The Keith Larson Show

Re-Posting: Our Last Conversation with Charlotte Motor Speedway Founder and Stock Car Racing Icon Bruton Smith, who was also an Icon of the Keith Larson Show on WBT Radio for years. Bruton spoke candidly about what went wrong with NASCAR and what'll fix it. He also talks Donald Trump, then-Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, and had something to say about Larson. It was October, 2018. Bruton was 91. It was a Classic conversation.  He remained and will always remain, the Emperor of Brutonia.

Charlie Daniels was more complex musically and politically than many might know. He was a "brother from a different mother" to Tommy and Toy Caldwell and the Marshall Tucker Band; They helped shape each other, and create Country Rock music. He was a Big Fan of WBT and great friend of our show. This show is a remembrance of Charlie - Plus - our last conversation with him.  

It is a long, hot Summer - having Nothing to do with Weather. Keith and Nance take a Break for a conversation with Patrick Renna, "Hamilton Porter" in the classic 4th of July tradition, "The Sandlot." And a few things to think about on Independence Day, 2020.

Keith posts "Jesus was a Revolutionary." Heads Explode. Poking the Steaming-est Pile Confronting Anti-Maskers in Wal-Mart Bojangles' Dropping the Apostrophe (Keeping the Biscuits?)      

After a Father's Day Weekend Break Keith and Nancy are back, talking: "Noose-Not-a-Noose" in NASCAR "Mask-Not-a-Mask" in America "The Perils and Opportunities of Reality" "Laurel Canyon" and the New Bob Dylan Album

Major News prompting Crazy Contortions and Hypocrisy: Murder Charges against Atlanta Police Officer John Bolton Unveils President Trump U.S. Supreme Court Sides with LGBTQ and Dreamers COVID Madness Returns and The Avett Brothers are "Locked Up"  

NASCAR Should Follow President Trumps Lead A "Magic Eye" into White Privilege Listening and Change John Prine's Last Song

Wide-Ranging Conversation wrapping up a Wild Week: NASCAR Bans the Confederate Flag (And "What Is 'Political Correctness'?") WHY is Keith Not Still at WBT??? Salivating Democrat Geniuses. What did that State Senator Just Say??  

Along with the Usual Fear and Loathing, Attorney and "History Chick" Lauri Eberhart is Back to Explain: -If the Current Black Lives Matter Movement is Different from 1776 -If there is Systemic Oppression on Blacks in the U.S. -What Side History is On Also - NFL BS and Eisenhower on D-Day

After one of the most acrimonious - and bizarre - weeks in recent American History, Keith and Nance talk about... Participating in an Actually Peaceful Demonstration Whether It's Only Racism if it's Intentional Genius Comments in the "Mail Bag" America's Hopeful Future and Frustrated Passing Present

Keith and Nance talk with professor, deacon, radio guy and friend, Ian Punnett. Ian is the long-time weekend host of "Coast to Coast AM," the #1 overnight radio show in America. He's also been a talk radio personality in Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Chicago. He is also an ordained Episcopalian deacon, and PhD Professor of Journalism at Kansas State University. This conversation seeks perspective on the divisiveness and madness tearing at America.

In the End, it all made Sense... Ann Coulter Busts Donald Trump AND The Talk Show Host Wing. Keith's Hair Clip. Mask Madness, Memorial. Day, American Ideals versus America - And Johnny Cash.

Nance Learns the Sneaky Mating Habits of Frogs and Lightning Bugs. The Genius of Fred Willard. Fear and Loathing and Coronavirus Madness. Baseball.  

Keith talks with former SC Governor and Congressman Mark Sanford - one of the few Voices in the Wilderness on the insane level of U.S. National Debt, the Crash that's Coming, and the Irony that Donald Trump's actually Selling the U.S. to the Chinese. Also, The Most Genius Declaration Yet from Donald Trump Wife-to-Whom Hopping around the House Howard Stern's Wish for his Old Friend Mr. Trump.  

Little Richard was the Real King. White House Quarantine? Nance Twitterin' with Larry the Cable Guy? An Actual "Modern Day Lynching" Major Chirp-o-Matic Update!  

