This week on Live Wire, Paul F. Tompkins explains the difference between a fop and a dandy, Timothy Egan tells us what the struggles of an Irish revolutionary can tell us about our current political climate, and Drive by Truckers' Patterson Hood treats us to a preview of a soon-to-be released song.

Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins may be known for being on Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher, Best Week Ever, and Comedy Bang! Bang!, but he’s now hosting his own Earwolf podcast called SPONTANEANATION and busy being the voice of a yellow lab in the animated Netflix series, BoJack Horseman.



Tim Egan

Tim Egan is an author of seven books, one of which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (The Worst Hard Time). Egan has also contributed to the New York Times series, “How Race is Lived in America,” which won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.



Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood is a co-founder and lead vocalist/guitarist of the country rock band Drive-by Truckers, he also performs his own brand of Southern rock as a solo artist. Hood is a storyteller who has also written for the New York Times about Southern culture and racism.