For right now. We want this to be as interactive as possible and i hope youll all join us in the questions as you can bring to our guests and planning to ask you a couple of questions. We are going to take advantage of the Polling Technology this afternoon. As i said, this is a conversation ive been looking forward to all day and for many weeks now. We are joined by bill gates, somebody who needs no introduction. Ive had the privilege to know bill for quite some time and talk to him throughout this pandemic and he is far and away the smartest person i know about really helping us set the table understanding where we are. Ive called him a National Treasure and now hes a global treasure. Donated more than 400 million to Covid Research and called this, i hate to say it, in advance back in 2015 whene warned about a possible pandemic of ts sort. I should also note hesrying to get into the journalism business to start a podcast this week which you can go out and get as well. I should also in
We are back with stunning we are back with stunning drone video of fall foliage, take a look. This is in new hampshires white mountains, the peak of color. According to the latest foliage report, a drive along route 49 will treat you to aweinspiring views of the colorful foliage in action. In california, a fourth person has died in a Massive Wildfire berning near mt. Shasta. Further south in wine country, fire crews had to deploy their fireproof shelters to escape oncoming flames. They are battling low humidity and heavy winds. Add to that, recordhigh temperatures are expected today from the mid90s to over 100 degrees. Troubling new numbers in the battle against the coronavirus. In the u. S. , more than 206,000 people have died, with more than 30 states and puerto rico reporting cases on the rise. In wisconsin, cases are skyrocketing. Teachers unions are calling on schools from kindergarten through college to go all virtual. This morning a new vaccine headline. I spoke earlier with dr.
You dont walk around with that instability it is always there at random without warning. Kind of terrible magic can switch on and scramble our lives. As life magazine would put it afterwards struggling to explain the hidden volatility that caused earthquake somewhere to earth is quivering all of the time. All right you want to start . Yeah. Okay. Thats what thats all about . Nice to have a book in hand and following along while it feels like being in church right now it is most like interactive experience ive had in a while so thank you past ton john. Thank you we can do anymore on that give me a call. Hi everyone thanks for being here. This is really weird and im i think more nervous than i would be if i was in person. Not that im staring at any own space. But were here to talk about john. You will be for the fore foreseeable future to have a little motel on our handle. How do you write a book . Where do you begin and how does it begin to happen . Yeah. Thats really good question. I m
We are in a webinar which means they can see and hear you though they can see your name so they know you are here. If you have anything you want to share, type your message in the chat window. If you have a question you would like answered you can use the q and a icon. When we get to the you and a, start thinking about it now. We are recording so look for video and audio versions later on, and this is the important part, bookstores are closed for shopping but johns books are available, i will paste the link in a minute but you can purchase it on the website and it is delivered, thanks for your support of john, we really appreciate that. Our interviewer this evening is Jazmine Hughes, she is a story writer for the New York Times magazine in 2020 recipient of the next award for journalists under 30. She will be talking with her colleague, featured author jon mooallem. A longtime writer at large and contributing to numerous radio shows including this American Life and wired. His first boo
Cspan, creative by private industry, americas cabletelevision company, as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Mark kenyon was born outside of detroit, michigan, and raised there. Introduced to the outdoors and young age he grew up hunting, fishing, hiking and camping. After college he worked for google and started the blog and podcast wired to hunt. His ratings has appeared outdoor life and field stream, a member of the lifestyle meet eater inc. Pickiest hike, camp, rafted come hunted, fished his way across public lands in montana, wyoming, michigan, california, arizona, utah, nevada, colorado, north dakota and elsewhere. Without further ado, mark kenyon. [applause] thank you, samantha. Thanks all for being here. This is terrific. I am thrilled to be here to tell you all about my first book, and i thought to myself that it would be appropriate to start with a funny story, i thought was funny, and this being my first book and my first book tour, i got