Chuck Klosterman

I always have been.

And the only elements of the monoculture left in the United States are football and Taylor Swift, I guess.

Like that's really it.

And Landman.

What would it be?

Landman?

I don't know.

So, I mean, this is something I've been kind of thinking about, like I said, for four decades, really seriously for two decades.

When I brought the idea up to my publisher, they were not enthusiastic.

I think they... I don't know what they thought the book was going to be, but...

it's not the book I think they imagined in practice.

I think they seem pretty happy about it now.

And I'm happy about it.

Which I don't often say about these things that I write.

I mean, if we went back and listened to the podcast that I've done with you, whenever I had books coming out,

I generally feel like they're terrible.

That's just sort of the nature I am.

The closer a book comes to publication, the worse I feel about it.

This isn't perfect, but it's close.

Closer to what I imagined in my mind than most of the books I've done.