Bettye kearse is a pushcart prize winning essayist. The other madisons the lost history of a president s black family is her first book and follows a 30 year quest to confirm her lineage. It was called roots for a new generation. Thank you for being part of this program. Most of us grew up thinking of James Madison, the first draft of the u. S. Constitution, what did you think . What were you told . I was told. With this important figure in American History. I was also told he was my greatgreatgrandfather through his relationship with one of those enslaved cooks. He was my ancestor. Host always remember you are a madison. You come from african slaves and president s. What does that mean for you as a child. To me it sets some clear expectations. It was intended to be an installation. In my family history, also i had slaves in my family to be admired as well. Theres a lot to live up to. A lot was expected of me. She carried the stories of her lineage, both had been enslaved, eight genera
As part of our ongoing effort to engage our community from afar we are now offering events like this one in addition to our regular evening lineup. Thank you for being here today. Our distinguished guest this afternoon needs now introduction. Hes one of the bestknown living economist as most influential voices in the fight against inequality. Thomas pikelly is here to discuss his eyeopening and audacious new book capital and ideology. He is joined by the former chief economist on the Us Senate Budget committee and professor of economics and Public Policy at stony brook university. Her new book the deficit with is available for preorder. Just a few housekeeping notes. We want to hear from you. He will answer your questions after his talk. How does that work . Look at the bottom of your screen. You will see a button called ask a question. Use this space to pose a question about capital and ideology. You can also update someone elses question if you find something there that it really hop
It is a good company should because, right now, it is the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous scandals in baseball history, the black sox scandal, where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds. It brought about many changes in baseball, including getting a commissioner and eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life, but the story of that is not really a simple one. It is very complicated. So the title of tonights talk is called field of myths 100 years after baseballs 1919 black sox scandal, so it should be a fascinating talk. I am excited to welcome david pietrusza, our speaker tonight. David we are gathered here on the eve of this years world series, and 100 years ago, who knew if there were going to be another world series . Once that scandal was exposed, and trust in baseball was starting to evaporate very rapidly, and as david said, that is, you know, eight men out. That is the story we know. Tha
Mascot, so it must be saturday. I know it is saturday because i toie, that is a cue understand that today is not saturday. Today is saturday of memorial day weekend, day 84 to talk my young, a number of superstars said to me, this is memorial day weekend coming up, and we have been working for 83 state days. Days, maybe we do something different, maybe we take a day off, it is what they are trying to suggest. I said tomorrow i will stay home. So, i am at home today, i never said i was going to work. I said tomorrow i would stay home. But, we are today, working. 84 straight days. When the covid virus takes a day off, we will take off. We are in the new york state executive mansion, it is not really my home, it is the peoples home, the residence for governors in new york. It was built in 1856 in the state acquired it in 1877. They were going to finish the state capital in 1899, which was and is a beautiful mac masterpiece, and the governors residence is a stones throw from the state capi
Question. Sarah ray is the author of field guide to climate anxiety and fought hard for Environmental Issues during this time and madeline levine, long leading voice in thinking about wellbeing and anxiety in youth today and has new book out ready or not, preparing our kids for a really uncertain future and Christine Carter is a leading voice in science of happiness for children and application of wonderful new book the new adolescence. Thank you for joining me and joining the conversation. This is such an extraordinary time, really, transformative and transcended and, i mean, everybody sees you in your living rooms and i want to take wherever you guys are. [laughter] how is it going for you guys right now during the covid19 pandemic, madeline . For me its not that different because im in my office 90 of the time so and im an introvert so i dont mind being in my office. The thing i learned is i have a lot of stuff in my life that i dont need and thought i needed but i really dont, that