David quammen is with us today, courtesy of diane and robert levy. I didnt say shes over there. Shes hiding the second row David Quammen has 16 previous books. I notice that this does not include the two you wrote as fiction is correct. Doesnt it does include. Okay. My my bad 16 previous books include the tangled tree. The song of the dodo, the reluctant. Mr. Darwin and spillover, a finalist for the National Book critics circle award and a recipient of the merck prize in rome. He has written for new yorker harpers magazine, the atlantic, national geographic, and outside among other magazines, and is a three time winner of the National Magazine award. Kwame and a home in bozeman, montana with his wife, betsy gaines quammen, author of american zion and with two russian wolfhounds, a crosseyed cat and a rescue python python, we wont hold that against you. Please give a warm savannah. Welcome to David Quammen. Thank you. Thank you, nancy. Thank you all. Nancy does not like snakes, but that
And settled intention to end their life. Two doctors must approve, and the individual must be over 18, and have lived on the isle for at least five years. Our medical editor fergus walsh has been to meet people on both sides of the debate. The isle of man has a Population Ofjust 85,000, the same as grimsby. But for over a thousand years it has set its own laws and is about to vote on one of the most contentious issues facing society. These two campaigners want to see Assisted Dying introduced on the island. Simon was kept alive way too long, in way too much pain. He had no dignity whatsoever, no quality of life. Sue biggerstaff is haunted by the memory of her husbands agonising death from motor neurone disease. The doctor, everybody was wonderful. But the fact is, simon had intravenous morphine in both legs and both arms, and patches. And still he was in pain. She says simons final months were torture paralysed from the neck down, his muscles wasting with open wounds that would not hea
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With government officials today. The Financial Times says self driving cars could be blocked by foreign governments over fears they could be used as weapons. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Says baby brain is real, researchers in australia have confirmed that the mental fogginess experienced by many women in pregnancy is a real phenomenon. And finally the sun asks what is blue monday . And why is it the most depressing day of the year . Many have said to me, that is why i feel like this. So lets begin. With me isjustin urquahert stewart, director of seven investment management. He is not blue at all, despite his injuries. Holding onto my armjust in case of. Patient were darter to tobacco giants. That is the headline. They say they see something that they have found out. What have they discovered . Astonishing, really. Look at the numbers of. This is taking data from people who have had cancer or related illnesses and they are talking about over one, quarter and 80,000 patient r
Not because of rain. You talked about that heading down across everybody by the end of the day. Looking at the map, the earlier crash in hayward. Look at the green on the map. The red and orange, 880 toward whipping, the crash cleared. The back up, some folks are tired of it and get out on the san mateo bridge. The travel is 37 minutes. Thats a tough drive. We look at the volume, traffic flow is smooth here. There may be a build over the next ten minutes. Well track it closely, back to you. Its hard to believe, but today marks one month since the deadly and wild destructive fires broke out. The clean up is far from over. Pete suratos is in santa rosas coffey park neighborhood. Reporter marcus and laura, we are here in coffey park, one of the hardest hit areas from the north bay wildfires and a lot of work needs to be done as thousands of people lost their homes, left with nothing but debris. While we were here last week, we know they put the straw waddles in place because they were pre