Ep 8: Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses Life. And Golf.

The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

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Comedy, Golf, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Sports

4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Erik gets real poetic in this episode with US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. They discuss Askernish and Billy's Scottish roots, Billy reads four of Erik's favorite poems and, as always, the meaning of life, to which Billy has a VERY poignant answer. Billy is not on social media as far as we can tell. So go buy his books on Amazon! Support the arts. And become smarter in the process. Follow Erik on Instagram @erikanderslang Twitter @erikanderslang and Facebook @erikanderslangofficial Watch Adventures in Golf on youtube.com/skratchtv Send a message on Erik’s website https://www.erikanderslang.com/hit-us-up or direct message Erik on Instagram with your questions. Erik can give you advice on the podcast --- golf, relationships, or anything on your mind! Learn more about Erik's upcoming documentary Be the Ball at betheballmovie.com

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0:00.0	Today's guest you already know because you can read is Billy Collins the US Poet
0:17.1	Lariat I believe for two years in a row I don't know if they if it exists for two years or how it works we're going to get to the
0:24.3	bottom of that but Billy is also a huge golfer he and I met Billy Collins he and I
0:30.3	met at Winter Park, which is a wonderful little nine-hole course in right outside of
0:38.6	Orlando and, well, I'll tell you the story, let's get him on the phone here. There we go.
0:44.0	I feel like we're doing a prank on a radio show.
0:46.0	Hello. Is this Billy Collins?
0:49.0	It is Billy Collins.
0:51.0	Good morning. Hey, it's Eric.
0:53.0	How are you?
0:54.0	How are you doing?
0:56.0	You have no-Lai now?
0:58.0	I'm in Los Angeles.
0:59.0	You wouldn't know it because I'm, it's like a cloudy rainforest right now.
1:03.0	Yeah, well, I'm in sunny Florida.
1:05.0	Sunny and beautiful.
1:08.0	It's like we've traded places.
1:10.0	Yeah, it's a azalea time oddly enough in February or March now.
1:17.0	Is that early?
1:19.0	I think so. I'm from New York so it's like three months or four months early, but.
1:25.1	Are you, speaking of Azaleas, are you a big golf on TV fan, for example, the Masters?
1:31.1	Yeah, well I went to the Masters? Yeah, I went to the Masters once. That was two or three years ago and I just
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