Welcome to the Eric Matexis show with your host Eric Matexis.

Hey there folks, I want to talk about Hamlet.

Hey, you have a next beer.

You know what? I'm just in a mood. I want to talk about Hamlet by Shake Spear.

Okay.

Because last night, Suzanne and I were watching Kenneth Brenna's version film, a version of Hamlet, which is four hours long.

We only got two hours into it.

But oh my gosh, it's visually so glorious.

And Shake Spear is worth talking about.

But when was this version made? What year?

I think it was like 96. Julie Christie is in it. She plays Gertrude, his mother.

Okay.

And this is only like 30 years after Dr. Shavago, which I watched the other night with Omar Sharif, who I mentioned in my book, Fish Out of Water.

But Albin, let's pretend to be focused.

Today, we're talking to John Perkins, a 92-year-old man who lived through the Civil Rights Movement.

He wrote a book called Counted All Joy. I cannot wait to talk to John.

He is an icon. He is an icon.

When you hit 90, you get to be an icon.

Not all 90-year-olds are icons, but he's 92.

And I think he's a civil rights icon. We're probably also speaking to a friend, Janet Ellis.

But Albin, I...

Okay, let me also say this.

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