you after a couple of very challenging years. for those of you joining us on the line and thank you for us on our youtube channel now to be sure that we can hear the conversation, be sure to turn off your tech. anything that beeps, buzzes or lights up, everyone online and everyone in the room will really appreciate it. and as always, at the commonwealth club, we your questions. question cards will be collected throughout the program. and for those of you online, please use the feature on youtube to share your questions. now i m pleased to introduce our guests in keeping with the long tradition the commonwealth club having hosted theodore roosevelt in 1911 and franklin delano roosevelt in 1932. it s my distinct honor to welcome another roosevelt to our stage to discuss important issues facing our country and how to better understand our history. constitutional scholar kermit roosevelt. the third will discuss his latest book, the nation that never was reconstructing america s s
publishing news week. and a reminder, this podcast and all other c-span produce podcasts are available on our c-span and now app. hello, everyone, and welcome to today s program at the commonwealth club of california. i m john bolton, president emeritus of kqed and a member of board of governors. and i m really delighted to welcome you here this evening. it s really wonderful to see live people here. this is what this building was built for, gatherings just like. and i m really want to welcome you after a couple of very challenging years. for those of you joining us on the line and thank you for us on our youtube channel now to be sure that we can hear the conversation, be sure to turn off your tech. anything that beeps, buzzes or lights up, everyone online and everyone in the room will really appreciate it. and as always, at the commonwealth club, we your questions. question cards will be collected throughout the program. and for those of you online, please use the feature o
hello, everyone, and welcome to today s program at the commonwealth club of california. i m john bolton, president emeritus of kqed and a member of board of governors. and i m really delighted to welcome you here this evening. it s really wonderful to see live people here. this is what this building was built for, gatherings just like. and i m really want to welcome you after a couple of very challenging years. for those of you joining us on the line and thank you for us on our youtube channel now to be sure that we can hear the conversation, be sure to turn off your tech. anything that beeps, buzzes or lights up, everyone online and everyone in the room will really appreciate it. and as always, at the commonwealth club, we your questions. question cards will be collected throughout the program. and for those of you online, please use the feature on youtube to share your questions. now i m pleased to introduce our guests in keeping with the long tradition the commonwealth clu
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court decided. and often after the court s decision what happened. which is fascinating stories. guest: the more we dug in this will take you from the scene of the crime writing to the supreme court conference in many of those cases and shows you the repercussions. guest: we are storytellers. and we have stories to tell. i think the most important thing about writing a book as having something to say. here we had important decisions. landmark decisions, tough decisions. 10 of the 15 cases we focus on split the supreme court 5-4. and stories running decisions that we like novels we think. host: i completely agree. i think one of the quotes that have found that i especially really like was from former congressman jim klein, and he said it s a little hard to believe that you have a nonfiction book you can t put down. and i thought that was especially appropriate because they feel like this book, it s different from a lot of nonfiction work that i have read. and that it rea