Heading into a Strange Mother's Day Weekend...Keith and Nance are talking about... The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia (And When will Nance Learn about "People?" How Long for GuvCo's "COVID Press Conference" Puppet Shows." The Most Incongruous Scene Ever Shown on TV. Seth and Scott Avett from the Front Porch.  

From the Screened Porch... "Wearing a Mask is Not a Sacrifice" "Who Are these Geniuses?" "Fox News calls YouTube, Censorship?" "Keith's Fabulous, Incredible New Toy!"

"COVID Madness has Driven me to a 'Facebook Challenge'" "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask - No Service" "Living in a Ghost Town with the Rolling Stones" "Acceptance is the Answer."  

A lost conversation from just after Larson's 6,400 mile 2018 motorcycle trip (they missed each other in Woody Creek) with the long-time "spark" of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Ibbotson. And, Bonus: The first time Ibby visited the WBT studio. Great conversation, Updates, and Memories, of 50-years of NGDB and American Country Rock Music. Some Fine Tuneage. And some iconic sounds from WBT, too.

"Birthday Celebrating during Coronavirus Madness" "Un-Jacked Mask-Asses"  "Shout-Out to Shake Shack (And, Progressives aren't the Biggest Threat to Capitalism)" "Sheltering with Ozark, The Last Dance, and The Stones"    

Apollo Sports and Entertainment Law Group Partner and "History Chick" Lauri Eberhart joins Keith and Nancy to talk about Sports and Business After Coronavirus Madness. Also - "Getting the Country Back Open" "Joy Behar is Vile"  "Lauri Explains Keith's Grandmother's Enema Bottle"  

Keith talks with Scott Avett of the Avett Brothers about American Music Giant John Prine, who died Tuesday. Larson's a life-long fan. Scott was a fan who came to a deeper appreciation of Prine the past several years through projects and appearances together. Candid conversation about John, Songwriting, and The Avett Brothers' perhaps karmic "connection" with Prine.

Another Day in Coronavirus America and it's All a Blur.  "Some Better Numbers, and Hope?" "What if Not So Many People Die?" "I Thought Donald Trump Liked Accountability?" "Tiger King," "My Two Phyllises," and music from Langhorne Slim.  

Keith and Nance fire up the Podcast for -  "The Anatomy of a Pants-Peeing News Story" "Stumbling into Toilet Paper" "Why we Need Flashing Red Lights" and, "A Lesson from 94-year-old Burly"

By Popular Demand (or at least Some demand) - Larson and Wife-to-Whom talk about Corona Virus Madness: Over-Hyped Hoax? (No. Over-Hyped Reality) Pants-Peeing Americans The Not-a-Pandemic Pandemic President Your Tweets and Posts  

Keith talks with Fred Grandy and Ted Lange of "Love Boat" Fame - Fred of course a long-time Larson guest - about 70's and 80's TV, Hollywood then-and-now, and Launching their Own Podcast! An excellent, perhaps surprising hour, with two really smart and funny guys. 

It's become a Fourth of July Classic - "The Sandlot." It captures boys and baseball and summer the way "A Christmas Story" captures boys and Christmas. Patrick Renna is "Hamilton Porter III," the catcher,with some of the movies most iconic scenes and lines. A terrific conversation on the movie's 25th Anniversary.

Keith sat down with former-Producer-to-Whom-Nance and History Chick Lauri Eberhart talking "The Larsonian Theorum," Bruton taking the Speedway Private, The Panthers Hosing GuvCo - and a Great re-Telling of Lauri's Classic Story of the Incredible Drunken Ride for Liberty of Charlotte's Captain James Jack! Special podcast recorded LIVE at the CharlotteSHOUT! Festival on Saturday May 11, 2019

When Peter Tork died, I remembered him fondly from having been on the show a few times, including in-studio where he played a few tunes ("Pleasant Valley Sunday") and took some calls. He was a great guy. But I couldn't find a copy of the show. Leave it to the Internet. A podcaster and Monkees fan in Texas had my conversation with Peter from 2005 and posted it! I've grabbed it - and it's here in its entirety.  Good Old Fashioned 50,000-watt WBT sound from 2005 including me messing around with Al and Stacey and some other in-studio yap. If you're a Monkees fan - or a long-time fan of our show - I think you'll love this.

