We continue the conversation on the president s. Well hear from historians and book contributors. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the night studio and another edition of inside media. Im the senior director of programs here at the museum, john maynard. With the 2020 election filling our news feed, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and the dignity of the men that have been in the office. We dive in deep today. We rank the best and the worst chief check tiexecutives. In just a moment you will hear from susan swane. Coceo of cspan who will discuss how the book came together. Following her presentation i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, the founding ceo who over the course of many years conducted interviews with president ial historians. In addition were joined today by historians ken acraman and ken stewart. So at this time please welcome susan swane. We run it, it is almost as hold as cspan
[applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the newseums night tv studio and another addition of inside media. I am the director of programs here at the museum. As the 2020 residential election rapidly starts to invade our daily newspaper, and with joe bidens announcement fueling the fire this week, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and dignity of the men who has held office . We dive in deep to that topic today as we discussed the new cspan book, the president s, ranking americas best and worst chief executives. The title tells it all and just a moment, you will hear from susan swain, the coceo of cspan who will discuss how the book came together. Based on its historians survey of president ial leadership. Following susans presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, founding ceo and chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the interviews with president ial hi
[applause]. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the newseums night tv studio and another edition of inside media. I am the director of programs here at the museum. As the 2020 residential election rapidly starts to invade our daily newsfeed, and with joe bidens announcement fueling the fire this week, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and dignity of the men who have held the office . We dive in deep to that topic today, as we discuss the new cspan book, the president s, noted historians rank americas best and worst chief executives. The title tells it all and just a moment, you will be hearing from susan swain, the coceo of , who will discuss how the book came together based on its historians survey of leadership. Following susans presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, founding ceo and chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the , interviews with president
Over my career ive got answers like the parking here is good or we can do better than that. This is one fits almost of the u. S. Economy and competition just seems to be at the wrong level and patients are frustrated. Another reason i wrote the book is that doctors are getting crushed right now. They have got declining medicare payments. They have got increasing overhead, hospitals have more expenses. Malpractice rates are going up. The burnout rate is 46 and doctors are getting crushed right now and i just felt like we needed a voice out there and its okay to talk to the general public. Host so you make the point that medical mistakes for the third leading cause of death in the United States. That is a shocking figure. Can you talk a little bit about that . Guest it was shocking even for me as someone interested in the skill and quality to put it in that way. Medical mistakes. We kill as many people from medical mistakes as we do from Car Accidents and other three, four and five cause
It helps to amplify the writers sense of being a part of the larger story which is very important. It is a whole sense of the literary tradition. So there is this rich ground that is here already and then the Writers Institute comes in and becomes a begin debate could begin beacon and resources nothing else and the rest of that sounds too high but it becomes something that feeds the whole system. It gives fuel, fuel to the fire of peoples imaginations and its very rewarding to see that, to encounter that and to see people in the writing workshops to catch fire with their own creativity because the have been given stuff to work with. Theyve been challenged by excellence. Tell us about the reasons you decided to write the book and your findings. Two main drivers that led me to write the book. Number one, patients tell me when they come to the hospital they feel like theyre walking in blind theres this giant system they dont know how to evaluate. And when i ask my patients, why did you ch