You can find any book youre looking for and support independent book sellers across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. Youll probably recognize the voices of both of our guests tonight but our host is laura ziegler, a national npr reporter covering the midwest. Currently shes producer and Community Engagement reporter as kansas city affiliate kcur. Laura, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Youre welcome. Good to be here. And im jumping in now, i guess. Im delighted to be here and introduced you to pam fessler, who is an awardwinning journalist at npr. Shes covered poverty and election issues, voter issues for many years. Now in the tradition of npr journalists who you recognize as excellent storytellers, podcasts and online, shes proven the ability to translate that ability to tell stories on the radio, to the platform of the printed word and, of course, a book. Her new book car villes fear, leprosy, stigma and fight for justice. Im delighted to have the
Hosted the program and provided the video. Interviewing ms. Fessler is Laura Zeigler Community Reporter and producer with kcur radio in kansas city. Director of marketing at the Kansas City Public Library. My job, take care of housekeeping items before i hand it over to the two women smarter and more capable than i am. Any questions put them in the comments q a or chat box. If you hope to purchase the book, i hope you will, available through most major retailers and the Kansas City Public Library refer you are to bookshop. Org. Find any book and support authors across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. Youll probably recognize voices of both of ourest go esest gues tonight. Host, Laura Zeigler, with npr washington, d. C. And covering the midwest and currently producer and commune engagement reporter at kansas citys npr and kcur. Laura, thank you for joining us tonight. Youre welcome, and good to be here. And jumping in now, i guess. [ laughter ] im delighted to be
World of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and Isabel Anderson. Is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. Why studied them . They will never be household names. The person never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies with the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a welldocumented window into our nations character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. We get an especially vibrant view of the nations capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. For more, let me turn it over to our speaker. [applause] mr. Moskey thank you emily for that introduction. I want to thank emily and the entire staff at the society of cincinnati for hosting me and many visits to the library and archives for almost six years. I almost feel like this is a homecoming for me. It is a pleasure to be here in the home by Larz Anderson and Isabel Perki
Heiress and society wife. Exploring her full life and her husbands as the partnership it was is the focus of tonights talk. Mr. Moskey writes on the period between the civil war and world war ii. And the great depression. As a resident of washington dc, he has thrown himself into the world of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and Isabel Anderson. His new book is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. But why study them . They will never make it into your history textbooks and have never been household names, then or now. The andersons never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies or the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a welldocumented window into our nations character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. We get an especially vibrant view of the nations capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. For more, let
Come on in, tina. you look wonderful tina yeah, you look fine. Ms. Burns, maam, ill never get away with this. What do you think, ms. Martin . You look fine you wont have any trouble. All youve gotta do is remember the three words in italian that mario the hairdresser taught you. Hello, goodbye, and thank you. Now, how do you say thank you in italian . Gratzi, maam. Ah, you can fool anybody. Whats she gonna do in between those three words . Yeah, what . Well. What every famous italian actress does come with me. What do they do . Eat grapes eat grapes . Well of course. You see, when somebody asks you a question, you put a grape in your mouth and then they dont expect an answer because its very impolite to talk with your mouth full. Gratzi, maam. Oh, terrific you know, she may not even need those two other words. She looks fine. Oh, blanche, this was your idea. And when she becomes a great star, everybody will congratulate you. Now, let me hear you say hello in italian. Bonjourno, maam. O