And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And composertor Esapekka Salonen was the leader of the l. A. Philharmonic for 17 years before handing over the baton. He has now returned to the l. A. Field for a series of concerts. He is currently leading the orchestra and seven conserves including the premiere of frank zappas 200 motels. Plus his own violin consider cho concerto. Lets listen as they play his violin concerto. Tavis you really consider yourself a composer more than a conductor. It started out like that. Fluke. Ng happened, by tavis what do you mean by fluke . I was studying to be a musician, back in the 1970s, and the real conductors, the professional conductors at the time are not interested in our stuff. We felt that we had to have one conductor among the group to do all that, so i was chosen to be that one. This is actually something i like doing, so it started like that. But i never thought i would have an entire career as a conductor. That
We need to use it to reaffirm humanity. Cspan and what about antiaging drugs . Guest Life Expectancy in this country 100 years ago was 47 years old. Now it has been increased by a lot in the last century. If it can be increased even more, that is what science is for. The people who make me nervous or not the people that say lets try to use biotechnology to heal disease and extend lifespan. I think all of that those are moral gains and that is why it sciences good. Is the old temptation in the garden that we can become a god, of course, we are like god, that is the old utb utopian thing. Cspan what you know about the silicon chips in the body . In the recent book about the inventor that talks about this he says pretty much computers are getting smarter by today and the computer has be the best chess player player in the world. And it will soon have the capacity of the human brain. That mans creation of Technology May overtake man unless man merges with the machine. That we must take thi
In her fathers instance, he wasnt treated all that well and ended up dying without much in the way of dignity at all. In her mothers case, she had a more clear cut choice. And so i really feel its both an indictment of the health care system, but it also offers a way forward that can be particularly enlightening and even, perhaps, a little bit maybe not inspiring, but certainly encouraging that people dont have to fall into despair. In addition, im also looking forward to a number of different biographies. Its really strong, interestingly enough, with respect to biographies of entertainers. So, for example, brian jay jones, he has a biography coming out on jim henson who is best known for being the founder and creator of the muppets. Theres also henry bushkin, hes got a biography coming out on johnny carson, sam wassen, stanley crouchs Charlie Parker biography which has been in the works for a very long time, that volume has is just about to come out. Victoria allson who is an wilson w
There are just so many books that are about to come out. Its a little hard to excuse me. Its a little bit hard to keep track frankly. Host which ones do you have your eye on . Guest first and foremost there is a new one coming up with james swanson. He had written a very popular bestselling book called manhunt which was about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and now he returns with and of days, the assassination of john f. Kennedy and it will be out around the 12th of november. There is also from a different Vantage Point this is sort of a counterfactual. You have Jeff Greenfield who will be publishing its kennedy lived the first and second terms of jfk and alternate history. He is done alternate histories before with much success and it will be interesting to see what he posits whether jfk had lived. Host Sarah Weinman putting jfk on the cover of the book is that a good Marketing Tool . Guest i think it remains to be seen. It certainly cant hurt. Its certainly a very recognizable
Trying to cap the line. Pg e says the line is a 2 inch distribution line northbound trains are stopped at the millbrae station. B. A. R. T. Is accepting caltrans tickets as is sam tram. And sam tran is working on getting extra buses running. Now to the as, the excitement could not be contained as the as clenched the al west and now move on to the play offs. The players ran out into the field as the fans cheered them on. We have team coverage, joe fonzi has coverage and player reaction. But we begin with ktvus debra villalon with the euphoria being felt by diehard fans Deborah Villalon with the euphoria being felt by diehard fans. Reporter diehard fans went home with this team, it says we own the west. Jubilation bubbled over as players gave fans a champane baths. We got our crowd here. The energy you feel out here is unbelievable. It was a Party Everyone had to wait for. The as clench came courtesy of texas losing. And when that happened mid game, realization rippled through the expect