[applause] [cheers] [applause] a bit of housekeeping, presigned books available from garcia street books in the lobby. For those of you in the Eldorado Hotel which i understand is standing room only, please come after the event to get books. Well, it evening, santa fe. [cheers] Buenos Tardes welcome to one of the most anticipated events of this or any other year. Noam chomsky. [applause] [cheers] backstage i held of this flyer that said soldout, which will be ammunition for his enemies. But rest assured that noam chomsky has never sold out. [applause] [cheers] thanks to the foundation in pursuit of cultural Freedom Series which organized this event, thanks also to lanin to digitize this audio archive which numbers close to 250 recordings. Go to alternative radio. Org. Thank you to lanin. [applause] and alternative radio was spotted because of noam chomsky. I wrote him a letter he wrote back. We started corresponding and after a while i suggested that we do an interview. He said yes of