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Our guest on today's program is the books editor over at Reason, where he writes.

His first book is Rebels on the Air and Alternative History of Radio in America,

in which Willie Nelson plays a part or two.

His second book, The United States of Paranoia, a conspiracy theory.

You find him on Twitter at not Jesse Walker, though he is, in fact, Jesse Walker.

Jesse, thanks so much for joining us.

I'm glad to be here.

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