Do you remember Robert Gates? No, not the Gates getting a world record divorce – that’s Bill. Robert Gates was the US Secretary of Defense under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 to 2011. Do you remember ‘Who Do You Trust?’? No, not the grammatically incorrect question your English teacher always circles on your papers. This was a TV game show hosted by Johnny Carson (later the best ‘Tonight Show’ host) where a husband had to decide between trusting himself or his wife to answer a question. ‘Who Do You Trust?’ and Robert Gates were brought together in a sense this week when Gates was asked about UFOs and his answer differed from that of other high-level government officials given the same question. All together now: “Who do you trust?”
A former New Jersey governor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, and a Hall of Fame NFL coach will all comprise the 2022 Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series.
The five-person lineup was initially scheduled for 2021 but the entire lineup has been pushed back to 2022. The two remaining speakers from the 2020 season neuroscientist Lisa Genova and photographer Annie Leibovitz are scheduled to deliver their presentations in April 2021.
“We now feel confident we can safely resume a full season of the Town Hall lecture series beginning in January 2022,” said RCLA Executive Director Stephanie Grosskreutz in a release.
The speakers for the 2022 season are Chris Christie, Paul Nicklen, Ronan Farrow, Karen Gordon Mills, and Tony Dungy.