Stories and Cocktails serves funny stories, great laughs and strong drinks. Humor columnist Rob Krider reads some of his top articles. And afterward, he and his wife/editor, Sara Krider, imbibe in some adult beverages and spill the hard alcohol tea on the real behind the scenes drama that inspired each funny story. The stories are filled with travel, family, marriage, cars, careers, and parenting while the cocktails are filled with laughs, comedy, and self-deprecating humor.
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On episode sixty-nine wedding bells are ringing in the Dynamic Drinking Duo's ears, as a new member of the tribe, Libby Krider (Gus Krider's wife) joins the family and the show. Many reveals occur on the episode as the hosts learn things about their own son they never knew before. We find out how Ariana Grande has had an interesting effect on the n…
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The Dynamic Drinking Duo connect after some time apart as Rob was galavanting around the country while badly losing car races. In Rob's absence, Sara enjoyed quality time with a gynecologist in training. We find out that California's High Speed Rail system failed to get their son to college. Warning: many shots of vodka were harmed during this epis…
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Your egomaniac hosts of the Stories and Cocktails Podcast delve into full self serving mode (begging for followers, referring to earlier episodes, asking for free drinks) and then get into an important topic: Marriage Communication. Their communication might be different than yours, however, their respect and love for each other shines through, eve…
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Sara is sick. She is sick of Rob, she is sick of the heat and unfortunately she is sick with a virus. So "Sick Sara" is no fun to be around, but Rob powers through and drinks his way into her good graces... after going to Beach Ball (a bar in Newport Beach, CA) that serves vodka at six a.m. What could go wrong?…
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Sara and Rob find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this episode, they go deep undercover into the center of Hollywood, and face off with celebrities, such as Joaquin Phoenix, and the uber wealthy to expose how extravagance and indulgence collided with innocent tourists and resulted in heinous injustices. Tune in to hear the tipsy…
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Rob and Sara steal power from their college friend’s side yard (thanks Chris Adamian) while camping in the RV Tiki in Geyserville, CA. They enjoy fine food and drinks at Corner Project Ales and Eats (highly recommended). Then the subject of the proper way to vomit after drinking comes up. Chris guest stars on this episode as the three talk about co…
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Sara and Rob find themselves on a road trip to Vegas and accidentally land at Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals where they watch the home town Las Vegas Golden Knights win the cup. Sara learns about the lack of trunk space in her husband's new car. The San Francisco Giants take six hours to win a playoff game and after listening to this episode you …
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Our Dynamic Drinking Duo park the RV Tiki in Newport Beach to record an episode and hang with Dennis Rodman at a bar. While day drinking they also chum it up with Ashley from the Long Drink brand and score some free alcohol. They share stories of ridiculous childhood trauma (lost frisbees and spelling bee losses) and we find out why Newport Beach i…
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Rob and Sara take the RV Tiki and boondock in a parking lot in Napa to go to the BottleRock music festival. They drink wine and rock out to Green Day, Ice Cube, Justin Timberlake and Cage the Elephant. They continue their trip to Santa Cruz where they meet the grumpiest camp host on the planet before they enjoy bike riding and tasty tiki drinks at …
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The Dynamic Drinking Duo enjoy a special guest, Rachel, on the show to discuss the Big Sausage Pizza Delivery 24 Hours of LeMons racing team and their epic last lap roll-over. The two ladies enjoy a girl's weekend at the Beach Life Festival in Redondo Beach where they lust after Lenny Kravitz. Sara may have a bladder infection, the pool at the Hard…
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Our dynamic drinking duo survive Las Vegas, hallucinogens, Criss Angel, Chelsea Handler and Meow Wolf Omega Mart just to fly back to California to hangout backstage with bad boy hip hop artist Mickey Avalon in Morro Bay. And if that isn't enough debauchery they then go to a Morrissey concert in Fresno and get kicked out of the afterparty only to la…
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Rob and Sara travel into the future and meet their older drunk selves. Rob gets offered cocaine, constantly. The two join an adult school improv class with obvious results. Sara defends the profession of teaching, even when teachers do bad things. Rob calls everyone he meets “Dipshit.”
