Talking to strangers what is the premise of this book . Were not very good at talking to strangers. I was looking at the contemporary high profile controversies that come down to the same problem people had conversations with bernie made off and never understood who he was or at penn state the Sexual Assault case at stanford a few years back. And communications and the one that the book starts and ends with is the signature case im concerned with is the sandra bland cast on case which is a high profile in counter of africanamericans of Law Enforcement. Which was a conversation between a young black man and a Police Officer composer over and the conversation goes off the rails and i wondered why is it we fail in these conversations with strangers . Why is it important to you . Nobody loves the transcript more than me. Have people express themselves and if someone is articulate and one of and to be interviewed by the actor wesley brand. And then he starts to talk and then realize to be t
Call from lou pearlman and Justin Timberlake. Lou is a salesman from the drop. He wanted to connect with you, and this was his skill. His belief in himself and his capacity to make you believe. Most people fell for it. We believed. Believed everything he said. We never even questioned if that was real or not. He was very good at being shady. Lous skill is he was so charismatic, so sympathetic, everyone wanted to be his friend, be a part of his world that he created, without realizing he was robbing them blind. There was a good person somewhere in there trapped in this giant ball of greed. It was blimp money that started the whole thing. Thats backstreets back all ri louis j. Pearlman grows up in queens, new york. He was born in 1954. And so right next to where lou pearlman is growing up, coming out of flushing airport, there are these airships that take off. And when lou pearlman is 10 years old, he sees his first Goodyear Blimp. The blimp transforms his life. I saw the Goodyear Blimp
Are holding stations in russia have now closed ending a week of voting on proposed changes to that countrys constitution there were more than 140. 00 amendments on the ballot including changes to the minimum wage adjustments to pensions and redefining eligibility for the president so for more on todays vote well turn to our to use software taylor she is live in moscow for us so saskia what are the preliminary results showing now. Polling stations across. Territory not spawns 11 time zones have now officially closed wrapping up changes to the constitution and it has been pretty unconventional to say the least it was due to take place in april but was postponed due to codify rest and then for safety reasons they actually extended it into this week long the marist good. Process that stretched all the way from the 25th of june to the fust of july and it still people dont those mastan that clubs and go and stand in socially distance lines for polling stations from home will float online now
Airlines move full speed ahead during this pandemic were going to discuss that and more coming up all right its time to include your view. Today the Chinese Government has begun to scrutinize American Media in their country outlets such as the Associated Press c. B. S. N. P. R. And the United Press International have just one week to disclose details of their operations who works there their financials and a numerous bunch of other demands as a tit for tat in what the Chinese Government calls suppression of Chinese Media and some of that is due in part to the unrest in hong kong and how western media is covering it calling them prodemocracy demonstrations meanwhile back at home American Media labeling b. L. M. Protests riots so joining us to explore the press angle of all of this post. News with rick sanchez so rick is it a case that he who controls the narrative controls the outcome. Well to a certain extent it is and you know the Chinese Government may have a point in their criticism
Five years to solve her crime. They thought they solved it. They got the wrong guys, and they convicted the wrong guys and sent them to prison. Sent one to death row. Ron williamson went to death row. He had never met deborah carter. And he spent 11 years in prison and was exonerated 10 years ago, 1999, almost 10 years exactly. But he spent a total of 12 years in prison for the murder of deborah carter, and he never met her. Host who was ron williamingson . Guest he was a man i never met, i never heard of him. He was one of the first big, notorious dna exonerations in the late 90. And i met him when i read his obituary. So i never got to see him, obviously. But he was a fascinating character. When he was younger, many people in his small corner of oklahoma thought ron was the next mickey mantle. And ron certainly thought so. He had a nice ego. And he was a second round draft pick in 1972 of the oakland as and went off to seek major league glory and thought he was going to make it. Neve