Thank you for coming. That is the pink newspaper thats really good. I present bc radio. Ive done a show for the World Service ive made fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy. And how numbers lead us astray and sometimes help us to understand the world. I also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis. Called Cautionary Tales its all about things going wrong sometimes and tragic ways and sometimes in amusing ways. In between all of that i try to write a few bucks. The second thing i want to say is thank you to the Rancho Mirage festival to jamie and the rest of the festival. A round of applause for jamie please. Jamie emailed me probably 18 months ago and suggested i fly across the world from Oxford England to come to Rancho Mirage. Its a huge journey for me. Thank you very much to all of you. I feel fortunate to be here. [applause]. I said i wasnt a fan of long preambles. Clearly im a total hypocrite. Let me talk about this book of mine. I dont if you can see the sl
Nick some. Good afternoon everybody. Can everybody hear me. Im very short. Good afternoon. Welcome to politics and prose, i am travis cohen a bookseller here and also in charge of the on cyprus Traditions Club at the store. This to quick housekeeping and they will jump right in. Between politics and prose there is three location at the wharf, union market, we host around 1000 authors a year. So if you need help tracking that as we do if you want the full last we have flyers at the info desk in an updated calendar on our website which we highly encourage people to check out. Please remind everyone to silence your cell phones, thats always not fun, as we open the floor to questions and we have two standing microphones here just that one. And we are both recording audio and video today. So thats good incentives to one silence your cell phone and also asked sissy into question so we can get to as many people as possible. And also a good reminder after were done here if you want to pick up
An elderly couple rescued after eight days in the wilderness. Their sons tell the story of their recovery. Bernie sanders claiming victory tonight winning the nevada caucuses. No campaign has a Grassroots Movement like we do. Which is another reason why we are going to win the election. Inju d after being hit by a car in san jose. Good evening to you. We begin tonight with a rescue in marin county that authorities are calling a miracle. A palo alto couple was lost in the wilderness hiking every day for eight days trying to find their way back. This morning 77yearold carol kaparsky and her 72 year old husband ian irwin were found alive. Only a halfmile from their rental cabin. We spoke to the couples two sons about how they managed to survive. Reporter the couple is spending the night at marin general hospital. Recovering from hypothermia as well as scratches. There are said to be hungry and grateful. This is the best possible ending. We spoke to their sons tonight about their parents r
Good evening, everyone. My name is brittany, the Events Manager at politics and prose. I would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to clap again, and a nonprofit like this. [applause] your attendance at events like this is truly vital to us and we literally would not be here without you so we wanted to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. I am so excited to introduce tonights event because it is not a secret amongst my friends or coworkers how much i love and admire diane rehm. She began her radio career in 1973 as a volunteer for w amu and is grown into the producer host in d. C. Icon we all know today. She is the author of several books including finding my voice, on my own, life with maxie and of course the book you are here for tonight, when my time comes. Which addresses the urgent contestant because of the right to die movement. Through in
Questions for them. Susan yours is the story of 75 years of Government Support and encouragement of the tech industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. Lets watch. The Car Companies face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook . Yes, senator. The average american uses eight different apps to connect with each other. We provide a number of services. Is twitter the same as what you do . It overlaps but i dont think it is the same. Do you think that you have a monopoly . It does not feel that way to me. Mr. Zuckerberg, could you share the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . Uh, no. [laughter] have you messaged anybody this week . Would you share the names of the people you messaged . I would not choose to do that here. This is about the rights to privacy, the limits of your rights to privacy and how much you give away in modern