In today's episode, Donny sits down with New York Times Best-selling author James Patterson.  Donny does a deep dive on Patterson's career, starting out in the advertising world at J. Walter Thompson. From there, the two cover the creation and inspiration behind one of Patterson's most well-known characters, Alex Cross, and James discusses his surprising friendship with world-renowned country music superstar, Dolly Parton. But first, Donny covers his top brands this week, stamping his "ups" or "downs" on Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham, the NFL and Kanye West among others in his "Brands of the Week" segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices