United States of Dramerica

About United States of Dramerica

There is nothing like a dram of whisky to inspire an important conversation. Each week we sit down with a guest from the worlds of entertainment, sport or business and they tell their story over a glass of whisky.

Publisher

Dan Rutstein

Category

arts · society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jul 2019

Latest episode

8 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

105 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Tacos, Tarantino and Tequila - Raphael de Anda, Taqueria Hoy and 4 Copas

   We have taco and tequila entrepreneur Raphael de Anda. We talk about the 50k a tacos a week he sells at his restaurant, why I need to eat cow tongue and the story behind the world’s first organic tequila. We discuss Kobe and Freddy Freeman eating their tacos, sponsoring a soccer team and the best cocktail for their tequila. Raphael tells us about his love of Alexander Murray, renting his restaurant to Quentin Tarantino and why they never shut.

2. 

   4 Feb 2026

   Episode 104 - Super Bowl Special. Jon Ryan, Super Bowl winner

   Excited to bring back Super Bowl winner Jon Ryan to talk about the big game. We talk about his Super Bowl win, his Super Bowl loss and his expectations for this weekend. We talk group chats, his mum going to a team party to see Snoop Dogg and how much he cries nowadays. We talk about THAT blown play, being named one of the 50 best players in Seahawks history and how many beers he expects to drink this Sunday. A very fun episode with a friend of the pod.

3. 

   6 Sept 2025

   Episode 103 - Martyn Robertson and Gordon Mackay, Make it to Munich

   We talk to filmmaker Martyn Robertson and sports surgeon Gordon Mackay about the inspiring feature doc Make it to Munich. In a crossover episode we talk Hollywood and whisky, pioneering surgeries and telling stories with heart. They explain how the extraordinary story of a young man’s courage to overcome life-changing injuries has ended up at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood - the adventures they had along the way and the importance of real life heroes.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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