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The dynamic drinking duo enjoy a Harvest Host stay at Jessie’s Grove Vineyards, sampling fine wine and discuss the upcoming BottleRock show in Napa, Sara crashing her bicycle, paranormal goblins, the girls from The Facts of Life TV show, and that one time Sara got pants in Junior High.
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Addy Krider guest stars as she begins a Northern California comedy tour. The dynamic drinking duo go to a pub crawl and endure some injustices. The battle of the sexes is definitely on in this episode and we even get to witness a domestic dispute. Beer is consumed and Sara calls men morons for 40 minutes.…
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Somebody found a stray dog and now it is affecting Rob’s bank account. Of course, a stiff drink for breakfast, poured by Sara, can help him forget that. The Dynamic Drinking Duo bitch about little brothers, chat about their affinity for the 80s, debate if to teach or not to teach, race car budgets, local arts and what bastard borrowed Rob’s ladder.…
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The dynamic drinking duo discuss double standards. Sara has to keep Rum Rob and his grade school friend from getting arrested. Rob is somehow still holding a grudge about his bicycle being stolen. And the podcast has a guest, Airplane Jane, who is staring in an upcoming Rogue Show with Sara and Renee.…
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The drinking duo survive a wine tour through farm country, aggressive homeless stalkers in Key West, laser hair removal of the crotch, smuggling Mexican pharmaceuticals, Valentine’s Day fails, and the insurmountable responsibility of being a Yelp Elite contributor. And Rob drinks rum through all of it while Sara laments his crude humor.…
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Crash My Playa 2025 Cancún, Mexico, where Sara shows off her girls for some cheap plastic beads. Guests Paige and Jamie tag along to party and join the show. Rob drinks his weight in “all inclusive” tequila. No animals were harmed in the making of this podcast, except for maybe breakfast, Sara had bacon.…
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Stories and Cocktails podcast! Rum Rob really earns his name in Jamaica as he and Sara show up uninvited to a friend’s Caribbean vacation.
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This episode features a special guest, Schuyler Kirby, who joins the show to teach the old drunk married folks, Rum Rob and Sauced Sara, what life is like on the dating apps. It's New Years Eve 2024-2025 and the final episode of the first season of the Stories and Cocktails podcast where debauchery beats class on every second of the show. Cheers!…
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Our drinking duo find themselves at the Disney World Resort where they drink hot chocolate with booze in it and do their best to avoid children. Rum Rob realizes he likes casseroles and Sara drinks Bud Light while losing in miniature golf. There is some confusion as to which hotel they are staying in. Nobody is sure who to blame, Mickey Mouse or th…
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Rob makes a big mistake and lets a friend of Sara's from back in high school take a tequila body shot off of him during a house party. He also does other stupid things. But Sara, not one to be outdone, attempts to burn down her own neighborhood during a different house party. What could go wrong with some booze and a house full of friends?…
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Sara is an unhappy co-host as she has to endure an entire podcast about racing (luckily the whisky was good). California State Champion Aaron Douglas is a guest and Rob and Aaron discuss the winners of the 2024 California Autocross Championship. The "Grounds for Divorce" is because Rob does go to the bathroom in his pants, but it is for a good caus…
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A couple walks into a bar... and don't drink during this episode of Stories and Cocktails! This episode has two parts, a sober section and a blackout drunk section. The listener gets to decide which section is better. Comedian (and Disney Princess) Addy Krider joins the show and patiently listens while the hosts discuss pubic hair removal, stealing…
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Rob and Sara stumble through the picturesque Napa Valley while tasting wines from Fresno as they argue over who stole the iPhone charger. Sara recalls a day early in their marriage finding a suspicious VHS tape in the bedroom VCR. More evidence is unearthed that Rob might be the biggest wuss on the planet. The blood DNA evidence in this case seems …
