[applause] good evening, everyone. welcome. i m your events coordinator here and i m very excited to see you all. before we get started, please silence your cellphone because we re being recorded by booktv, c-span. tonight i m happy ocruise nathan robinson, founder and editor in chief for his new book, why you should be a social quest. he is in conversation with pete davis. please join me in welcoming pete davis and nathan robinson. [cheers and applause] thank you everyone for coming tonight. nathan arrived from new orleans, louisiana. did i pronounce louisiana rate. you died. how was the flight? every was unobjectionable and not noteworthy in and way. we re so glad to have you here, how many of you are already socialists? [applause] why are we here. made my day. convinces you of things. wasn t there an original cover where it was like a finger pointing at you? yeah. the problem is i think a lot of the audience for this book will be like people who want a