If you have not seen, make sure you do that today. A few of our upcoming programs include author of snicket on cap september 23. October 29, we have Award Winning journalist and finally october 10, cleo weight. A few housekeeping details, make sure you interact with us online. Please make sure that your screens are turned all the way down before you take the stage. Last 15 minutes, we will take questions. Keep them short so we can get to as many as possible. Mary will let you know when we are ready. When she does, line up in the back of the room. She will sign copies of her book, the phaedra the regina bible. If you havent yet, make sure you pick up a copy and join us. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] hello. My name is mary roach. Strike me in working tonight speaker, author and New York Times contributor, john. [cheering and applauding] she is widely regarded as the internet ob gyn working hard, prevalent myths about Womens Health that played social media. The author of the regin
With the teachings of the catholic church, they put him on trial, they find him guilty of saying that the earth goes around the sun and not vice versa as well as other discoveries hes made with his devils instrument, and then they put him under house arrest. What they dont tell you or they would tell you if you read a longer biography about him is that he actually made fun of the pope. Public fun of the pope. He wrote a book in italian. Not in latin, which is the academic language of the day, in italian. Which means the local people can read it. And in it he invents a conversation between the simpleton and someone who was wise of the ways of the universe. And all [laughter] if you track the statements of the simpleton, theyre all statements that have come by official decree from the catholic church. So hes, hes really a pompous ahole, basically. [laughter] can i say that . Host yeah, were okay. Guest this is cspan, can i [laughter] and so socially he did not express the respect he real
Night Science Journalism Program at mit and publisher of, on dark magazine. Her books include the monkey wars, ghost hunters, love at goon park and sex on the brain. In the poison squad, she tells the story of doctor Harvey Washington Wiley, a chemistry professor from purdue and his investigation into food and drink fraud. In the late 1800s, products such as milk, meat, and cant meet and canned vegetables, not canned meat, were preserved with chemicals that were known to be toxic and often used in formulas such as embalming fluid and cleaning products. As chief chemist of the United States department of agriculture, doctor wiley and his human test subjects known as the poison squad investigated the harmful products and began campaigning for food safety and Consumer Protection. The spoiler alert culminated in the passage of the 1906 pure food and drug act. Mary roach, author of grunts humans at war rights bluhm has cooked up a delicious brew, murder, forensic toxicology, new york city i
American history death and dying in u. S. History, we have reached week seven. I am Stephen Barry for all things morbid. Not any grimmer than any other day, we will talk about the history of Death Investigation, the evolution of the system in the United States which matures and comes of age at the dawn of the 25th century, of how it becomes Forensic Science and ultimately becomes a csi series. We all have a lurid sense of Death Investigations provided by local news, this graphic is everywhere, i found 1 million of these. Is always the same with the police tape and talk outlines, we have a lurid sense of Death Investigation from if it bleeds it leads to journalism in the United States but i will take to the evolution of the system, very seriously. To talk about how it develops over time, starting with its historical importance. The most obvious area in which Death Investigation is critically important is to the criminal Justice System and this is the most familiar aspect. Corners and me
From south, southeast, and central asia. And were so thankful to have here at jackson, teaching classes that draw upon these incredible experiences. She was a recipient of the prestigious guggenheim fellowship which enabled her to travel and report extensively from gaza, iraq, syria, and egypt for the vanishing. And the book really is an intimate portrait of her own faith journey as a conflict reporter for more than 35 years as well as the heartbreaking challenges confronting ancient Christian Communities in the middle east. And were delighted to have janine with us today. Im going to ask a few questions just to sort of get it going, but i want to keep this informal and fun, so in the audience, feel free to raise your hand. On zoom, feel free to type your questions and well get to those as we go. So janine, thank you so much for being with us. Such a pleasure, its so great to be here in person too. I know, were all sort of adjusting finally to having the inperson interaction. As much a