Panel and we are each going to say a few words about are quite different roles. Well nathan and i have the same rule. He is trying to steal the 20th century for me and doing a good job. Well have a different roles and back stories. We will talk about that a little bit. Then were going to open it up to questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes of back story. In fact, rarely are we in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like. I talked to him every week even though. Introducing myself. I am a professor at the university of virginia. I cohost back story and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly is known to most of you as an outstanding scholar. He is the herbert back stir adams chair Herbert Baxter adams at the john hops guns university. The remaking of jim crows south florida. He is also hard at work on a book that is really a deep transnational
Maybe. Just so you know youre not on the wrong flight. Im brian balogh and ive been a cohost for backstory for over ten years now. Im going to introduce the panel and then were each going to say a few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles and backstory. We are going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost nathan connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an ou
As shares fall to its lowest since middecember. One of our traders says the company is ripe for an activist to take a stand in the stock what theyre looking for and what it could mean for the tech giants investors. Im melissa lee, coming to you live from studio b at the nasdaq. On the desk tonight steve grasso, karen finerman, guy adami, and dan suzuki. Bitcoin now at its best level in more than two years, just off its alltime high. The recent rally prompting a rush of retail trader activity into the space. Crypto platformcoinbase reporting trouble handling the volume with some users reporting zero dollar balances in their account. Ceo Brian Armstrong responding to the issues on x, saying, we are dealing with a large, in all caps, large surge of traffic. Apologies for any issues you e counter. The team is working to reimmreme remediate. Is the fear of missing out setting traders up for pain or can this really keep riding higher . Guy . Well, bk, who is with us in a few minutes, hell ex
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