Book festival and im delighted to be joined here tonight by brian greene, author of until the end of time, and jana levin, the author of the black hole Survival Guide and were joined by issue wilcox who is a colleague of mine sitting on the wisconsin science festival board but also the dean of the college of letters and science at the university of wisconsin maddison and the former chair of the department of astronomy. Thank you all so much for joining us and taking part in the 2020 wisconsin book festival its delightful to host free cultural events and because madison as me to do so i want to thank them. Theyve been absolutely unwaiverring in their support of free book events throughout the palled and over the last eight years we have didnt doing this so major thanks to them and all of our sponsors for making events like this possible. I also went too just mention to viewers watching at home that the wisconsin book festival and wisconsin science festival are joining forces to provide
You pull them together in this book with a larger argument about the failures of liberalism. I thought it might make sense for you to. [inaudible] reading a little bit from that introduction. Oh, sure. Absolutely. The emphasis in essays in this book were written in response to the Anglo American delusions that climaxed in brexit, the election of donald trump and, finally, a calamitous response to the covid19 outbreak. These range from the 19th century dream of imperial liberalism long championed by the colonists in which capital, goods, jobs and people freely circulate through the proclamation of an American Century of free trade and modernization, the attempt by american cold warriors to seduce [inaudible] away from communist revolution and into the gradual u. S. Alternative or consumer capitalism of democracy to the catastrophic humanitarian wars and demagoguic explosions of our times. Wrote in 1957 at the height of the cold war are the fanatics of western civilization who regard the
Good evening. Im with red sea ventures ask sirius and siriusxm satellite video, the folks that put together crime stories with nancy grace. It is a great honor to be your moderator for tonights program. First of all, on behalf of the marcus jcc and the national jcc literary consortium, im pleased to welcome you to this special book festival event featuring awardwinning legal journalist and New York Times best selling author nancy e grace. Nancy and i are going to be discussing her practical and invaluable book, dont be a victim fighting back against americas crime wave. Thats just ahead. Now, folks, this is a lifesaving book that empowers you to stay safe in the face of daily dangers. Its packed with practical add vice, priceless prevention tips and with christmas and honda just hanukkah just around the corner, or youll want to make sure you buy copies for everyone on your list, everyone that you care about. To purchase nancys book, please check your local jccs web sites for their inde
good to be with you, i m katy tur, and welcome to the opportunity of five lifetimes. five lifetimes, truly. if you were to sit down in any place on the earth, maybe it s a lawn chair in your front yard, it would take on average 360 years for a total solar eclipse to pass right over you. now for more than 30 million americans, this is their year, and this is the hour. it s already starting in eagle pass, texas, where in 27 minutes the moon will completely block out the sun. the first moment of totality over the continental u.s. from there, the path darts upward and to the right, like a sash from the country s hip to its shoulder. while only those this that specific band will experience totality, all of the lower 48 will get some portion of the eclipse. giving nearly all of us a chance to step outside of ourselves and into the only experience the whole of humanity has ever shared in exactly the same way, the same as our grandparents, as galileo and aristotle, as the mayans, the