Shannon from Wisconsin Public radio. Thank you so much for being here as well and moderating this conversation today. As always i want to thank the library and the Public Library foundation for the ongoing support of free cultural events through the wisconsin book festival. It is one of the great pleasures of this year for me that we are able to do these events virtually and ring is altogether even if we cant be all together. But we also have been expanded. There are many people from madison, many people from wisconsin with people from across the nation and across the globe so that is one small wonderful thing that has occurred because of the pandemic. We are grateful for it with with you today. Most notable are grateful Jennifer Palmieri is here to talk about her book, and i will turn the proceedings over to jennifer and shannon and and il sue at the end. Thank you so much. Thanks, tremor. This is so much fun. Thanks jennifer for joining us today. It is fun to be able to be in these d
We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as author dale ewing how the venue became a place for political rally, civil rights events and Country Musics grand ole opry. Today were at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. And after his conversion he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who go to town. So captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. So thats the church part of the history. And the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry which came in 1943 any came here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of th
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us hong kong has seen 16 straight weekends of prodemocracy protests at this point and the battle on the streets have been matched by a battle for the hearts and minds demonstrators say the city stands with them government officials insist a silent majority exists one thats opposed to the protesters demands. Bolinger has been speaking to 2 retired Police Officers who believe long in that progovernment camp. Joseph it has agreed to meet us although he says he does not trust the press so well mind recording our conversation ok he is a retired Police Officer and a staunch supporter of the Hong Kong Government side in the Current Crisis the side that he feels is not represented accurately in most news outlets. I start awarding the neils. Since july. Watching just a white or News Reporter but you know because i can still get in touch what was happening from all those messages from my friends because the longer the protests last the most
Worried about their future. Im melissa chan welcome to d. W. News asia thanks for joining us hong kong has seen 16 straight weekends of prodemocracy protests at this point and the battle on the streets have been matched by a battle for the hearts and minds demonstrators say the city stands with some government officials insist a silent majority exists one thats opposed to the protesters demands Mathias Bolinger has been speaking to to retired Police Officers who believe long in that progovernment camp. Joseph it has agreed to meet us although he says he does not trust the press so well mind recording our conversation ok he is a retired Police Officer and a staunch supporter of the Hong Kong Government side in the Current Crisis the side that he feels is not representative accurately in most news outlets. I start awarding the kneelers. Since try. Watching just a white or News Reporter but you know because i can still get in touch what was happening from all those messages from my friend
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us hong kong has seen 16 straight weekends of prodemocracy protests at this point and the battle on the streets have been matched by a battle for the hearts and minds demonstrators say the city stands with some government officials insist a silent majority exists one thats opposed to the protesters demands Mathias Bolinger has been speaking to 2 retired Police Officers who believe long in that progovernment camp. Joseph it has agreed to meet us although he says he does not trust the press so well mind recording our conversation ok he is a retired Police Officer and a staunch supporter of the Hong Kong Government side in the Current Crisis the side that he feels is not representative accurately in most news outlets. I start awarding the kneelers. Since july. Watching just a white or News Reporter but you know because i can still get in touch what was happening from all those messages from my friends. The longer the protests last th