From his point of view church house was still a. When you look back in your career which was extraordinary but would you say you are most proud of having done . With the caveat that history takes a long time to judge i think im most grateful that we stood up for their right for people to i know there were a lot of criticism and a lot of it is probably justified about freedom agenda and declaring one of americas most Important Services was to work hard so that no one would live in tyranny. I think america is at its best and its highest calling when it leads both from power and principle. We stand for the proposition that the right to be enjoyed are indeed universal and if they are universal that there are no people for whom they shouldnt he will secured. Im very grateful that we were able to do that. Im grateful that some of my travels was when it was ice about people in a couple of things stick out as an individual. I went to china and a little boy walked up to me and said you are that
[inaudible conversations] book tv is live coverage of the 2017 National Book festival continues. Rogue h that was ted mcintyre talking about his book rogue heroes. Coming up in ten minutes, John Aloysius carol talking about his book, richard nixon. Ut we have about ten minutes between these two authors and we want to hear what you are reading. 748820 7488200. For those of you in the Eastern Central time zones, 202 7488201. If you live in the mountain and pacific time zone, these are the comments weve got on facebook and what people are reading. Robert hunter writes in and says he is reading shakespeare the man and martin is reading young radicals by Jeremy Carter and book tv has covered that book, young radicals. We will read some more these comments as we go. O. Lets hear from kathleen in plymouth michigan, cap lane, good evening to you, what are you reading. Right now im reading robert service, my favorite poet. Ob im not sure how familiar you are with robert but one of the most poig
On the pavement. Hey, kid, you need to get off the roof now. Thats cool. Im done makin my video anyways. From comedy centrals world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with trevor noah. cheers and applause . Trevor welcome to the daily show. Thank you so much for tuning in, im trevor noah. My guest tonight a really fascinating man, the professor of neuroscience and author Robert Sapolsky is joining us, we will have a fun conversation but first a really big day today. President trump is back in new york city for the First Time Since taking office. Yeah, you know what, can i just say, new yorkers throw the worst homecoming parties ever. In fact, desi lydic is at the protest right now. Desi, what is going on. Thanks, trevor, im here and people here have a lot to say watch. Would be your welcome home message . I dont know, i guess i would tell him to take his [bleep] and [bleep] on his own [bleep] but i dont know if you can say that on tv. Trevor wow, i would have gone wi
On the pavement. Hey, kid, you need to get off the roof now. Thats cool. Im done makin my video anyways. From comedy centrals world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with trevor noah. cheers and applause . Trevor welcome to the daily show. Thank you so much for tuning in, im trevor noah. My guest tonight a really fascinating man, the professor of neuroscience and author Robert Sapolsky is joining us, we will have a fun conversation but first a really big day today. President trump is back in new york city for the First Time Since taking office. Yeah, you know what, can i just say, new yorkers throw the worst homecoming parties ever. In fact, desi lydic is at the protest right now. Desi, what is going on. Thanks, trevor, im here and people here have a lot to say watch. Would be your welcome home message . I dont know, i guess i would tell him to take his [bleep] and [bleep] on his own [bleep] but i dont know if you can say that on tv. Trevor wow, i would have gone wi
I teach theories of democracy, democratization, a little statistics and the intro to american government. Host well, were here to talk to you about your book, Popular Support for an undemocratic regime the changing views of russians. Is Vladimir Putin, in your view, democratically elected . Guest yeah, probably. You know, it was a, an election which had a variety of undemocratic features, but if the question is have there with been a free had there been a free and tear election this every regard would he is have won, i think the answer is probably yes. All elections have some sorts of anomalies. Russia has more than most. But, yeah. He was probably elected democratically. That doesnt make russia a democracy. Host explain. Guest well, theres more than simply how leaders are selected. Theres also how they govern. I think theres no doubt that putin governs in a her in a more authoritarian manner. The duma has far less than you would expect many a democratic system. There are questions abo