My career as a political scientist. And this has been amongst if not the most satisfying intellectually to work with john and work with all the authors who are all crs analysts and experts who in addition to their regular duties i want to emphasize that in addition to answering the requests that come in from members of congress and their staffs, in addition to that sat down and found the time oftentimes outside of regular work hours on the weekends and in the evenings to write these very insightful chapters. And i think its im very proud to be part of the institution of the Congressional Research service at the library of congress, also a terrific institution. And were very happy every day coming to work to help serve members of congress and with the goal of an informed national legislature. So as long as were we continue to be funded, as long as Congress Wants us to be there and help them, well keep showing up for work. And producing hopefully more documents like the one we produced f
Democrats own it. Iran is a done deal. Guest that links to my story, i might add. That is going to be the argument for the campaign trail. Whether that is the president ial campaign trail or also remember that in the 2016 or also remember in the 2016 map, we are looking at the republicans seeking to hold the senate on somewhat unfavorable territory, states were either obama one or either states are more favorable to democrats in a lot of cases. So that will be one thing where it will be interesting to see how it plays out. That is why the republicans will be arguing so much that it is the democrats who control this deal. The have been no republican senators coming out in support of the agreement. In fact, my understanding, at least according to the Portland Press herald up in maine, she may be the only . On the republican side the only question mark on the republican side. Host caller yes, good morning. Host let me pronounce it for you. Niels lesniewski. Caller ok. Thank you. Therelad
Anymore. You have to let other people tell their stories about coke, okay . So is he was talking in, you know, in these terms, in advertising terms about how its no longer dont tell us how green giant grew from a little sprout to a giant, you have to let people tell you about their experiences with green bean cat role. But in cat role. He said its not beginning, middle and end anymore. People go into worlds online, and they want to live in those worlds, and they want to experience them. I remember this, this was a long time ago, playing mist, you know . Thinking i dont want to win, i just want to hang out in this world for a while. And its the same thing with all of these Online Gaming experiences and worlds and places you can go into. I think the idea of what a story is, is actually cracking and changing. And that could be for good or for bad, but it does have a lot of effect on Attention Span and what we decide to read and consume, and, you know, how we find out about stories. So its
Is, is actually cracking and changing. And that could be for good or for bad, but it does have a lot of effect on Attention Span and what we decide to read and consume, and, you know, how we find out about stories. So its kind of im leaving that kind of amorphous, but i thought it was really something to Pay Attention to. No, i think its an excellent point. Susan, now you as a novelist also who has a new book coming out who is now no longer hiding it there [laughter] how engaged in the social media world are you . Do you try to do everything . Do you find something that youre most comfortable with . What are you sort of feeling like these days promoting yourself and your own book . Yeah. Thats not one of my strengths. Im just really not that comfortable on social media. Im trying to be a little more aggressive about it. Im finally i think two books ago the publicist set up for me a Facebook Page and a twitter account, and im only now just trying to learn how to use the twitter account
Visible but have the potential to be no less than tactful. The outlook sync and go to. It seems like now that it is more and more. That can be overwhelming and i tend to focus on the few and focus on them will well. I think that that is a great strategy no matter what. But we have a big group here that we can divide up responsibility so that we are covering all of our tracks and again, there might be 100 people reading a blog that i have never heard of it but there might be 100 if book buyers and that could be more tactful than an ad review in a publication. Host how is it part of this . Guest its a huge part of it. But the social media aspect has been programmed. And i think when you talk about this and books, we tend to think of it in terms of the social Media Presence in what he or she can do to connect with readers. And again, this comes back to how it is not merely about the media as much as it is now almost equally important direct to consumer relationships. Often that is more ef