Peter rob henderson, author of troubled, a memoir of foster care and social class. You wrote harold bloom once told you you were forged in a fire. What did you mean by that . Well, that was shortly after i arrived at yale. Harold bloom was an esteemed literary critic and professor at yelp. He was in his Twilight Years at that point. And i visited him at his home when i was a student at yale, and i conveyed my shortened, abbreviated version of my story was 87 years old at this time and he listened quietly and at the end he gently said, you were fgei think maybes poetic way of responding and encapsulating the experiences that i had growing up in foster homes in los angeles, enlisting in the military when i was 17, all of the setbacks and hiccups and all of the family drama and tore moyle turmoil id experienced all throughout my childhood. Born into poverty, and attempting to make my way in the world. Peter you also had a yell friend tell you that you hit the adoption lottery. Do you agre
Peter rob henderson, author of troubled, a memoir of foster care and social class. You wrote harold bloom once told you you were forged in a fire. What did you mean by that . Mr. Henderson well, that was shortly after i arrived at yale. Harold bloom was an esteemed literary critic and professor at yelp. He was in his Twilight Years at that point. And i visited him at his home when i was a student at yale, and i conveyed my shortened, abbreviated version of my story to him. He was 87 years old at this time and he listened quietly and at the end he gently 8csaid, you were forged in a fi. I think maybe that was his poetic way of responding and encapsulating the experiences that i had had growing up in foster homes in los angeles, enlisting in the military when i was 17, all of the setbacks and hiccups and all of the family drama and tore moyle turmoil id experienced all throughout my childhood. Born into poverty, and attempting to make my way in the world. Peter you also had a yell friend
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Stories making headlines today. Previews elections in brazil. And peter cook digs into the political and Economic Impact of the september employment report. Michael joins me in studio. You were on the air with tom keene, bloomberg surveillance, and you noted before these numbers came out that there was going to be some movement. What happened . Was athought if there potential for surprise, it would be in an employment rate. So much depends on the labor pool. There was a Downside Risk today, it was a five handle. We got that, 5. 9 . Peter cook, what is the white house saying about this report in light of the president s speech yesterday at Northwestern University in illinois . Spokesmante house said that todays numbers were consistent with the president s talking about the u. S. Economy, its improving. Its doing better than americans think. But at the same time, if you look further into these numbers come you see their wages did not rise last month. That is what the president talked abo
They disqualified the team and kicked him out of school because he was not supposed to be there kirk he had his ged . Right kirk his transcripts were forged yes, that is kirk and are you here to prove that you did not forge them. Yeah. And another issue is my son, the Basketball Team they thought that he kne about the whole situation. And he was actually told not to come back to school and for three weeks he was not allowed in kirk when the media broke your husband or mckenzie started. Blaming me kirk and said that you forged the transcripts and gave them to the coach . Right. And hat is not true kirk so you are here to clear your name . Im here to clear my name kirk your relationship now what is going on . You are married . Yes, kirk are you together . We are working on some things. Even after this situation does he want to be married . You have to ask him if he want to be married kirk i will ask him. Kenzie says nicole forged the transcripts. Please welcome mckenzie to the show. [app