Hey guys it's Thomas Frank here I'm back on Walk in the Floor with Chris

Shiflet.

I'm walking the floor over you.

Walking the floor.

I'm walking the floor

Walking the floor over you

Ho Lassin yours and senioritas. This is Chris Shiplet, and you are listening to episode 170

of your favorite podcast, Walking the Floor.

I say your favorite podcast, but for some of you it might not be your favorite podcast for long,

because today it's a little diversion from our typical subject matter.

We're going to be talking politics and history and you know I totally get it that

that pisses a lot of people off and you know we're living through these polarized times

and shit's fucking crazy out there if you don't want to hear it I do do it I get it turn it

off delete this episode from your phone because we get into it. And I say we. Me and my

buddy Thomas Frank who's one of my favorite writers, you can tell he's one of my favorite writers because he's been on my show more than any other

person this is his third appearance on walking the floor if you don't know Tom

he writes about politics and every time I talk to him he actually swears he's never going to write about politics again and I have stopped believing it because he's one of the best at it in my opinion.

I hate when people refer to like a book or an album or something as important,

but for me, Tom's work is important.

It's really important because he's a historian so he gives you like the context you need to understand

what our fearless leaders in Washington are doing and why and what might come next based on historical

precedent and all that sort of thing.

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