wordsmiths but many of us shy away from the art and the best harness the power of words, poetry. but not my guest today. john cooper clarke once called the punk poet, all his life is used words, rhythm and rhyme to bind human and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet one of his crimes has become a worldwide viral sensation. where does his word magic come from. poems. john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. great to have you here. ijust read your memoir in one of the first sentences as this one, all my life all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet. i ve heard of kids who wanted to be train drivers, professional footballers but redefine a kid who always knew he wanted to be a poet. how come? a poet. how come? when i say alwa s, a poet. how come? when i say always. i a poet. how come? when i say always. i guess a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from the - a poet. how come? when i
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Delighted to welcome filmmaker scott hayes and dr. Chrls mulli to this program. Their docudrama depicts dr. Mullys unlikely rise to power. Known as the father of the Worlds Largest family his work helped support more than 12,000 orphans in kenya. Before we start our conversation, here now a clip from mully. He needed to sell everything and start hipping the poor in the society, the children who were abandoned. How did you let go of what you hold dearly and how do you decide when to share your love . Kenya was burning. We cant let this happen. We have to do something. The children dont have food. If we dont step in, children are going to die. We had three children, four children, and the number kept on growing. The day will come, this is your family now. These are all your brothers and sisters. Its a miracle. We are one family. We are one i see the impossible becoming possible. First of all, honored to have you b
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Delighted to welcome filmmaker scott hayes and dr. Chrls mulli to this program. Their docudrama depicts dr. Mullys unlikely rise to power. Known as the father of the Worlds Largest family his work helped support more than 12,000 orphans in kenya. Before we start our conversation, here now a clip from mully. He needed to sell everything and start hipping the poor in the society, the children who were abandoned. How did you let go of what you hold dearly and how do you decide when to share your love . Kenya was burning. We cant let this happen. We have to do something. The children dont have food. If we dont step in, children are going to die. We had three children, four children, and the number kept on growing. The day will come, this is your family now. These are all your brothers and sisters. Its a miracle. We are one family. We are one i see the impossible becoming possible. First of all, honored to have you b
In the United States i am sure you are very aware that we are in the midst of significant budget battles and dysfunctions one might say, and for those of us who watched defense we are particularly the implications of that for u. S. Defense strategy and planning. Im wondering how you would describe the cuts in defense in canada. I dont think you have quite the political environment we do right now but surely you must have the same sense of general interest in how canada plans to go forward and again strategically where canada wants to be in terms of its role in the world and how to underwrite that with military capability. I would love to hear a little bit about the efforts underway in canada including your own defense reform initiative. That looks to cut inefficiencies to free up some funds. Good for you youve got the name right. The defense renewal team has worked a year. One of the first tasks in taking on this position was the direction to maintain everyone and the numbers that i ha