And previous ep soats website our website, and click on the index tab at the 0 top of the page. [inaudible conversations] no one is here to talk to me or hear me. [laughter] thank you for coming out this evening to hear our favorite historian stephen ha hardy. And hes a longterm journalist and the history magazine. Hes a captivating speaker, at least i always feel that way after id heard him talk and he shares fascinating stories full of intrigue and courage that many of us have never heard about. Well hear about his new book, escape from paris, which is based on official american, german, french documents and as well as interviews. Its a story of droup aviators, taken to nazi occupied paris and please join me in welcoming him. No pressure there. I would like to personally thank you all for coming. I really appreciate it when people show up and i hope not to bore you. I want to give you a quick background on myself because people wonder how you wind up writing history. I was born in ca