Up next we are going to show one of the books mentioned. Heres Thomas Friedman, thank you for being late. [inaudible conversations] the staff here welcome. These are sponsored author talks as much as we would have liked to have you invest or on connecticut avenue. We are excited to use this spacious and comfortable setting for the author talks like the one this evening. And what a treat to have with us few people can foster the complexities and write about them as clearly at the start of his new book went into journalism in part because he was translating in english. It is singled out effecting our lives and the forces of Climate Change, technology and globalization. They discussed the accelerating changes for reshaping the lives and how we can cope with them. It looks at the community in which he grew up in st. Louis a suburb of minneapolis and connecting with others and succeeding. Its dating back to high school in minnesota and that has been his passion for journalism was sparked in
But tv wants to know what you are reading. Send us your Summer Reading list via twitter at the tv or instagram underscore tv tv or posted to our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Booktv on cspan2 television for serious readers. Author sam can on the spend quite a bit of time in ohio and West Virginia looking at the drug crisis in most states. We want to show you his author talk now. Sam is a journalist and author of the 2015 the true story of americas opiate epidemic. Before we get to the book i want to ask about something you wrote on your log. You said writing about hera one is another way about of writing about america who we are and what we have becom