What up, what up, what up? Happy New Year, everybody. Yes, it's the man of steel. That's

right, Michael Steele. I'm back in the house in 2019. And boy, has the years started off

with some fireworks and some fun. Now, before we get into the fun and the meat of the show,

I got to settle up on a little business. You know you can find this on Apple Podcast,

Ditcher, Tune In, wherever you can get your podcasts on. That's where you're going to

find me. And certainly you can find me on Twitter at Michael Steele. Well, we've got

the wall. We've got shut down. We've got muller. We've got Maniford. And our whole hell

of a lot more progressive taxation for God's sake. Where did that come from? It's there.

It's on the table now. And we got history because history is oftentimes a prelude, a prologue

to the experience you are having currently. And I can't think of anyone better to help

us give some context to these big issues that we're rolling around with today than a good

buddy of mine. Colleague over at MSNBC, the one and only Steve Cornackie. He is the National

Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Folks, he's got this kick ass book out.

You got to pick it up. If you have any inkling of politics running through your veins or

interest in political history, if you want to understand the space we're in right now,

he sets out in his new book, The History of How We Got Here. It's The Red and the Blue,

the 1990s and the birth of political tribalism. It's the one and only Steve Cornackie. Welcome

to the Man of Steele, man. Well, I hope I can live up to that introduction. That was

really generous of you. Thank you. Man, I'm a huge fan of yours. Have been for a long

time and this book, I've got Mark's pages, I've got tabs. I'm serious, man. This book

folks is a history lesson. If you really want to get your fingers into the meat of the environment

we're living in today and how it all began, so I thought it would be a lot of fun, Steve.

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