Coming. Two events like this could be possible if it were not for your generous support showing up to them. Really, thank you so much for adding to your denver reading community. We appreciate it. Tonight we had the honor of hosting emily dufton here to talk about her book grass roots the rise and fall of marijuana in america. Emily received her phd in american studies from George Washington university and grassroots is based off her dissertation, the inspiration for such entries you tell us more about and she starts her talk. Emily has been featured in history channel, in the art and a work can also be found in the washington post, the atlantic History News Network and run washington. We are excited to emily here today because as you know in colorado without a very intriguing conversation going about marijuana. Even before it was officially legalized in 2014. Her book adds to this conversation with new research and interviews which expands this conversation even more than we could eve
Program. This is our special your fiction on in depth. Youll see authors this month we are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guests. His most recent book is the underground railroad. Whats the appropriate response when its praised by oprah, president obama, was the appropriate response . Guest this book is taken off in a way thats unexpected and wonderful. Mostly i thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally i try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host what is up regina better food . Ive been writing for 20 some years. Sometimes you read a book and people understand and sometimes you write it and nobody cares. And it disappears. So ive the pride and thinking i did a good job with the book. The bonus of other people liking it as well. Host your first book was intuition us. How do you sell a book like that . Guest exactly. With that book either when i send it to my age in either you dig the concept of the two groups or you dont. Further along
Epic new documentary human flow, which is a sweeping look at the struggle of the more than 65 million refugees worldwide. Being a refugee is much more than a political status. It is the most pervasisive kindf that cacan be accessed againt the human being. You are forcibly, of all aspects that would make human life not just tolerable, but meaningful in many ways. Amy well also get a sneak preview of his new massive new art installation that spans across new york citys boroughs. It critiques the global rise of nationalism and the closure of borders. Its called good fences make good neighbors. The fence is to divide. It is about territory. About dividing to push the others away or to stop others from crossing. Rally, amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracyowow , democracacynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The powerful head of the Senate Foreign relations committee, Tennessee Republican bob corker, warned sunday that trump is treating the presidency like a
Being a refugee is much more than a political status. It is the most pervasive kind of that can be accessed against the human being. You are forcibly, of all aspects that would make human life not just tolerable, but meaningful in many ways. Amy well also get a sneak preview of his new massive new art installation that spans across new york citys boroughs. It critiques the global rise of nationalism and the closure of borders. Its called good fences make good neighbors. The fence is to divide. It is about territory. About dividing to push the others away or to stop others from crossing. Rally, amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The powerful head of the Senate Foreign relations committee, Tennessee Republican bob corker, warned sunday that trump is treating the presidency like a reality show and setting the u. S. On the path to world war iii. Senator corker made the comments to the New York Times afte
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