Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff two weeks before christmas, residents and workers in new york city experienced another heartwrenching moment when an explosion occurred in a passageway in the subway near the Port Authority bus terminal. The wouldbe suicide bomber left at least three people with minor injuries. Approximately 7 20 this morning we had a terrorrelated incident in the subway in the brangham emergency crews swarmed the streets near times square this morning, after a man detonated a homemade pipe bomb in the subway. Its the guy in the hoodie. Brangham here, cellphone vid
Newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff two weeks before christmas, residents and workers in new york city experienced another heartwrenching moment when an explosion occurred in a passageway in the subway near the Port Authority bus terminal. The wouldbe suicide bomber left at least three people with minor injuries. Approximately 7 20 this morning we had a terrorrelated incident in the subway in the brangham emergency crews swarmed the streets near times square this morning, after a man detonated a homemade pipe bomb in the subway. Its the guy in the hoodie. Brangham here, cellphone video of a Port Authority sur
Hi. Welcome to the boston book festival and todays session. My name is christine, and i am a board member of the boston book festival, and i am just one of dozens which feels like hundreds who work behind the scenes and truly believe that the festival is a wonderful source of inspiration and eyedsharing. Idsharing ideasharing. We have been gifted a beautiful new vespa, its under the welcome tent, and all donations will go towards keeping the festival free for you all. Donations are just 10, and i would love to see one of you riding around the city in that beautiful thing. So thank you so much. One other administrative thing is we will have a book signing right across the hall where you can ask the presenters any additional questions. So please enjoy todays session. Thank you. [applause] hello. Im Alexander Danner of the writers room of boston. I will be your moderator for tonights presentation with hillary chute and Sarah Glidden. I myself am an author, im also a writer of comics with
This is awesome. I wish you put us in a time machine and take us back to 1895. A man stands at the end of a drafty core door, the 19th century, and in the flickering light 7 oil lamp examines a machine made of nickel and ivory with brass rails, a squat, ugly contraption somehow out of focus, not easy for the core reader to visualize despite a listing of parts and materials. Our hero fiddles with some screws, add a drop of oil and plants himself in the saddle. He grasps a lever with both hands. He is going on a journey. By the way, so are we. When he throws that lever, time breaks from its moorings. The man is nondescript, almost devoid of features, gray eyes and a paleface and not much else. He lacks even a name. He is just the time traveler, for so it will be convenient to speak of him. Time and travel, no one had thought to join those words before now. And that machine with its saddle, it is a fantastic bicycle. The whole thing is the invention of a young enthusiast named wells, who
Down payment or monthly payment, they were lumped together and sold into the global market. As soon as people look and see they have no value, we have 21 of subprimeion carbon assets. We are challenged to make the right decision where that is concerned. Mark carney gave an amazing speech, which i commend to you, about the risk to the Global Economy inherent in stranded carbon assets. He called upon the u. K. Business community to look at the to look at the fact they are overinvested in carbon and to look at the enormous opportunities inherent in decarbonizing. When we were floundering in the great depression, the Global Economy was lifted not by roosevelt that by the mobilization of the v fashion. The postwar economic boom was brought about because there was a shared conviction that we needed to do things differently. The entire world moved in the same direction and unlocked that amazing economic dynamism. We are a situation where the we are in a situation where the conventional tools