mark here. he is the former ceo of the new york times where he presided over an expansion of its digital and global operations. under his leadership digital subscriptions grew from 500,000 to nearly four million subscribers. before joining the times mr. thompson served as director general of the bbc. i could go on and on about mark, but i think you get the point. i told you our moderators there is about as exciting as our authors today. okay, garrett graff. his book has hit the new york times bestseller list twice in the last two weeks. so that s exciting. it s good to know that people are still reading 800 page history books. we maybe he will tell us how watergate measures up to today s political scandals. garrett graff a distinguished journalist and best-selling historian has spent more than a dozen years covering politics technology and national security. today he serves as the director of cyber initiatives for the aspen institute. and it s a contributor to wired cnn and p
are most esteemed moderator mark thompson his face faithfully been on standby for two years for our festival through the cancellations in this darn pandemic. as i said at the opening of the show today, it s been both terrifying and boring this pandemic. it s done a number on our festival. we are humbled to finally have mark here. he is the former ceo of the new york times where he presided over an expansion of its digital and global operations. under his leadership digital subscriptions grew from 500,000 to nearly four million subscribers. before joining the times mr. thompson served as director general of the bbc. i could go on and on about mark, but i think you get the point. i told you our moderators there is about as exciting as our authors today. okay, garrett graff. his book has hit the new york times bestseller list twice in the last two weeks. so that s exciting. it s good to know that people are still reading 800 page history books. we maybe he will tell us how wa
are most esteemed moderator mark thompson his face faithfully been on standby for two years for our festival through the cancellations in this darn pandemic. as i said at the opening of the show today, it s been both terrifying and boring this pandemic. it s done a number on our festival. we are humbled to finally have mark here. he is the former ceo of the new york times where he presided over an expansion of its digital and global operations. under his leadership digital subscriptions grew from 500,000 to nearly four million subscribers. before joining the times mr. thompson served as director general of the bbc. i could go on and on about mark, but i think you get the point. i told you our moderators there is about as exciting as our authors today. okay, garrett graff. his book has hit the new york times bestseller list twice in the last two weeks. so that s exciting. it s good to know that people are still reading 800 page history books. we maybe he will tell us how water
2021. the contents of which we reported on last week. on the tape lindsay graham predicts a backlash against donald trump and the entire stop the steal movement in light of the horrific violence on january 6th. take a listen. we ll actually come out of this thing stronger. moments like this reset. people will calm down. people will say i don t want to be associated with that. this is a group within a group. what this does, there will be a rallying effect for a while in the country that says we re better than this. biden will help that, right? totally. he ll be maybe the best person to have, right? i mean, how mad can you get at joe biden? joe biden will be the best person to have. of course, lindsay graham s prediction there that there would be a post-january 6th moment of national unity, one that would include the republicans, at least didn t come close to happening because of, frankly, lindsay graham. instead of turning the disgraced ex-president and allies into p
This hour and 15 minute talk took place in new york city. The New York Historical society and the reading room cohosted the event. It is my pleasure to introduce our speaker, an authority on the womens Rights Movement. She is the professor of history at the university of South Carolina and the author of new women of the new south. She has served as an advisor or many museum exhibitions, documentaries, and feature film. She is the former president of the Southern Association or women historians. Her new book is divided we stand, the battle over womens rights. Ladies and gentlemen, marjorie spruill. Marjorie spruill this is an amazing venue. It is wonderful to be here. This is such a great tradition that this institution has, to get book lovers out here on these warm Summer Nights together and talk about books. I am pleased to be part of it and have a chance to talk about my new book. It is about the role of women and women issues in american politics. It tells the story of the modern Wo