{"id":1987,"date":"2022-03-10T09:21:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnbarry.org.uk\/mattmonro\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:30:15","slug":"don-black-the-sanest-guy-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnbarry.org.uk\/mattmonro\/don-black-the-sanest-guy-in-the-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Black: &#8220;The Sanest Guy in the Room&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 10, 2022<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1990 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/johnbarry.org.uk\/mattmonro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/the-sanest-guy-in-the-room-don-black.jpg\" alt=\"The Sanest Guy in the Room\" width=\"200\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark Steyn presented a two-part conversation with Don Black, who used to be Matt&#8217;s manager, about his recent bestselling memoir <em>The Sanest Guy in the Room<\/em>, which was posted online on January 2, 2021. 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