Am . [laughter] this Tara Westover and if i have to give you an introduction about Tara Westover you need to get out of the hole that youve been living in for a while. Because her book has just celebrated i think the 100th week, consecutive week on the New York Times best seller list. I think number one. [applause] thank you. Ahead of Michelle Malcolm or down there. Thanks. But thats very cool. And im assuming that a lot of people are familiar with the narrative that and thats why youre so interested and youre still here on the last lecture on the second day, but i thought we would still go through some of her story because its so gripping. It starts in idaho and actually, to me its like such a beautiful setting. There must be a lot of beautiful memories that you have with that. Yeah, i mean, it was a really Beautiful Mountain that i grew up on and i still have really fond memories of being on that mountain and playing on that mountain. I think its an incredible its, you know, the kids
Theres something elemental about speaking the story that puts it to a different task. Narrators bring stories to life in countless ways. The works of shakespeare, toni morrison, Jason Reynolds and Michelle Obama are ace are richer experience heard rather than silent we read. Because of an intimate experience youre not performing per se. You are narrating it. And constantly listening and now get out my iphone and make a recording of someone that might have some characteristic. I feel like its less of myself as a poet who performs and now its myself being let me hold your hand and tell you this thing i heard was so inviting people but its in a different way. If i dont give everybody the utmost respect and understanding and compassion and the im not doing justice to this book. Studies have shown that listening to audiobooks is a more Emotional Experience and tories shared through other mediums. Its not a movie. Its not a book but it has the best of both worlds. Its a very intimate form of
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Trevor welcome to the daily show, everybody thank you so much for tuning in thank you for coming out cheers and applause thank you so much for coming out lets do this, everybody. Im trevor noah. Our guest gs tonight have a new book on the history of racism, Jason Reynolds and ibram x. Kendi are joining us, everybody its going to be a really fun discussion. cheers and applause also on tonights show, you lost half a trillion drawers yesterday, we decide trumps best words and the coronavirus is sharing your uber pool. So lets catch up on todays headlines. Lets kick it off with the stock market. Its like a casino without the buffets, and for the last 24 hours, its been on a wild ride. Breaking news tonight, market meltdown. As the coronavirus spreads, stocks take a nose dive, the dow closing down more than 2,000 points, the markets worst day since the 2008 financial crisis. Wall streets wild ride continued today, the dow surged after President Trump talked about an economic stimulus plan.