Authors at the q a button at the bottom right of the screen. Kent will ask your questions. Before i opportunity it over to kent and jeffrey i want to remind you but a couple of other Virtual Events were involved in alert this week. This wednesday at 8 00 p. M. Our partners the marcus Jewish Community sir . Atlanta are presenting a free event with coverage kevin quan if his latest novel, sex and vanity, and this friday at 7 00 p. M. Is Bell Wilkerson will discuss her latest best seller with jon mecham. Thank you so much for your purchase tonight. Join us for this event and for your continued support during these extraordinary times. Now ill turn i over to Kent Alexander and jeffrey toobin. Thank you. Jeff, this book was fantastic. Im so looking forward to talking with you but it. Innovate going to get into more of an entry duke of you because i think people know you really well, but had you written this book five years ago, i would have said it was a thriller, paymentturner, a pageturne
1971 . I think that a martian left would would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but i didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything like that. When did the transformation occur . Well, it was gradual. It took place over in fact, i just wrote about it. Theres a book coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this, why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right. It actually is a long story and i wont tell it. Ly give the short version. I was a radical leftist, very much in favor of some sort of marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york. 150 was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was living in the lowers east side and i was broke. We got paid every two weeks. I was looking forward to that 300 bucks and so was my landlord, i might say and my drug dealer and a number of other people. And i got my first paycheck and i netted out at 178 or Some
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the museum of art. My name is ellen and i am a senior manager of adult programs. Its good to see everyone here today. And as many of you know, lunch and learn as a Monthly Program where we invite Community Experts to share their knowledge of interesting cincinnati history, culture and arts. This program was started on the suggestion of one of our members, one of you all. And at this institutions history for nearly 200 years the Historic House served as an Important Community Gathering Place for prominent cincinnati families such as those of martin boehm, nicholas longworth, david and of course charles and anna taft. Each played a role in shaping the history, art and culture of cincinnati and this series i ses rights that legacy as well as the new way of our city continues to evolve and change. The complete schedule of all of the programs including our upcoming lunch and learns are available on the website, which is www. Taftmuseum. O
And open a successful jury consulting business, and then came the lifechanging client, one Oprah Winfrey, who was being sued by the cattle industry. I said, these ol boys are gettin ready to hand you your ass on a platter. You need to wake up, girl, and come present here, because theyre after you. Levin phil became oprahs goto expert, and her ratings soared even higher. So why not give him his own show . When that happened, was there competiveness between you and oprah . Levin dr. Phil mcgraw, the man who turned the oprah seal of approval into a media empire of his own. Dr. Phil how are you . It is so good to see you. Thank you so much for this. Welcome. Welcome to our home. Uh, this home is incredible. It is palatial. Thank you. Robin is quite the decorator. Okay, so let me tell you what were gonna do. All right. I want to learn about your life. Ive read a lot about you, but i want to hear it from you, because there are twists and turns. There are. You ready . Ill answer anything you
Im looking forward to tonight. You have nothing last a judge. Many of you may know him. He was appointed to the United States Circuit Court november 7, 1985. Served as chief just judge from 2007 2014. Graduated from ucla and from Ucla Law School in 1975. Prior to the appellate bench, he served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 82 85 and special counsel to the protection board and he retired in 2017 after 35 years additional service. [applause] hes married to marcy and has three children. He and three grandchildren. We thank you for being here. [applause] now we mentioned ucla but we must give you this. [applause] we are really honored to have ronald trump, practical politics. [applause] director of the usc center for the political future. [applause] professor sean as director of the center and a former strategist and consultant who was described as the most sought after consultant in the Democratic Party by the atlantic monthly, he observed speechwriter and new york