Thank you for joining us here in this wonderful place. I would like to say quick word what he had before you is one of the most remarkable, if not most remarkable productive partnerships in american journalism. It is a partnership that, over the years, has taken them and millions of readers from austin to seattle, tokyo, shanghai, beijing. Now it has them hopscotching across america in a single engine airplane. Partnership inis its most clearest light. We see their complementary interest at work. They write about the compelling or quirky characters they meet in the adventures they have along the way. Jim writes more about factories, and deborah writes about schools. Deborah writes about language in the way people talk. Jim writes about beer. But they are both driven by the same great curiosity. And excitement about learning, and adventure that took them to china, and has not taken them back to rediscover parts of america that dont get a lot of coverage in national publications. I think
James fallows and his wife deborah fallows sit down to talk about their observations of social changes taking place across the country. Discussion is in our. This discussion is an hour. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you for joining us here in this wonderful place. I would like to say quick word about what he had before you is one of the most remarkable, if not most remarkable productive partnerships in american journalism. It is a partnership that, over the years, has taken them and millions of readers from austin to washington to seattle, tokyo, shanghai, beijing. Now it has them hopscotching across america in a single engine airplane. It has shown this partnership in its most clearest light. We see their complementary interest at work. They write about the compelling or quirky characters they meet in the adventures they have along the way. Jim writes more about factories, and deborah writes about schools. Deborah writes about language in the way people talk. Jim writes about beer.
Since you are in college right now, why dont you answer that. Go ahead. Well i am a bio major. So probably a commissioner if i could get there i am a bio major. And so you need to see me. I want to put you in touch with my stem cell agency. Well the states stem cell agency. Sure. You might give me a call. All right. That is the kind of thing that we, that our mentors teach us and that we have the speakers who are just like networking and how maybe did they major in what they are working at as a puc and a lot of people went to the city college and some people went to stanford and i think that it shows the students that it does not matter where you came from, it doesnt matter what situation you might be in, you can make it, if you set your mind to it. I like to thank all of you and the mentors and hopefully this Program Continues to shine brighter and better in the future. inaudible San Francisco state. No. She runs a program that we fund to look for promising young scientists. And many
Getting invested because we know what it is like to learn and what the best ways to learn are and if you are invested you are going to remember that information so that in the future all of these youth interns that might be working at the puc and some of us might be commissioners and hopefully that they get invested in what we are doing here because it is our future and we want to make sure that we are making take of ourselves. Did you have Something Else to add . Well, in addition to that, we do have speakers that come down, people who are executive floor and other floors, that do come down and tell us what it is like to get to where they are today. And we do that to also remind people that you can do whatever you want if you put your mind to it. And natalie and i, we would like to thank you guys so much for this great opportunity. And it is such an Interactive Community to where you can get to talk to people one on one and get to know their ideas and what they are thinking and just t
Come down and tell us what it is like to get to where they are today. And we do that to also remind people that you can do whatever you want if you put your mind to it. And natalie and i, we would like to thank you guys so much for this great opportunity. And it is such an Interactive Community to where you can get to talk to people one on one and get to know their ideas and what they are thinking and just to see them smile makes a smile. So if you come back to if you have any role in the future, what is a job that you would like to have . Since you are in college right now, why dont you answer that. Go ahead. Well i am a bio major. So probably a commissioner if i could get there i am a bio major. And so you need to see me. I want to put you in touch with my stem cell agency. Well the states stem cell agency. Sure. You might give me a call. All right. That is the kind of thing that we, that our mentors teach us and that we have the speakers who are just like networking and how maybe di