We played at city hall, and at super bowl celebrations, we proudly wore our sweaters that she bought for us. And mayor feinstein always took the time to talk to us and tell us how amazing we were and to remind us that we were her band. I was born in the early 70s, so as a kid [jet flyovwe] thank you for bringing the blue angels to San Francisco in 1981. I was born in the early 70s, so as far as i could remember, as far as i ever know, Dianne Feinstein was the mayor. And for kids my age, we always excepted that a woman could be in charge and a woman could do whatever a man could do. We believed that and considered abnormal. My mothers generation did not have that. My grandmothers generation certainly did not. But millions of girls my age, and long after me, have grown blissfully free of the yokes that are grandmothers work, because Dianne Feinstein wrestled them off. Because she showed the way. She created a world where girls like me could be tough and lead. When i became mayor, and eve
Media, has written a number of books. We met about a year ago at a a conference that was put on by the Berkeley Program at yale, and i can see that at the time she has a real affinity for trying to understand the connection between the Communications World and the media world on the one hand, and different elements of the conservative movement on theun other. So this is a natural kind of outgrowth of her previous work looking at that general area. Open to debate is the book. Heather has watched not maybe every single one of 33 yearss with the firing line episodes but pretty close to it i think. She is probably the reigning expert now on all things related to firing line. So please help a welcome heather hindershot to the podium. [applause] thanks so much. Its really great to be here, h, particularly here at the hooverr institution because the hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. I was out of stanford all the papers are and, of course, they preserved all the episod
Worth of firing line episodes but critics. Close to it so shes probably the reigning expert on all things related to the fire line. Please welcome Heather Hendershot to the podium. [applause] thanks so much. Its really great to be here particularly here at the Hoover Institution because the hoover was so important in the research i did on the. Rtant to i was at stanford where the papers are and of course theyrs have preserved all the episodes but the papers and transcripts i really could not have done it without without the who bringser addition great to be here. The ers keeping keeping up to blast me about the book is why did he write it . That people askt this book is why did you write it. The short, quick answer in part is this guy, i have been working on the book since 2011, about a year and half ago it became more urgent as our level of discourse seem to be deteriorating in the shouting matches be increase. It seemed like an important time to be talking about a show that really va
This information do we have the ability to extract their intelligence . So on and so forth. Why not . I dont know how they did is from Carnegie Mellon university coauthor of the book steamy streaming stealing data cable or satellite provider. [inaudible conversations] good evening. I guess everybody did not get the memo to dress up but i could not not to be herere because brcs so thrilled if i have not had a chance to say hello to have that extraordinary privilege to be the president of the extraordinary institution and could not be most fitting that we are here tonight to celebrate this book cannot serve and this subject in this house. [applause] as solid you know, so well we are gathered this evening in the home Eleanor Roosevelt shared with her husband and her motherinlaw of laugh 25 years from the front steps that you enter today departing for washingtona 1933 to take on the burden of life and the lighthouse and the challenges and with the decades after when roosevelt became not ju