A hello. I am ann druyan and im speaking to you from my home in ithaca new york and i am the author of cosmos possible worlds, deeply truly honored to be participating in an event for the library of congress. In the first cosmos 40 years ago carl sagan and stephen so there and i celebrated the Great Library of alexandria. The library of congress means so very much to me because of the democratic idea of the worlds knowledge belonging to all of us. My great honor to be here and here to talk about possible worlds which is the book ive written but also a Television Series that i have had the pleasure of producing writing and directing with my collaborator. Wipe possible worlds and why a third cosmos after 40 years . The first cosmos was an effort to give the broadest possible public, the Global Public a coordinate in space and in time. It was carl sagan stream one that i completely shared and thats what the underway. The great story of the generation of human beings who in one way or anot
A virus spread. Why do we parent and when well. Consider through the topics covered in the weekly radio show its called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science friday. This week on the world story. British sheep farmers fear for their livelihoods. Dangerous apportions in kenya but we begin in the south caucasus where Armed Conflict between armenia and azerbaijan continued this week despite a cease fire the 2 nations from the former soviet union are employed old in a dispute over the now gone the car park region which has already cost the lives of many civilians. On the ruins of what used to be her life. Her neighborhood was destroyed in the missile attack over the weekend. For home 100 years. This is from where the rocket came there were houses everywhere here but they were hit and everything got destroyed. The small Spor
Happy ending after a woman disappeared for almost two weeks in a national park. How she was found after her daughters pleas for help. And Peter Frampton finds the way. How a friendship with another music icon helped him survive hard times. And what it feels like to go from teen idol to, well, grand pa. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. As my coach used to say, its go time. This is the most important election in our lifetime. The race for president is now a sprint to the finish. With both candidates locked in on battleground states. Hell listen to the scientists. If i listened totally to the scientists wed right now have a country that would be in a massive depression. Were you surprised that President Trump got sick . Absolutely not. Dr. Anthony fauci spoke about the rose garden ceremony for judge amy coney barrett. I said, oh, my goodness. Nancy pelosi on a new stimulus plan has to be reached by this tuesday for it to pass before the election. Are americans
They are emotional beings, thoughtful inclusive conversations think conditions and the changes we want to see become possible. So i want to hear from you, when we talk about climate you talk about it . More importantly what do you want to be talking about, with whom . Join theconversation, even make your own video. Invite your friends to join you. Lets talk climate. Live stream discussion, excited to be here with you and Erin Brockovich. Id like to acknowledge that interlock people who inhabited these lands for 10,000 years. We love to hear from you so share your questions in the comments of the live stream or to and at us using our handle at climate one. Hope everyones staying safe. We recording todays conversation for the climate one radio show and podcast which drops every friday. This subscribed wherever you get your pods read my guest today is an environmental icon. Erin brockovich became a household name when her film about some fight for a small town wasreleased 20 years ago. It
Deborahears, my wife and i have traveled across the country, especially across the towns, to learn about those parts of the american story. For conversation about future travel, i am glad to welcome the. Eo of airbnb, brian thank you so much for joining us. I have questions about your business in the olden times, in the future times. I want to start with one big picture question about all the enterprises that have an affected by the enterprise, yours has to be most affected. You are about mobility, and people have not been mobile. What is the main lesson, surprise, or discovery that you personally have taken from the experience in the last eight months or so. Ourn we lost about 80 of business in eight weeks, that we had spent about a decade building. That was quite surprising. What may have been even more surprising what is what happened next. What happens next is people, no matter the circumstances, in the midst of the pandemic, still had the desire to travel. They did not want to get