in a very personal way. he s authored 12 books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there s simply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men particularly men in the town who would say, he s a comer let s help him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave m
in a very personal way. he s authored 12 books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there s simply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men particularly men in the town who would say, he s a comer let s help him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave m
in a very personal way. he s authored 12 books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there s simply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men particularly men in the town who would say, he s a comer let s help him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave m
in a very personal way. he s authored 12 books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there s simply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men particularly men in the town who would say, he s a comer let s help him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave m
okay. let s get started. i m al teich, research professor here at the center for international be science and international science and technology policy at george washington university s elliott school which is where you are now, and i want to welcome you on behalf of our center and the center for science and democracy of the union of concerned scientists. they are co-sponsoring this event together with george washington university. shawn otto, our speaker here, is an award-winning science advocate. he s a writer, he s a man of many talents. really get to know him, he s quite an impressive guy. a writer, a teacher and a speaker, and he s a co-founder of science debates.org for which he received the ieee usa national distinguished public service award. he s advised science debate efforts in other countries as well. he s a novelist and a filmmaker. his novel sins of our fathers, which is a lit tear thriller, was literary thriller, was a finalist in the l.a. times book