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Sara and Rob go to see the Chicago White Sox attempt to break an MLB record by losing the most games in one season. Many drinks are consumed for this process by the entire South Side of Chicago. Then the drinking duo move on to Milwaukee to sample some beers only to find the brewery themed hotel they are staying in... doesn't sell beer.…
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Sara and Rob continue their baseball stadium chase through Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago, where they sampled all of the drinks those cities offered. The drinking duo went extremely hard at the Makers Mark Barrel Room at Wrigley Stadium. They also went very big at a Steelers Bar in Pittsburg where Sara decided there was insufficient e…
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Philadelphia, Pearl Jam, Puppies and Paddy's Pub
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54:14Sara and Rob find themselves in south Philly trying to survive dive bars, cheesesteaks and a Presidential motorcade. Eddie Vedder looks them in the eye and tells them to vote. They find out the real Paddy's Pub is an ashtray and on the west coast a Hollywood veterinarian to the stars bilks the a Kriders of their life savings.…
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Sara and Rob go hard for a college football tailgate party in Nebraska (Go Corn Huskers!). Then they head to Missouri to join Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chief's game (well, they were in the same stadium as Taylor anyway). Shenanigans ensue, and technically there could be an open arrest warrant for Rob in Missouri (if the police are good at their…
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Sara and Rob have a big disagreement on this episode after a hard night of drinking in Baltimore where the intoxicated couple couldn't agree on the best method for getting safely back to their hotel room. They catch a Baltimore Orioles baseball game at Camden Yards as part of their 30 MLB park tour. There is a rumor that Rob is sick, but he won't a…
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Sara and Rob hit the Big Apple hard, getting lost like a couple of dumb Californians on the subway. They catch a Mets game, a Yankees game and a WNBA Liberty game. They try to bicycle around New York unsuccessfully and somehow avoid being accosted in Central Park. Rob misses his Vicoden as he struggles with a bad back. George Clooney makes an appea…
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Episode 38 is a very special edition of the Stories and Cocktails podcast as it corresponds to Rob's race car number (38). Sara and Rob discuss the campy car films of the 1970s and 80s that shaped the car nerd that Rob is today and they discover some odd relationships Rob has with Kenny Rogers and Gary Busey. The films Smokey and the Bandit, Grease…
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Rob tries to surprise Sara with a little manscaping only to find out she hates it. Lots and lots of Golden Road Brewing Mango Cart is consumed in Anaheim next to Angel Stadium during this episode. Lorena Bobbitt, Sophie's Choice, and the color bronze are all discussed by two people who know very little of the subjects but are drunk enough to think …
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Reno is the host city for this episode of S&C, don't worry no homeless people were harmed in the making of this show. Middle school students create an Instagram page of their math teacher's butt (and nobody can figure out why). Sara does her first ever stand up set to a raucous crowd at DiCicco's Pizzeria (the same place Seinfeld got his start -not…
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The Dynamic Drinking Duo take on Boston and Las Vegas in one double episode. Sara (in her drunkest episode to date) doesn't feel the need to lie to Rob about how fat he has become (which hurts his big fat feelings). Rob is given a surprise Father's Day gift which is a free hotel in Vegas after he sits through a time share presentation. Uncool. The …
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Sara and Rob are back in RV Tiki and park in Ventura to discuss demonic children's toys and talk about the Count from Sesame Street. Then they fly to Boston and have an enlightening conversation about running cars out of gas and cover the sordid details of trying to go to a car dealership and trade in a trashed race car.…
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Sara and Rob are back in Las Vegas twice for this episode. They manage to skip tattoo mistakes this time. We learn about Sara Town where Sara thinks life is wonderful but Rob has a differing opinion. We learn about hot teachers and the geometry of putting a water heater into the trunk of a Hyundai.
