Its great to be with you. Thank you for having me. When i first heard the president use the term witchhunt and that tweet, much like he used fake news, the fact that the election could be rigged, all of these things, for people like me who has spent most of my professional life in washington, d. C. , kind of recoil. They are bold praises. Now you have borrowed this phrase for your book. Why . Because he is very telling. People tend to forget that there are no real which is. This overwhelming irrational desire is what propels a witch hunt. That is what happened here. An astonishing array of smart people. Convincing themselves and millions of others. The president had committed one of the most obnoxious crimes there is in the criminal codes treason. Conspiracy with Vladimir Putin hatched in the bowels of the kremlin. Stealing the 2016 election. It was based on, not a shred of of credible evidence. The book explains how now we know true testimony of those involved, they never had any plau
Thanks for joining us in the studios here on cspan2 book tv. We are branding and marketing and these are a big business. Let me begin with your first book. What did you learn about microsoft, starbucks . Guest its great to be with you and have this time. When i was writing this it came out at the very beginning of 2000 so its almost exactly 20yearsold. The period i was reacher researching it it was a period that a lot was changing in the corporate world and you had dispersed fullblown lifestyle brand which is an idea that we all take for granted that these are companies that for the first time were declaring the Business Model wasnt to sell products but ideas, the lifestyle, sense of belonging the that they could then extend into kind of selfimposed cocoons and sell everything as long as it was branded with this logo. They were the first one to do this. They didnt ever own their factories and this was the main thing i learned when i was researching is that there was a relationship betw
And i wound up with whiplash and a concussion, not because i want you to cry a river for me bu bui just want you to understand that im a tenured professor. That means that my job is to speak the truth. My job is not to spin. My job is to listen to perspectives and tried to say what are my best judgment the truth is. I hope you can listen to what i have to say about whistleblowers with that in mind, and if there are people in the community who saying is biased or unfair, lets what is or what. Theres spin. Its really anxiety going on s not part of an issue. Thats before the constitution of the trait was ratified. We to Continental Congress decision, they were right. It thats right. A citizen, as you see , that thy believed in things associated s were unequal and so theres ans day issue of Public Officials are supposed to serve the country, not themselves and if you get confused about that you are not going anyplace good. Congress want a passing allopathy also got the two Rhode Islanders
Good evening, everybody. My name is Audrey Stewart and i am so pleased to welcome you one of the latest books by healthcare needs a feminist revolution. Joined tonight in conversation. We are kicking off a new series before we get started i want to let you know the culture of greed and jody and her and megan will discuss their coauthored a book she said breaking the Sexual Harassment story that has ignited a movement. We have a few tickets left for the ones of you are interested, check out the events sooner rather than later. Tonight we will take questions and have a signing at the table. If you havent already you can find a copy of everything below the waist at the register. We are pleased to have cspan book tv taping tonights event. When asking questions during the q a please know you are being recorded and please wait a moment before the microphone can come to you before you ask your question and i want to take a moment to say thank you for buying books from the bookstore. Your purc
Good evening everyone. My name is gwen im the Event Coordinator here. Im very excited to introduce you to our guest tonight. Please silence your cell phone since we are being recorded. By booktv, cspan, thank you so much for being here. Azadeh moaveni is here to discuss the book guest house for young widows. This is not her first book, shes in a fantastic writer and journalist. She is also coauthor of iran awakening abin conversation with her tonight is senior fellow and director mr. Robert mckenzie. [inaudible] these individuals are outstanding in the field and i look forward to hearing what they have to say. Please join me in welcoming. [applause] im delighted to be here. Let me start by saying i was told by the bookstore for leaving you have to buy this fantastic book. Im really delighted to be sitting next to my brilliant and very brave friend is a day who have not known since 1,998 when we both were in cairo studying arabic. I mention this because there are very few people that kn