As best we can. Im going to talk to you a little bit tonight about america the ingenious. This book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is hopefully you learned something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansof how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many of the things exploit the world. What i found even more telling was how things are invented. How invention itself is encouraged and nurtured. At least how it has been encouraged and nurtured in this country in the past. , as i do in myy book, that we are a nation of tinkerers. We americans like to think of ass natural adventurers, risktakers and entrepreneurs. But what does that mean exactly. I am a believer in american exceptionalism. It hasnes like to say, to be earned, never given. How did we earn it . How did we do what we did and how could we get back to doing it right . As the first nation to exist wholly in the modern age, United States has also insisted when making things when we were extracting them
Him before and i know youre going to enjoy his company and hes going to be in conversation with jess mchugh author of americannon. Shes a writer and researcher whose work has appeared across a variety of national and International Publications including the New York Times the wall street journal the washington posts and many many others. Shes reported stories from four continents on a range of cultural and historical topics from presentday. Liverpool punks to the history of 1960s activists in greenwich village, and i have spent some time with both of our guests in the green room and just now early in a techron, and i know youre going to enjoy their company, so im welcoming now to the screen jess mchugh. Hi, jess. Hi, so happy to be here. And i will tell our listeners too. That what time is it where you both are one oclock in the morning. That is correct. Were doubly glad to have you here and i cant wait to hear what you have to say. So peter, will you let me know when its time to come
Him before and i know youre going to enjoy his company and hes going to be in conversation with jess mchugh author of americannon. Shes a writer and researcher whose work has appeared across a variety of national and International Publications including the New York Times the wall street journal the washington posts and many many others. Shes reported stories from four continents on a range of cultural and historical topics from presentday. Liverpool punks to the history of 1960s activists in greenwich village, and i have spent some time with both of our guests in the green room and just now early in a techron, and i know youre going to enjoy their company, so im welcoming now to the screen jess mchugh. Hi, jess. Hi, so happy to be here. And i will tell our listeners too. That what time is it where you both are one oclock in the morning. That is correct. Were doubly glad to have you here and i cant wait to hear what you have to say. So peter, will you let me know when its time to come
Him before and i know youre going to enjoy his company and hes going to be in conversation with jess mchugh author of americannon. Shes a writer and researcher whose work has appeared across a variety of national and International Publications including the New York Times the wall street journal the washington posts and many many others. Shes reported stories from four continents on a range of cultural and historical topics from presentday. Liverpool punks to the history of 1960s activists in greenwich village, and i have spent some time with both of our guests in the green room and just now early in a techron, and i know youre going to enjoy their company, so im welcoming now to the screen jess mchugh. Hi, jess. Hi, so happy to be here. And i will tell our listeners too. That what time is it where you both are one oclock in the morning. That is correct. Were doubly glad to have you here and i cant wait to hear what you have to say. So peter, will you let me know when its time to come
Our beloved former trustee who was with us through some really rough times at the museum and had showed great leadership and compassion for the museum. So were very happy to be able to honor him in this way. And now i want to introduce our guests. Peter sokolowski is editor at large for miriam webster, and hes just a delight. Weve had an interactions with him before and i know youre going to enjoy his company and hes going to be in conversation with jess mchugh author of americannon. Shes a writer and researcher whose work has appeared across a variety of national and International Publications including the New York Times the wall street journal the washington posts and many many others. Shes reported stories from four continents on a range of cultural and historical topics from presentday. Liverpool punks to the history of 1960s activists in greenwich village, and i have spent some time with both of our guests in the green room and just now early in a techron, and i know youre going