Bonus Episode: Free Chapter of "That Season of Hope" audiobook. The 2019 NFL Divisional Playoff Weekend is huge in Carolina Panthers lore: It is the 15th Anniversary of the Panthers' double-overtime win in St. Louis over the heavily favored Rams, and the Jake Delhomme-to-Steve Smith "X-Clown" and "Elation" catch that won the game and sent the Panthers to the NFC Championship. To celebrate, from the new audiobook version of "That Season of Hope" now headed to Audible and other sources, here - FREE - is all 27 minutes of Chapter Twenty-Two: "Greatest Show on Turf."  The book is available pre-Audible for a limited time at a heavily reduced $3.99 podcast version download, HERE: https://theLarsonPage.Podbean.com    

Keith catches up with long-time fan-favorite Carolina Panther Jake Delhomme. Jake talks about this season's Panthers, The Greatest Quarterback of All-Time, whether he prayed for all his body parts like Cam Newton, and More. Always great to spend a little time with Jake. Don't miss it.

Been a long time since Keith spent a pick-up truck Saturday morning at the Coffee Shop in Waxhaw. Too long. And too long since he last reported "The News of the Weekend in Waxhaw."  He ran into some great old friends - and found some things changing in his Newly Adopted Hometown.  

Keith and the Producer-to-Whom were apparently the last people on the planet to know you're not supposed to be in the water at Wrightsville after Florence. Now - Waiting to see if they get a respiratory infection, stomach virus, brain virus, parasites, hepatitis - or Keith grows a third nut. Also - a visit to Wilmington.

Fan-favorite former Carolina Panther Jordan Gross is now a "Commercial Organic Farmer" in his hometown of Fruitland, Idaho. In his first wide-open radio conversation in years, the Three-Time Pro-Bowler Talks Life Beyond Football, Leaving his Media Career behind, "Fake News" and possibly Running for Office, Jerry Richardson's Downfall and the 2018 Panthers -- and Why he wants to make Avett Brother Joe Kwon a meal of his Home-Grown Kale, Radishes, and Bok Choy. You Won't want to hit Pause.    

Keith's three-week, 14-state, 6,400 mile motorcycle trip in One Click. Nashville and Memphis to Old Route 66 and "Standing on a Corner." Big Sur, Bixby Creek Bridge, a Colorado Moose and Illinois Corn. David Crosby, The Avett Brothers, CO Gov John Hickenlooper and many more. Lessons learned - and what "Wherever I End Up, I Guess" really means.

"So, What have you Learned, Dorothy?" Conclusion of Keith's three-week, 6,400 mile cross country motorcycle trip. Ride the Bixby Creek Bridge and the "Road to Eternity." The Surprise "Gift" of the Trip. Notes from the Road and Tips for Motorcycle Riders. Loring from Waynesville - and Lessons Learned. Bonus Tracks for Fans of The Avett Brothers

Revisiting a Day with David Crosby. On his 6,400 mile, 20-day motorcycle trip across the USA, Keith rides from The Desert to Denver and spends an incredible day at Red Rocks Amphitheater. He just-misses a Moose and rides by Hunter Thompson's Owl Farm, talks with Bob Crawford and Joe Kwon of The Avett Brothers, and also Rock and Roll Legend David Crosby.

Keith talks with Colorado's Governor John Hickenlooper - who's already in the Swirl of Presidential Politics for 2020. A Pragmatic Hitchhiker-turned-Businessman-turned-Politician. Keith spoke with Hickenlooper extensively backstage at the Avett Brothers concert in Denver recently. Issues, Donald Trump, Possible Inaugural Bands, and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test are All Covered.  

Join Keith on his 6,400 mile, 20-day motorcycle trip across the USA. Meet a Nashville Live Music Legend, Visit Memphis (Sun Studios and More), Ride Route 66 and meet a gas station operator who's been there 49 years. Meet a Santa Fe woman who's found a second career in movies and on TV - and Stand on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona.

