America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

I literally picked up the phone and talked my way into getting this audition on PBS and they hired me. Elder was born in 1952 the second of Randolph and Viola Elder's three sons.

His show began September 27 2010; it was previously heard on the same station weekdays from 3-7 PM from 1994 to 2008 and was syndicated on ABC Radio Networks from 2002 to 2007 and from 2009 to present. His radio program The Larry Elder Show airs weekdays 3pm on talk radio 790 KABC in Los Angeles California.