What is the proudest moment of your career so far . Guest wow. I dont mean to sound snarky or snippy here, but i hope it is yet to come. I feel very fortunate in just a few days well start our 12th season on pbs. Im now on 15 years in public radio. I feel very blessed at start of this year to do all weve done so far. I hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to i hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to pick something it would be that i am still in here and so many people that against me in so much of my life. When i started on npr some years ago i remember the complaint when i first started, that i talk too loud. My favorite was that my laugh was too boisterously last too boisterously. My laugh was too much mike haydns was wrong, i spoke too fast, it was too big for public radio. This is National Public radio and i started the bidding was i was not going to make it, 15 years on public radio. People didnt think, charlie rose had done well for years nobody expected
Peter, tomplaint came pouring into npr wn i first started i talked too loud. My favorite one was my laugh was too boisterous. He laughs too bows tmendously. Laugh was too much. My cence was wrong. I spo too fast. Everything about me isoo big for public radio. You know how npr is. This is National Public radio. My style is so different when i first started at npthe betting i wouldnt make it. Pb the betting wasnt as high. People didnt think it would rk on pbs. Charlie rose had done well for years d nobody expecd for me to make it on pbs. Long story short it would be im still here. Host 25 years or so youve been doing this. 17 books or so you ever written and edid. Your different shows that youve done, what do you think youve accomplished . Guest i hope that what we do every day through our public radio and plic Television Work is the same three things that say all the time. I hope, number one to challen fellow citizens to reexamine the sumption they hold. We all bring assumptions to the
Booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Host tavis smiley, you list jesus christ and paul robison, two of your influences. Guest yeah. Thats quite a pair, isnt it . [laughter] i was raised in a church as i mentioned earlier pentacostal church, and ive said for all of my life that i call them the three fs, the things that mean the most to me, faith family and friends in that order. I wrote a book called keeping the faith, i close my show on pbs by saying thanks for watching im tavis smiley, keep the faith. Im always trying to remind people that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Thats what faith and hope really are, the evidence of things hoped for the hope of things, but even when you dont have the evidence to see how things are going to work out its always possible. I make a distinction all the time, and heres why i say keep the faith all the time i make a distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism suggests theres a particular set of facts circums
Booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Host tavis smiley, you list jesus christ and paul robison, two of your influences. Guest yeah. Thats quite a pair, isnt it . [laughter] i was raised in a church as i mentioned earlier pentacostal church, and ive said for all of my life that i call them the three fs, the things that mean the most to me, faith family and friends in that order. I wrote a book called keeping the faith, i close my show on pbs by saying thanks for watching im tavis smiley, keep the faith. Im always trying to remind people that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Thats what faith and hope really are, the evidence of things hoped for the hope of things, but even when you dont have the evidence to see how things are going to work out its always possible. I make a distinction all the time, and heres why i say keep the faith all the time i make a distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism suggests theres a particular set of facts circums
Working hard every single day. I believe that and i thank you for your service. I just believe that we need to do more. That you need more assistance. You need more, you need a larger team and we have to streamline the rules that are made. We got to put on our common sense think inging hats if you will. I believe youre working very hard and the people working for you are working very hard. Thank you. We appreciate your support. Thank you all once again for being here. We touched on several issues that are really important. I appreciate the work that you do. Subcommittee may be submitting additional questions for the record. I appreciate your response and if theres no further questions the paj isnel is excused. Thank you very much. I ask that you have five legislative days to revise and extend remarks. No objections . So ordered. Id like to thank all our witnesses and the audience members for joining us this morning and this afternoon. The hearing is now adjourned. If you missed any of