Thank you all. Thank you, thank you so much perrys. Went to welcome it to this session on behalf of humanitys tennessee. Tennessee Arts Commission and a built University Thoughts my honor to host the conversation today between two nonfiction authors who have created what reads as fiction. These are non fiction novels. And i can tell you that by the end of them youll either be rooting for the heroes, hating the villains or weeping with relief that justice is finally been done. So let me introduce you to our authors for today. We have an Investigative Reporter with an author writing arguably about the birth of investigative reporting. So let me bring to the stage the author of citizen reporters, ss mcclure, ida tarbell, and the magazine that re grows america, stephanie bolton. And also joining us today chris hanvey who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports for the New York Times on how some lawyers and doctors rigged the system to deny benefits to coalminer stricken with black lung diseas
In fact they didnt go either not only because its too dangerous but because the Commanding Officer that particular platoon didnt want us filming that. Thanks for joining us this sunday morning on out international its the week ahead what we look at the stories been grabbed headlines this week. And one that really got people talking peru has decided not to buy doses of a potential corona virus vaccine being developed by the british astra zeneca the most cited and lack of data from the company after the death over trial volunteer a man in brazil reportedly a 28 year old doctor pasta way up to taking part in phase 3 trials run by a us to seneca in partnership with oxygen to foster city its not known whether he received the actual drug or placebo the u. S. Food and Drug Administration is now allowed resumption of trials off to other countries also restarted them in recent weeks Senior Correspondent mark gaza have cost a critical look at the race for a cure. There is always the risk with an
Though they welcome the latest news and a look back at events over the last 7 days to watch the weekly here in r. T. International now peru has decided not to buy his of a potential corona virus vaccine being developed by the british firm astra zeneca lemus cited a lack of data from the company after the death of a trial volunteer a man in brazil reportedly a 28 year old doctor passed away after taking part in phase 3 trials run by astra zeneca and Oxford University although its not known whether he received the actual drug or a placebo the u. S. Food and Drug Administration has now allowed resumption of the trials after other countries also restarted them in recent weeks our Senior Correspondent aghast casts a critical look now at the race for a cure. There is always the risk with any vaccine any Clinical Trial that statistical improbability that would point to nor one percent risk that someone dies at someone reportedly was a brazilian doctor he was part of an Oxford University Vacci
1971 . I think that a martian left would would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but i didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything like that. When did the transformation occur . Well, it was gradual. It took place over in fact, i just wrote about it. Theres a book coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this, why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right. It actually is a long story and i wont tell it. Ly give the short version. I was a radical leftist, very much in favor of some sort of marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york. 150 was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was living in the lowers east side and i was broke. We got paid every two weeks. I was looking forward to that 300 bucks and so was my landlord, i might say and my drug dealer and a number of other people. And i got my first paycheck and i netted out at 178 or Some