And his new book is an exceptionally clear and broad overview of the state of American Economic life. The actual conditions we face, that trends over recent decades, how those related to some of the dark stories that we hear in our politics about the conditions americans have experienced and also what our prospects are. I think its fair to say he finds think so much better than the mood of our politics and the critics of the market economy would sometime suggest but that we do face risks and that maybe that mood and those critics are among the most important of those risks. Its a controversial thesis. I do say as a im resistant to being told everything is fine. But it is a very powerfully argued thesis and as you will see and hear tonight, a very thoroughly supported thesis in the book. Richard reeves, one of the spar social analysts and policy thinkers in washington, richard is a whitehead chair and senior fellow atn economic status of te brookings institution. Hes director of the bro
Please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. Hey guys, how are you . [applause] how are you. Good morning. Im the old guy up here. So history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. The cadences of the sconstitution but its also about sounds. About the muffled drama lexington cardboard and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the fullmeaning of our creed. Its also about music. Music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree. More continually and more profitably than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely, its as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pins their pros and their poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music, i fear no
Director of the schoolcraft institute of internationalst here at the texas a m university. I would like to welcome our specialco event this evening wih kim ghattas who will speak on a recent book, black wave, saudi arabia, iran and the 40 year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion and collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading and did not quite get the right but cannot put it down because it wasnt so interesting. If you have not read it afterre this evening im sure you will try to get the book if you have not already but i would urge you to read at grade its absolutely fascinating and well written and well researched and a narrative flow to it anded its troublingi have to say but thats the purpose of the book. I would like to announce unfortunately that our event in todays with ambassador dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to College Station and had and so hisergency lecture wednesday evening will be postponed
For 25 years, talks about u. S. Policy in the region and the recent confrontation between the u. S. And iran. Much want to beat this weekend every weekend, on cspan2. Host please welcome doctor cory lee. [applause]. Hello there guess who i am im cory and this is kevin. And i have to give you an introduction about this person, we know to get you out of the hole that you have been living in for a while. This is tara westover. This is the 100 consecutive week on the New York Times bestseller list present number one. [applause]. Ahead of michelle something, malcolm, i dunno, down there. [laughter]. That is very cool. Im assuming that a lot of people are familiar with the narrative that and that is why youre so interested in you are still here on the last lecture on the second day. But we can still go through some of the heard stories because it is so gripping. In starts in idaho and actually, to me it is like such a beautiful setting. There must be a lot of beautiful memories that you have
In countless ways. The works of shakespeare, toni morrison, Jason Reynolds and Michelle Obama are of fire richer experience hard and silently read. Guest you are constantly listening and ill get my own fine and i think it might have some characters. I think it is less of myself as a poet who performs, and out is myself being like, let me hold your hand and tell you this thing i heard once. It is guiding people but in a different way. If i dont give everybody, the utmost respect and understanding and compassion and empathy, i am not doing justice to this book. Studies have shown the listening to audiobooks is more Emotional Experience and stories shared through other mediums. Is none of your book but it has the best of both worlds. It is a very intimate form of experience in the start because you actually human being giving the story to you. Noi absolutely love that. Tearing this how the person is telling thest story. Hearing your novel read aloud and bring transformed into an audiobook