Joining me today on studio 1. 0, thank you so much for joining us. How do you feel about that word, incendiary . Guest do these people will remember you. Emily you were born in sri lanka, what was the state of the country . Guest i was born in 1976. The war broke out between the ethnic minority and the buddhist majority. My dad was in the civil service, my mom was a nurse. My dad was able to insinuate himself to get posted to the Canadian High Commission to the sri lankan High Commission in canada. We were 61 myself, my sister and myself broke out. My dad was a communist organizer. There was huge pushback. There was a lot of pressure on my father to a point where we just couldnt reasonably return to sri lanka without his life for our life not being in some shortage of pretty. So, we felt for refugee status. The canadian government out of the goodness of their hearts gave us refugee status. It is probably not supposed to turn off the tray but it did. Emily did you go from being fairly w
Hold the fizz, you know, and they relatively cold longer. Let me introduce my other books really quickly. This is actually my latest book. Not the new edition its a wonderful childrens book. You can find them on my website, which my website is my name. This is jack in the bean soup which is an elaborate book. This is uncommon grounds history of coffee. This is mirror mirror a history of mirrors. Unbelievely broad ranging and kind of interesting. [laughter] japans Tipping Point which is rented. I went looking to see if whether they were doing a lot about Renewable Energy after the fukushima mementdown, and one more lets see. Victims of memory. Its probably my most important book. Its about the repressed memory of epidemic of the late 80s and early 90s. Its amazing people can come up with things that never happened and remember them very clearly. [laughter] i wanted to open this with a quote from 1985, i presume from you are interested in cocacola, that you know what happened in 1985. Th
Hold the fizz and they stay relatively cold water. Let me introduce my other books really quickly. This is my latest book, not the new edition of polk, silly cedi, wonderful childrens book. You and find all of these on my website which my website is my name, mark pendergrast. Com. This is jack and the bean soup, an elaborate joke book. This is uncommon ground, history of coffee, inside the outbreak about disease detectives at the cdc and there are several cia officers in the audience, this is a mirror mirror, a history of mirrors, unbelievably broad ranging but kind of interesting. Japans Tipping Point which is recent. I went looking to see if they were doing a lot about Renewable Energy after the fukushima meltdown. And one more thing, victims of memory is probably my most important book. It is about the repressed memory epidemic of the late 80s and nearly 90s when it is amazing people come up with things that never happened and remember them very clearly. I wanted to open this with a
Their research. This years conference was held in atlanta. About 2000 historians attended. Bart elmore is a professor at the university of alabama and author of the book citizen coke. Explain the title. Its kind of a funny story. Originally citizen kane, one of thought about the title of the book, and it was all about the problems of american capitalism. Though this book is about coke, i was really interested in thinking about how coke was a lens into some of the environmental problems with 20 century 20th century american capitalist growth. So i felt it was kind of a catchy title, plays with in a way citizen kane, which deals with the history of business in the United States. In the interest of full disclosure, i grew up in coke country in atlanta, and i had gone to a school that had been funded heavily by coke money in the south side of atlanta. So i was sitting there saying, coke has been a good citizen in my life, and one of the things that they promote today is the idea of corpora
Bridetobe, just hours before she walked down the aisle. And the dramatic save by the emergency dispatcher to get that bride to the church on time. Certainly tucked in at home. Big morning ahead here. We want to first take you, just north of here, central park. Could be our biggest crowd and concert of the summer. Im just going to own this. Good morning america will never be cooler than this morning. Macklemore and ryan lewis, as the party in the park continues. Cant wait for that. Wearing my thrift shop belt in honor of them. And as you enjoy your coffee this morning, we have a pretty surprising headline for you. Its not going to stop me from taking a sip. But if you are Drinking Coffee right now, you want to stay around for this new study that says if you drink a few cups a day, you could be cutting your life short. Jen ashton will be parsing that for us. Were turning to the crisis in egypt. Live pictures. Protesters in is this streets of cairo. There they are. Opposition claiming to