Wright Thompson
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Podcast Appearances
I like Lexington.
Somebody should do a story about the effect of real estate investment trust on American college towns with Auburn as ground zero because like โ
All of the mom and pop stuff is now like chains.
It's all private equity.
The town has been really, really changed for the worse.
Although there is a graduate hotel there that has like that's very cool.
So we'll see about that.
I think Starkville's, you know, restaurant, Tyler.
I don't know.
I like Starkville.
Yeah, my Oxford meal would be a cheeseburger at Handy Andy or a muffaletta up at the bar at the City Grocery.
Go up there and see those guys.
That's a good bar.
I mean, it's like one of the great bars in America.
I heard a story recently about him cutting his feet up.
He was playing tennis barefoot on mushrooms, which makes me smile, like down in Mexico or somewhere.
I think he really fucked his feet up.
I spent a little time sort of inside the Thunderdome because I made a documentary with Mickey Hart.
And they were all really nice.
And they were like people's grandpas.