Tim Brown on Nolan Ryan, Texas, and the Making of a Myth
SilentPunt Podcast 216 / June 18, 2026
This week on the SilentPunt Podcast, I’m joined by New York Times bestselling author Tim Brown, whose new book, Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original, is about a lot more than fastballs, strikeouts, and longevity. It’s about myth, toughness, fathers, Texas, aging, and what happens when a man becomes bigger than the facts of his own life.
Tim and I talk about Nolan Ryan’s complicated place in baseball history and why Alvin, Texas, matters so much to the story. We also get into what old-school masculinity gets right and wrong, the sadness of a…
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