Jonathan Gottschall is an American literary scholar specializing in literature and evolution. He teaches at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania and his latest book, The Professor in the Cage, is available now. http://jonathangottschall.com/
Okay, good good good. All right, man. John Gottschall. What's up, buddy? I say right? Gottschall gottschall. You got it. It's not that difficult. It just looks difficult. Right? Right? Right.
The Fighter in the Cage, so a professor rather in the cage. I got your book right here and I was fascinated when I heard the concept and even more fascinated to talk to you about this. You decided to write a book about taking up mixed martial arts and competing. Yeah. What caused this bug?
Well, I was working as an English instructor at a small liberal arts college in western Pennsylvania just outside Pittsburgh. And I was pushing up on middle age. I think I was 38 and a half at the time.
A half?
Yeah. I don't know why I did that.
That's like five-year-old talk.
I know. I don't know why I did that. Yeah, I have some little kids in my house. Maybe that's why.
Me too.
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