Jacob Grier

When I was a big dork in junior high, one of the things I did was read the school’s morning announcements on the PA system. Ten years later I’m stil a big dork, but at least now I’m working against the man.

I was invited to be one of the guests on this month’s America’s Future Foundation podcast. I kick off the show with a report on the situation regarding the eminent domain takeover of Barry’s Magic Shop. Then Sean Higgins of Investor’s Business Daily talks about the minimum wage debate followed by J. P. Freire discussing identity politics on the right. We wrap it up with the “outrage of the month” feature, in which I manage to work in statements about coffee and fractal analysis of Jackson Pollock paintings (I warned AFF I was going to be esoteric…).

I listened to the show yesterday. That was the first time I’ve heard my own voice in several years, the inevitable consequence of which is that it sounds weird and I don’t like it. I trust that no one else hears it that way, but it’s still off-putting. I’m happy with my performance overall; I could have been a bit punchier, but I managed to stay on topic and avoid saying anything dumb. The spontaneous dialogue among the panelists made for a fun change from blogging.

Listen to the show here. And just to prove I wasn’t completely making things up about Pollock, here’s a paper on fractal expressionism.