Okay. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the seachange session at the 2017 texas book festival, the 22nd annual texas book festival. Its great to have you all here. I am dr. Spencer wells. Im a a geneticist and anthropologist, and sometimes author. For many years i was the explorer in residence for the National Geographic society, study how are species of pipe with the world and since 2015 i have lived here in austin. Im the founder and ceo of the consumer genomics firm in town, and coowner of a nightclub which is [applause] i would like to introduce our authors. We have juli berwald was an austinbased side letter, and editors contribute to publications such as the new york times, naked, National Geographic and slate. She is a phd in Ocean Science and university of Southern California and she lives here in austin shes the author of spineless which we will be talking about today. [applause] then we have Peter Wadhams who is the purpose of ocean physics and head of the Polar Ocean Physics Grou
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Every weekend for eight hours of nonfiction books and authors. We are in location at Princeton University in new jersey where we are interviewing a professor has written books. Now on your screen a familiar face and name to those in economic circles alan blinder who is a professor of economics former vice chair of the Federal Reserve as well. His most recent book, after the music stopped the financial crisis, the response and the work ahead. Professor blinder who caused the recession . Guest this is like one of those things, how long they offer an explanation . I think easter with a poco principle. It was thus and they ask mainly in this case people speculating on houses, people taking mortgages they knew her half fake couldnt afford and more sophisticated people. It that was the ordinary q. And then you have the allegedly more sophisticated people it turned out to the not so sophisticated who are at the other end of this food chain buying up the crazy securities that wall street build
Nonfiction books and authors. We are in location at Princeton University in new jersey where we are interviewing a professor has written books. Now on your screen a familiar face and name to those in economic circles alan blinder who is a professor of economics former vice chair of the Federal Reserve as well. His most recent book, after the music stopped the financial crisis, the response and the work ahead. Professor blinder who caused the recession . Guest this is like one of those things, how long they offer an explanation . I think easter with a poco principle. It was thus and they ask mainly in this case people speculating on houses, people taking mortgages they knew her half fake couldnt afford and more sophisticated people. It that was the ordinary q. And then you have the allegedly more sophisticated people it turned out to the not so sophisticated who are at the other end of this food chain buying up the crazy securities that wall street builds on the crazy mortgages. The poc
Morning near west fifth and l streets. The 23yearold woman was in her bed when a bullet came through the second floor apartment and grazed her ear. Neighbors say they normally feel safe here with the Police Station nearby. Pretty crazy considering were just a block or what not from the Police Station. Yeah. Kind of scary. The woman was treated and released from the hospital and police are still looking for the suspects. Baseballs trading deadline is today and the as got busy in a big way. A huge deal shipping off slugger Yoenis Cespedes off to the boston red sox, and heading west allstar lefty pitcher jon lester and the pride of petaluma, jonny gomes. The as have the best record in baseball and got better. Jon lester will become the ace on the oakland staff sporting a 107 record on a last place team his e. R. A. Just about 2. 5 runs a game. While petaluma native jonny gomes returns to oakland, a lightning rod in the as clubhouse in 2012. Gomes will help fill the void in the outfield. V