Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast Inside Rail. My next guest is somebody I have wanted to have on the podcast for the longest time. He is Daryl Davis. Daryl Davis studied jazz. He plays rock and roll and blues. And he is an all-around marvelous person that I have had the good fortune to meet twice in person.

He has a new book out.

You'll understand the nature of this book very shortly.

The book is called The Clan Whisperer.

I have not read it yet.

It's brand new, but I'm excited about it.

And I will just say that he fits the term dark horse, uh, in the best possible sense

of the term.

I will explain that connection shortly.

But in the meantime, Daryl, welcome to dark horse.

Thank you, Brett, for having me.

Really appreciate it.

But looking forward to this for a long time as well.

So when I say that you fit the title of the podcast, when I started the podcast, my intent was

to interview people who had done extraordinary things from backgrounds that would not lead you to expect those particular accomplishments.

The podcast got caught up in all the things that unfolded around COVID,

and so that sort of changed the orientation, but I still retain my fascination for people who accomplish the extraordinary without being trained to do it.

Darrell, you came to my attention, and I think most people know you as a guy who took it upon himself to go and talk to Ku Klux Klan members.

And despite how that sounds, actually has succeeded in bringing many of them back into the fold of civilization,

getting them to put down their robes and come

join the rest of us. That is an amazing accomplishment, and I just feel it deserves wider

notice. Well, I appreciate that. You know, and you made an interesting point there, you know, that I had done something that I was not trained to do.

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