“Jefferson City”
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What are Tony's thoughts on the Nats and Daylight Saving Time?
Hey, it's Tony. On today's show, we will talk about baseball and potatoes with Buster Olney, and we'll talk with Taylor Twelman about state capitals and also about the World Cup. But first, let's keep the sales weasels happy.
Previously on the Tony Kornhauser Show. I can be a little polarizing. You know, some people are going, oh, he's scheming too much. But most people, because I'm very positive and joyful out there, are receptive to what I'm putting out there. Positive and joyful. I'm like the Mr. Tony of Survivor.
So you're saying that anxious and fretting wouldn't actually help you on any level.
I would imagine that. This is General George Washington, and you're listening to The Tony Kornheiser. That was fun having him on. Oh, yeah. Having Rick Devins on.
How is Buster Olney analyzing the Cubs' 10-game losing streak?
That was fun. I feel like our personal motto of never forgive, never forget would work well on that show.
So I got this note from Danielle Hunter from the Ascot Media Group. I'm going to read it. You tell me what I should do. Dear The Tony Kornheiser Show. Oh, it's personal. Yeah. I'm reaching out to invite you to read. Do you have the emphasis? The Tony Kornish. I'm reaching out to invite you to read Leisure Living, a lyrical, deeply introspective book by John Kaufman and to consider offering a blurb or review for possible inclusion in the forthcoming November, 2026 release from Under the BQE Press set in Ogdensburg, New York. That's upstate. Leisure Living explores memory, sex, loss, and class through the sharply refracted lens of a mobile home park. So it's a trailer park.
What insights does Taylor Twellman provide about World Cup roster building?
Okay.
It's a trailer park in Ogdensburg, New York. If you're open to reviewing the 84,000-word manuscript. Hold it. Hold it. The what? The 84,000-word manuscript. I'd be glad to send a PDF immediately. PDF. What is a PDF? What does that mean? It's a file. Okay. Okay. With production deadlines approaching, we would be grateful for any endorsement by Friday, June 5th.
What challenges are the Detroit Tigers facing this season?
Your perspective would help introduce this provocative work as John launches his global PR campaign with Ascot Media Group. Leisure Living follows Joe Dubay, D-U-B-A-Y, Dubay, maybe? Sure. A 30-ish Wall Street trader who believed he had escaped the orbit of his father's mobile home park until his father's death pulls him back. You keep pulling me back. Pulls him back to Northern New York to take over the business. There he confronts a tangle of family secrets, failing infrastructure, a predatory investment group, and a complicated reunion with a woman from his past. It's right out of Hallmark, except the dark side of Hallmark. Right. Comparable to There There by Tommy Orange. Should I know that? Oh, that there there?
Should I know that? The line becomes a river by Francisco Cantu and a good hand by Michael Smith. Leisure living examines economic precarity.
How does the Nats' recent performance compare to past seasons?
I don't know. I'm unfamiliar with that word precarity. Class divides and the gritty realities of an often overlooked industry. At a moment when affordable housing and economic inequality are central concerns, leisure living offers a vivid and empathetic perspective. 84,000? Yeah, I got to say... Let me get the red pen out, see if we can trim it down to 75. Yeah. At a moment when affordable housing and economic inequality are central concerns. Not for me. Leisure... I did well. I'm sorry. I did fine.
They refer to it as Northern New York. That should be upstate.
It's upstate.
What is the significance of the letter Tony received about a book blurb?
That's how they should refer to it. Leisure living offers a vivid and empathetic perspective. Precarity, a condition of existence characterized by extreme uncertainty, unpredictability, and a lack of security regarding one's livelihood, housing, and overall well-being.
The author, John Kaufman, is an attorney and mobile home park owner. Oh, okay. He owns the whole thing, not just a trailer. He owns the whole thing, who lives near New York City. His writing has appeared in the Washington Square Review, Off Assignments, Epiphany, Tax Notes, the Journal of Taxation of Financial Products. That must be a sexy place to get your stuff printed. And the Journal of Taxation of Investments. Hmm. He is a 2025-26 CUNY City University of New York Writers Institute Fellow.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Tony's thoughts on the Nats and Daylight Saving Time?
0:00–0:46
2
How is Buster Olney analyzing the Cubs' 10-game losing streak?
0:46–1:38
3
What insights does Taylor Twellman provide about World Cup roster building?
1:38–2:01
4
What challenges are the Detroit Tigers facing this season?
2:01–2:54
5
How does the Nats' recent performance compare to past seasons?
2:54–3:29
6
What is the significance of the letter Tony received about a book blurb?
3:29–4:16
7
How does Daylight Saving Time impact daily life and agriculture?
4:16–4:44
8
What questions are raised in the Mailbag segment of the show?
4:44–56:36