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Good afternoon, good evening, happy fat tuesday, thank you very muchsd for spending your evening with us. Im joe capizzi, the institute has been here for 3 years, ross has been an important member of the institute. Since our founding, hes been the media fellow and helped coordinate some of the events, some of our contentious events you have seen ross was involved with. [laughter] right. Anyway, we are super pleased that ross is joining us today i think on the day of the release of his latest book. All of you know ross as one of the most important commentators on American Culture today. He writes for the New York Times opinion page and written more than a few books at this point. They seem to all or at least a couple of them have the title how we became something, right. [laughter] right. You might want to steer clear of that or explain that at some point. Anyway, today the ....
Good afternoon and good evening. Welcome. Happy fat today. Thank you all for spending your tuesday with us. Im joe, executive director and the institute here has been here for over three years now. Ow ross has been an important member of the Institute Since our founding he has been our sedia fellow and has helped coordinate some of our events and more contentious events, you may have seen ross was involved in, right . Anyway, we are super pleased ross is joining us today on the day of the release of his latest book. All of you know ross is one of most important commentators on American Culture today and he writesod for the new york time opinion page and written more than a few books at this point and they released a couple of them have the title of how we became something and you may want to steer clear of that or explain at some point but anyway, the format will be that i ....
More than a few books at this point, they seem to all or lease a couple of them have the title how we became something. [laughter] you might want to steer clear of that or explain that at some point. Anyway, today the format is going to be that i will engage ross in a conversation about the book. I actually had the pleasure of reading it really is an interesting book. Not the typical harangue on think the way things are, but it takes a nice tact to explore whats going on in our culture. Once he and i have exhausted each other, we will then open up a conversation to the rest of you so there will be people here with microphones. If you have a question, please raise your hands and they will approach you. Dont be alarmed, make your question, ross will engage you. And of course, as i always do i implore you to phrase a question to people. But the more time ross has to respond the better for everybody. So if you can avoid making a speech that would be great. Just a nice pointed question. Aga ....
We are going to have about an hour long event here, half of the time given to the author and the other time given to your questions. We have a microphone right over here, please use that microphone when you have a question, once we get to that portion of the event. Cspan is here and we are recording, so that helps us make a more full recording. And finally before you get in line for the signing which would be in the table, fold up your chairs and put them against the wall. The race and justice on death row. The race against time. A deep and intimate look of alfred brown, innocent man on death row, intimate and really close journey with this man on death row to get pim exonerated. We heard this kind of tragic scenario time and time again, in this modern era and one of those few developed nations that still practice. Review of the book from greg melvin, msnbc news anchor and national correspondent, it isnt just about how broken system almost broke another decent man, its a moving story o ....
Tonight we thank heather and thompson for an unforgettable conversation. Thank you and we welcome you to join us for a conversation. [applause] [inaudible conversation] heres a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the company country. The louisiana book festival is being held in baton rouge at the state capital. Coming up in november we are live from austin for the texas book festival with authors such as former attorney general alberto gonzales, law professor tim wu and orange is the new black actress diane guerrero. Later we will be live from the Miami Book Fair on november 19 and 20th. Our coverage includes author discussion and call them featuring bernie sanders, fox news host and colton whitehead. For more information about the book fairs and festivals, and to watch previews festival coverage, click on the book fair tab on our website, booktv. Org. Professor richard gamble, wended the phrase city o ....