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Have you with us today, aeroquip brings us here is your latest book the splendid and the vile, a saga of churchills family and defiance during the blitz as all of you probably know i am sure eric is the author of fabulous book a deadweight in the garden, thunderstruck, double in the white city, i read most of your books but i am not read your first book, i was intrigued looking at your biography that you wrote a book called the naked consumer, how Companies Buy on individual consumers which is a very future tense subject, maybe well have you come back and talk about that, i also love on your website which all of you listening to checkout, i think its eric larson books. Com, i love on your website you have an alternative biography which is fantastic and you describe the naked consumer is a book that you really like that nobody else did. I seriously doubt that but im going to take a look at that. So welcome and thank you for having me in being with us. I think we should get right to it a
Latest future tense social. This is very exciting for me because im a huge fan of erik larson and his book and we got to listen to a little bit of churchill to get me mood. Im andreas martinez, from future tense a collaboration between new america, trade magazine and Arizona State university. We look at the implications of the impact of technology on society. Im also professor of practice at Cronkite School of journalism as Arizona State university. Its an honor to pleasure to have you with us today, erik, and what brings us here today is your latest book, the splendid and the vial, saga of churchill family and defiance during the blitz. As all of you probably know, im sure, erik is the author of such fabulous bookses dead week, in the guardian of garden of beads, thunderstruck, i have most of your becomes but not your first book. I was intrigued look agent your biography you wrote a book another companies spying on consumers. A very future tensey subject which. I loved on your website
Heads for turkey but this is the same officials one of whom says its insensitive and irresponsible to hold the games. But im sure of the way to track hundreds of people across the world who may have been infected with corona virus during an event in malaysia the country has shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases many of those cases live links to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital elsewhere a story and speaking told not to leave the country its declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and impose curfews the United States has announced a one trillion dollar plan in a bid to try to lessen the economic fallout in less than 30 minutes well see if thats calm Financial Markets when they open in new york and in italy patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 30000 italians are infected the death toll there has passed 2500. Well lets begin with that story out of mala
And contributes to the long and times and Senior Editor and writer. Thank you it is great to see a robust crowd and energetic crowd. I have been a fan of zow calla and it is my anniversary and i did it on Climate Change and great to be back. I would like to introduce erik conway, historian of science and technology and coauthor of a book merchants of doubt. Nd next is kerry funk from washington, d. C. , director of science and Society Research at the Pugh Research center and reports on the public trust in science. Views from energy and climate nd vaccines and we have ucla a sociologyist Whose Research how the life works. Why people care about what they care about and how moral concerns relates to science and religion. Im going to jump right in. We are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moon landing to discuss this issue of whether and why americans are turning against science. I would like to start with the panel