the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. in this broadcast you will meet an effervescent man who still believes we can make democracy work. later we ll talk about those people in washington who refuse to let it work, but first wendell berry. a master of the written word, he rarely appears on television. for one thing, when he s not writing, he s
the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. in this broadcast you will meet an effervescent man who still believes we can make democracy work. later we ll talk about those people in washington who refuse to let it work, but first wendell berry. a master of the written word, he rarely appears on television. for one thing, when he s not writing, he s
guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. in this broadcast you will meet an effervescent man who still believes we can make democracy work. wendell berry is a master of the written word, and he rarely appears on television. for one thing, when he s not writing, he s farming, and that can keep a fellow busy from sunrise to s
guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. in this broadcast you will meet an effervescent man who still believes we can make democracy work. wendell berry is a master of the written word, and he rarely appears on television. for one thing, when he s not writing, he s farming, and that can keep a fellow busy from sunrise to s
well i have grown more radical the older i ve become. i don t remember saying that, but it sounds like me. which is why i could have made it up, but i didn t. well, when you say you have to stop somebody, in our time, you would ought to qualify. you don t mean bomb them. and i didn t mean stop them by violence, but they do have to be stopped. the contrariness of the mad faer. i am done with apologies. if contrariness is my inheritance and destiny, so be it. if it is my mission to go in at exits and come out at entrances, so be it. i have planted by the stars in defiance of the experts, and tilled somewhat by incantation and by singing, and reaped, as i knew, by luck in heaven s favor, in spite of the best advice. he is one of if not the great writer at work in american letters right now, he s built this body of work that s coherent, cohesive, powerful, beautiful, quite amazing. and it also happens that it s about the most important subject that we have. whether or