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After drinking heavily on the plane our cocktail crusaders are left stranded by American Airlines in Dallas, TX, while their luggage goes on to Fresno, CA. Sara and Rob have to navigate ride share in a flash flood and then try clothes and deodorant shopping at Walmart. They make the best of it with a Dallas Stars hockey game and some day drinking T…
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Sara and Rob slum it in Glendale, CA, to visit their stand-up comedian daughter, Addy Krider (otherwise known as the Christmas Whore), and hear many terrifying LA stories that would scare the hell out of most parents. But Sara and Rob aren't most parents and they learn how their little girl almost went to the Sharon Tate residence where the Manson …
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Sara and Rob park the RV Tiki back in California after a cross country road trip. They land on the Central Coast where they met 30 years before. They celebrate their bang-a-versary and walk us through the dirty details of their first time. Believe it or not, math is involved.
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Sara and Rob navigate some blown up motorhome tires on their cross country road trip. They land in Las Vegas, NV, and see Dead and Company at The Sphere, lose money in the casinos and then stumble into a tattoo parlor on Fremont Street. They find out the hard way that tattoos are definitely permanent.…
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Sara and Rob continue their road trip across the country and land in Sin City Las Vegas to enjoy some women's professional basketball. Rob finds a new crush in Kelsey Plum on the Las Vegas Aces team. Sara sticks with her own favorite crush: Bud Light. The drinking duo tour the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, MO, and catch a Cardinals MLB game.…
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Drinking in the Streets of Tennessee and Getting the Boot
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51:47Sara and Rob go hard with drinking in the streets of Nashville and Memphis. They catch a Braves baseball game in Atlanta and their RV gets an inconvenient boot attached to the wheel. We learn what happens when there is no toilet paper in the women's restroom. And the massive importance of AA batteries for the ladies is revealed regarding a possible…
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The Trouble With Tequila at Camp Margaritaville
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46:43Sara and Rob consume a lot of tequila at Jimmy Buffet’s Camp Margaritaville in Pigeon Forge, TN, and they discuss the magic of Dolly Parton’s immense bosom after a day at the Dollywood theme park.
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A Failed Vasectomy and Getting Crabs from Dirty Myrtle
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45:47Sara and Rob crash a pool party in Myrtle Beach, SC. Luckily the police are not called in to utilize outrageous amounts of use of force. Tiki drinks are consumed. Booty is surrendered. Crabs are a problem in the Redneck Riviera (but avoided somehow by our drinking duo). And we all find out how much of a man Rob really is.…
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Sara and Rob experience some RV troubles on their coast-to-coast trip, but they make it to the Florida Keys anyways, although a bit sweaty. Private parts are exposed at the Garden of Eden in Key West and the duo drinks their way through Disney World until they find a piano bar that will play their song. No dolphins were harmed in the recording of t…
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StubHub Scams, Birthday Busts and Miami Madness
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56:58The caped cocktail crusaders take on the ticket reselling giant StubHub (and show some life hacks to stick it to The Man). Sara has a birthday that Rob screws up. It turns out Miami is a very sexy place and the duo plays relationship chicken while drunk shopping.
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Death By Florida and Mermaid Hand Jobs
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1:07:27The Dynamic Drinking Duo have to survive some sketchy Florida weather (and horrendous drivers) as they RV from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Mermaids are hyper sexualized on this episode. Eating disorders are decoded. Poor parenting tips are offered and many adult beverages are consumed. Fans of the show used Venmo to pay for the host's …
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Florida: The Crudest Episode To Date (You Were Warned)
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54:54Nothing is off limits in this extremely explicit episode. Rob and Sara discuss the Big D, being cuckold, and almost being murdered. They leave Texas and travel through Louisiana, Alabama and finally land in Florida. They discover street drinking in Galveston, blackout partying on Bourbon Street, Bayou Tech Brewing's Tiki Bar, they tour the insane A…
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Failed Tinder Tutorials, My Wife’s Lady Parts and Texas BBQ
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52:30Rob sucks at cooking meat but does find a way to light himself on fire. Dog racing almost happened (but didn’t). The drinking duo goes hard on Sixth Street in Austin. Rob interrupts a live comedy show with a comment so inappropriate that he offends the entire club. Texas BBQ almost kills Rob. Sara goes full tiki Karen at a tiki bar that asks her to…
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