[smith] keb mowelcome. [keb mo] thank you, evan. [smith] good to be with you. [mo] its good to be here. [smith] may i say,i dont e ive had a twoapostrophe guest in 17 years . laughs first time for everything, right . [mo] yes. [smith] for the record, its kevin moore. [mo] yes, thats my birth nam [smith] birth name is kevin moore o] Kevin Roosevelt moore. [smith] Kevin Roosevelt moore. We have a former drummer of yours to thank for christening you or coining keb mo, right . [mo] yes. [smith] tell that story. [mo] well, the was a nd called the Billy Mitchell trio, and quentin d was the drummer in that band. They played at a club called the nucleus nuance in l. A. , durin the late 80s and 90s. They didnt have a guitar player because it was a jazz trio. So i would go in and play for free. My job was to play along with the band. It wasnt really a job, [smith] it was a gig. [mo] whever i felt like it. And i would play the blues. When it was blues time, i was on. So with kevin, you cat go lik
[smith] tommy orange, welcome. Orange] thank you for having me. [smith] thank you very much for being here. So, i love the book. I wanna talk all about tt book and talk all abu, but i wanna talk about the title of the book first. So i didnt actually get the reference until after that this is Gertrude Stein. [orange] mmhmm. [smith] right . Like you, an oaklander. Is that the right way to say it . Oaklandit [orange] oaklander. [smith] oaklander. [orange] yeah. [sth] so Gertrude Stein mously said of oakland, theres no there there. And this is esponse, this is your rebuttal of Gertrude Stein. [orange] and its also, i wouldnt put so much of the weight on Gertrude Stein as more on people who have sort of misused that quote. Because she was just talking about her childhood home. [smiry specific. [orange] and it was developed over. So in her everybodys autobiography, somebody asks her, why dont you write about oakland . There is no there there. Shes just talking about r experience. And so peop
[smith] tommy orange, welcome. [tommy orange] thank you for having me. [smith] thank you very much for being here. Wanna talk all about the book and talk all about you, but i wanna talk about the title of the book first. So i didnt actually get the reference until after that this is Gertrude Stein. [orange] mmhmm. [smith] right . Like you, an oaklander. Is that the right way to say it . Oaklandite . [orange] oaklander. [smith] oaklander. [orange] yeah. [smith] so Gertrude Stein famously said of oakland, theresere there. And this is your response, this is your rebuttal of Gertrude Stein. [orange] and its also, i wouldnt put so much of the weight on Gertrude Stein as more on people who have sort of misused that quote. Because she was just talking about her childhood home. [smith] very specifi bec [orange] and itt talking abo was developed over. E. So in her everybodys autobiography, somebody asks her, why dont you write about oakland . There is no there there. Shes just talking about her
[smith] tommy orange, welcome. [tommy orange] thank you for having me. [smith] thank you very much for being here. Sove the book. I wanna talk all about the book and talk all about you, but i wanna talk about the title of the book first. So i didnt actually get the reference until after that this is Gertrude Stein. [orange] mmhmm. [smith] right . Like you, an oaklander. Is that the right way to say it . Oaklandite . [orange] oaklander. [smith] oaklander. [orange] yeah. [smith] so Gertrude Steinndfamk theres no there there. And this iyour response, this is your rebuttal Gertrude Stein. [orange] and its also, i wodnt put so much of the weight on Gertrude Stein as more on people who have sort of misused that quote. Because she was just talking about her childhood home. [sth] very specific. [orange] and it was developed over. So in her everybodys autobiography, somebody asks her, why dont you write about oakland . There is no there. Shes just talking about her experience. And so people hav
The lawyer came along lawyers are the most important people in the world, thus i must live, grabbed a parachute, jumped out. The priest looked at the little boy. There was only one parachute left here said, my son, ive lived a long and prosperous life. You have your whole life ahead of you. Take the last parachute and take off. The boy turned to the priest and said, no worries, father, the smartest man in the world just took off with my backpack. [laughing] lets talk about george mason. Not a lot of people know about george mason. They basically no that george mason university, maybe the final for the reached a few years ago, but they have no idea who george mason is. And hope my book changes that opinion. If Thomas Jefferson was a genius both professionally and personally, which he was, his mentor george mason was a genius. America was woven together on three revered pieces of paper, the declaration of independence, the constitution, and the bill of rights. George mason had a hand in