Thank you very much for coming. [applause] thanks, everyone and good day. Delighted you can comthe way ths afternoon. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco and specifically to taktalk to jessie and john fremt who had so much to do with california as we know it and is so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into San Francisco about 210230 this morning on a delayed for flight from los angeles, a couple hours of sleep and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car to do a te radio thing on the radio. The thing is that begins at the very exact time. The thing about going for San Francisco traffic at is you are not going to make your exact time. I was supposed to be 8 a. M. Specific time i would be there and im still on the road of keeping up the freeway and i dont know, 7 miles an hour, 9 miles, whatever it wa was plan looking out the side of the car and San Francisco bay is out there and the Southern Suburbs of and i am missing my deadline w
Many of you honestly know him. Hes cohost of morning edition on npr. Hes also the author of this great book on jessie and john fremont. How many people are here from fremont . We have a couple, okay great. Thank you very much, steve, for coming. [applause] thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks everyone, and good day. Delighted you could come this afternoon. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and particularly to talk about jessie and john fremont who had so much to do with the creation of california as we know it and so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into San Francisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles, got a couple of hours of sleep at an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about life radio is it begins at a very exact time. The thing about going through S
People risking their lives to help to decide which one afghanistan on aljazeera. Im going to announce that. If im going to get more hours to walk out here to work with me on air travel. Probably because theres people much smarter and more african it. Hello im richard yes britain youre watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that were tracking from home this week india and the pandemic much of the coverage is defined by politics and driven by religion reporters must choose their words carefully europe remains under lockdown and e. U. Countries are in a standoff with big tech over how to use data to track the outbreak 3 photographers from 3 countries and the still images they are capturing to tell the covert 1000 story and finally past self meet present self lets talk about the coronavirus do you want be good or bad india is now one month into the worlds biggest lockdown just hours before it was announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with
Each word of the title has power within its own self. I think you will see that illuminated today during a conversation that Karen Sherman will have with barbara. I am the managing director of the Aspen Institute and it is my pleasure to step in for my boss, and mosley, who is executive director and Vice President at the Aspen Institute. Unfortunately she had a family emergency and is not able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. It was her honor to host this booktalk because she has known Karen Sherman as a close friend for many many years. If you know her you know her personal and professional relationships and commitments are important to her. Only an emergency would have kept her from opening this up. Thank you for being here. Im not going to spend a lot of time on introductions because you have the bios in front of you and it is important to get into the conversation. I am honored to be able to introduce her because ive known her work for a number of years. The
Prime minister i dont think that. Im going to get through hours and days to walk out here to work for an hour travelling. Probably because theres those people might watch them what happened. Hello im richard just been youre watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that were tracking from home this week india and the pandemic much of the coverage is defined by politics and driven by religion reporters must choose their words carefully europe remains under lockdown and e. U. Countries are in a standoff with big tech over how to use data to track the outbreak 3 photographers from 3 countries and the still images they are capturing to tell the covert 1000 story and finally past self meet present self lets talk about the coronavirus you want be good or bad india is now one month into the worlds biggest lockdown just hours before it was announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with media owners and editors he told them he wanted them to quote se