Dr. Lesch was one of our earliest and most popular guests. We could not cover it all in one hour so he rejoined us for some additional discussions of what he has been working on lately. This includes local elections, hostage negotiations and upcoming publications.
Transcript:
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Justin Hill: Hello, and bienvenido, San Antonio. Welcome to The Alamo Hour, discussing the people, places and passion that make our city. My name is Justin Hill, a local attorney, a proud San Antonian, and keeper of chickens and bees. On The Alamo Hour, you'll get to hear from the people that makes San Antonio great, and unique, and the best kept secret in Texas. We're glad that you're here.
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Justin: All right, welcome to The Alamo Hour. Today's guest is our first repeat guest. You may remember he had a giggle fit last time, and said that he met Bashar al-Assad on a dating website. Dr. David Lesch from Trinity University. Thank you for being here.
Dr. David Lesch: I can't talk about that. [laughs]
Justin: Before this, I said I was going to ask him things, because lately in our friendship, he has become very self-important in telling us things he can and cannot discuss in public settings.
David: I can't talk about that either.
Justin: Yes, I know.
David: I'm going to be a great guest, I can't talk about anything. Why the hell you got me on here? [crosstalk]
Justin: Most of this could just me being like, "Hey, tell me about," insert a thing or a person, and then having you turn red as you laugh and say you can't talk about it.
David: Exactly.
Justin: Like our previous conversation about your telephone, I could ask you about that, and you also would have to say, "I can't talk about that." [crosstalk]
David: Well, they're listening on the telephone right now. [crosstalk]
Justin: I think they are.
David: Probably are. Whoever they are. [crosstalk]
Justin: Probably going to advertise-- [crosstalk] I don't know.
David: Here, I am talking about it, so you already got me to--
Justin: On most of my episodes, I normally go through like a top 10 list and what are you into and what do you like. I generally know that about you, but what have you been up to during the shutdown?
David: Writing my next book.
Justin: Yes, what's the title? [laughs] It's not ambitious at all. What was it?
David: It's the history of the Middle East from the Prophet Muhammad to the present.
Justin: 78,000 pages long.
David: I'm through five pages, man. At this rate, in the 23rd century, I will be done.
Justin: I asked you how you broke down what to include and what not to include, and you use the word triage. [crosstalk]
David: It's a historical triage. Absolutely, I've done that before. You just can't go over every little thing, or else it would be 78,000 pages. This will be about 350-400...
