#302 - Jeff Pearlman on THE LAST FOLK HERO

New York Times Bestselling author Jeff Pearlman chats with Trey Elling about THE LAST FOLK HERO: THE LIFE AND MYTH OF BO JACKSON. Topics include:

• How he got the nickname "Bo" (0:26)
• Why young Bo cleaned his act (1:30)
• Bo the high school football player (3:16)
• Choosing college football over pro baseball and Auburn over Alabama (4:06)
• How Bo helped "kill" Bear Bryant (5:39)
• Bo's first season in college baseball (8:18)
• Bo showing his human side (11:56)
• Bo's The Natural moment in college (13:25)
• Bo's soap opera life when he won the Heisman (16:15)
• Bo's senior baseball season ending abruptly (17:52)
• Bo's terrible first impression with his future Royals teammates (19:40)
• How Bo ended up in pro football, despite insisting otherwise (20:34)
• Bo befuddling Matt Millen in his first practice with the Raiders (22:17)
• Bo killing The Boz (23:14)
• Why Bo was an a-hole when he returned to Royals spring training (24:42)
• The Kevin Seitzer incident (25:55)
• The "Bo Knows" ad campaign (27:18)
• Bo running up and down an outfield wall (29:52)
• The hip injury (31:59)
• Returning to baseball after the injury (33:22)
• Techmo Bo (34:03)
• Bo's enriching 1993 baseball season (35:17)
• Bo's penile legend (36:07)
• Bo's role in the Nolan Ryan-Robin Ventura brawl (37:06)
• The hardest part of writing a biography on Bo (38:38)