* Larry Olmsted, Author of “Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding” and “Real Food / Fake Food”

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
President Trump headed to Alaska for a summit meeting with
Vladimir Putin, somewhat reminiscent of the Reikievic summit with Mikhail
Gorbachev that Ronald Reagan did. But meanwhile, the Vice President JD.
Vance is in the Kottswolds, which is a sprawling area
of natural beauty in the southwest of England. And he's

(00:21):
rolled into that tiny hamlet there of Dean Oxfordshire, staying
in an eighteenth century manor house with his family. And
you know, a convoy of twenty strong when a man
of that level, the Vice President goes on vacation. Even so,
there are protesters there. Larry Olmsted, who writes real Food,
Fake Food and fans how watching sports makes us happier,

(00:43):
healthier and more understanding. Spend some time in England lately
a number of times. If I'm not mistaken, Do you
know anything? Have you ever been to the Kottswalds?

Speaker 2 (00:52):
I have, Michael, And as always, it's great to be
brought to you by our friends at Boyne Resorts, Michigan's
leader in outdoor recreation, with eleven golf and ski resorts
in Michigan and across North America, America's leader and outdoor recreation,
but unfortunately no golf courses or ski resorts in the Cotswolds.
So a lot of.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Lakes though, why why would somebody go there? Is it nice?

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, it's sort of I would say, you know, like
the Hampton's of the UK, the lake homes or you know,
or maybe more like the Lakes region of Minnesota. There
beautiful countryside cottages. People have summer homes there. It's you know,
England's a relatively small country with some you know, really

(01:34):
densely populated cities London and Manchester, and it's a place
people go to get away National Park style.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Where have you been and where are you going?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
I Am going to Maine next week actually to play
some golf at sugar Loaf and Sunday River, which are
probably the two top ski resort golf resorts in the Northeast.
I've never been, believe it or not to play golf.
I've been skiing there, so I'm looking forward. I was
like Maine in the summer and otherwise. My last big

(02:08):
trip was to England to play golf a couple of
weeks ago.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Can you name a couple of places if we're going
to England, we should play golf.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, absolutely. I mean England has all these British open
courses that are easier to get on than the ones
in Scotland because there may be a little bit less famous,
though they shouldn't be.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
So.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
The two big areas that I really like, I've been
to both of them recently are Liverpool where you have
a Royal Liverpool and a couple of other big you know, Birkdale,
you know several British open venues, and then on the
southeast coast, just an hour and a half from London
you have Sandwich where you have Royal Litham and St Anne's.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Those are historic golf courses and he's an historic writer.
Larry Olmsted