how the people, even more so than food, draw him into the food industry, because their energies converge from all walks of life when they come to enjoy meals at Eggslut. Blaise blows away William's egg-spectations with his egg-themed descriptions of the mystery wine.
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 10
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In this episode, William Shatner talks horses with trainer and friend Tom Foran at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. Foran operates Foran Performance Horses and focuses on training reining horses for competition. He shares why training horses intrigues him, which is, in part, the sense of cooperation between trainer and horse. Tom utilizes his equestrian experience to rate and describe the mystery wine.
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William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting volume 16
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William visits the Travel Town Museum in Griffith Park in order to sip a glass of mystery wine and speak with railroad enthusiast Nancy Gneier. Nancy explains how the rich history of railroading is intertwined with Los Angeles' own history. She has driven a steam engine, and explains their temperamental nature when being operated. Nancy impresses William with her ability to easily describe the mystery wine in train terms.