Welcome back to the Carol Markowitz Show on High Heart Radio. My guest today is Eric Erickson.

Eric is a very popular conservative talk radio host and author of three books. Most recently,

before you wake, life lessons from a father to his children. Hi, Eric. So nice to have you on.

Thanks for having me. So I've known you and of you

like a million years. You're really OG in this movement and it's so nice to talk to you. I'm not sure

we've ever done a show together before, but I've been looking forward to this. Where did you get

your start? How did this all happen for you?

So, you know, so politics, I grew up overseas and politics was just a way to connect

into American culture and then went to college, started college Republicans at my college,

started volunteering for campaigns, kind of fell into it and went to law school

because the congressman I was working for said a law degree is an MBA in politics.

So I did that.

Got married and my wife was like, I'm not moving to Washington.

So I became a lawyer, started Red State.

And one thing led to another and a local radio show host got arrested in a crack house, literally, and they needed someone to fill in for him.

So I did for no pay. You were like, I don't do crack, so this should be okay.

So Herman Kane was running for president at the time, and his station needed someone, and his boss drove through my town on the way to Disney World,

thought it was my show.

I knew Rush Limbaught at the time who lied and said I was totally a radio pro, so they gave me Herman Kane's job.

Wow.

And here we are, all these years later.

Now, the longest job I've ever had, it's been a wild ride. I mean, from Red State in 2004 to an Al Talk Radio and kind of doing my own

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