Our guest this week got his papers lit like he's burning that sardonic chronic. He's put in his 10,000 steps and 10,000 hours of eye-opening observations and autobiographical anecdotes that have hit the New York Times bestseller list 10 times. I just hope me podcast pretty one day. Before the next leg of his live tour kicks off, here to chat collecting Calmedegarsome, British culture that still confuses him, and the weirdest gifts he's ever gotten from his fans. His new book, The Land and His People's Out Now, author David Siddars. David, how the hell are you? Oh, hello. Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming. I was in the neighborhood. Yeah. It's not a problem. Just a quick little pop in. Yeah. We know you're a busy guy.

You flew it. You've been on the road. Yeah. I just got back yesterday. I got back six days ago.

I was, uh, I went to 42 cities on a lecture tour. Jesus. Wow. And then I just started my book tour a couple of days ago.

Was there anything you forgot to pack?

Well, it's hard because when I went on the lecture tour, right?

I always get dressed up when I'm on stage, right?

Always.

When I very first started in the 1980s, I always, like the very first time I read out loud, I wore a tie and

a button-down shirt. Just because I saw the other people who get up there and they didn't

make any effort and I thought. And also, there's this young man named Frederick who I invite

to open for me sometimes. And he opened for me at the Chicago Theater last week and come to garrison. I mean, he's tall and thin. I mean, it looked great on him. And he said, he said, I know my writing's not where it needs to be. He said, so I work really hard on my delivery. And then I get dressed up so it can show people that at least I,

you know, I made an effort. Right. And that's, that's what I, starting out, that's what I did.

Like an overcompensation to some degree or? Just to let the audience know that you knew this

was going to happen. Right. Well, it's like, oh, that guy can afford Comte Garzahn. He must be, he's writing must be good. Yeah. Or, no, it's just more, I don't know, I invite, quite often I invite people to open for me. And I'm surprised when they'll show up. Like, I said to a young woman once, I said, you're not wearing that baseball cap on stage.

Like, I just was shocked. I mean, she's, you know, here, maybe she'd read in front of 15 people before. And now there's 2,000 people. And that's what you're wearing. This is the big leagues. This is a Davis Adair show. Yeah. But do people also maybe sometimes go, they dress up extra because you're known as a fashionisto?

No.

No, I mean, I'm appalled at how poorly people are dressed when they come to a show.

The other night, where was I?

It was somebody and it was really the best dressed.

Oh, Atlanta. People. The best dress was Kansas City.

I wouldn't expect it. Interesting. And the best dressed on my last tour was Naples, Florida. And I know

that that's a wealthy area. But that doesn't mean anything. That doesn't translate to people

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