Preview: David Crosby tells Keith there'll be No More Crosby, Stills, and Nash - but there's an outside chance for a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Full podcast conversation soon.

The Final Show "Week That Was" "My News and You Are Welcome To It" On Wrapping It Up Molly Grantham Salvation

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - President Trump says if you Don't Stand for the Anthem Maybe you Shouldn't be In the Country. The NFL Investigation of Jerry Richardson IS a Farce. Guy "Lucky for Wife" wins "Lucky for Life" Lottery. On The "Bachelors" and "Bachelorettes" having to make "Consent Videos" Before Sex. On The Matter of The President Telling People they should Get Out of the Country if they Don't Stand for the Anthem. Michael Blackwell with an Update on his Two-year-old Ride 16 Kid Son Austin's Successful Liver Transplant.! "Pre-Summer" Summer Gold! A Classic.

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - "In God We Trust" On the License Plates?? "Stormy Daniels Day" at Chi Chi LaRue's. Judge Sides with Parents Kicking 30-year old Son Out and Don't Ask for "Summa cum Laude" on a Graduation Cake. The 30-Year-Old just Didn't have Enough Warning, he says! Tom Sorensen, Charlotte Observer Sports Columnist, on Leaving Home, Summer Vacations - And The New "David Tepper Carolina Panthers" Pre-Summer "Summer Gold"

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - There's a New Big Cat in Town, and he Forgot his cuff links. At Least Brett Favre wasn't on Cannabis, Right, NFL? Condoms for the "Scouts" and Peeing on a Plane. On the Matter of Peeing on a Plane.  The Geniusry of Starbucks. Update on Ride 15 and 16 Child Emily Hinton with her Mom, Amy. Wonderfully Horrible "Summer Gold" and What's In the Royal Wedding Public Swag-Bag.  

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - David Tepper's Graduation Advice: Would Jerry Richardson Follow It? Women, Follow Deacon Palmer's Advice about "The Bun." Royal Wedding Preacher Rocked. On The Last Week of the AM 730 Show. On the Royal Wedding, "Fascinators," The Preakness and a Song for the Coca Cola 600. Pre-Summer "Summer Gold"

"The Week That Was" "My News and You Are Welcome To It" - Props to Pat McCrory (Did you know he used to be Governor?). Media Stretching the Truth on Trump. Help Me - I Clicked-it and Heard "Yanny" Swore I wouldn't Click - and Did Hear "Yanny" Lauri Eberhart - Apollo Sports and Entertainment Law Group: Selling NASCAR, Gambling in Sports, a New "Big Cat" for the Panthers. "History Chick" Lauri tells the Story of the Incredible Drunken Ride for Independence of Captain James Jack!

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - $2.8 Trillion Spent in the "War On Terror"?? President Trump Can't Be Indicted - WOO HOO!! The Word is "Laurel." On the "Crossfire Hurricane" Investigation On the Police: "We Are Watching." On the Matter of WBT Saying "Don't Ask our Hosts for Interviews" Because of Pat McCrory's Crying about a TV Interview.

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - A Trump-Basher is the New Big Cat: This is gonna be Fun, Panther Fans! Invetigation of the Big Cat will Continue. Go Away, Yanny and Laurel. Talking "Pet Sounds" versus "Sgt. Peppers" Talking The Big Cat versus The Big Brass Guy What's a Sugar Glider?

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" -- New Owner for the Panthers as The Big Cat Slithers Away. Mosquito Bites are like Zits. Tom Wolfe had the Right Stuff. On the Purchase of the Carolina Panthers by Napoleon Dynamite-look-a-like David Tepper (when he was younger...) RulingSports.com Founder, Pepperdine Sports Law Professor Alicia Jessop, on the Supreme Court's Sports Gambling Decision. The Big Cat Slithering.

"My News and You Are Welcome To It" - Wild New Frontier: Sports Gambling Ban Struck Down by U.S. Supreme Court. New 'My News' Folder: "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?" Why Anna Jarvis Died Hating Mother's Day. Talking Sports Gambling Ruling. Talking Producer-To-Whom's OCD Mother's Day. Talking Imminent Sale of Carolina Panthers with Rick Rothacker of the Charlotte Observer.