I am not hosting tonights show that is huge, huge gift to me. And we are here tonight to speak with the one and only kate zernike about. I got a camera. I have my copy about her book, which was literally just yesterday. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you i just finished the book just today. No, a couple of nights ago. Okay. You never want to read a book too. Then you forget details it is called the exceptions Nancy Hopkins and mit and fight for women in science. And for the next hour or so, you and i are going to have a conversation about the book. What brought you to it, what you learned from it. Thats going to take us to around eight. And then were going to do a question and answer with you all. So please to think of your questions now and a quick note about the virtual version of this event were having conversation in person, but and what i think is one of the coolest things ever this going to be recorded for cspans booktv right. Means if you ask a really smart question you too m
I am barbaro. I am cohost of the daily podcast on New York Times. I am not hosting tonights show that is huge, huge gift to me. And we are here tonight to speak with the one and only kate zernike about. I got a camera. I have my copy about her book, which was literally just yesterday. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you i just finished the book just today. No, a couple of nights ago. Okay. You never want to read a book too. Then you forget details it is called the exceptions Nancy Hopkins and mit and fight for women in science. And for the next hour or so, you and i are going to have a conversation about the book. What brought you to it, what you learned from it. Thats going to take us to around eight. And then were going to do a question and answer with you all. So please to think of your questions now and a quick note about the virtual version of this event were having conversation in person, but and what i think is one of the coolest things ever this going to be recorded for cspan
Event. But it is a Panel Discussion in featuring and Elizabeth Gilbert im so sorry elizabeth the pilbara and kate zernike the we are so happy to have them all here to discuss their their books and to honor womens history month. So i can kate to nikki is a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporter and, author of the just released book, the thousand. Nancy hopkins a mighty in the fight for women in science Allison Gilbert is an Emmy Award Winning journalist and coauthor of alice in the world how the intrepid Elsie Robinson became americas most read woman, a groundbreaking biography that the wall street journal receives is an important to womens history and Elisabeth Griffith historian, a former leader in the National Womens political caucus and womens Campaign Fund and author of formidable american women and the fight for equality the 1922 2020. But far available for sale and finding after the program and i youth give them a very warm welcome welcome here to. I also qualify as a bio
Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bios are in program. So i will just give a brief to my left. We have gautham rao, who is an associate professor of history at American University. He is editor in chief of law and history review, which is a leading journal of legal history and author of National Duties custom houses and the making of the american state. He is now at work at a new project which u
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