Of the towers. I was in rhode island and i guess a day later, a friend of mine going to go in for surgery and i could smell the gas, i will never forget. Thats from tampa florida. This is from joe, san antonio texas. Go ahead. Good morning. Today is obviously a day of solemn, a day of remembrance of all that happened and unfortunately, a kind of feel better about the situation were in and all that we are dealing with and the death weve had, it just feels so distant 9 11 and the numbness we have towards this. I remember the sense of togetherness in the attacksen happened, i saw it on tv while at school and i remember not knowing what was going on w or what it meant, just a general sense of support in the community and as ive grown older, theres been a lot of support, at least initially in overtime, its sort of rain a little bit in terms of the support we have, i know theres pushing for first aid, responders who have succumbed to certain illnesses do to the toxicity of the particles and
Bomb test in new mexico on july 16th, 1945. Documents key events leading up to the august 6th, 1945 bombing of hiroshima, japan. The author then describes in detail. Thanks very much. You all hear me i hope. Thank you so much for coming actually the most wonderful evening in this glorious city, which my daughter, over there, has completely fallen in love with. Her first visit here. It is such a lovely evening, it is great that you all come here to listen to Horror Stories about the atomic bomb. I havent really made any notes by this because i really wanted to talk to you about the heart on what this book is and what it means to me and the journey that i have taken over the last really two and a half years since i started the documentary. I was asked to make this documentary back in april 2003 by a friend of mine who has a company in london called line television. I did Everything Possible to resist the offered to make this film. Not because the money was appalling, which it was, but ac
Chris in the spring of 1945 a new president took office in the midst of a great war. That first day he learned of a topsecret project that had been underway for years to develop a terrifying new super weapon to end the war. It was a joint effort by americas top officials, scientists and military leaders. The new president still had to give the order to go ahead. Perhaps the toughest decision any leader has ever faced. This is the story of the 116 days that changed the world. Chris january 20, 1945. Millions of americans were fighting world war ii in europe and in the pacific but in washington Franklin Delano roosevelt was being inaugurated for an unprecedented fourth term as president. The almighty god has blessed our land in many ways. Chris standing nearby the junior senator from missouri im a Harry S Truman, was the new Vice President. Many doubted roosevelt would make it through the next four years. Everyone knew fdr was sick. Chris kirk graham is director of the Harry S Truman lib
Writers festival. This is 45 minutes. Please welcome tim harford. [applause]. Thank you very much everyone. Host i dont believe in long preambles but i thought i should say a few words. I am well aware the many of you have no idea who i am printed as a thank you for showing up on the spirits of pure curiosity. It speaks very well of you. Even though its a really big name for the festival. I feel very honored to be amongst them. So who am i, few things. Already called the undercover columnist for the Financial Times. It is really good. I recommend it printed thank you sir. [laughter]. The second thing is im with radio. I chauffeur the media world service, fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy. And how we think about numbers and how numbers sometimes lead us astray. They help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called Michael Lewis and malcolm. Read Cautionary Tales force all about things going wrong and sometimes in amusing ways. And what we can
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