Very interested in amateur radio!

Hello y’all! So, I was listening to the radio this morning, a segment called techronic, which featured an interview with Thomas Witherspoon and holy cow, I’m hooked. I have absolutely no knowledge of anything of the sort, but I can’t wait to get into this. I ordered the education manual for the initial licensing and was looking for recommendations on where to start hardware wise! Anything will help! Thanks guys :)