I went to begin our conversation with an interesting theme i kept coming back around two in your book which i think eliminates a lot of this historical moment and contradictions we currently have. In your research it seems that the young men that you talk to have at least the beginnings of an understanding of the changing Politics Around sex and gender. And they even go so far to offer prone hands and one pronouns and feminine consent and the changing conditions but they also seem haunted by ideas of masculinity and sexuality you wrote a man was critical of the markers of masculinity but also aspired to them like there is a ghost that follows these young men around and i was hoping you could talk about that. It is almost as if they layered the new expectations on top of the old ones without challenging or looking at or eliminating the old ones so yes on one hand they see them deserving in the place in the classroom but that is all the public arena but in their private life they are sti
Host of wnyc cozy the takeway. I read a lot of political commentary each week, and amy is always fair and what is more she doesnt follow the pack. She is digging deeply into polls and other election related data providing insights others dont provide. Patrick ruffini is the co founder oechelon insights. A next generation of polling and an littics terms. Patrick was a pioneer the political digital world, having gotten his start 17 years ago am recent paper for the 2019 states of change project look at hugh the Republican Party can adapt to demographic change. If you dont read his friday roundup of interesting stories called the intersection you should sign up for it. Like amy he provides unique insights on politics. I sean trend deis a lawyer by training, has an mba, finish aid masters in statistic and now all the dissertation for his phn Political Science. He likes school. Sean was a coauthor of one of the edition of the almanac of american politics, that Michael Barone introduced to t
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
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
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