Clay Wirestone

Dan, it's like a slasher movie, and the slasher has come for newspapers that were great in their heyday.

But now let's hear from Clay Wirestone.

Clay, we'd like to start with a broad question.

Why did you decide to write a book about opinion journalists in Kansas, and who was your intended audience?

So that's, that's just, just some of it, you know, it's, it's a nice thing about being in a smaller state by pop by population is that it's easier to keep on, try to try to keep on top of most of the stuff going on.

Well, thank you.

And thank you to Clay Wirestone, who is the author of Opinionated, Kansas journalists who proved why commentary matters then and now, which is coming out.

Well, as we're recording this podcast, it's coming out today.

And so, um, and frankly, campaigning for my opponent.

Um, there was an article in The Kansas Reflector, uh, today, uh, it was, uh, from Clay Wirestone attacking Bill Kristol for coming to, uh, support, uh, the third-party candidate in our race, Scott Morgan, because he's...

They're pulling votes away from poor Jennifer Day, who, you know, is-

Mm-hmm

And I'm your co-host, Sonia Czarnecki.

Today we are excited to have in the studio with us Clay Wirestone.

Clay is a columnist, editor, cartoonist, designer, podcaster, and self-described bon vivant.

Clay.