worth saving. but the thing about lectures is, the moment they are over, they are over. they disappear. so when audible said, could we record some of your lectures, i said, great. so it s audible.com for people that do not know it. they can subscribe to that end that this hour and 42 minute talk that you made. i was from lectures? robert: it was the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. celebrated usion the accelerated the centennial and they asked me to give a talk. i put some work into that talk and i said, i wish this would disappear. andone from audible came up said, that was a very moving talk. how would you feel about it being recorded? i said, i would like that. but when they did it, they transcribed it. out said it would only come to 47 minutes. it was not long enough. are you giving any other lectures? as it happened, i was giving one next week also on the subject of political power. so they basically took down my words, turned it into a script. i wrote a littl
time, an audio of what you are thinking is about publishing? robert: when you write your book, hopefully it endures. sometimes you are doing a lecture and you say, that was worth saving. but the thing about lectures is, the moment they are over, they are over. they disappear. so when audible said, could we record some of your lectures, i said, great. brian: so it s audible.com for people that do not know it. they can subscribe to that end that this hour and 42 minute talk that you made. it was from lectures? robert: it was the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. and the pulitzer foundation at the centennial and they asked me to give a talk. i put some work into that talk and i said, i wish this would disappear. someone from audible came up and said, that was a very moving talk. how would you feel about it being recorded? i said, i would like that. but when they did it, they transcribed it. they said it would only come out to 47 minutes. it was not long enough. are you g
which is his audio project looking at the exercise of political power in america. brian: robert caro, why did you decide to do, for the first time, an audio of what you are thinking instead of publishing? robert: when you write your book, hopefully it endures. sometimes you are doing a lecture and you say, that was worth saving. but the thing about lectures is, the moment they are over, they are over. they disappear. so when audible said, could we record two of your lectures, i said, great. brian: so it s audible.com for people that do not know it. they can subscribe to that end that this hour and 42 minute talk that you made. it was from lectures? robert: it was the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. foundationan centennial and talk.sked me to give a i put some work into that talk and i said, i wish this wouldn t disappear. someone from audible came up and said, that was a very moving talk. how would you feel about it being recorded? i said, i would like that. but whe
has announced it will issue its analysis of the bill later today and you can read more at thehill.com and watch the senate live this afternoon at 4:00 eastern on c-span2. this week on q&a robert caro. he talks about on power, his audio project looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. brian: robert caro, why did you decide to do, for the first time, an audio of what you are thinking instead of publishing? robert: when you write your book, hopefully it endures. sometimes you are doing a lecture and you say, that was worth saving. but the thing about lectures is, the moment they are over, they are over. they disappear. so when audible said, could we record two of your lectures, i said, great. brian: so it s audible.com for eople that do not know it. they can subscribe to that and get this hour and 42-minute talk that you made. it was from lectures? robert: it was the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. last september. so the neiman foundatio
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