test captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 >r f for thospkn spespent abourspent spr run for governor. r againp agains t 1 00 plus million dollars. lots of money. no debate there. looking at the presidential race we ve seen popular candidates like senator kamala harris drop out because of money. do you think that s fair? well, first of all, i don t know if you remember, kamala harris raised a lot of money early on. one of the challenges and i know her, i think she s a terrific person and was a good candidate. one of the challenges and i ve said this to the presidential candidates who have come through illinois, either you re going to, you know, you re going to enter the race late and use the resources you have at that point if you can garner resources to shoot yourself into the middle of this, you know, of this exciting race late, or you got to bide your resources and bide your time early. here s what often happens. peo
Reading your book. It was fun and fascinating because i think everybody has questions about why do some people get fat and others not get fat. What dont people understand about this. It seems like its been a problem for so long. Why is it still a problem . One of the things i like about your book is that you have a lot of personal stories. Yourself, scientist, people who are struggling with their weight and i was drawn to the book from page one. I think everybody can relate to it. I thought people might like to hear what your book sounds like so i wondered if you could start by reading page one and stop at the end of that anecdote in page two. It was great. This is my personal story about how i got into writing this book. The prologue is called skinny teen. It was a greedy friday evening in the fall in san diego. I was a biochemist, phd student. I had a strong interest in biology since grade school, particularly in how the body malfunctions and how we treat it. The idea that tiny molec
Consumption of violence, sanctioned violence within the gridiron. I am worried the biggest growing sport in the country is soccer, what all the kids are playing today, not football. Make the distinction that steve made between sub concuss of hits and accumulation of neurological harm is clearly higher in football. If you just look at diagnosed concussions the rate is about the same in football and soccer. But that is why soccer with helmets, you get your head hit more than you would guess. I should add that people often ask me, what if your son wanted to play football . Response would be, if he wants to play pickup football, even tackle football, i did that, got a concussion. Had my shoulder dislocated. Would not stop in print doing that. I do not think that you put kids in giant michelin man outfits. They have to incur risk. That is a part of growing up, managing risk. Kids cannot be protected from that, but it is a Huge Industry, this Huge Industry that has grown up around this beaut
Words, with guest host, author nomi prins. This week this American Life contributor jake halpern and his latest book, bad paper. It tells the story of a former Bank Executive and a former bank robber going into business together to collect unpaid bank debts by often questionable means. The program is about an hour. Host hi and welcome. Im nomi prins here today with jake halpern, the author of the fascinating and horrifying new book, bad paper chasing debt from wall street to the underworld. Jake, welcome. Guest thanks for having me. Host thank you. This book is incredible, and so is your story. And i think the two really mirror each other. This takes place in buffalo, new york, a lot of it. And youre from there, arent you . Guest yeah, thats right. I grew up there. My tad and his wife my dad and his wife still live there, and its how i find my way into this world. Host you talk about a particular and many unsavory characters that are scrabbling to make their own peace with the world an
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