To come in . Because, you know, trump says that he wants the troops home from afghanistan by christmas, and biden has been a bit more nuanced about his position on afghanistan. You know that the military ballots could turn over the margins you just talked about. It depends upon the number of military ballots that there are. I dont know how many military ballots there are from pennsylvania, and i doubt that there are more than 46000. 00 ballots. So you agree with james baker that trump certainly shouldnt have called a halt to voting in a, in a democracy. Oh, of course not. Why would we halt the voting simply because in a democracy the president doesnt call doesnt halt the voting. And the court doesnt hold the body, not under these circumstances. Now, the supreme or the u. S. Supreme court did order, and that ballots that received after november served which was the use shoe that was brought to the or now before that, this will, the election should be segregated and preserved, which they
Guest i still think i very much see myself as a book critic. This book is just sort of an extension of that work, but these days i feel like im a political journalist also in many ways and just using books as a means to do that kind of work. Host also an author, obviously. This is your first book. Did you know you always wanted to write a book as a book critic or is that something you steered clear of . Guest i did not have a sense i wanted to necessarily be an author or write a book. Reading other peoples books was plenty for me and i worried a bit that if i went through the process of writing a book i would end up far too sympathetic to authors and ruin me for my day job, but i think its been useful to see what that side of the process is like and all of the work that goes into creating that finished product usually just get at the tail end host do you think it will change your approach at all as a book critic . I think it almost has to. I dont know how it will, though. I went to see
To you. I still see myself as a book critic. This book is gamma extension of that work but these days i feel like i am a political journalist and using books as a means to that kind of work. Or is that something you actually steered clear of it has to in some ways beyond just sympathy for so i hope that it will give me a better sense of the decisionmaking that goes into what a book covers and how many chapters. What is it that you do during the day then you read 150 books about the trump era it is a book about books like the book about coffee tables from seinfeld but i hope it simply uses books to try to understand a moment and get a snapshot of a moment so it could have been a lot of things. It could have been film, theater, fiction so its a book about this moment in america and civic life but what do you mean about the intellectual history . There are a lot of ways to imagine. It anticipated everything and ive done some of that myself, guilty but that isnt the kind of book i wanted t
Can you primarily think of yourself these days. I still think that im very much to see as a book critic. This book is just sort of an extension of that work. Carlos but these days, if you like of a political journalist and hunter lost as well in any ways. And using books as a means to do that kind of work. Pamela and also an author. Did you know that you would always wanted to write a book is a book critic or is it something that you actually kind of steered clear. Carlos i did not have a sense that i wanted to necessarily be an author or write a book on reading other peoples books was putting for me. I worried a little bit that if i went in the process of writing about, i would end up far too sympathetic to the authors. And really for me for my day job. I thank you so been really useful to see what that process is like. In all of the work that goes into creating that finished product that i usually just get at the tail end. Pamela b think it will change as a book critic. Carlos i thin
James suzman, his groundbreaking, new book and work history of how we spend our time examines the history of the universe and humanity to ask if the key to tackling not just the future of work. But everything from pandemics to wars to inequality, lies in our affluent hunter gatherer. A past all the more coming up in todays going underground, but 1st as the 2020 u. S. Election appears to still be the subject of litigation. Lets go straight to Award Winning lawyer. Barry richard who represented george w. Bush in the florida litigation. Thats all al gore beaten in 2000. He joins me now via skype from tallahassee in florida. Barry, thanks so much for coming on. Is joe biden, the president elect . Yes it is. Thats an easy question. Well, russia, china, they still waiting on it. What makes you so sure that the u. S. Attorney general bill barr is wrong about investigating voting irregularities at the election that well, im not suggesting hes wrong about investigating irregularities. Nothing i