All right. All right. Everybodys got a Favorite Book from their childhood sometimes stories of adversity and triumph. But the heroes of those stories are often lacking in diversity yeah. Its true. Frustration. We just know, like, its too according to a recent study, much of a gamble straight ahead, the story actually, more childrens books from coast to coast. Massive explosion. What caused this devastating blast in the heart of beirut the mystery growing as the number of dead and injured climbs this morning. But from the rubble, a stunning story. A survivor pulled out alive. Those stories, plus phoning feature white characters than all other types of visible home the astronauts in that historic nasa Spacex Mission revealing the prank calls they made. Minorities combined. Thats one reason why jenna sat down with some really bright young minds to talk about the importance of representation especially in this particular moment by the way, these kids are probably was a pretty funny incredi
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The. 2 2 2 2 2 2 in 1970, Daniel Ellsberg provided a Great Service to the American People, the importance of which cannot be overstated. He leaked something called the pentagon papers. They were thousands and thousands of pages of classified analysis that he had prepared for the Rand Corporation proving that the white house and the Defense Department had been lying to the American People about the war in vietnam. The next administration and the Johnson Administration before it had been saying for years that the United States was winning the war in vietnam, that was simply not true. Ellsberg discreetly made copies of the pentagon papers and sent them to trust a journalist at the New York Times and the washington post. He also provided the documents to senator mike rebel, a democrat from the state of alaska, the times and the post published stories based on the pentagon papers and sen. Brookville submitted the document into the congressional record automatically de classifying it. The Ni
A republican. He was a marine corps veteran, but his new mission in life was to work against war and especially against Nuclear Weapons and nuclear proliferation. Were going to speak with 2 of Daniel Ellsberg, personal friends, randy credit, go a long time comedian and social justice activist. The former director of the william m counselor fund for social justice and host of the radio show live on the fly, which airs every friday afternoon in new york and armand coney. Hes a former Colorado County commissioner and executive director of a National Youth Sports Charity. Gentleman, welcome to the show. Id like to begin by asking both of you how you met dan ellsberg for all of us who knew him. It was a memorable event. Certainly, randy, i think you and dan went back pretty far. How did you meet . Actually, we didnt seem like it because i met them. Uh, i called them up, but i think about 3 years ago else to do one of my shows on a julia such as 2021, mid 2021. And we had a great conversatio
The next administration and the Johnson Administration before it had been saying for years that the United States was winning the war in vietnam, that was simply not true. Ellsberg discreetly made copies of the pentagon papers and sent them to trust a journalist at the New York Times and the washington post. He also provided the documents to senator mike rebel, a democrat from the state of alaska, the times and the post published stories based on the pentagon papers and sen prevail, submitted the document into the congressional record automatically de, classifying it. The Nixon Administration was outraged the f. B. I quickly identified ellsberg as the source of the leak, and he was arrested and charged with the espionage National Security advisor, henry kissinger, called him the most dangerous man in the world. His potential punishment for the espionage charges was 150 years in prison. But the Nixon White House overplayed its hat. The president nixon had ordered aids to break into ells