This is techknow. A show about innovations that can change lives. The science of fighting a wildfire. Were going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but were doing it in a unique way. This is a show about science. Oh oh my god by scientists. Tonight, techknow investigates the cascadia fault. Hey guys and welcome to techknow im phil torres and with me today dr. Crystal dilworth and marita davison. Today were going to be talking about the devastating potential of earthquakes and in particular were concerned about one that many may not even know about. Thats right when most people think about the big one theyre thinking about californias san andreas fault. Mostly because of its history but also from a little help from hollywood. Yeah, but it turns out theres a far less famous fault line that we should be even more worried about and its in my backyard in the Pacific Northwest. Its called the cascadia subduction zone. And if certain scientific predictions are correct, this
Thank you for join uging us. Im frances rivera. A brush with disaster for bono, Cheating Death off a door on his plane fell off. The learjet 60 was flying from ireland to germany at nearly 15,000 feet the rear door came off. Two suitcases were sucked out of the plane. Four other people were on board. The pilots had no idea the door fell off, they found out once they were on the ground. Described as disturbing, ugly, and appalling, this morning washington is condemning this. An outrageous broad daylight assault on three u. S. Navy sailors in the heart of an allied country. Turkish political mob protesting american imperialism man handled the ununiformed servicemen. They grabbed, pushed and chanted. Yankee go home. Yankee go home. The group put plastic bags over their heads. The sailers pulled away and without retaliation peacefully and safely retreated to their shop, the uss ross. The Turkish Foreign ministry condemned the attack. The countrys Police Arrested a dozen people and the u. S
Today about. My first question for you is just why did you decide to write this book . I would like to understand what went into to your thinking when you decided to take on this project . Donna, first, thank you so much for having me here to talk about this. I know we have had previous conversations on the topic around your own book. It is exciting to have this meeting of minds, i suppose. Why did i decide to write rethinking sex . I am an opinion columnist at the washington post. My thing has always been ideas in society. I have always been addressing questions of reality, culture, ethics, just the way i was writing a number of columns during the me too movement of 2016 and 2017. It became clear that with the most highprofile cases, weinstein, et cetera, there were problems we thought that the feminist movements may have solved until that were still present. More than that, it came to light these cases that were not so clear, cases of sex that were not necessarily on consensual but c
Good evening, everyone and welcome to pnp live. Im brad graham the coowner of politics and pros along with my wife list the muscatine. And were very pleased to be hosting journalist brian carham this evening here to talk about his new book free the press the death of american journalism and how to revive it. A couple of brief housekeeping notes first though the post to question at any point during the discussion. Just click on the q a icon at the bottom of the screen. And in the chat column, youll find a link for purchasing copies of free the press. Brians journalism career has ranged across print broadcasts and online media and stretches back nearly 40 years. We currently serves as the senior White House Correspondent for playboy. He also hosts the podcast just ask the question which features conversations about politics Current Events and pop culture. During the Trump Presidency brian himself became the story on an occasion or two in confrontational exchanges with Administration Offi
His grandparents, by his mothers parents. He was very close to his grandparents. Very close to his grandmother. This was the day before the president ial election in 2008 when she died. President obama took time that day to grieve on his own, then that night he came to North Carolina just hours before the polls were due to open across the country. President obama did one last rally. A huge one. 25,000 people in the rain at the university of North Carolina in charlotte. He talked about his grandmother that night. He said, shes gone home. She died peacefully in her sleep with my sister at her side. He said, im not going to talk about her too long, because it is hard for me to talk about. So with hours to go until election day, president ial candidate barack obama, that night before the election in 2008, he stood in the rain in charlotte and he cried during his speech. And he gave liz Closing Argument for why he should be president of the United States. And it was a very powerful moment b