Of the fiercest in the game live from glasgow. First, heres ray to kick us off with the news headunes. Headlines. Thank you both. Good thank you both. Good afternoon. 12 01. Our top stories. The chancellor is stories. The chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk, unemployment rose by 0. 1, reaching 4. 3 in july. Meanwhile Job Vacancies fell to below a million. Jeremy hunt says that remains, quote, below many of our international peers. Meanwhile the average growth in pay meanwhile the average growth in pay remained at a record high of 7. 8. Shadow Business Employment and levelling up secretary Justin Madders says more needs to be done. There are strong economic headwinds that have been troubling the economy for some time, but i think one of the things were very clear about is the only way we are going to get out of this this mess weve been in really for 13 years now. Weve with stagnant growth is to actually turbo ch
Force in eastern ukraine. She said putin would never tell me because i was the minister msn not. Unfortunately it happened. The violence in the conciliation and the story of the book is the story of an invisible line across the prairie landscape, and its creation and its contested meanings during the civil war era and the difficulty of the people along that line to move on with their lives in the late 19th century. The violent dispossession of group after Group Beginning with the ice age indians continuing through the mormons who had moved to western missouri under joseph smith entered the civil war era freedom and the question of whether kansas territory would be free and so the violence of the 1850s is really about the question but it becomes wrapped in so much more. Typical to other frontier locations of water and access to raising millions the magnifying credibly. Bleeding kansas is what will make a territory and inflates date from spreading into kansas. It is mostly missouri settl
Missouri, we took a driving tour museumcity with history on the square executive director john sellers. Were driving around the in springfield. And this Public Square is interesting. Its designed with the streets it in the center of each side, which is kind of rare. The corners. In but it was designed by one of the founders of springfield, campbell, who came here in 1830 with his family and wanted this to be the county designated newly Greene County of southwest donated 50 acres of land and the city sold 48 acres to get enough money for the courthouse and these two town remain, the county square. They built the courthouse in the center of the square and that became the side of Greene Countys county seat. And kind of got things started 1835 and 1838, the city was chartered. It all came about because what by now whicho go is an Historical Marker in the on whatsa building called water street. The reason its called water is was thethis intersection of several native american trails, becaus
Points on the dial. Youre watching booktv on cspan2. Were at Catholic University in washington, dc. Interviewing some of the professors who are also authors, and now joining us is alexander russo, the author of this book points on the dial the golden age of radio beyond the networks. Who invented radio . Guest thats a complicated answer, and marconi gets credit but like many of the stories there are lots of Different Actors operating, and lots of different times, and thats kind of institutional history. One of the reasons why i wanted to write this book. I initially conceived it thinking about our current moments, and the tendency of Media Industries to not particularly turn on a dime. We see lots of industries in our current era trying to figure out what to make of digital conversion. What struck me about radio, particularly radio starting in the 1940s and 1950s, is how quickly it had adapted to the introduction of television. Very quickly you had a return to profitability by the radi
Now for 15 years, the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Alexander russo sat down with booktv at the Catholic University of america to discuss his book, points on the dial golden age radio beyond the networks. This 25minute interview is part of booktvs college series. Host and youre watching booktv on cspan2. We are at Catholic University in washington, d. C. Interviewing some of the professors who are also authors. And now joining us is Alexander Russo who is the author of this book, points on the dial the golden age of radio beyond the networks. Alexander russo, who invented radio . Well, thats a complicated answer, and, you know, the march coney often gets credit for it, but like many of these stories, there were lots of Different Actors operating and lots of different times. And that kind of instit