{"id":13068,"date":"2019-01-07T13:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=13068"},"modified":"2019-01-07T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:31:36","slug":"whooping-up-attention-deficit-democracy-with-radio-legend-host-brian-wilson-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/07\/whooping-up-attention-deficit-democracy-with-radio-legend-host-brian-wilson-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Whooping Up Attention Deficit Democracy with Radio Legend Host Brian Wilson (2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a remastered (?!?) interview with talk show legend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianwilson.net\"><strong>Brian Wilson<\/strong><\/a> from October 4, 2007.\u00a0 Brian and I had a rollicking discussion about the <strong>Ron Paul<\/strong> presidential campaign, Janet Reno and Waco, gun-grabbing politicians, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Attention-Deficit-Democracy-James-Bovard\/dp\/140397666X\"><strong>Attention Deficit Democracy<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Brian has a new book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/50-Stories-Years-Radio\/dp\/1724111175\/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1546882917&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr1&amp;keywords=50+stories+from+50+years+in+radio\"><strong>50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; which I heartily recommend.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"James Bovard 2007 Brian Wilson Show Attention Deficit Democracy My Movie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlcVwUg8eYk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Attention-Deficit-Democracy-James-Bovard\/dp\/140397666X\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4507\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/attention_deficit_democracy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/attention_deficit_democracy.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/attention_deficit_democracy-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a remastered (?!?) interview with talk show legend Brian Wilson from October 4, 2007.\u00a0 Brian and I had a rollicking discussion about the Ron Paul presidential campaign, Janet Reno and Waco, gun-grabbing politicians, and Attention Deficit Democracy.\u00a0 Brian has a new book &#8211; 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio &#8211; which I heartily recommend. 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