If i could have everyones attention, we would like to get started. My name is Brian Anderson on the editor of city journal and i want to welcome you here today on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i get to introduce and coauthor with the esteemed psychologist roy in the fascinating and useful new book, the power bed. The negativity affects rules as in how we can roll it and it is unsettled by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on then intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake however calmly reasonably expressed, is a very contrarian voice. It was johns new york time the big city which ran from the mid 90s until 2002 i think, the first may be event of his work. There he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities from the efficacy of rent control, to the roof root causes to homelessness to environmental policy and one remarkable was born from johns irritation and Rosie Odonnells
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Person whose name is on the show,michelle me out. Thank you so much john. Welcome to the michelle me out show. It is your a through z covering the lgbt and everyone in between. Our special guest is the founder of the free radical project, a Global Network of former extremists who were the radicalizing others, trying to lead the movement by providing counseling. Hes an and in any Award Winning producer, proud father of two and an author and here to talk about his new book breaking hate confronting the new culture of extremism is christian picciolini. Welcome to the show. [applause] so this book and its your second book and wow, i flew through the 200 pages so quickly, like a hungry child afterschool. Unand because i was just craving some of this truth but before we dive into all these truths the book does share stories from other individuals that you encounter whether direct or indirect and through your work. I think we should start with telling your story and how that encounter with cl
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