C. B. S. Wonderful man and i said to i want to get in a radio what should i do and he said get down to miami you know union lot of stations lot of radio more stations and the market needs and so youll find older guys. And younger guys. Very few 40 year olds. To be good chance of breaking in and i knocked on doors and small station w. H. R. In miami beach gave me a job was a dish sarky and on may 1st 19 fifties. I saw it on the air and from that moment when that light went on and i told the audience it was my 1st day i never never gave a lively audience. I. I found my magic so my dreams of what it was always were now i had Program Directors i didnt like i had management maybe but i never ever. And that light went on. Didnt like what i was doing. Your natural yeah i think i think the good broadcasters. Are naturals and i had the good fortune to be around people like the godfrey and Jackie Gleason while godfrey i cohost of the show with him for a week and taught me so much and jackie told
A kid from brooklyn who. Walked the streets with my friends and who always want to be on the air i dont know why but i was trance was really you know and i was that little poor kid we won relief my father had died when i was in. New york city bought my 1st pair of glasses i think what it means is rick i never forgot where i came from and thats true to this minute i never forgot where i came from so im 85 years old but im the kid from brooklyn ive lived brooklyn but brooklyn never left me so thats part of my soul thats and thats what i brought to the business being curious being that kid went to dodger games all my friends. I would want autographs i would want to ask questions i remember running down the street with car for oh there are roads you get that on how did you learn to throw the 3rd base like that i was fascinated with asking questions born to do interviews where i was born to be what i do this whole thing started in miami for you did Brooklyn Miami get us there i always wante
Just hours ago. Reporter it is addressed to the nation, joe biden did not declare victory, but what we heard was essentially his victory speech, he talked about his plan to be covid and the plan to bring the nation together. Meanwhile President Trump focused on the lawsuits he hopes will bring them back into the race. As president ial election ballots continued to be counted key states, joe biden spoke friday night. We dont have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us its clear, a clear and convincing story. We are going to win the race. Reporter he offered a message of unity. Its time for us to come together as a nation to heal, its not going to be easy. Reporter he has pulled ahead of President Trump into key states, pennsylvania and georgia, the former Vice President leads by just a few thousand votes in georgia. With a margin that fall there will likely be a recount in georgia. Reporter as soon as the democratic challenger pulled ahead pennsylvania friday mornin
Announcer explore new w worlds and new ideas through programs like this, vemade available for eryone through contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. To your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. John lk music has been around as long as there have been folks to sing it. Folk music is about real people and real lives and the frustration of dissent. It was a time in america when the simple act of gathering together to share experiences united us and helped us sing our troubles away. How do you dom John Sebastian, and that was me, and this is my music. Tonight, wekre gonna look b some of the most popular songs of the folk era. And well go dancing, baby, then youll see. How the magics in the music and the musics in me, yeah do you believe in magic . By the Lovin Spoonful john as a singersongwriter in the 60s, i was heavily influenced by the blues aditional country music. With my group, the Lovin Spoonful, we explored a variety of musical styles and differ
1997. Also here, a group of scientists norman spack of bostons Childrens Hospital, Catherine Dulac of harvard university, Melissa Hines of the university of cambridge, and janet hyde of the university of wisconsin at madison. Im pleased to have all of them here and to begin this conversation with my colleague eric kandel. What are we going to talk about . Eric we will talk about gender identity and the biology of the brain. This is a marvelous topic and i like it particularly because it shows how Brain Science can be liberating in our life. As we understand the biology of our own gender identity better and become more comfortable with ourselves to become more empathic to somebody elses gender identity, we can understand it at age 9, 10, a person says i am in the wrong body. We really can sympathize with them and understand what is going on. But, this is not only an interesting topic, it is an unbelievably timely topic. When we began talking about this six months ago, it was not on the