Because thats not there. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the outskirts of chicago on my way to meet a guy whose strange inheritance takes us back to a time when american cars rule the road, america herself leads the free world, and a workingclass kid from the midwest just dreams of making it home. My name is Matt Litavsky. My father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. He chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. Hi, matt. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Its nice to meet you. I know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when were done, you got to take me for a ride in this. All right. Well see about that. Im on my best behavior. Okay. To appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. Keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. World war ii is drawing to a close. The co
Those claims. Also, coming up, another tragic milestone. The pandemic has claimed more than 200,00000 lives inn the u. , the highest death toll in the world. What does this mean for the president ial election weeks away . And wildfires ravaging california. The amazon and other parts of the planet. Activists are pushing the United Nations for concrete action to protect the environment. Scientists are on their side. Many powerful politicians are not. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. The United Nations General Assembly has held its annual debate as the u. N. Marks 75 years since its founding. It was the First Assembly where World Leaders do not gather in new york city, but instead addressed the forum via video because of the pandemic. Fafar from delivering a unified message, donald trump lashed out at china in his speech. This prompted u. N. Secretarygeneral to warn against a new cold war. Lets have a listen now to one of trumps
The Chautauqua Movement and women suffrage in the 19th century. Evolved fromhow it avoiding speakers in the earlier days to regularly including prosuffrage talks and spread to kansas in new york. The dwight d. Eisenhower library and museum hosted this event and provided the video. I would like to welcome our speaker so that we can learn more about the Chautauqua Movement. I will let her tell you about herself. Thank you for being here with us today. Ms. Bell thank you for having me. I was talking to dawn and samantha a couple of days ago and saying that i would have preferred and loved to have been there in person, and really looking forward to the day when i can visit and see the newly renovated museum. Until then, very thankful for technology that allows us to gather together today. I have lost the presentation. So i dont know if youre able to share the there it is. Great. Thank you. Presentation is based on some research that i did for my dissertation. Last may, which seems very lon
Cape cod, massachusetts, heading to the small town of wellfleet. Im here to learn about a strange inheritance that shaped a familys life for half a century. My name is elena delbanco. In 2011, my sister and i inherited an extraordinary object from our father. This was my fathers home for many years. He and my mother built it in 1955. Elenas father was the virtuoso cellist Bernard Greenhouse, who died in 2011 at the age of 95. [ Classical Music plays ] greenhouse spent most of his career playing with the renowned hwa hvery harry wanm rym e its charmingch butcherut vinvolvitit bece re a meororororetistiti llcets, cernced arrearhed d wmw shldoupl be inone of te hehehehe rls fis sts ellos. S. S. Tant. Aent eqtol isl ipeeuroor f he we hwe hwealers alerd toto he wen w h wid w, have aver llos . Anhearrumo about greutat he found onend on thnd oe west german city of aachen. Your father came home with something he longed for, searched for. I was very young. But i knew that he had found something
Atlanta History Center virtual author talk featuring Heather Lende in conversation with jessica handler. I am kate whitman Vice President of the programs and Community Engagement for the atlanta History Center. Im glad you are here and thanks for being with us. This talk will also be broadcast on cspan so look out for that. You can purchase copies of of bears and ballots directly from our official bookseller. Theres a link in the chat so you can do that. Also we provide a link on our website. As jessica and had a talking please submit your questions for heather or jessica it just to entertain questions as well. I might. Theres a a q a feature at e bottom of your screen. Well get to as many of us as time allows. Heather lindsey has contributed to npr, New York Times and national geographic. Among other newspapers and magazines. Shes author of the bestselling book buying the good, take good care of the garden and the dog, and if you lift your i would know your name. And that shall be dis