News With My Dad

January 9th

A loving tension; a progressive hope:That&#039;s what Jefferson and Joe Smith bring to the Portland airwaves via XRAY FM and to the world through the wonders of the Internet.It&#039;s pretty simple really. They follow the current news headlines and talk about the things that they find interesting and these days there&#039;s PLENTY to talk about. Like most talk show types, both Jefferson and Joe have opinions. Joe is a liberal curmudgeon and Jefferson is a has-been up-and-comer.The numbers don&#039;t lie. Between the 2 of them, they&#039;ve got:1 house, 1 baptism, 1 head of hair and 1 appearance in the March on Washington (yeah, the one with Martin Luther King Jr.) 2 law degrees, 2 separate stints as cattle herders, 2 terms served as rural county district attorneys and 2 heartbreaking political losses 4 marriages and 4 presidential meet-ups 5 years in state legislature just over 100 years of combined age (skewed mostly in one direction) a 350 point LSAT combined score almost 3.5 million views on Ted.com of how to properly use a paper towel