LISTEN TO THIS > THE LATE SHOW PODCAST | Live TLS Radio Coverage of Historic Flag Lowering
Stephen Colbert's behind-the-scenes updates on his The Late Show Podcast have been engaging and insightful, but this week he headed into brilliant comic territory with a three-minute bonus episode of his live coverage of the lowering of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina capital grounds.
LISTEN TO THIS > WHISTLESHOP | Bill Clinton, There for You Till the Last Dog Dies
Who could forget Hillary Clinton's "I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette," but John Dickerson's consolidated context of Bill Clinton's '92 campaign adds richness to that memory. Dickerson clearly illustrates the Clintons' superpower to outwork, out hustle, out campaign every obstacle that got in their way. His analogy on the benefits to candidates being asked tough, probing questions being like a hitter being able to hit a a fastball further is a metaphor magic.
LISTEN TO THIS > THE TIM FERRISS SHOW | General Stan McChrystal on Eating One Meal Per Day, Special Ops, and Mental Toughness
Chris Fussell, McChrystal's Aide-de-Camp, shares an engaging antidote about the general's leadership style. One of the coalition forces lost a helicopter and went through a 72-hour stand down. A loss that big can create a lot of self doubt, so the general told Fussell, "Keep an eye that. The first time they're up in the air to go out on a mission, we're going out with them." They didn't make a big deal about it, but when the coalition force was ready to get back in the game, "the old man" rode along, very visibly showing his confidence in the team.