Taking the K-pill ft. James Griffiths

Happy Thanksgiving (and to our Romanian listeners: happy
thursday!)


Last week we welcomed our friend, Hong Kong-based CNN
correspondent James Griffiths, to the pod for what may be our
smartest episode yet. Apparently the scintillating genius of our
show is what spurred James to finally crack open My Struggle: A
Death in the Family, so we interviewed him about his journey down
the K-hole. Did the book live up to his expectations? And how did
it stack up next to KOK's famous nyt magazine piece "My Saga,"
which James has also read?


Drew was halfway into a bottom-shelf bottle of Zinfandel called
"The Federalist" (really) during this one so be warned the
discussion strays often and egregiously from KOK. From what I
remember some of the things we talked about were: French Canada;
coups (both d'etat and other varieties); geriatric ballsacs; an
encounter Drew had with Fareed Zakaria; European-style racism;
Chinese phyllo-semitism; and potential sponsors of the pod (if
you're the company that makes numbing dick wipes please reach
out).


Thank you so much to James for bearing with us. I very much
recommend checking out his book, "The Great Firewall of China,"
which would absolutely be top of my list of I was capable of
reading books other than Knausgaard. He also has another book
coming out next year, "Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the
Politics of Language" which he promises me will explain why Welsh
people don't use normal vowels.


As always, feel free to reach out to me at
teixeira.lauren@gmail.com. Would love to hear more from listeners
about their journey taking the K-pill and possibly read excerpts
of those testimonials on the pod!


Finally, if you are an older man who would like to share a
picture of your wizened nutsack with Drew, you can find him at
deohringer@gmail.com