Dan Flores

And so it becomes, you know, sort of a matter of, all right, in terms of the book and the chapter particularly, and to a certain extent, the podcast as well. How many people are interested in reading a 2,000-page book? So I've got to make the book 400 pages. And how many people are interested in listening to a three-and-a-half-hour podcast? I've got to make the podcast.

And so it becomes, you know, sort of a matter of, all right, in terms of the book and the chapter particularly, and to a certain extent, the podcast as well. How many people are interested in reading a 2,000-page book? So I've got to make the book 400 pages. And how many people are interested in listening to a three-and-a-half-hour podcast? I've got to make the podcast.

It's got to be only 35 or 40 minutes or something or an hour or whatever we're doing.

It's got to be only 35 or 40 minutes or something or an hour or whatever we're doing.

It's got to be only 35 or 40 minutes or something or an hour or whatever we're doing.

Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, I started out as a writer for magazines and I had editors who drilled that into me when I was in my early 20s that you had to think about the audience. And so I've always kind of as a result of that, I think I've never kind of gotten over the notion of.

Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, I started out as a writer for magazines and I had editors who drilled that into me when I was in my early 20s that you had to think about the audience. And so I've always kind of as a result of that, I think I've never kind of gotten over the notion of.

Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, I started out as a writer for magazines and I had editors who drilled that into me when I was in my early 20s that you had to think about the audience. And so I've always kind of as a result of that, I think I've never kind of gotten over the notion of.

I got to think about, you know, the readers and I can't lay, you know, an enormous kind of thing on top, especially today where people, you know, are not committed to the idea necessarily of reading.

I got to think about, you know, the readers and I can't lay, you know, an enormous kind of thing on top, especially today where people, you know, are not committed to the idea necessarily of reading.

I got to think about, you know, the readers and I can't lay, you know, an enormous kind of thing on top, especially today where people, you know, are not committed to the idea necessarily of reading.

Yeah, I mean, that's exactly right. And there are. So the truth is, you know, with a story like that, I mean, that's an attempt to cover 10,000 years. Yeah. And sort of one quick sweep. And I mean, it does give, I think. some narrative power to it, doing it that way.

Yeah, I mean, that's exactly right. And there are. So the truth is, you know, with a story like that, I mean, that's an attempt to cover 10,000 years. Yeah. And sort of one quick sweep. And I mean, it does give, I think. some narrative power to it, doing it that way.

Yeah, I mean, that's exactly right. And there are. So the truth is, you know, with a story like that, I mean, that's an attempt to cover 10,000 years. Yeah. And sort of one quick sweep. And I mean, it does give, I think. some narrative power to it, doing it that way.

But I would hope that for a lot of people who are fascinated, for example, by whatever one says about Cahokia or Chaco, that they would dig deeper because, yeah, the stories are phenomenal and they are far richer than one can tell in an attempt to kind of do a broad coverage.

But I would hope that for a lot of people who are fascinated, for example, by whatever one says about Cahokia or Chaco, that they would dig deeper because, yeah, the stories are phenomenal and they are far richer than one can tell in an attempt to kind of do a broad coverage.

But I would hope that for a lot of people who are fascinated, for example, by whatever one says about Cahokia or Chaco, that they would dig deeper because, yeah, the stories are phenomenal and they are far richer than one can tell in an attempt to kind of do a broad coverage.

I am not aware of a book like that existing for South America. I mean, I think probably Australia may come the closest to having work like that. Um, But I do think North America lends itself

I am not aware of a book like that existing for South America. I mean, I think probably Australia may come the closest to having work like that. Um, But I do think North America lends itself

I am not aware of a book like that existing for South America. I mean, I think probably Australia may come the closest to having work like that. Um, But I do think North America lends itself