The chat. Guests can purchase all of the books that are featured tonight. Now on to the program. Im so thrilled to introduce our first speaker of the evening, Martha Stewart. Martha stewart is americas most trusted lifestyle expert and the founder of the first multichannel lifestyle company, Martha Stewart living. Shes also the author of more than 90 books on cooking, entertaining, crafts and home keeping, gardens, weddings and decorating. Were so thrilled that marthas joining us tonight. Welcome. Thank you, teresa. Well, its a couple of firsts for me. Staying home is very unusual for he me. Thinking, having the time to think as deeply as ive beening thinking these last few weeks is also unusual because im always busy. And i thought tonight instead of talking about food and home and lifestyle, my field of work, i thought i would talk about something that i wrote quite a long time ago called standards of perfection. The foundation of taste is comparison. The examination of two things, w
How the south won the civil war oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of amerca. I am joanne freeman, a professor of history and american studies at yale university, and this afternoon i have the pleasure of being in conversation with heather about her book and other matters political. This program is being produced by the brooklyn Historic Society which is been a cultural hub for civic dialogue and command outreach for over 150 years. Thats some real history. Her book has gotten a lot of critical praise, for example, the Washington Post writes, Heather Cox Richardson a professor of history at Boston College explains goldwater crusade and the trajectory of modern conservatism in her masterful book. I kind of book that sheds light and was perhaps the most important Political Coalition of the 20th century. And Publishers Weekly says richardson and emphasizes the prevalence province of racism and sexism and inequality in other parts of the country during and followin
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My name is theresa zoro and im the executive director of marketing for the random house group and i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight for this virtual commencement. We want to congratulate the class of 2020 and everyone joining us tonight whos looking for inspiration right now. We have the will wonderful lineup of speakers who were honored to share their words of encouragement. We would love to hear your thoughts to what you are reading and we ask that everyone please stay respectful in the chaptered random house will be providing to Penguin Random house. Com on all the books featured tonight. Im so thrilled to introduce our first speaker martha stewart. Martha stewart is americas most prescient lifestyle expert entrepreneur and my winning host and the founder of the first multichannel Lifestyle Companies martha is the author of more than 90 books on cooking entertaining and Home Decorating gardens weddings and decorating. We are so thrilled that marthas joining us tonig
Breakfast at st. Anthem chej in manchester, new hampshire, live over on cspan 2. You can watch online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on the political situation in afghanistan, and the role that taliban and other power brokers like the u. S. , china, russia and pakistan may play in future peace arrangements. From the Brookings Institution earlier this week, this is just over an hour and a half. Welcome. Im mike owe han lon briefly playing the role of mc to say hello and welcome you before i hand it over to tom bowman. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Thrilled that he would join us. He spent time in the field in afghanistan, embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that no of course is approaching the end of its second decade. Before i hand the baton to him ill introduce laura miller, who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan at the state department, ha