Tony Kornheiser is back on the show to talk about, what else, the next American Idol.

And by that, of course, we mean Barack Obama.

We first discuss his absence from the radio airwaves. Does he regret his decision to stay away from radio in the off-season? Does he miss it? Did he even have a station to come back to? We discuss these things, as well as Tony explaining that he can’t just stick a piece of tin foil in his nose and start a radio station. I try to explain to him that, with the internet, you can do just that (sans tin foil, of course).

Which leads to Twitter. And Facebook. And Tony asking if I’d cheat on my wife with Cindy Boren (via Twitter, I assume).

I ask Tony if he ever gets concerned about becoming irrelevant. I’m not even relevant and I spend half my day concerned about becoming irrelevant. But Tony doesn’t seem to mind, and it spawns an interesting discussion about  getting old and finding your place and your audience in the world. More tin foil talk ensues.

Speaking of becoming irrelevant, we do talk about American Idol, the show, but with it being early in the season, we don’t get too in-depth (a good thing for most of you). We do, however, discuss the changes to the show and Tony takes the opportunity to explain how the new judge is on board in case Paula Abdul explodes one day...and I think he means that quite literally.

Then of course, we talk about the Inauguration of Barack Obama. What was it like being in DC? How bad was the traffic? How did he manage to get to PTI and back home?

But more nationally speaking, What does this mean to us? To the country? To the world? I know that’s a big set of questions, but I think that’s what everyone is wondering. What does this mean?

I ask Tony, as a writer, what the lasting storyline will be from yesterday’s ceremony. It’s hard to pick one, and Tony has a few, as do I, and they include the speech, the walk, and of course, the raccoon sitting on top of GHW Bush’s head.

We also talk about Sunday’s concert and I wonder who the most famous person was? I’ve been thinking about that since I watched it. I wonder who got the most people excited. Springsteen? Beyonce? Stevie Wonder? Obama himself? I think the answer, at least for now, is Obama. Which is pretty cool.

We talk about Tony’s lack of balls last night.  Wait, that came out wrong. We talk about Tony’s lack of invitation to any balls last night. And yes, we bring back Mr. Tony’s Mailbag! An extended version with emails from many of the old radio listeners and littles.